Medical & Health Scholarships: Full List with Deadlines

Every deadline, taken from the funder’s own page

Nursing, pharmacy, dentistry, pathology, oncology, neuroscience, nuclear medicine and biomedical research. Where a funder publishes no date, this page says so instead of guessing.

26 funders · checked 18 October 2026

Scholarships with a deadline

Each row links to the guide that covers that funder in full. Red means the round is open as this page was last checked.

Sorted by deadline through the year. Dates repeat annually unless a year is shown.
GuideFieldCountryDeadline
FEMS Research and Training GrantMicrobiologyEurope1 Jan and 1 Jul
TDR Leadership FellowshipPublic healthIndonesia30 Jan
Boehringer Ingelheim FondsBiomedicalEurope1 Feb, 1 Jun, 1 Oct
API Global Access Travel AwardPathologyUSA9 Feb
FEMS Meeting Attendance GrantMicrobiologyEurope1 Mar and 1 Sep
DGKL Biochemical Analytics PrizeLab medicineGermany15 Apr
IBRO Exchange FellowshipsNeuroscienceWorldwide15 Apr
HFSP FellowshipsBiomedicalWorldwide20 Apr
IAP Congress bursariesPathologyWorldwide30 Apr
IPNA FellowshipPaediatricsWorldwide1 May and 1 Oct
IARC postdoctoral fellowshipOncologyFranceMay
UICC Technical FellowshipsOncologyWorldwide4 Jun
ITI ScholarshipDentistryWorldwide1 to 14 Jun
FDI World Dental Federation awardsDentistryWorldwide15 Jun
CAP Global Pathology AwardPathologyUSA16 Jun
ESP Giordano FellowshipPathologyEurope3 Aug
EMBL International PhDBiomedicalEurope1 Sep
ASCO IDEA awardOncologyUSA1 Oct
ESCMID funded observershipInfectious diseasesEurope6 Oct
IAEA fellowshipsNuclear medicineWorldwide1 Nov
ICN Global Nursing Leadership InstituteNursingWorldwide1 Nov
UNIVANTS of Healthcare ExcellenceLab medicineWorldwide15 Nov
ESCMID Global grantsMicrobiologyEurope18 Nov
ISN grantsNeuroscienceWorldwide30 Nov
ESMO fellowshipsOncologyWorldwideNot published
FIP pharmacy awardsPharmacyWorldwideNot published

Collections

Each of these covers several funders with different deadlines, so one date would be wrong. Every date sits inside the guide.

Fully funded scholarships for medical students

The hub. Ten awards, and an honest answer on which ones fund a clinical degree.

10 funders

Hidden pathology and laboratory medicine scholarships

Pathology money runs on abstracts and memberships, not scholarships.

9 funders

Hidden microbiology and infectious disease scholarships

A €7 membership that makes you eligible for a €1,300 grant.

8 funders

Hidden oncology and cancer research scholarships

Where a Pakistani passport is written into the eligibility rule.

10 funders

Hidden neuroscience and neurology scholarships

Four grants on one date, and a 24-month membership clock.

9 funders

Medical scholarships without IELTS

“No IELTS” means four different things. Mixing them up costs a year.

4 routes

Public health scholarships

The field opens the door and work experience closes it.

Several funders

Nursing scholarships

The barrier is registration, not money.

Several funders

How to read this page. Red marks a round that was open when we last checked. “Not published” means the funder gives no date, which is worth knowing before you wait for one. Dates without a year repeat annually. We re-check this page every quarter, and you should still confirm on the funder’s own page, because a funder can move a date without announcing it.