Hi,

A quick couple of questions... first I was wondering if this time of year (Jan-Feb) is when most of the PhD projects come available. Do those running this site have stats on this?

With regards to finding PhD projects and funding outside of the UK, e.g. in Northern Europe, Canada, Singapore, USA, Hong Kong, where can one search for these? Earlier in the forum people have mentioned the Uni of Amsterdam's website, but that hasn't been any help. If anyone has any particular information about any of the countries listed above that would be helpful (especially re. biological sciences). Is there are findaphd.com for any of these countries? In the US, are PhD courses advertised, or do students generally have to approach staff directly with suggestions? And is entry onto a PhD in the US really that tough.... and how does this compare to Canada?

Thanks in advance for all your help

Hi,

If you would like to go to Germany I would recommend having a look at the Max Planck Institutes, they quite often have funded PhD programmes, I believe. I would also try googling things like "biology PhD programme" etc. I found a few interesting places that way.
Personally, I found the best way was to look in PubMed for papers that I liked, and then get in touch with the people directly. Sometimes they don't have money or the space to take you on, but no harm in trying if you are genuinely interested in their work. It could also be that they can redirect you to somebody else that is looking for students (happened to me).