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funded online PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 642 funded online PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Quantifying protein interactions in real time via dipole relaxation frequency

Proteins are large, complex molecules with an uneven distribution of polarizable and ionizable amino acids, and they often possess a dipole moment. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Soloviev
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Robust Model-based Predictive Control for Hybrid Robotic Arms

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems and Robotics
In contrast to conventional robots, hybrid (soft-rigid) robots offer enhanced interaction safety alongside sensorised, repeatable performance. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr BJ Jamil
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Bowel cancer caused by bacteria

The gut microbiome has a profound effect on health and disease of humans and colorectal cancer (CRC) is one such disease influenced by microorganisms. Several studies have demonstrated that Streptococcus gallolyticus subsps. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S R Clarke, Prof P R Dash
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Nesting Biology of Sea Turtles

Turtles are unique among vertebrates living their lives inside a box - their shell - which influences every aspect of their biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Codd, Dr R Nudds, Prof W Sellers
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mitochondria as drivers of disease

  Research Group: Division of Pharmacy and Optometry
The role mitochondria play in disease is ever expanding. Due to their fundamental role in ATP production and cell death, amongst others, there is intense investigation to uncover the roles they play in disease and uncovering novel pathways that can be targeted therapeutically. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H A. Prag, Dr M Harte
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The Role of interleukin-1 alpha in age-related cerebrovascular senescence in stroke

  Research Group: Division of Neuroscience
Stroke is a major cause of death and disability, costing over £6 billion per annum in the UK. A key event during stroke pathogenesis is inflammation regulated by the cytokine interleukin-1 (IL-1) that contributes to brain injury and poor outcome. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Pinteaux, Prof S Allan, Prof D Brough
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The effects of Interleukin-1 primed mesenchymal stem cells on hypoxic-ischemic brain damage

  Research Group: Division of Neuroscience
Stroke is a leading cause of death and disability worldwide but with limited therapies, thus new therapeutic strategies are urgently needed. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Pinteaux, Prof S Allan, Prof C J Smith
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Determination and validation of the optimal sampling method for congenital cytomegalovirus newborn screening

  Research Group: Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomic Sciences
Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) is a ubiquitous virus with an adult seroprevalence worldwide of 86%. In most immunocompetent individuals infection is asymptomatic but the virus establishes a life-long infection with periodic reactivation and asymptomatic shedding. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Vallely, Prof P Klapper
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Understanding the regulatory chromatin landscape of oesophageal cancer

  Research Group: Division of Molecular and Cellular Function
Oesophageal adenocarcinoma (OAC) is a deadly disease with poor survival statistics, is one of the highest incidence cancer types and is growing in prevalence, particularly in the developing world. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Sharrocks, Dr I Iqbal
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Allowing autonomous robots to continually learn, generalize, and improve from their experiences

To perform autonomously tasks such as object rearrangement, assembly, manipulation, and navigation, robots must be able to plan their actions over long horizons. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KE Elimelech
 24 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanically Checking the Semantics of Hybrid Event-B

These days, the world is increasingly being populated with systems that interact directly with the physical world. Of course such systems have existed for a long time in niche safety-critical areas, eg. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Banach
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multimodal LLM Agents for Early Detection of Brain Tumour Recurrence

Brain tumour recurrence is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in high-grade gliomas where recurrence rates exceed 70% within two years of treatment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Hoque, Prof T Cootes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Regulation of chromatin organisation by cytoskeleton regulators in non-small cell lung cancer

Overview. This project will explore recently discovered mechano-sensitive cancer cell signalling pathways and seeks to understand the mechanisms by which force is transmitted from the tumour microenvironment into the nucleus to control tumour growth. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AB Byron, Prof A Malliri, Dr S Knight
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development and application of fibrotic lung models to study the host microbe interactions in the respiratory tract (pathogens and respiratory flora)

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a severe progressive chronic respiratory condition, affecting 3 million individuals globally 1. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A McBain, Dr J.H Herbert, Dr H.S. Serrage
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unravelling the Complex Pathogenic Mechanisms of RYR2 Exon-3 Deletion Using an Inducible Stem Cell Model

Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia (CPVT) is a genetic arrhythmia syndrome characterized by the onset of life-threatening arrhythmias during exertion or emotional stress. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Venetucci, Miss K.K. King, Dr D.H. Hutcings
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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