craft PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Supervisor. James Blake & Jeanne Blanchard (Maritime Engineering). Project description. Most small sailing and motor craft are constructed from glass reinforced polymers (GRP) and the industry represents, by volume, one of the most prolific constructors of worldwide glass composites.

VC International Scholarship in Large-scale 3D Printing of Sustainable Indigenous Material

Cardiff University
Welsh School of Architecture

Dr W Jabi

Application Deadline: 1 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but potential funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Large-scale robotic 3D printing has focused almost exclusively on concrete, a primary producer of greenhouse gases.

Data analysis for digital-entrepreneurship/self-employment (Application Ref: SF19/EE/CIS/ANWAR)

Northumbria University
Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Dr MN Anwar, Dr A Ali

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This age of big data gives a great opportunity to turn large-size datasets with high-velocity and diverse structures into real advantage in many fields, such as health, economics, education and disaster prevention.

Biomaterials for design - utilising fungi to develop a thick mat-like mycelium for use as an alternative textile - SACI0008

Edinburgh Napier University
School of Arts and Creative Industries

Dr S Vettese, Prof I Singleton

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION. The textile industry is based largely on the use of cotton, leather and oil derived polymers and these industries are resource intensive and unsustainable.

Commission, Position and Production: An Investigation into the construction of memories through documentary film production - SACI0009

Edinburgh Napier University
School of Arts and Creative Industries

Dr D Maclean, Dr L Milne

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

PROJECT DESCRIPTION. Collective memory, a term defined by Hugo Van Hofmannsthal in 1902, is a version of the past, crafted by a community to aid their perceptions of themselves.

Collaborative Leadership in Regional Governance Systems: Achieving Health and Social Care Outcomes (Advert Reference: SF19/BL/LHRM/ELLIOTT)

Northumbria University
Faculty of Business and Law

Dr I Elliott

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Across the North-East and North Cumbria region greater focus is being placed on integration across public services – particularly health and social care.

Hearing colour and seeing sound - switchable polymer molecular imaging agents for visualizing disease progression

Queensland University of Technology
School of Chemistry and Physics

Dr N Boase

Application Deadline: 30 September 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but potential funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Molecular imaging aims to use non-invasive techniques to probe and visualize molecules in the body, which can be used to measure biochemical processes and disease progression.

Creative Writing - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

University of Birmingham
School of English, Drama, and American & Canadian Studies

Funding Type

PhD Type

Arts Research Programme

Arts Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

This programme is waiting to confirm funding from a university or external source. This may depend on attracting suitable students and applications are welcome. Please see the programme details for more information.

Creative Writing PhD (On-Campus or by Distance Learning). The. Creative Writing PhD. at Birmingham aims to support you in the development of a long-form piece of creative writing (for example, a novel or a script), or a sequence of related works (poems and short stories).