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harvey or taylor PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 25 harvey or taylor PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Passive control of Saffman-Taylor instabilities in shear-thinning fluids

Interfacial instabilities are often undesirable in industrial and geophysical flows because they can lead to inefficient displacement and complex flow patterns. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Hutchinson, Dr A Thompson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Taylor-adaptive Simulators for Active Space Debris Removal

The amount of debris orbiting Earth is increasing, creating a growing risk to operational spacecraft and the long-term sustainability of the space environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Smith, Dr M Nair, Dr L Costi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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GW4 BioMed3 MRC DLP PhD project: Turning up the volume: plasmid copy number and gene duplications as drivers of antimicrobial resistance evolution

This project is one of several in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP), which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in September 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr WM Matlock, Prof T Taylor, Dr SB Bayliss, Dr CT Tooke
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Automated, Explainable Geological Interpretation of 3D Digital Twins Under Conceptual Uncertainty

Overview. Can AI learn to reason like a human - and recognise when it isn’t sure? This PhD tackles that challenge in a high-impact setting. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr RT Taylor
 4 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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The use of picture books to increase toddlers’ willingness to consume unfamiliar food.

Evidence demonstrates that repeated exposure is effective in increasing children's liking and consumption of target foods, however parents can find it a challenging strategy to implemement, not least because of the resource it requires. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K Harvey
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Extensions of lubrication theory to non-isothermal and reactive flows under confinement: mixing, instabilities, and hydrogen flame stabilisation

In fluid mechanics, lubrication theory elegantly simplifies the Navier-Stokes equations into Darcy or Darcy-like laws for incompressible, isothermal thin-film flows. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Daou, Prof S Fedotov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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GW4 BioMed3 MRC DLP PhD project: Co-evolution of bacteriophage within bacterial microbiomes and development of phage therapies

This project is one of several in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP), which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in September 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B V Jones
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multi-modal uncertainty analysis of physiological measurements from wearable devices, for clinical applications

This project aims to address the critical gap between the huge potential offered by wearable sensors and their still very limited adoption in clinical practice. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Ferrero, Dr AV Varsi
 18 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Elucidating the structure and mechanism of the ZAP antiviral response

A 2027 Crick PhD project with Ian Taylor. Project background and description. Zinc finger antiviral protein (ZAP) is an interferon-stimulated gene that restricts a wide range of viruses including retroviruses, Ebola virus, hepatitis B virus and SARS-CoV-2 [1]. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Taylor
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Tracking Ecosystem Recovery and Pollution Risks in Restored Saltmarshes

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RC Cross, Ms A Burden, Dr J Taylor, Dr F Orton, Dr G Hilton
 13 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Rheology-driven instabilities in shear-thinning fluids

Shear-thinning fluids are encountered in biological flows such as blood flow in vessels, and in industrial processes including injection moulding and channel cleaning. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Hutchinson, Prof A Juel
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MANTA: Monitoring Array for Nanoparticle Tracking and Assessment

Transform deployable structures into an impact sensing capability — with applications spanning orbital debris, micrometeorites and cosmic dust. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Battley
 10 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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REEF: A New Test Bed for Experiments in Partial Gravity

Design a satellite platform that generates sustained partial gravity — bridging the gap for Lunar and Martian science. HOST UNIVERSITY. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Phillips
 10 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanisms of viral induced polyarthritis

Chikungunya (CHIK) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus that has caused major outbreaks across Africa, Asia, and South America. While the acute infection is often self-limiting, a substantial proportion of patients develop persistent, painful polyarthritis that can significantly impair quality of life. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Coles, Prof C Buckley, Dr C Dendrou, Dr S Davidson
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Embedded Edge-Intelligence for Contact-State Estimation

An embedded edge-intelligence framework for real-time contact-state estimation in constrained nuclear maintenance and decommissioning tasks. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Z Wang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)