Karolinska Institute, Sweden invites online Application for number of Fully Funded PhD Degree at various Departments. We are providing a list of Fully Funded PhD Programs available at Karolinska Institute, Sweden.
Eligible candidate may Apply as soon as possible.
(01) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doktorandplats: Atypisk parkinsonism i rörelse – gång, kognition och hjärnans arbete
Detta multimodala doktorandprojekt kombinerar metoder inom fysioterapi, neurologi, psykologi och hjärnavbildning för att undersöka motorisk-kognitiv förmåga vid komplex gång och koppla den till hjärnaktivitet som mäts med ett nytt avbildningssystem – funktionell nära-infraröd spektroskopi (fNIRS).
Huvudsyftet med detta doktorandprojekt är att, tillsammans med Franzéns forskargrupp, arbeta med ett nytt protokoll för klinisk bedömning av motorisk-kognitiv förmåga under komplex gång genom att integrera icke-invasiva mått på hjärnaktivitet (fNIRS) och objektiva bedömningar av rörelse (accelerometri) hos friska äldre vuxna och personer med atypisk parkinsonism (multipel systematrofi och progressiv supranukleär pares).
Doktorandarbetet kommer att bestå av vanliga uppgifter på forskarnivå tex projektdesign, datainsamling, databearbetning och statistisk analys. Att skriva vetenskapliga artiklar och anslagsansökningar samt kunna presentera forskningen är ytterligare viktiga arbetsuppgifter. Detta är ett samarbetsprojekt, vilket innebär att doktoranden behöver kunna samarbeta och interagera med patienter, olika parter och professioner, samt att leda och samordna delar av projektet. Undervisning och handledning av studenter kan förekomma.
Deadline : 2026-08-31
(02) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (PhD) student position in spatial transcriptomics, bioinformatics, and cancer immunology as part of the national DDLS PhD program
In this PhD project, the student will use and develop new tools for multimodal data to study spatial immune cell niches in cancer. Advances in high-throughput spatial omics technologies measuring various analytes now capture this complexity in remarkable detail, providing groundbreaking insights into how molecular relations shape health and disease in tissues. Yet, analytical tools capable of integrating multi-dimensional spatial data remain limited.
The project objectives are to
(i) develop tools for and perform integration of modalities with varying dynamic range, sparseness and non-linear behavior,
(ii) establish discovery methods for multicellular immune niches,
(iii) follow B-cell clonal evolution across the molecular landscape to understand the ‘interactome’ niche to resolve candidate tumor-associated antigens.
Importantly, the student will access already collected datasets, a synergized and complementary supervision team, and a dynamic cutting-edge spatial biology environment, making them well suited to computationally integrate B and T cell lineages alongside their transcriptional and metabolic niches in breast cancer, the most common type of cancer. The clinical need is significant, and the approach presented here-in represents an avenue for data-driven disease detection and surveillance.
The student is expected to learn to design research questions and hypotheses, design experiments, analyze data, take courses, write scientific manuscripts, communicate science to their peers and the general public, and to critically engage with the scientific community.
The applicant will work in close collaboration with the other PhD students, postdocs, and researchers in the Engblom and Lundeberg labs. The applicant is expected to actively perform analysis of spatial transcriptomics and immune clone data, and present results to general and specialized audiences.
Deadline : 31.Aug.2026
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(03) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doktorandplats i translationell psykiatri
Det aktuella doktorandprojektet innefattar studier med avancerad biostatistisk och bioinformatisk analys av kliniska patientdata, och biokemiska och molekylära data. Studierna innebär också exponering för våtlab-analyser. Syftet med doktorandprojektet är att kartlägga immun-aktivering vid ADHD hos barn, och tarmflorans roll i detta. Studien innefattar i huvudsak statistisk och bioinformatisk analys av molekylära och kliniska data från en longitudinell kohort med patient-prover och enkäter. Forskningsfynd kan komma att följas upp i våt-laborativa cell-odlingsexperiment. Projektet leds av Docent Catharina Lavebratt (huvudhandledare, https://ki.se/personer/catharina-lavebratt) och bihandledare är Translationell psykiatri-gruppmedlemmarna Barnpsykiater och genetiker MaiBritt Giacobini, och postdoktor Miranda Stiernborg som är verksam även vid Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard, USA. Denna doktorandplats har i konkurrens utvalts av Karolinska Institutet till att tilldelas särskilda medel (KID-medel). Som doktorand förväntas du ta en ledande roll i din forskarutbildningsprocess under handledning av dina doktorandhandledare. Du förväntas att genomföra doktorandprojektet och mot slutet växa till att vara självständig i dina forskningsstudier genom att delta i studiedesign, bearbetning av data och analys, tolkning och kommunikation av resultat, ta relevanta kurser och delta i seminarier och diskussionsforum om vetenskapliga artiklar och forskningsmetodik.
