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We have 1,182 biology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Fuelling proliferation: how transporters control metabolism in development and cancer

MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS)

Postgraduate Studies

Many cancers lose their differentiated identity and revert to a stem cell-like state. This project asks whether they do so in part by reactivating the metabolic programmes that drive growth in early development, and whether membrane transporters are important regulators of this. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Fets, Dr M Percharde

18 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Chemical and mechanical guidance in collective cell migration (S3.5-MPS-Ucar)

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Can Ucar, Dr K Campbell

13 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

EASTBIO Better Putting Through Better Looking: Using Vision Science To Enhance Skilled Performance

University of St Andrews

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

This study aims to examine how vision science can be used to enhance skilled performance – in the context of golf putting. Golf putting provides an ideal context in which to apply the methods and knowledge generated by vision science. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Donaldson, Dr J Ales

16 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

EASTBIO Cognitive flexibility in rats: a new approach to automation

University of St Andrews

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

Ever had a song ‘stuck in your head’ or experienced a ‘Eureka moment’ when a solution ‘pops into mind’? We all value being able to think – and act – flexibly, but it is something fragile, and impaired in a number of psychiatric diseases and disorders. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Tait, Prof V Brown

16 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

EASTBIO Shaping Motion: Astrocyte Specialization within Motor Control Networks

University of St Andrews

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

Neurons are not alone in the nervous system. They are aided by a team of support cells that are increasingly recognised as having vital roles in all aspects of neuronal function. Read more

Supervisors: Prof GM Miles, Dr M J Broadhead

16 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

The cell response to stress: determining how altered translation and mitochondrial function impact on ageing

The University of Manchester

Division of Molecular and Cellular Function

Research Group: Division of Molecular and Cellular Function

Living organisms are subjected to many stresses including altered oxygen levels, changing temperature, irradiation, infection and injury. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A J Whitmarsh, Dr G Poulin

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

Quantum sensors for host–pathogen interaction: measuring phagosomal pH during immune evasion by intracellular bacteria (S3.5-MPS-Cadby)

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Cadby, Dr J Tyler

13 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

EASTBIO - Unlocking the regulatory code at single cell resolution in vivo

University of Edinburgh

School of Genetics and Cancer (College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine)

The vertebrate body contains hundreds of specialised cell types, produced by tightly controlled activation of genes in specific places and times during development. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SB Bhatia, Prof F Mueller

16 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Decoding Dynamic Plant Meristems

Gatsby Charitable Foundation

All aerial parts of a plant originate from a small population of pluripotent cells within the shoot apical meristem (SAM). Far from being a static structure, the SAM is continuously changing in size, shape and cellular organisation as the plant develops. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Wahl, Prof H Jönsson

20 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Decoding Dynamic Plant Meristems

The James Hutton Institute

Cell and Molecular Sciences

All aerial parts of a plant originate from a small population of pluripotent cells within the shoot apical meristem (SAM). Far from being a static structure, the SAM is continuously changing in size, shape and cellular organisation as the plant develops. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Wahl, Prof H Jönsson

20 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

IN-SIGHT PhD Programme 2026/2027

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

How does a fundamental biological discovery become a medicine that changes lives? If that question excites you, IN-SIGHT is the PhD programme for you. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) MRC Doctoral Landscape Award

SPIDER: Serifluidic Processing In Disruptive Engineering Robotics (S3.5-CMB-Holland)

University of Sheffield

School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Holland, Prof I Todd

13 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Patterning in dynamic environments

The Francis Crick Institute

A 2027 Crick PhD project with Zena Hadjivasiliou. Project background and description. A hallmark of embryo development is the generation of spatial patterns guided by morphogen gradients and gene regulatory networks (GRNs). Read more

Supervisor: Dr ZH Hadjivasiliou

2 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

The interaction of steroid hormone receptors with FOXL2 during ovary development

The Francis Crick Institute

A 2027 Crick PhD project with Robin Lovell-Badge. Project background and description. Functional organ development requires the correct differentiation and spatial organisation of progenitor cells, where these can be anything from self-renewing stem cells through to committed intermediate cell types. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Lovell-Badge

2 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Engineering plant cells circuitries for multiparametric high-throughput platforms for weed control (EngCiWeCo)

Royal Holloway, University of London

London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium (LIDo)

Rationale and Importance. Developing physiologically relevant screening platforms for weed-control compounds in adult plants is slow, low-throughput, and requires large chemical inputs. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Devoto, Prof RM Mott

1 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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