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fully funded PhD for international students PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 657 fully funded PhD for international students PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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EastBio Partnership – Polyester Depolymerisation Mediated by Artificial Metalloenzymes

An estimated 31.9 million tonnes of mismanaged plastic waste enters the environment annually,[1] contaminating oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Garden, Dr A Jarvis
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO(CASE): Engineering fluorescent non-canonical amino acids for quantitative imaging of protein therapeutics trafficking

How proteins are sorted, recycled and degraded in the endolysosomal system is a fundamental question in cell biology and a key determinant of how engineered biologics perform. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Vendrell, Dr E C Calder, Dr F N Nadal-Bufi
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Deciphering Immune-Metabolic Signalling Networks Through Integrative Proteomics and Systems Biology

Biological systems depend on constant communication between cells, tissues, and organs to maintain health and respond to environmental challenges. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A English
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Understanding differences in the propensity to play: Developing a neurobiologically informed generative model of movement to study play-like behaviour in Drosophila

Have you ever wondered why some children play more than others, or how genetic and environmental factors shape this essential behaviour? Do you want to… Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Thornton
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Surface presentation and host recognition by a novel orphan toxin B-subunit adhesin.

Bacterial pathogens rely on surface adhesins to recognise and bind to host tissues, yet a recently identified family of proteins known as orphan toxin B-subunits remains functionally uncharacterised. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I MacArthur
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA:β-glucan/selenium nanoparticles as a nutraceutical strategy to attenuate atrophy in a human senescent muscle model

CASE Project. Engineering 3D Human Muscle to Understand Ageing. Can Yeast β-Glucan Protect Mitochondrial Function?. As we age, we lose muscle mass, strength and function. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Simoes
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA : Integrating mammalian pharyngeal endoderm and Drosophila models to uncover conserved epithelial regulatory networks in cardiovascular development

Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects in humans, yet many of the fundamental biological mechanisms that drive normal heart and tissue development remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Bamforth
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA:Enigmatic bacterial sphingolipids: probing their regulation and function in host-bacterial interactions

The bacterial outer membrane is their front-line structure, mediating defence against environmental stress and antibiotics, as well as interactions with the host and microbiota. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Connolly
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EASTBIO: Enhancing Consistency in Extracting Brain Imaging Phenotypes from Clinical Images: Addressing Acquisition Variability and Generating Normative Data

  Research Group: Row Fogo Centre for Research into Ageing and The Brain, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research
This 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by EASTBIO BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP). Detailed guidance on the application process, and the EASTBIO Application and Reference Forms can be found at How to Apply | Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Valdes Hernandez, Dr S Cox
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Identification of pancreatic β-cell RNA binding proteins and characterisation of their metabolic regulation: uncovering the post-transcriptional machinery regulating insulin biosynthesis

Background. Pancreatic β-cells maintain glucose homeostasis via tightly regulated insulin secretion. Insulin synthesis and secretion are controlled at multiple levels, including transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Brook, Dr EH Haythorne
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Discovering the rules of stem cell self-organisation with AI-guided experimental design

What if we could watch groups of cells organise themselves into a tissue and automatically learn the rules by which these cells coordinate with each other? And what if we can then use those rules to optimise future experiments? In this project you will build the computational methods to achieve that. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Schumacher, Dr G Blin
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: How does the human fungal pathogen, Candida albicans exploit its metabolic flexibility to evade host immunity.

Fungal pathogens kill almost 2 million people every year. The most common human fungal pathogen is Candida albicans, a WHO-priority target. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Makrantoni, Dr S Jenkins, Dr A Alpi, Prof C Munro
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO (CASE): Antimicrobial Use in UK Gamebirds: Understanding Industry Practices and Reducing Resistance Risks

Around 45 million pheasants and red-legged partridges are released annually in the UK, making the gamebird sector a significant part of rural land use. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr LG Glendinning, Dr JM Mitchell
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantifying the likelihood of persistent extreme weather events in a changing climate

Background. Persistent extreme weather events such as heatwaves, cold snaps, or particularly rainy and/or stormy seasons have huge socio-economic impact; estimating the probabilities of their occurrence which can inform assessments of health or flood risks is therefore an important task. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Kwasniok, Dr J Catto
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantifying the extent and intensity of marine heatwaves in a changing climate

Background. Marine heatwaves are prolonged periods of unusually warm ocean temperatures that can disrupt marine ecosystems, fisheries and coastal communities. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Youngman, Dr T Economou
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)