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drug design and development PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 72 drug design and development PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Design and Assessment of Innovative Long-Acting Drug Delivery System

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Pharmacy
Current clinical therapies often rely on intermittent drug administration, such as frequent oral tablets or injections, as seen in diabetes management. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Thakur
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development and Evaluation of Microneedle Arrays for Ocular Drug Delivery

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Pharmacy
Minimally invasive microneedles (MNs) offer unique opportunities to address current challenges in the effective management of ocular disorders, such as age-related macular degeneration and diabetic retinopathy. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Thakur
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Self-Assembling Peptide Nanomaterials for Targeted Ocular Drug Delivery

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Pharmacy
Self-assembling peptide-based hydrogels (SAPH) are composed of short peptide sequences, typically consisting of 5 to 20 amino acids, which undergo spontaneous self-assembly into three-dimensional networks under physiological conditions. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Thakur
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Innovative Drug Delivery Systems for Ocular Therapies: Micro- and Nano-Formulation Approaches

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Pharmacy
Ocular drug delivery presents one of the greatest challenges in pharmaceutical science, largely due to the eye’s unique anatomy, which limits drug permeation to the intended site of action. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Thakur, Prof W Al-Jamal
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Multi-omics informed drug development for advanced breast cancer treatment solutions.

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Engineering
3.5 Year full time studentship. Project summary. Optimising the development of new drugs for the treatment of Solid tumours is protracted and inefficient. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof E Spezi
 31 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Drug Development for Parkinson's Disease

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
Physiology and Cell Biology
PhD Student Position. Drug Development for Parkinson's Disease. The Brodski Lab. Our lab investigates the molecular mechanisms controlling the development, survival, and degeneration of dopaminergic neurons, aiming to leverage our findings to develop novel therapies for dopamine-related disorders. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Brodski
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Digital design of crystallization process for applications in pharmaceutical manufacturing

University of Aberdeen
School of Engineering
These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Majumder, Dr M N Campbell-Bannerman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Peptide-like hydrogels as long-acting injectable drug delivery platforms for the prevention of tuberculosis

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Pharmacy
Low to middle-income countries (LMIC) account for 95% of tuberculosis infections and deaths. Tuberculosis is currently the second highest infectious killer worldwide, after Covid-19, and is responsible for more deaths than HIV/AIDS. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Laverty
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Peptide-like hydrogels as long-acting injectable drug delivery platforms for the prevention of malaria

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Pharmacy
There is an urgent need for new convenient drug delivery platforms to combat global health challenges in infectious disease, including malaria, and especially within low to middle-income countries (LMIC). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Laverty
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mechanistic design of effective pharmaceutical cocrystal formulations

Newcastle University
Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School
It is estimated that more than 70 percent of the compounds in the pharmaceutical pipeline can be poorly water-soluble. Since solid drug forms must dissolve before absorption can occur, strategies to improve drug solubility and dissolution are a continuous need. Read more
 Supervisor: Ms T C M Machado
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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A Novel Prodrug Approach for the Discovery of STAT3-Targeting Breast Cancer Drugs

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Despite the notable progress in diagnosing and treating breast cancer, it still represents the leading cause of cancer-mortality in females. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Mehellou, Dr J Gee
 21 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Peptide-like hydrogels as a long-acting multipurpose drug delivery platform for combined contraception and HIV prevention

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Pharmacy
HIV in women, girls and mother-to-child transmission in pregnancy remain a significant source of new infections and the needs of females are inadequately addressed. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Laverty
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Peptide-like hydrogels: A post-surgical sustained release drug delivery implant for the treatment of glioblastoma brain tumours

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Pharmacy
Glioblastoma is the most aggressive and malignant form of brain tumour with ~3,200 new cases annually within the UK and a median survival of 15 months. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Laverty
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Discovery of Novel Cancer Immunotherapeutic Agents

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Summary. Although cancer therapeutics, mainly chemotherapy and radiotherapy, have been extremely useful in the treatment of cancer, this disease is still associated with high morbidity and mortality. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Mehellou
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Discovery of New Treatments for Parkinson’s disease

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Summary. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurological disease in the world. Current PD therapies and medical interventions are very limited and only address the symptoms of this disease highlighting the need for new and effective treatments for this disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Mehellou
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