impact PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

This project will consider high-speed droplet impacts onto complex substrates, such as flexible or porous plates. In particular, the focus will be on how different surfaces can either enhance or supress splashing.

Social Impact Investing: The Nature, Meaning and Role of Performance Metrics

RMIT University
School of Accounting

Prof N Subramaniam, Dr L Maran

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) in Australia face unprecedented economic constraints as traditional governmentsupported funding declines and service demand grows.

Environmental impact of housing and infrastructure

Brunel University London
Civil Engineering

Dr A Tomor

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Environmental impact of housing and infrastructure is a long-term concern that needs to be addressed holistically. Currently civil engineering projects are primarily led by construction costs and the environmental impact is rarely considered as a deciding factor.

Community based media production, strategies of social impact and distribution.

Edinburgh Napier University
School of Arts and Creative Industries

Dr K MacLeod, Dr A Scott

Application Deadline: 30 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

What are the effective strategies community based, collaborative and participatory media production (and other forms of alternative production) practice can employ to create maximum impact in terms of social issue based content? This project aims to explore the spectrum of production asscated with community based media to consider the different contexts for distribution and exhibition.

Chronic pain: from public health impact to impact on public health policy

Aberdeen University
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

Prof G Macfarlane, Dr K Oliver

Application Deadline: 29 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Chronic pain represents a frequent and disabling condition and it is generally acknowledged that it represents and important public health problem and economic burden.

Dynamic response of impact-loaded crushable auxetic metamaterials

Brunel University London
Aerospace Engineering

Dr A Soleiman-Fallah, Dr B Wang

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Auxetic metamaterials possess an artificially designed microstructure allowing them to offer some unique features not readily observed in natural materials.

Promoting Internationalisation in Higher Education – an investigation into the impact of international exchange opportunities in Scottish Colleges of Further Education

Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow School for Business and Society

Prof R Gilmour, Dr L Carey, Mr B McEwan

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Increasing Organisational Capacity to deliver relevant and impactful International Exchange opportunities for Scotland’s Colleges of Further Education (FE)…

An examination of the socio-economic consequences of the diagnosis of, and recovery from, cancer in the UK (in collaboration with Tenovus UK)

Cardiff University
Cardiff Business School

Prof M Jones

Application Deadline: 31 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

This PhD will focus on understanding the socio-economic outcomes of individuals who experience cancer in the UK, including in core aspects of quality of life, such as, work and income, and wellbeing.

Investigating the potential psychological impact of early screening and long-term monitoring for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis among patients and caregivers

University of Hong Kong
Department of Orthopaedics & Traumatology

Dr K Kwan

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Scoliosis is a three-dimensional deformity of the spine. The commonest form, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis (AIS) develops in puberty and may progress during adolescence.

Transchannel projects in Anglo-European dynamics: mediatisation and territorialisation of cultural policies and (para)diplomacies

University of Picardie Jules Verne
UFR Langues et cultures étrangères

Prof M Torrent

Application Deadline: 6 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Topic and objectives.

LNG sloshing and Leidenfrost droplet dynamics – modelling gas-cushioned liquid-solid impacts with phase change

Aberdeen University
School of Engineering

Dr P D Hicks, Dr M N Campbell-Bannerman

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The impact of liquefied natural gas (LNG) with the walls of its containing tank and the impact of droplets with very hot surfaces are two examples of liquid-solid impacts in which the liquid may be close to thermodynamic equilibrium with the surrounding gas/vapour.

The impact of interactive technologies on the development of omni-channel retailing and consumption behaviour.

Glasgow Caledonian University
Glasgow School for Business and Society

Dr N Siddiqui, Prof V Charissis, Prof M Mannion

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Project Reference Number. GSBS-2020-007. Retailers have embraced a variety of online interactive technologies to successfully engage their customers to browse, “try before you buy” and complete a purchase.

Research Studentship in Impact Engineering: The role of defects on the dynamic fragmentation behaviour of additively manufactured materials

University of Oxford
Department of Engineering Science

Prof D Eakins

Application Deadline: 29 May 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

Research Studentship in Impact Engineering. 4-year D.Phil. studentship. Project. The role of defects on the dynamic fragmentation behaviour of additively manufactured materials.

Salivary Profile of Children and Young Adults and the Impact of Health and Lifestyle

University of Sheffield
School of Clinical Dentistry

Dr L Bingle, Dr S Hunt

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Our population is ageing and we know that globally the number of older individuals is increasing at a greater rate than that of young people.

Investigating the impact of particle manufacturing process on nanomedicine biological fate

University of Strathclyde
Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences

Dr Z Rattray, Prof Y Perrie

Application Deadline: 30 June 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

A new drug candidate faces multiple challenges during its development, and in oncology drug development, a key challenge is achieving the balance between efficacy and off-target toxicity.