animal cognition PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 18 animal cognition PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Using animal psychology to promote pro-environmental attitudes and enhance wider Ocean Literacy

University of Hull School of Environmental Sciences

A key challenge to improving Ocean Literacy is understanding how to market information to affect positive attitude and behaviour change. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Morton

15 February 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Comparative Thanatology: evolutionary drivers and proximate mechanisms

University of Portsmouth Department of Psychology

Applications are invited for a fully-funded three year PhD to commence in October 2024. The PhD will be based in the Department of Psychology’s Centre of Comparative and Evolutionary Psychology, within the Faculty of Science and Health, and will be supervised by Dr Leanne Proops, Dr Teresa Romero and Dr Kate Lewis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Proops, Dr T Romero, Dr K Lewis

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Cognitive Science PhD

Rochester Institute of Technology USA NTID Space Research Center

RIT's Cognitive Science Ph.D. provides an interdisciplinary study of the human mind that combines insights from psychology, computer science, linguistics, neuroscience, augmented reality, and philosophy. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Dye

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Animal Behaviour: spatial cognition in fish

University of Oxford Department of Biology

Three-dimensional navigation in fish. The ability to navigate is fundamental to behaviour, essential for an animal’s survival and success. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T Burt de Perera

5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The function and mechanisms of animal defensive coloration

University of Bristol School of Biological Sciences

“The colours of many animals seem adapted to their purposes of concealing themselves, either to avoid danger, or to spring upon their prey.” Darwin, E. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Cuthill

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Spatial cognition in wide-ranging seabirds

University of Liverpool Department of Earth, Ocean and Ecological Sciences

Pelagic seabirds are some of nature’s most impressive navigators, foraging over oceanic scales during the breeding season and often migrating between hemispheres. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Padget, Prof T Guilford

8 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Biological rhythms and the dopamine system in cognitive dysfunction

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia are associated with metabolic syndrome, obesity and diabetes. Schizophrenia affects 1.1% of the population and although not the most common psychiatric condition it is arguably the most severe and debilitating. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S McLean, Dr G Helfer

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Identifying cognitive and biochemical changes underlying lifestyle risk factors for dementia

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Dementia describes a group of age-associated conditions of which cognitive decline is a major feature. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia and is characterised by the onset of a gradual cognitive decline. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S McLean, Dr R Williamson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Consciousness and Sentience of Insects

Queen Mary University of London School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Supervisors: Prof Lars Chittka. Funding: China Scholarship Council (CSC). Deadline: 31st January 2024. Research environment. Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Chittka

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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NERC ACCE Doctoral Training Partnership: Investigating ‘cognitive ecology’ in the European nightjar

University of Liverpool Faculty of Science and Engineering

The ACCE DTP is committed to recruiting extraordinary future scientists regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith or religious belief, pregnancy or maternity, parental or caring responsibilities or career pathway to date. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Padget, Prof K Parr

8 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Physiological adaptations to plant derived cardiotonic steroids

University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Science

The overarching goal of this research project is to understand how toxins mediate species interactions, and the role that species interactions play in driving the evolution of new adaptations. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Rowland, Dr J Skelhorn

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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(BBSRC CASE) Spatiotemporal imaging of neuronal and glial signals in the mammalian master circadian clock at multiple timescales: From the ultra-slow to fast rhythms.

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Our daily or circadian clock is one of the most important timing systems in our body, ensuring that our brain activity is appropriately aligned with our homeostatic, physiological, and behavioural needs across the day and seasonal cycle. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Belle, Dr BB Bano-Otalora, Dr R Storchi

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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(BBSRC DTP) Understanding neuronal mechanisms underlying circadian clock function in the diurnal brain

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

We humans are naturally diurnal, as we are active during the day and rest at night. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BB Bano-Otalora, Prof T Brown, Dr M Belle

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Interbrain dynamical functions for anticipating synchronisation under mutual interactions

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

How can we communicate with other members of society and synchronise our motion in real-time? Crucial to a sense of communication is the ability to entrain perceptually with other members of society, i.e., to be able to follow and to lead, while maintaining individual autonomy. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Hayashi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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MSc By Research: Investigating the cellular mechanisms underlying the link between maternal diabetes and autism spectrum disorders using 3D human brain organoids.

Aberdeen University School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

The MSc by Research programme at the University of Aberdeen is for students interested in a research-intensive master's degree. It is designed specifically to enhance your skills for a PhD or research career. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Kang, Dr D Berg

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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We have 18 animal cognition PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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We have 18 animal cognition PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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