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food science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 95 food science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training in Sustainable Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN)

Join the UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Sustainable, Understandable agri-food Systems Transformed by Artificial Intelligence (SUSTAIN). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  UKRI AI Centre for Doctoral Training
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Fully Funded PhD Positions in Climate-Resilient Agriculture & Rural Water Systems

Are you driven to address humanity's most urgent challenges—climate change, food insecurity, and sustainable water management?. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  India PhD Programme
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Exploring nitrogen electrochemistry at elevated temperatures (Ref: CM/IMP-SF1/2026)

A huge amount of nitrogen fixation to ammonia-based fertiliser is required annually to maintain global food supply; it is estimated that artificial fixation accounts for 50% of the terrestrial nitrogen cycle. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr IM McPherson
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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FILET, Food Innovation with Live-cell Engineering Technologies

The Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Bath is inviting applications for the following fully-funded PhD project, expected to commence in September 2026. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PSC Silva Couto
 28 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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African swine fever virus host-pathogen interactions at the interface between the innate and adaptive immune responses

RVC Supervisor(s). Prof Dirk Werling. Project Ref. 2026/08. Anticipated Start Date. October 2026. Duration. 3.5 years full-time. Closing date to apply. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Werling
 29 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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DEFRA-NCAS Studentship: Exploring the Air Quality Impacts of Emerging Fertilisers

Agriculture is a major source of atmospheric pollutants, emitting substantial amounts of ammonia (NH. 3. ), greenhouse gases and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AV Voliotis, Dr E Matthews, Dr T Bannan, Prof H Coe
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Predictive Health Analytics from Integrated Social Service Records: A Natural Language Processing (NLP)-Based Framework for Early Intervention

  Research Group: Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics
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 Supervisors: Dr C Perez-Almendros, Dr V Bennett, Prof SM Allen, Dr D Wilkins
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Infant oral health and food choices: supporting parents making right choices

  Research Group: Division of Dentistry
This PhD will investigate how early-life food choices and oral hygiene behaviours shape infant oral health, and design actionable strategies to reduce preventable dental disease in early childhood. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr GK Kitsaras, Prof T Walsh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Ecological Surveillance using High-Throughput Quantitative Imaging.

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the Red-ALERT CDT, hosted by the University of Bath for entry in September 2026. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CH Holt, Dr I Fournier, Dr L K Newbold, Prof M Wills
 9 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Evaluating the nutritional, cardiometabolic and environmental impact of replacing animal-derived dairy products with plant-based alternatives (Ref: SSEHS/SF-OM26)

The global food system plays a pivotal role in both the prevention of noncommunicable diseases, including cardiovascular diseases, and the mitigation of climate change. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr O Markey, Prof R Hardy , Prof J Lovegrove
 1 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Mapping Hydromorphology and Hydraulic Habitat

Hydromorphology is synonymous with physical habitat in rivers and describes the combination of the morphological and hydrological / hydraulic components of river channels. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Visser
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing synthetic microbial communities for the control of pea downy mildew

Demand for food production is increasing due to growing global population, reduced land availability for agriculture, concern over the effects of the environment on agriculture, and decreasing yield reliability because of climate change. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Tor, Prof YH Hong, Dr T Wood
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Bridging the Gap: Investigating the Professional Landscape of Applied Performance Analysts in Sports Performance Analysis

As the discipline of sports performance analysis experiences unprecedented growth and diversification, the role of the applied performance analysts emerges as a key component to aid coaches, athletes and stakeholders’ decision making (Martin et al., 2023). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Francis, Prof D Vinson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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How Resilient are Irrigation Investments in Sub-Saharan Africa to Compound Hydro-Climatic and Socio-Political Hazards?

Irrigation is critical for food security and climate adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa, yet we lack rigorous understanding of how effectively different investments buffer farmers against compound hydroclimatic hazards and how socio-political hazards such as conflict shape this relationship. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Foster, Dr P da Conceição Bispo, Dr H Tahir
 9 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sustainability Ph.D.

RIT’s Ph.D. in sustainability solves real-world challenges and optimizes sustainable systems across tech, business, energy, and more. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Research Programme

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