Deadline : 2026-08-16
(04) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (PhD) student position in public health informatics – Mental Healthcare Digitalization and Work Environment
The project examines psychosocial working conditions, organizational change, and professional experiences across public and private digital mental healthcare settings to identify risks, opportunities, and strategies for creating sustainable digital work environments. The doctoral student will be actively involved in all stages of this policy-relevant project, including designing studies, data collection, quantitative and qualitative analysis, engaging with stakeholders, and scientific writing. The project applies a mixed-methods approach and includes national survey research, qualitative interviews, policy and document analysis, and participatory research activities. The doctoral student will have the opportunity to develop a broad methodological skill set while contributing to research with direct relevance for occupational health, healthcare policy, and service development.
The position provides excellent preparation for a continued career in academia, public health, healthcare innovation, informatics, occupational health, or related fields. A successful doctoral student will also have opportunities to engage in other projects within the Digital Psychiatry Lab to further broaden their research experience.
Deadline :09.Aug.2026
(05) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral student in Clinical Genetics with focus on treatment resistance in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Resistance to contemporary therapies remains a major hurdle in the clinical management of chronic lymphocytic leukemia. By combining multi-omics data from different groups of patients responsive or resistant to targeted treatment, and mechanistic studies in cells, including CRISPR screens and spatial proteomics the project aims to decipher novel mechanisms of resistance, dependent or independent of genetic lesions.
The doctoral position is partially funded through strategic funds for doctoral education (KID funding) from Karolinska Institutet.
Deadline : 09.Aug.2026
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(06) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (PhD) student position in public health with a focus on decision-making and health inequalities
We are looking for a doctoral student who wants to contribute new knowledge about how decisions affecting public health are made. The doctoral student will work within the research program “Making decisions and taking actions: Embracing the complexity of implementation to reduce health inequalities “, which investigates implementation challenges of health promotion and prevention initiatives. The program is a collaboration between Karolinska Institutet and Mälardalen University.
The program’s starting point is the increasing health gaps between different social groups, which are growing despite Sweden’s well-developed welfare systems and ambitious public health goals. Part of the explanation may lie in how decisions about these initiatives are made and how they are implemented locally.
The program is characterized by an interdisciplinary approach where perspectives from public health, implementation science, political science and organizational research meet. A central part is a reference group that brings together actors from civil society, municipalities, regions and authorities to strengthen the relevance of the research. As a doctoral student, you become an integrated part of this environment and participate in research seminars and meetings with the reference group.
The doctoral thesis aims to explore the challenges of regional decision-making around public health initiatives. The focus is on how decisions are made in regions, both decisions about specific public health initiatives and decisions in other policy areas that may have an impact on population health and health equity. The goal is to understand how decisions that affect public health are made, including how the needs of different social groups are weighed against economic, organisational and political priorities.
As a doctoral student, you will:
- Design and conduct different types of studies (e.g. literature searches, interviews, document analysis, questionnaire studies, intervention study).
- Recruit participants and build relationships with key stakeholders.
- Analyze data using different methods (e.g. content analysis, thematic analysis).
- Publish scientific articles in international journals.
- Participate in the research program’s seminars, meetings and collaborate with national and international partners.
- Present results to the research community and relevant stakeholders.
Deadline : 03.Aug.2026
(07) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (PhD) student position in Chromosome biology
The PhD project will explore the cellular mechanisms underlying the three-dimensional structure of chromosomes, focusing on the role of the Structural Maintenance of Chromosomes (SMC) complexes, particularly Smc5/6. The student will investigate how Smc5/6-mediated chromosome folding is regulated and how it influences chromosome function, using cutting-edge techniques such as Micro-C, ChIP-seq, and advanced microscopy.
The doctoral student will be expected to actively participate in all phases of the research, including experimental planning, execution, data analysis, and scientific communication. This includes taking doctoral courses, attending seminars, and presenting research findings at conferences. The doctoral student will also have the opportunity to conduct research visits to the University of Tokyo to enhance technical skills and experience international collaboration.
This position offers a unique chance to work at the forefront of chromosome biology within an international research environment, gaining extensive expertise in molecular biology, genomics, and bioinformatics.
Deadline : 02.Aug.2026
(08) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (PhD) student position in molecular virology
The project is focused on the HIV reservoir research, with a particular emphasis on characterization of HIV RNA/DNA in primary material as well as model cells using Oxford Nanopore sequencing and complementary molecular and computational approaches. The doctoral student will help develop, optimize, and apply workflows for long-read sequencing of HIV sequences, analysis of viral sequence diversity, and interpretation of data to connect basic research and clinical reality. The work will combine experimental and analytical components and will be carried out in close interaction with another PhD student in the group who has a stronger wet-lab focus on reservoir biology, cell culture, and intact/defect virus production.
