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chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 722 chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Project 16 - Investigating the potential of regenerative agriculture to reduce environmental pollution and greenhouse gas emissions through reducing chemical fertiliser, herbicide and pesticide inputs (Ben Keane, University of York)

Are you passionate about solving complex environmental challenges? Interested in creating non-toxic environments that benefit society and nature alike?… Read more
 Supervisors: Dr BK Keane, Prof J Edmondson, Dr R Wade, Prof P Chapman
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Project 15 - Wildfires, Ecological Restoration and Chemical Risk (Kate Arnold, University of York)

Are you passionate about solving complex environmental challenges? Interested in creating non-toxic environments that benefit society and nature alike?… Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Arnold, Prof J Edmondson, Dr P Robinson
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Project 10 - Leveraging behavioural change to reduce urban pollution (Karl Evans, University of Sheffield)

Are you passionate about solving complex environmental challenges? Interested in creating non-toxic environments that benefit society and nature alike?… Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K L Evans, Prof T Webb, Dr E Corbett, Dr J Wilkinson
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Project 8 - Understanding interactions between wastewater and pesticides on the fate of AMR in fields (Ellie Harrison, University of Sheffield)

Are you passionate about solving complex environmental challenges? Interested in creating non-toxic environments that benefit society and nature alike?… Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Harrison, Prof JS Snape, Dr Amanda Porter, Prof Laura Carter, Dr E Haynes
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in Organic Semiconductors for OLED Displays and Quantum Technologies (S3.5-ELE-dos Santos)

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 P dos Santos, Prof J Clark
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Translational Biomaterials for Women’s Health: Developing Novel Polymer Patches for Pelvic Fistula Repair (S3.5-CMB-Hearnden)

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 V Hearnden, Prof F Claeyssens, Dr H Colley
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Beyond GLP-1: Designing Stable Formulations for Next-Generation Peptide Medicines for Metabolic Health (S3.5-CMB-Wong)

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 TS Wong, Dr K Tee
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Transmembrane signal processing in synthetic cells

An iCASE (Industrial Collaborative Award in Science and Engineering) PhD position on ‘transmembrane signal processing in synthetic cells’ is available as part of the London Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme to start in September 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Booth, Prof AB Tabor, Mr JC Calles
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Scholarship project: Lignin valorisation for the circular economy

This PhD project will tackle the valorisation of lignin, the most abundant renewable source of aromatic carbon on Earth. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof RR Rinaldi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Unravelling the Role of Configurational Entropy in Mechanical Properties of High-Entropy Ceramics

Unravelling the Mechanical Secrets of High-Entropy Ceramics. Can we discover new principles for designing tougher and stronger ceramics by controlling their atomic complexity?. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Chen, Dr A Yerokhin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Dynamic mechanophores for damage detection during plastic recycling

Polymers are essential to nearly every aspect of our lives from the clothes we wear, to the cars we drive, to the plastic containers that keep our favourite foods fresh. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Fox, Prof M Shaver
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Upcycling Waste Plastics into Green Membranes for Electrochemically Mediated Carbon Capture (UP-GREEN)

Achieving net zero will require carbon removal technologies that are not only energy-efficient, but also sustainable in the materials they use. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Z Xu, Dr J Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Banking Breath: Biofabrication of Cryopreservable Lung Organoid Disease Models

Human lung organoids - miniature, lab-grown models of the human airway - are transforming how we study lung disease and test new treatments. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Domingos, Dr S Vranic, Prof m Gibson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Circular Desalination: Membrane-Enabled Water Recovery and Brine Valorisation

Freshwater scarcity is increasing global reliance on desalination, but conventional technologies can be energy intensive and generate concentrated brine requiring careful management. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Raveendran Nair, Dr P Pillai, Dr J Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Operando-Guided Design of Dual-Atom Catalysts for CO₂-Assisted Ethane Dehydrogenation

Ethylene sits at the heart of the chemical industry. it is the starting point for plastics, pharmaceuticals, detergents, and countless everyday products. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Lezcanogonzalez, Prof C Hardacre
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)