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computational neuroscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 79 computational neuroscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Phase-locked Deep Brain Stimulation to restore neural dynamics in Parkinson’s Disease

University of Oxford

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying phase-locked deep brain stimulation to improve movement and sleep in people with Parkinson’s disease. Read more

Supervisors: Prof H Tan, Dr S He, Prof A Sharott

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

Discovering and translating physiological biomarkers for personalised adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s disease

University of Oxford

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying how neural, movement and behavioural signals can be used to personalise adaptive deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof A Oswal, Prof T Denison, Assoc Prof H Cagnan, Dr B Abdi-Sargezeh

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

Understanding Brain Resilience, Vascular Health and early Neurodegeneration

University of Cambridge

Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Summary. Why do some individuals remain cognitively healthy despite accumulating brain pathology and genetic risk, while others develop cognitive impairment and dementia?. Read more

Supervisor: Dr KT Tsvetanov

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

(EPSRC DTP) A Plug-and-Play Foundation Model for Multiscale Reconstruction and Analysis of Animal Behaviour

The University of Manchester

Division of Neuroscience

This project will develop computational methods for three-dimensional reconstruction and quantitative analysis of animal behaviour from video recordings. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Storchi, Prof R Petersen

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

Uncertainty-aware decision-making for adaptive neural stimulation

University of Cambridge

Department of Engineering

AI_CDT_DecisionMaking. Details. Adaptive neurotechnology must make stimulation decisions from incomplete information about a changing nervous system. Read more

Supervisor: Prof FM Mancini

4 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Understanding neural circuit dynamics in models of Parkinson’s

University of Oxford

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying the links between behaviour and brain circuit dynamics in animal models of Parkinson’s. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P J Magill, Prof A Sharott, Dr J Gallego, Dr H Collins

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

Advancing Functional MRS: Methodological Development for Dynamic Neurochemical Measurement

University of Reading

School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Project Overview. Functional magnetic resonance spectroscopy (fMRS) is an emerging neuroimaging approach that measures rapid, task‑evoked changes in brain metabolites. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Bell

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

AI-Driven Insect Cognition: Computational Models for Behavior, Brain Imaging and Bio-Inspired Robotics

Durham University

Department of Biosciences

Understanding how the insect brain functions and generates behaviors is crucial for fields such as ecology, biodiversity conservation, agriculture, pest control, disease prevention and robotics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Riabinina, Dr A Atapour-Abarghouei

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

EASTBIO: Linking the computations underlying learning, flexibility and perception

University of Edinburgh

School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences (College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine)

Almost everything we know about how animals learn comes from one task at a time, in different animals. So a basic question is unanswered. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Pagan, Dr A Chadwick

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

Fully Funded PhD in Bioengineering and BioRobotics

Scuola Superiore SantAnna

The BioRobotics Institute

The PhD in BioRobotics is one of the world's largest doctoral programmes in biomedical engineering and robotics, and this fully funded PhD is your opportunity to join it. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Italy PhD Programme

Bath Engineering & Design Studentships: Knowledge Representation in Bio-Inspired Neural Networks

University of Bath

Department of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

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 DF Florescu

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

Efficient coding in touch: Exploring cortical feature tuning in the somatosensory system through the lens of efficient coding

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Efficient coding models can successfully explain the emergence of different features detectors along the visual pathway, such as center-surround receptive fields, simple and complex cells, and even higher-level visual neurons. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Saal, Dr SP Wilson

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

[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Multi-Omics Digital Twins for Modelling Brain Ageing and Intervention Response

The University of Manchester

Department of Computer Science

Why do some people maintain good brain health as they age, while others experience more rapid decline? Current “brain-age” models often reduce this complex process to a single score. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Sun, Dr H Zhou, Dr C Lea-Carnall, Prof GN Nenadic

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

NeuroAI: Biologically Plausible Artificial Intelligence

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Faculty of Medicine

Research Group: Technion NeuroAI

PhD Positions Available. Neuro-AI Lab at Technion. About Us. Our projects range from developing Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) for both rodents and humans to creating theoretical and computational models of neural activity, and training cutting-edge machine-learning models, including large language models (LLMs). Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Recanatesi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Astrocyte Metabolism as Inspiration for Ultra‑Efficient Neuromorphic Computing (Ref: CM/EH-SF1/2026)

Loughborough University

Department of Chemistry

Astrocytes (the brain’s most abundant glial cells) play a crucial role in energy management, information processing, and neural support. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Hill, Prof P Roach

1 July 2027 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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