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environmental biotechnology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 88 environmental biotechnology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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4-Year Fully Funded EPSRC PhD Studentship in AI-Enabled Visual Phenotyping for Engineering Hydrophobic Polymer-Degrading Enzymes

University College London
Department of Chemistry
Project ID. 2531cs1093. EPSRC Theme. Manufacturing the Future. Principal Supervisor. Dr Michele Crotti. Co-Supervisor. Dr Castrejón-Pita. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MC Crotti
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Seaweeds as Living Sensors and Bioremediators in Natural and Engineered Coastal Environments

University of Exeter
Biosciences
This interdisciplinary PhD will investigate the potential of seaweeds to capture and concentrate metals from coastal environments, with a particular focus on how metal accumulation changes through time and across natural and engineered marine systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Vos
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Characterisation of Novel Efflux Pumps in Environmental Acinetobacter spp at the genetic and structural level

Teesside University
Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership
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 Supervisors: Dr BL Lopes, Dr C Orr, Prof J Blaza
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How marine microbes transform plastic: discovering novel enzymes and mechanisms

University of Southampton
NERC IGNITE Doctoral Landscape Award
Project Overview. Plastic pollution is transforming marine microbial communities, yet the mechanisms and enzymes driving plastic transformation remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R McCarthy, Dr I Tews, Prof CJ Smith
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering Safer Healthcare Water Systems: Evaluating Cold Water Recirculation for Water Quality and Pathogen Control

Heriot-Watt University
School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
  Research Group: Institute of Sustainable Built Environment
Do you want to help shape the future design of safer and more sustainable healthcare buildings through cutting-edge engineering research? We are seeking an ambitious PhD candidate to investigate the role of cold water recirculation systems in healthcare buildings and their implications for water quality, infection prevention, and sustainable water management. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Kelly, Prof M Gormley
 17 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering Safer Healthcare Water Systems: Optimising Material Leaching and Flushing Strategies

Heriot-Watt University
School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
  Research Group: Institute of Sustainable Built Environment
Are you interested in improving healthcare water quality through innovative engineering research? We are seeking an outstanding PhD candidate to investigate how pipework materials and commissioning practices influence water quality in healthcare buildings, helping to shape future NHS guidance and improve patient safety. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Kelly, Prof M Gormley
 17 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EASTBIO SRUC PAWS: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance and Hospital-Acquired Infections with Innovative Diagnostics and Surveillance in Veterinary Practice

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
This PhD project offers an exciting opportunity to tackle one of the most important challenges in veterinary medicine. the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in clinical practice. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Soutter
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering Safer Healthcare Water Systems: Tackling Opportunistic Waterborne Pathogens

Heriot-Watt University
School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society
  Research Group: Institute of Sustainable Built Environment
Are you passionate about improving public health through innovative engineering solutions? We are seeking an outstanding PhD candidate to undertake interdisciplinary research to investigate how healthcare water systems can be designed and operated to minimise the risk of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Kelly, Prof M Gormley
 17 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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BISCI IDLA: Laundry Metatranscriptomics: A Systems Biology Platform to Decipher Microbial Function, Biofilm Formation and Malodour Generation in Textiles.

Northumbria University
BISCI IDLA
Contribute to Unlocking the Hidden Microbial World of Laundry through Multi-Omics and Systems Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Sherry, Dr N Lant
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: Laundry Metatranscriptomics: A Systems Biology Platform to Decipher Microbial Function, Biofilm Formation and Malodour Generation in Textiles.

Procter & Gamble
BISCI IDLA
Contribute to Unlocking the Hidden Microbial World of Laundry through Multi-Omics and Systems Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Sherry, Dr N Lant
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Investigating mammalian cell adaptation using engineered reporter cells, microfluidics and quantitative approaches

University of Aberdeen
School of Natural and Computing Sciences
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Living cells continuously sense and respond to changes in their environment through signalling pathways. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Giuraniuc, Prof V Speirs, Prof C Grebogi
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(PhD) Mobile Genetic Elements as key drivers for sustainable Wheat-Fungus Adaptations in a Changing Climate

The University of Manchester
Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences
As the world confronts pressing global challenges like a projected population surge to 9.7 billion by 2050, climate change, and the rise of pest pressures, innovative strategies to enhance crop resilience are essential for food security and environmental stability. Read more
 Supervisors: Assoc Prof SG Garg, Prof D Johnson, Dr S Griffiths, Prof N Hall
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Engineering scalable microbial recovery of critical metals from industrial waters to support the energy transition

The University of Manchester
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
The transition towards net zero is driving increasing demand for critical metals (such as PGMs and precious metals), creating an urgent need for more sustainable approaches to their supply. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Lloyd, Prof R Raveendran Nair, Dr J Zhang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design, construction and testing of recombinant protein production systems for industrial biotechnology applications.

Aston University
College of Health and Life Sciences
Details of the Project. The production of recombinant biopharmaceuticals, e.g., antibody fragments and growth hormones, is a billion-dollar industry, with many therapeutic proteins being expressed in the bacterium Escherichia coli [1]. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr DB Browning
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From Queen Signals to Pesticide Sensitivity: How Pheromones Reprogramme Honeybee Physiology and Response to Stress

University of Leeds
Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership
Project Description. How do social signals change an animal's response to environmental stress?. Honeybee colonies rely on sophisticated chemical communication systems that coordinate behaviour and physiology. Read more
 Supervisors: Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan, Prof A Bretman, Dr A Lin
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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