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chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 722 chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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EPSRC CDT in Superconductivity: Enabling Transformative Technologies

The EPSRC CDT in Superconductivity is a 4-year research and training programme leading to a PhD/DPhil in the subject area of superconductivity. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Fully Funded PhD Program in Japan – Interdisciplinary Research at OIST

The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST), accredited in 2011, is located on the subtropical island of Okinawa, Japan. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  International PhD Programme
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Novel strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of snakebites

Snakebite envenomation (SBE), a high priority neglected tropical disease affects several million people worldwide resulting in as many as 150,000 deaths and around 500,000 permanent disabilities every year. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof SV Vaiyapuri
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Process Industries: Net Zero

These PhD projects will train the next generation of process and chemical engineers, and chemists, to develop the new processes, process technologies and green chemistries required for the process industries' transition to Net Zero. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Process Industries: Net Zero

These PhD projects will train the next generation of process and chemical engineers, and chemists, to develop the new processes, process technologies and green chemistries required for the process industries' transition to Net Zero. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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PhD Studentship in Microbiology

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship (home or international) in microbiology under the supervision of Professor Erwin Reisner within the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry at the University of Cambridge. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Reisner
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploring how Mycobacterium tuberculosis uses nutrients

  Research Group: Chemical biology and biological chemistry
This PhD project will investigate how Mycobacterium tuberculosis utilises nutrients and how changes in nutrient transport influence pathogen biology by combining microbiology, biochemical and analytical approaches. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof EF Fullam
 6 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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The electronic structure of reactive intermediates from ion spectroscopy

A fully funded PhD studentship is available to a start in September 2027 within the research group of Dr Jemma Gibbard (https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/jemma-gibbard/) at Durham University. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J A Gibbard
 5 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering protein nanocages for biotechnology applications (LE BRUN_U27DTP)

Primary Supervisor - Professor Nick Le Brun. Proteins that self-assemble to yield cage-like structures are of great interest due to their potential applications in biotechnology. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Le Brun
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio Partnership – Using critical element (Co-Mn-Ni) containing compounds formed through biological processes as precursors for development of high-performance cathode materials for energy storage applications

Currently, Mn-Co-Ni containing oxides are used as cathode materials in commercial lithium ion batteries. Further research into the Co-Mn-Ni-O-H system is investigating phases that have potential in other energy storage applications such as supercapacitor materials or as electrode materials in Na-ion batteries. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof CK Kirk, Prof L Horsfall
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio Partnership – Polyester Depolymerisation Mediated by Artificial Metalloenzymes

An estimated 31.9 million tonnes of mismanaged plastic waste enters the environment annually,[1] contaminating oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Garden, Dr A Jarvis
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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New generation metallo-antimicrobials

Second Supervisor. Dr Christian Jenul, Division of Microbiology and Infection. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health concern worldwide. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Suntharalingam
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Pin-ing it down: Understanding the Enigmatic Role of Pin1 in Health and Disease

Pin1 is a prolyl isomerase enzyme that catalyses the cis/trans isomerization of proline residues in over 200 protein substrates. Dysregulation of Pin1 levels is strongly associated with regulation of pathways associated with DNA repair and ageing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Doveston, Dr G Hall, Prof S Macip
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(UoM - Peking University) Developing density functional approximations for accurate modelling of magnetic organic conjugated systems

Density functional theory (DFT) has become the most widely employed approach for electronic structure calculations, with broad applications spanning chemistry, physics, biology, materials science, and related fields. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Roncevic, Dr C L Li
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(UoM - Peking University) Uranium and Thorium in Arene-Trigonal-Donor Environments

A fully funded Dual Award PhD Studentship between The University of Manchester and Peking University is available for a highly motivated, outstanding chemist to undertake in the field of actinide synthesis, structural, spectroscopic, magnetic, and computational characterisation. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Liddle, Prof W Huang
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)