Every Friday · PhD and master’s
Send your CV once. We find funded openings that fit you and send them every Friday. PhD positions lead each shortlist, and funded master’s positions are included too. Deadlines and funding are checked. For the ones you choose, we prepare a tailored application pack that you review, make your own, and submit.
See funded openings this week → · Founding cohort opens soon.
For applicants anywhere in the world. We never guarantee admission.
Openings that fit your CV
Illustrative preview of the format. Not real openings, universities, or deadlines.
For the opening you choose
Human-reviewed before it reaches you
The problem
They sit on EURAXESS, university career pages, lab websites, FindAPhD and social posts, and no single search covers them all.
Many positions open and close within weeks, or close as soon as they’re filled.
Each one needs a new motivation letter, a tailored CV, a cover letter and a thoughtful email to the supervisor.
Working researchers and professionals don’t have 15 free evenings a month for this.
The service
Applicants can be anywhere in the world. PhD openings lead the Friday shortlist, and funded master’s openings are included.
Share your CV and a short form about your field, degree level, countries and funding needs. That’s all the effort on your side.
We scan university, lab and research-job listings worldwide and send a ranked shortlist every Friday with fit notes, funding and deadlines checked.
Choose the openings you like from the shortlist.
A tailored pack (motivation letter, tailored CV, cover letter, supervisor email draft) reviewed by a human; you edit, make it your own, and submit from your own accounts. See what’s in a pack.
The deliverable
For each position you choose:
Built from your intake answers and your own words, with highlighted spots to personalise.
Your real experience, reordered and refocused for that role. Nothing invented.
Where the position asks for one.
Specific to the lab’s work, ready to send from your own inbox.
What to upload, in what format, and by when.
Whether the programme restricts AI-assisted writing, and how we’ve adjusted the pack if it does.
What we checked and what you should double-check.
Delivered through a secure download link, not bulky email attachments.
One-time
$49 USD · one-time
Our promise: a full refund within 7 days of payment if no application pack has been delivered yet. After that, we refund unused weeks pro-rata. See the Refund Policy.
Founding cohort opens soon.
After paying, email your CV to hello@fridayscout.com.
After this cohort
All prices are in USD.
one-off
20–30 ranked openings with fit notes, funding and deadlines; a one-page strategy note; 1 sample supervisor email
$29
monthly
Weekly Friday shortlist + 2 tailored packs a month, with light human review
$49/mo
Full human review
monthly
Weekly shortlist + 5 packs a month with full human review, a 30-minute monthly call, application tracker, and interview-prep notes
$99/mo
3 months
Everything in Pro, up to 15 packs, unlimited revisions, and a form-filling co-pilot (pre-filled answer sheets + screen-share sessions; you click submit)
$299
between cycles
Keep your profile and watchlist between cycles
$9/mo
After paying, email your CV to hello@fridayscout.com.
Any applicable taxes are shown before you pay. Cancel anytime in one click, and we’ll remind you before every renewal.
Straight answers
We draft from your words. Your intake answers, CV and voice note become the raw material. We research the position, structure the documents and prepare a first draft. You edit it, make it yours and submit it yourself. The final application is yours, and you’re responsible for it.
It depends on the programme. Some allow help with grammar and structure, and some prohibit AI drafting of statements. We check each position’s rules where they’re published. If a programme bans AI-assisted writing, we’ll tell you, and for that application we provide only research notes, an outline and feedback on your own draft.
No. We never ask for or store passwords. We give you a pre-filled answer sheet to copy from, and on higher plans we can guide you live over screen share while you click.
No. Letters must come from your referees. We can give you a short “brag sheet” summarising your work to share with them.
No. We prepare the email, and you send it from your own inbox. That’s more honest, and it’s better for your reputation.
No, and you should be wary of anyone who does. We help you find more of the right openings and apply to them with better-prepared materials. Decisions belong to the universities.
No. We don’t take commissions, so we have no reason to push you toward any institution.
We use your documents only to deliver your service. They’re stored securely and shared only with the tools we need to run it, under no-training terms. They’re deleted on request or 6 months after your service ends. See the Privacy Notice.
Applicants can be anywhere in the world. We shortlist funded PhD openings first, and funded master’s openings as well. You choose the countries you want to target.
Free sample
See it before you pay. Upload your CV and tell us what you’re aiming for. A person on our side reads it, and we email you 5 open, funded positions that fit you.
No payment, no card.
Free funded-openings list every Friday on TelegramA short, checked list in our public channel. No sign-up.
Join channel →Founding cohort
Twenty spots at $49, one-time: 4 Friday shortlists and 3 human-reviewed application packs. Leave your details and we’ll email you when the cohort opens.
Want to see the quality first? Get 5 free matches from your CV.
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