Mapping Global Health Through Wastewater: A PhD in Biological Pathogen Surveillance and Environmental Genomics

College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is a rapidly emerging and highly interdisciplinary research field that uses chemical and biological markers in wastewater to provide near-real-time, population-level insights into health, behaviour, and environmental exposures. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Jones

9 June 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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An AI-Informed Planetary Health Framework for Equitable AMR Risk Mitigation

Monash University Malaysia

Engineering and Information Technology

This project develops an AI-informed, community-grounded framework to understand and mitigate antimicrobial resistance (AMR) risks within a planetary health context. Read more

Supervisor: Prof KW Wong

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Building new nano-biosensors for healthcare: Linking biology to the world of carbon nanotechnology through synthetic biology

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Biosciences

Research Group: Molecular Biosciences

Proteins are nature’s very own molecular machines carrying out functions ranging from catalysis to molecular recognition to energy conversion. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Jones, Prof M Palma, Dr WK Kelton

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

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Algorithms and methodology for understanding bacterial plasmid evolution (HUBERK_U26CMP)

University of East Anglia

School of Computing Sciences

Infectious diseases present a significant threat to the health of the UK population and economy with the overall annual costs estimated at £30bn each year. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Huber

18 June 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Decoding CDR Dynamics to Engineer High Affinity Antibodies for Next Generation Therapeutics

University of Leicester

College of Life Sciences

Research Group: Molecular & Cell Biology

Project Summary. This project will investigate how complementarity‑determining region (CDR) structural dynamics guide affinity maturation in antibodies, with the goal of improving their use in global health and biotechnology. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Hall, Dr F Muskett

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

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Bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections

University of Leicester

College of Life Sciences

Research Group: Microbiology and Infection

Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria, playing vital roles in shaping microbial communities and influencing health and disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr SM A Millard, E Galyov, M Clokie

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

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Bioengineering and Healthcare Technologies

Loughborough University

Department of Chemical Engineering

Sustainable production of next-generation pharmaceuticals and biologics to meet future healthcare needs is a key area of research at Loughborough. Read more

Supervisor: Dr DJ Malik

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Diagnostic biomarkers and mechanistic understanding of biofilm formation in prosthetic joint infection

University of Portsmouth

School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Robson, Dr R Baldock

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

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Machine Learning Models for Predicting Prosthetic Joint Infections from Clinical and Genomic Data

University of Portsmouth

School of Computing

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6-year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Computing and will be supervised by Dr Ella Haig and Professor Sam Robson. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Haig, Prof S Robson

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

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Towards new antibacterial drugs to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria: identification and characterization of novel natural product antibiotics

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections and have added over a decade to the average human lifespan. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A O'Neill

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

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Broadening the spectrum of antibacterial drugs to tackle multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

Research Group: Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology

Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections and have added over a decade to average human lifespan. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A O'Neill, Dr M McPhillie, Prof C Fishwick

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

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RECRUITING NOW: Funded PhD Studentships at the EPSRC and MOD Centre for Doctoral Training in Complex Integrated Systems for Defence and Security (CISDnS) at the University of Southampton.

University of Southampton

Looking to pursue a PhD either full time or part time in maritime, aeronautical, aerospace, medical and electronic systems following digital, physical, biological themes then we have opportunities for you. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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Evaluating the genetic basis and evolution of virulence and antimicrobial drug resistance in Helicobacter pylori in a populational model

University of Leicester

Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences

Project background. Characterization of the genetic variation of bacterial species and the evolutionary mechanisms leading to that variation is crucial for understanding bacterial adaptation to their host environments, as well as the evolution of phenotypes such as virulence and antimicrobial drug resistance (AMR). Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Beleza, Dr K Schilcher, Dr FF Freund

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

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The role of Efflux in Antibiotic Resistance of Clinically Relevant Pathogens

University of Birmingham

Department of Microbes, Infections and Microbiomes

Antibiotics underpin all of modern medicine; they are used to treat bacterial infections, and to prevent infections after surgery and in patients with a suppressed immune system such as those undergoing cancer chemotherapy or organ transplantation. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Blair

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

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Synthesis, Characterisation and Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Agents against Polymicrobial Biofilms.

University of Birmingham

School of Dentistry

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major global health threat, driven in part by the persistence of polymicrobial biofilms that exhibit high tolerance to antimicrobial treatments and immune defences. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A R Rahman, Dr L Cox

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

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We have 56 antimicrobial resistance PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

antimicrobial resistance PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 56 antimicrobial resistance PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Mapping Global Health Through Wastewater: A PhD in Biological Pathogen Surveillance and Environmental Genomics

An AI-Informed Planetary Health Framework for Equitable AMR Risk Mitigation

Building new nano-biosensors for healthcare: Linking biology to the world of carbon nanotechnology through synthetic biology

Algorithms and methodology for understanding bacterial plasmid evolution (HUBERK_U26CMP)

Decoding CDR Dynamics to Engineer High Affinity Antibodies for Next Generation Therapeutics

Bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections

Bioengineering and Healthcare Technologies

Diagnostic biomarkers and mechanistic understanding of biofilm formation in prosthetic joint infection

Machine Learning Models for Predicting Prosthetic Joint Infections from Clinical and Genomic Data

Towards new antibacterial drugs to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria: identification and characterization of novel natural product antibiotics

Broadening the spectrum of antibacterial drugs to tackle multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens

RECRUITING NOW: Funded PhD Studentships at the EPSRC and MOD Centre for Doctoral Training in Complex Integrated Systems for Defence and Security (CISDnS) at the University of Southampton.

Evaluating the genetic basis and evolution of virulence and antimicrobial drug resistance in Helicobacter pylori in a populational model

The role of Efflux in Antibiotic Resistance of Clinically Relevant Pathogens

Synthesis, Characterisation and Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Agents against Polymicrobial Biofilms.

We have 56 antimicrobial resistance PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

antimicrobial resistance PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 56 antimicrobial resistance PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Mapping Global Health Through Wastewater: A PhD in Biological Pathogen Surveillance and Environmental Genomics

An AI-Informed Planetary Health Framework for Equitable AMR Risk Mitigation

Building new nano-biosensors for healthcare: Linking biology to the world of carbon nanotechnology through synthetic biology

Algorithms and methodology for understanding bacterial plasmid evolution (HUBERK_U26CMP)

Decoding CDR Dynamics to Engineer High Affinity Antibodies for Next Generation Therapeutics

Bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections

Bioengineering and Healthcare Technologies

Diagnostic biomarkers and mechanistic understanding of biofilm formation in prosthetic joint infection

Machine Learning Models for Predicting Prosthetic Joint Infections from Clinical and Genomic Data

Towards new antibacterial drugs to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria: identification and characterization of novel natural product antibiotics

Broadening the spectrum of antibacterial drugs to tackle multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens

RECRUITING NOW: Funded PhD Studentships at the EPSRC and MOD Centre for Doctoral Training in Complex Integrated Systems for Defence and Security (CISDnS) at the University of Southampton.

Evaluating the genetic basis and evolution of virulence and antimicrobial drug resistance in Helicobacter pylori in a populational model

The role of Efflux in Antibiotic Resistance of Clinically Relevant Pathogens

Synthesis, Characterisation and Evaluation of Novel Antimicrobial Agents against Polymicrobial Biofilms.

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