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2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 1,220 2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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FMI International PhD Program Spring Call 2026

The FMI International PhD Program, originally established in 1998, trains doctoral students to become future leaders in academia, industry and other sectors. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Switzerland PhD Programme
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PhD Studentship: A Foresight and Horizon Scanning Approach to Environmental Sustainability in Medical Technologies

Award summary. 100% of home tuition fees and an annual stipend at UKRI rates (2026–27). This studentship is open to home fee paying applicants only. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KT Thomson
 12 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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PhD Studentship: Embedding Implementation Science within Horizon Scanning to Enable Adoption-Ready Technologies

Award summary. 100% of home tuition fees and annual stipend at UKRI rates (2026–27). This studentship is open to home fee paying applicants only. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof DC Craig
 12 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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PhD position – Antibiotic biosensor protein engineering

Starting immediately or as per agreement. The Biozentrum of the University of Basel is one of the world’s leading life sciences institutes. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K Drescher
 20 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Magnetic Metamaterials and Millimetre-Wave Devices – Industrial PhD in Physics (Fully-Funded Studentship) – UK Nationals/UK Dual-Nationals ONLY

Join us in the University of Exeter’s Centre for Metamaterials Research & Innovation – the heart of the UK Metamaterials community. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Y Ogrin
 4 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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A 3-year PhD studentship in Developing Automated In-Situ Spectroscopies to Understand Periodic Trends in Electrocatalyst Performance for Carbon-Neutral Transformations

Supervisor. Dr Benjamin Moss. Application deadline. 31st July 2026. Interview Start date. October 2026. UCL Chemistry Department is offering a fully funded studentship to a highly motivated candidate to start in June-October 2026. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr BM Moss
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Mathematical modelling and data integration to derive correlates of protection against invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) disease in African children

Invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella (iNTS) disease is a leading cause of bloodstream infection and death in young children across sub-Saharan Africa, and the World Health Organization (WHO) ranks an iNTS vaccine among its top-ten vaccine priorities for the continent. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Gordon, Prof K Atkins
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Omics and Organoid Models to Reveal DHDDS Disease Mechanisms

A three-year PhD studentship funded by Cure DHDDS is available from 1 October 2026, in the Translational Omics Research Group at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K Mills
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Masters by Research with fee scholarship

Our Masters by Research programmes give you the opportunity to gain experience of independent research and a chance to solve current environmental challenges, guided by an expert in the field. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Garrett
 22 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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On-chip Quantum Cryptography Using Two-Dimensional Materials

Supervisors. Dr Yasir Noori y.j.noori@soton.ac.uk. Frederic Gardes fg5v@ecs.soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Noori
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in evaluating technology adoption for a competitive, sustainable and resilient mushroom sector [Science & Engineering / Ryan Institute]

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for full-time funded PhD scholarship starting in October 2026, affiliated to the Ryan Institute at the University of Galway and Teagasc. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Styles, Dr L Walsh
 24 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Electrifying Drug Discovery: New Electrochemical Reactions for Medicinal Chemistry (Rep of Ireland/UK/EU with settled status)

  Research Group: Lam Research Group
Location. University of Greenwich, Medway Campus. Duration. 3 years, full-time. Funding. Fully funded PhD studentship, including a tax-free stipend in line with UKRI rates and tuition fees at the home rate. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K Lam
 15 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Single-Chain Nanoparticle Complexation at Interfaces

At the Faculty of Chemistry and Physics, Institute of Physical Chemistry, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, a Scientific (/Postdoc) Position (m/f/d) is expected to be filled on a temporary basis as of 1st of December 2026. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof F Plamper
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Studying the neural mechanisms underlying subjective perception

Applications are invited for a 3-year funded PhD studentship in the Department of Imaging Neuroscience (https://www.in.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/) under the supervision of Prof. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Kok
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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2D Materials as Quantum Sensors

Supervisors. Dr Makars Šiškins m.siskins@soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MS Šiškins
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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