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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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NERC Yorkshire Environmental Sciences - Doctoral Training Network (YES•DTN) - Fully Funded PhD Studentships in Environmental Research

Applications open Monday 17 November 2025. Closing date for submission of applications. Wednesday 7 January 2026. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  NERC Doctoral Training Partnership
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Targeted delivery of carbohydrate probes for bacterial cell wall engineering

Background. Antibiotic resistance is a major threat to public health. In 2021, drug-resistant bacterial infections were directly responsible for 1.1 million deaths worldwide; of these, more than 100,000 fatalities were attributed to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Willems, Prof A-K Duhme-Klair
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Journalism, Digital Media & Democracy Pathway (Student-led funded PhD)

Journalism, Digital Media & Democracy Pathway. Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G. Miazhevich, Dr A. B. Payson
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Adapting to change: cholinergic control of brain circuits during cognitive flexibility

  Research Group: Neuroscience
Project description. Adapting behaviour when circumstances change is fundamental for survival. This ability, termed cognitive flexibility, requires distributed brain regions todetect when established strategies are no longer effective, update behaviour and learn new associations. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MA Assous, Prof J Mellor
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Using gene expression to understand productivity and resilience in the shoot apical meristem

  Research Group: Molecular Biosciences
Project Description. Extreme weather events can have profound effects on plant growth. One strategy for survival is the plant's capacity to preserve it's stem cell populations so that it can resume growth when favourable conditions return. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AR Jones, Dr J Fouracre, Prof P Kille, Dr W Dewitte
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unravelling Farm Transmission Networks: From Animal Contacts to Shared Pathogens

  Research Group: Organisms and Environment
Project description. Infectious diseases can spread between wildlife, livestock, and companion animals, creating risks for animal health, agricultural productivity, and, in some cases, even human health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Berger, Dr C Bonneaud, Dr S Perkins
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Novel aptamer-based PET Imaging Tracer for TDP-43 Proteinopathies

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Dall'Angelo, Dr J Gregory, Dr H Spence
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Optimising Vermicomposting for Sustainable Soil Fertility Management in Ethiopia

year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Ethiopian farmers face increasing challenges from declining soil fertility, rising fertiliser costs and limited access to sustainable nutrient sources. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Smith, Prof P Hallett, Prof C Watson, Dr G Yakob
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully funded Department of Life Sciences and Widening Participation PhD Studentships

The Department of Life Sciences at Imperial College London invites applications for a minimum two fully funded PhD studentships commencing 2 October 2027. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  PhD Opportunities
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SHARP-ID – Shape and Rigidity Profiling via Density-Induced Banding of Red Blood Cells

SHARP-ID – Shape and Rigidity Profiling via Density-Induced Banding of Red Blood Cells . Research Project . Centrifugation of Red Blood Cells (RBCs) in continuous density gradient has recently been suggested for detecting pathological alterations [1]. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AD Darras
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sustainable Transition Metal Catalysis Using Dynamic Human-Robot Collaboration: A New Paradigm for Chemical Synthesis

Background. Transition metal catalysis is the central pillar in modern chemical synthesis. There are on-going drivers to clean and green-up chemical processes and to move them into the net-zero regime. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I J S Fairlamb, Dr J Zhu
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: The role of epitranscriptomic RNA modifications in eukaryotic evolution and capacity to respond to environmental change

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. How organisms evolve in ever-changing environments remains a critically important question in ecology and evolution. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Wenzel, Prof J Pettitt
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: From Neuro-vulnerability to Trust Calibration: Psychological, Behavioural and Neurophysiological Responses in Human-Automated Vehicles Interactions

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. As automated vehicles (AV) become increasingly integrated into everyday environments, humans will interact with vehicles whose behaviour may differ subtly from human driving. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Mei, Dr S Bennett, Dr D Kourtis
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Building Cellular Resilience: Unlocking the Health Potential of Scottish Potato Bioactives

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Cellular resilience describes the ability of cells and tissues to resist, adapt to and recover from biological, environmental and age-related stress. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof H Wilson, Prof G Bermano, Dr G McDougall, Dr A Tawfike
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integration of Ultra High Temperature Ceramic Composite plasma facing components for Fusion Reactor Environments (CF4-MAC-Neale)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award and the Fusion Engineering Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Neale, Prof C Race
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)