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hydrogel PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 14 hydrogel PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships added in the last month

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PhD Studentship in Soft Robotics and Embodied Intelligence

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Updated: 11 November 2026 
Project title. Emergence of embodied intelligence through bioelectrical learning in soft brain-body. Project Overview. How can intelligence emerge when a brain and body interact, rather than being designed separately?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Hayashi
 15 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(BBSRC NWD) Engineering 3D Models to Decode Human Fibrocartilaginous Tissue Development

The University of Manchester
Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Updated: 9 November 2026 
How do human tissues acquire their correct structure during development, and how can we build technologies to study this process in the laboratory? This PhD will develop advanced 3D bioprinted human tissue models to investigate how cells generate spatially organised fibrocartilaginous tissues. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Richardson, Dr M Domingos
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Designing Photocurable Resins for High-Resolution DLP Printing of Ultrasoft Hydrogels

University of Nottingham
School of Chemistry
Updated: 9 November 2026 
Project Description. Cells sense and respond to the stiffness of their surroundings. Matrix stiffness influences cell spreading, mechanotransduction and stem cell differentiation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr VT Taresco, Dr Y He
 10 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(BBSRC NWD) Stretch, Stiffen, React: Mapping Cellular Energy Dynamics in Response to Mechanical Signals

The University of Manchester
Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Updated: 6 November 2026 
How do cells sense and respond to the physical forces around them? In our bodies, cells are constantly stretched, squeezed and exposed to tissue environments of different stiffness. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Woolner, Dr J.R.D Davis, Prof O Jensen
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering Multifunctional Hydrogel Catheters for Long-Term Infection Prevention and Monitoring

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Pharmacy
  Research Group: Drug delivery and biomaterials
Updated: 4 November 2026 
This PhD project aims to develop multifunctional hydrogel-based medical catheters that combine long-term infection prevention with early infection detection. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SZ Zhang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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3D peptide hydrogel matrices to study biofilm formation and development

Queen’s University Belfast
School of Pharmacy
Updated: 4 November 2026 
Biofilms drive chronic infection, treatment failure and antimicrobial tolerance, yet current models rarely isolate how the properties of the surrounding three-dimensional (3D) matrix regulate biofilm formation and development. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Laverty
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Targeting the senescence associated secretory phenotype (SASP) as a strategy to ameliorate the burden of age-related fibrotic disease

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Updated: 2 November 2026 
This project will investigate how ageing cells contribute directly to fibrosis, a major feature of many age-related diseases. Senescent cells accumulate with age because they are no longer efficiently removed by the immune system. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Laird, Prof R Medina-Benavente
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NWD DLA programme: How do microenvironmental signals affect gastric epithelial integrity and organisation?

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Updated: 30 October 2026 
Background and rationale. This studentship lays the foundation for a new and exciting interdisciplinary collaboration between biomedical scientists in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology (ISMIB) and materials scientists and engineers in the School of Engineering (SoE). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Duckworth, Dr W Sharratt, Prof M Pritchard, Dr J Curran
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Why do lymphocytes protect the fibrotic lung? Deep immunophenotyping and functional dissection of T-cell subsets in ILD

The University of Manchester
Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine
  Research Group: Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine
Updated: 30 October 2026 
Why do some patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) stabilise while others rapidly deteriorate? ILD is a progressive, often fatal group of conditions with survival worse than many cancers. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Blaikley, Dr L Pearmain, Dr E Mann
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Horizon Europe PhD Studentship: Electrolytes and Interfaces in Aqueous Zinc-Air Batteries for Long-Duration Energy Storage

University of Birmingham
School of Metallurgy & Materials
Updated: 28 October 2026 
The Energy Materials Group at the University of Birmingham invites applications for a fully funded 3-year PhD studentship on aqueous zinc-air batteries for long-duration energy storage. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D S Spencer-Jolly
 21 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Precision Liquid Biopsy for Molecular Risk Stratification of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders

Ulster University - Coleraine Campus
Faculty of Life and Health Sciences
  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
Updated: 27 October 2026 
OPEN TO UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. Oral cancer remains a significant clinical challenge, with outcomes strongly influenced by the stage at which disease is identified. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Courtenay, Dr AH Hutton, Dr JM Moore, Dr HN Nesbitt, Dr FVZ Volpe Zanutto
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering Bioinspired Smart Hydrogel Architectures for Smarter Drug Delivery

King’s College London
Institute of Pharmaceutical Science
Updated: 24 October 2026 
From the microscopic spines of a sea urchin to the layered architecture of a beetle's shell, nature has spent millions of years engineering structures of remarkable complexity and function. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Albed Alhnan
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Cracking the carbohydrate code: how carbohydrate-binding modules control starch digestion (KHIMYAK_U27DTP)

University of East Anglia
School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Updated: 14 October 2026 
Primary Supervisor - Professor Yaroslav Khimyak. Why this matters. Starch is the principal source of dietary glucose, and the rate at which it is digested has major consequences for metabolic health. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y Khimyak
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Functional Injectable Biomaterials for Spinal Disc Repair

University of Leeds
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
  Research Group: School of Mechanical Engineering
Updated: 14 October 2026 
This project is related to the assessment of a minimally invasive treatment for back pain called ‘nucleus augmentation’. The treatment involved the injection of a hydrogel into a damaged spinal disc to restore its biomechanics. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R K Wilcox, Dr H L Fermor, Prof P A Beales
 18 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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