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We have 603 case PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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ACCE+ DLA programme: More trees don’t make a forest: Understanding savanna woody encroachment impacts & restoration

Background. Savannas cover more than 20% of the terrestrial Earth surface, support a wealth of unique biodiversity, play major roles in climate-temperature regulation and hydrological cycling, and underpin millions of livelihoods. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Parr, Dr K Simpson, Dr C Lehmann
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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ACCE+ DLA programme: Britain’s soil microbiome atlas: disentangling management and climate drivers of below-ground biodiversity

Healthy soils depend on billions of microbes and tiny animals that recycle nutrients, store carbon and support crop growth. Yet we still cannot say how Britain's soil communities are changing, or which farming practices help them cope with a warmer, drier climate. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Del Carratore, Prof A Darby, Dr R Neilson
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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ACCE+ DLA programme: Can evolutionary history predict which aquatic insects are most vulnerable to climate warming?

Freshwater environments are warming, but not all species are responding in the same way. Some aquatic insects tolerate temperatures far above those they normally experience, while others typically found in cooler streams may be particularly vulnerable. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Rowland, Dr P Mulhair, Dr S Wigby, Dr C MacAdam
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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ACCE+ DLA programme: Enhancing detections of invertebrates to improve biosecurity in the South Atlantic

Interested in invertebrates, invasive species and islands in the South Atlantic? This PhD project gives you all three. The cheapest and most efficient way to prevent invasions by terrestrial invertebrates, is to prevent introduction and establishment of the species in the wider environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof W Dawson, Dr P Brickle, Prof H Roy, Prof G Hurst
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PDS Award) Sensing Political Worlds: AI, Situated Knowledge and the Reading of Political Graffiti

Graffiti and murals offer communities in conflict-affected societies a way of reading their surroundings. In Belfast, for instance, painted kerbstones or a crown on a wall signals whose area this is and for whom feels safe. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr BV Vogel, Dr T Mu
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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ACCE+ DLA programme: When are nanoplastics dangerous? Predicting nanoplastic risk across freshwater landscapes

Why might the same nanoplastic have different effects in different water bodies? Tiny plastic particles enter freshwaters, but their ecological consequences depend on more than the amount present. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Plaistow, Dr MP Peacock, Dr A Chetwynd, Dr E Mackay
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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ACCE+ DLA Programme: Generative AI for Forecasting Coastal Ecological and Geomorphic Change

Coastal landscapes are increasingly exposed to geomorphic change and erosion driven by sea-level rise, storms, wave action, and changing hydrodynamic conditions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr HZ Zhao, Dr CM Matsoukis, Prof N Leonardi
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Coral calcification in a changing ocean

Project Overview. Despite decades of research, how corals build their skeletons remains unclear. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Foster, Dr D Evans, Dr T Page, Mr H George
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optimising CO2 Removal through Enhanced Rock Weathering through Multiscale Modelling

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 Supervisors: Dr S. R. Ruiz, Prof R James
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD studentships with the Nottingham BBSRC DLA Programme

Up to 30 fully funded, four year PhD studentships are available in the biosciences. Join us to elevate your career, conducting transformative research in one of three priority themes. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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PhD studentships with the Nottingham BBSRC DLA Programme

Up to 30 fully funded, four year PhD studentships are available in the biosciences. Join us to elevate your career, conducting transformative research in one of three priority themes. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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Is Broader Better? Optimising the power of phage therapeutics

Antimicrobial-resistance is a major threat to human and animal health, including food security. One promising complement to antibiotics is the use of bacteriophage (phage) to treat bacterial infections. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Castledine
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Exploring Nodavirus diversity from crayfish hosts: assessing implications for human health risks

CASE Project. Teesside University, Durham University, the University of Leeds, and the Environment Agency are delighted to offer a new interdisciplinary PhD opportunity investigating emerging nodaviruses in UK aquatic wildlife. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Bojko
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Permafrost subsidence and greenhouse gas release in the Canadian Arctic (Mackenzie Delta): a low-carbon satellite and AI approach

This PhD is part of the Net Zero Polar Science DTP, which aims to make polar science possible in a net zero world. For further details visit https://nzps-dtp.ac.uk/. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Agarwal, Prof M Lim, Dr KM Miles
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sustainable Balloon Observations of Energetic Particle Impacts on the Polar Atmosphere

This PhD is part of the Net Zero Polar Science DTP, which aims to make polar science possible in a net zero world. For further details visit https://nzps-dtp.ac.uk/. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K.A. Nicoll, Prof C Watt, Prof K Aplin, Mr R Nash, Prof G Harrison
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)