Duties include planning and performing laboratory work, contributing to optimization of sequencing protocols, developing and applying bioinformatics pipelines for long-read sequencing data, analyzing and presenting results, and participating in the writing of scientific manuscripts. The doctoral student is also expected to take doctoral courses, engage in the intellectual routines of the research group, and contribute to a collaborative research environment.
Deadline : 31.Jul.2026
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(09) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral student position on the role of oligodendrocytes in Alzheimer’s disease progression and lifestyle interventions
In this PhD proposal, the student will contribute to advancing the understanding of the molecular mechanisms underlying white matter changes in the early pathogenesis and progression of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). By exploring the effects of lifestyle interventions on myelination as a potential protective factor, this PhD program aims to identify new strategies for enhancing resilience against AD.
The candidate will examine the role of oligodendrocytes and myelination in neurodegenerative disorders through a multifaceted approach. This includes research on fluid biomarkers, including work in extracellular vesicles in Alzheimer’s disease, as well as analyses of brain tissue samples from both mice and humans.
The biomarker studies will be conducted within observational cohorts and randomized clinical trials (RCTs) using both MRI-data, fluid biomarker data and clinical data.
In addition to fulfilling doctoral courses at Karolinska Institute (KI) and accruing the necessary credits, the doctoral student will engage in literature reviews and data analyses, focusing on both experimental data and databases from the observational cohorts and RCTs. Furthermore, the student will interpret results and prepare publications for scientific journals. The PhD candidate will also be expected to present research findings at seminars and conferences and take an active role in experimental design and presentations.
Deadline : 31.Jul.2026
(10) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral (PhD) student position for studying new treatment strategies to prevent bone growth impairment and osteoporosis in childhood cancer survivors
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are widely used in the treatment of many disorders including childhood cancers. Consequently, short stature and osteoporosis are important long-term side effects in cancer survivors. Osteoporosis has been observed in all phases of ALL: at diagnosis, during treatment, and throughout the post-treatment period for as long as 20 years. As many as 75% of long-term survivors of ALL suffer from decreased bone mineral density (BMD). Consequently, there is a great clinical need for an effective and safe preventive strategy rescuing bone growth and BMD in CG-treated ALL patients.
The purpose of this doctoral project is to develop new treatment strategies to prevent growth retardation and osteoporosis in ALL. The project has three specific aims:
- To characterize how ALL per se causes bone growth retardation and osteoporosis
- To study the role of GCs in worsening bone health in ALL
- To explore specific cytoprotective approaches aiming to rescue bone health in ALL
Deadline : 31.Jul.2026
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(11) PhD Degree – Fully Funded
PhD position summary/title: Doctoral Student (Licentiate Degree) in Breast Cancer Research
This project will leverage unique Swedish registers and beyond to construct two different population-based cohorts, with an overall aim to better understand the inheritance of breast cancer risk and prognosis.
Study 1
will use nationwide Swedish registers to construct a one of the largest population-based, three-generation cohort. The aim is to investigate the associations between breast cancer family history across three generations and both breast cancer risk and prognosis of the third generation, and to determine whether these associations differ depending on maternal or paternal inheritance.
Study 2
will construct a cohort of women diagnosed with breast cancer with more detailed information on tumor characteristics, treatments, and screening participation from several national quality registers. The aim is to examine the inheritance of breast cancer prognosis among sisters and whether these inheritance patterns differ by estrogen receptor (ER) status, with a particular focus on the roles of tumor characteristics, treatment adherence, and screening behaviors.
The student will participate in data management, register linkage, statistical analyses, interpretation of results, and scientific writing. The student is expected to take a leading role in conducting epidemiological analyses, preparing scientific reports, and presenting research findings at scientific meetings. The student shall also draft two scientific manuscripts and submit them to scientific journals as well as present data to the scientific community.
Deadline : 09.Jul.2026
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The Karolinska Institute sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden. The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute awards the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The assembly consists of fifty professors from various medical disciplines at the university. The current rector of Karolinska Institute is Ole Petter Ottersen, who took office in August 2017.
The Karolinska Institute was founded in 1810 on the island of Kungsholmen on the west side of Stockholm; the main campus was relocated decades later to Solna, just outside Stockholm. A second campus was established more recently in Flemingsberg, Huddinge, south of Stockholm.
The Karolinska Institute is Sweden’s third oldest medical school, after Uppsala University (founded in 1477) and Lund University (founded in 1666). It is one of Sweden’s largest centres for training and research, accounting for 30% of the medical training and more than 40% of all academic medical and life science research conducted in Sweden.
The Karolinska University Hospital, located in Solna and Huddinge, is associated with the university as a research and teaching hospital. Together they form an academic health science centre. While most of the medical programs are taught in Swedish, the bulk of the PhD projects are conducted in English. The institute’s name is a reference to the Caroleans.
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