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chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 722 chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Bath Engineering & Design Studentships: Engineering Ion-Selective Membranes for Critical Metal Recovery

This project is one of a number in competition for a studentship from the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Bath. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Jin, Prof J Chew
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bath Engineering & Design Studentships: Upcycling Waste Plastics into Redox-Active Electrodes for Electrochemical CO₂ Capture

This project is one of a number in competition for a studentship from the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Bath. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Castro Dominguez
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bath Engineering & Design Studentships: How Is Molecular Memory Written? Atomistic Simulation of Polymerisation in Molecularly Imprinted Polymers

This project is one of a number in competition for a studentship from the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Bath. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Herdes, Dr H S Leese
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Functionalized 2D membranes for divalent metal ion separation

Divalent metal ions, such as nickel and cobalt are essential components of rechargeable lithium-ion batteries, making their efficient recovery increasingly important for sustainable battery production and recycling. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Shen Jie Shen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advancing predictive models for battery interfaces through quantum and AI-driven atomistic simulations

Supervisory team. Professor Chris Skylaris. Help shape the future of energy storage by developing predictive models of battery interfaces. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C K Skylaris
 31 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering plant cell walls beyond the digestive range of a pest’s bacterial symbiont

Most herbivorous insects cannot digest a leaf unaided. Pectin, the polysaccharide that cements plant cell walls together, is a particular obstacle, and many beetles overcome it by carrying bacteria that supply the enzymes they lack. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H S Salem, Dr AB Berasategui
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering plant cell walls beyond the digestive range of a pest’s bacterial symbiont

Most herbivorous insects cannot digest a leaf unaided. Pectin, the polysaccharide that cements plant cell walls together, is a particular obstacle, and many beetles overcome it by carrying bacteria that supply the enzymes they lack. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H S Salem, Dr AB Berasategui
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Morphological control of Organically Synthesised Porous Carbons (in collaboration with Gavion) (C4-MPS-Dawson)

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 R Dawson, Prof NT Turner
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Eastbio: Design, synthesis, and mechanism of action of inhibitors of the human enzyme 2′-deoxynucleoside 5′-phosphate N-hydrolase 1

The human enzyme 2′-deoxynucleoside 5′-phosphate N-hydrolase 1 (DNPH1) catalyses the N-ribosidic bond hydrolysis of the noncanonical nucleotide 5-hydroxymethyl-2′-deoxyuridine 5′-monophosphate, producing 5-hydroxymethyluracil and 2-deoxyribose 5-phosphate. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RG Da Silva, Dr G Florence
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Project 19 - Quantifying In-Sewer Chemical Attenuation to Improve Environmental Exposure Models (John Wilkinson, University of York)

Investigate how chemicals are transformed and removed as they travel through sewer networks, combining real-world monitoring, environmental chemistry and modelling to improve predictions of their eventual release into the environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Wilkinson, Prof JS Snape, Dr J Mosely, Dr K Endersby, Dr S Harrison, Dr Cansu Uluseker
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Deployable Machine Olfaction: An Information-Theoretic Approach to Transferable Odour Sensing at the Edge

Can a low-cost sensor learn to smell?. Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released by food and buildings carry valuable information. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr OC Cetinkaya, Dr A Casson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Recombinant protein production in microalgae

The development of microalgae into alternative expression platforms for therapeutic recombinant protein production has long been hampered by the low productivity of protein expression, particularly when nuclear genes are employed. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Theodoropoulos, Dr J Pittman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Destruction of organic pollutants using novel electrochemical oxidation technology; Evaluating impact of metals on the removal efficiency.

Increased discharge of potentially toxic, hard-to-remove organic pollutants (pesticides, antibiotics etc) is causing major environmental/economic damage worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Van Dongen, Dr S Boult, Dr IS Strashnov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multiple PhD Positions at the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) for Quantum Dynamics and Control (QDC)

We are looking for highly talented and motivated students from all around the world. The standard entrance qualification is a master's degree (or an equivalent university degree, e.g., German "Diplom") in physics, chemistry, mathematics, or computer science. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Max Planck Research Programme
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Structural Energy Storage in Clay-Based Soils

Structural energy storage is an emerging field with the potential to transform sustainable infrastructure in which materials are designed to simultaneously perform mechanical and energy storage functions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AC Casarella
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)