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2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 1,211 2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Design and synthesis of metal-organic assemblies and materials

A fully funded 4-year PhD studentship (UK home fees only) is available in the group of Dr Jamie Lewis at the University of Birmingham in the area of synthetic supramolecular chemistry. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr JL Lewis
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Generative AI Models for Materials Discovery

The discovery of novel inorganic solid-state materials is essential to advance energy storage, catalysis, semiconductors, and quantum technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M J Rosseinsky, Prof R Savani
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Cardiovascular development: Understanding how biomechanical forces regulate heart valve morphogenesis in the embryo

  Research Group: Chow Group
The Project. In the developing embryo, the heart begins as a simple, straight tube that pumps blood inefficiently. As the embryo grows, the heart twists and grows and morphs into a four-chambered organ with intricate cardiac structures. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Chow
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Discovery of inorganic cathode materials and/or solid electrolytes for next generation battery technology

This project focuses on the discovery of next generation battery materials through experimental design and compositional exploration. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Rosseinsky, Dr R Chen, Dr L Daniels, Prof L Hardwick
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship: Algorithms on Strings

This project aims at advancing our understanding on open problems in data structures and algorithms, with a focus on strings (sequences of characters). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PC Charalampopoulos
 24 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Allowing autonomous robots to continually learn, generalize, and improve from their experiences

To perform autonomously tasks such as object rearrangement, assembly, manipulation, and navigation, robots must be able to plan their actions over long horizons. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KE Elimelech
 24 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Wearable AI for Total Communication Support

Communication is essential for connecting with loved ones, participating in communities, and engaging in work and hobbies. Effective communication involves both verbal (speaking, writing) and non-verbal (gestures, tone of voice) elements — together often referred to as total communication. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr TN Neate
 24 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance development of Sustainable Electrochemical Flow Technologies

A competition-funded PhD studentship is available in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham to develop and apply nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging to advance electrochemical flow technologies, such as redox flow batteries, multivalent metal ion batteries and/or capacitive deionisation. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M M Britton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Leveraging sequencing technologies to advance identification of bacterial pathogens

This four-year PhD project aims to advance sequencing-based bioinformatics methods for identification and characterisation of bacterial pathogens in diverse clinical and surveillance samples. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Wan, Prof N Williams, Prof S Paterson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Centre For Genomic Regulation (CRG) – Barcelona

The Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) is an international biomedical research institute in Barcelona, a leading interdisciplinary centre at the forefront of life sciences. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  International PhD Programme
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Discovery of new inorganic materials for net zero applications

The experimental discovery of new inorganic materials shows us how crystal structure and chemical composition control physical and chemical properties. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Rosseinsky, Dr L Daniels
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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