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We have 76 insect PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

ACCE+ DLA Programme: The impact of a warming climate on sexually selected traits and the consequences for evolutionary fitness

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

ACCE+ DLA is committed to recruiting extraordinary future scientists regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith or religious belief, pregnancy or maternity, parental or caring responsibilities or career pathway to date. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Wright, Dr Vicky Lloyd, Dr N Hemmings, Dr S Wigby, Prof A Pomiankowski, Prof K Dasmahapatra

7 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Genetic constraints and evolutionary trajectories in life history, dispersal, and ageing traits

University of Edinburgh

School of Biological Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Ecology and Evolution

Understanding how genetic constraints shape evolutionary trajectories across age is fundamental to evolutionary biology, yet empirical estimates of age-specific multivariate genetic architecture remain rare. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Moorad, Dr C Walling

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

GW4+ DLTP PhD Project - Manipulation of host behaviour by parasitic worms

University of Bath

Department of Life Sciences

This project is in competition for funding from the GW4+ Doctoral Landscape Training Partnership (DLTP) for entry in September 2027. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V L Hunt

7 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

YES-27-B-03: Unseen blue-greenways: Connectivity and ecosystem functioning along canals

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

Communities of species interact across habitats and across multiple types of interaction, or foraging “guilds”, (e.g. pollinator and herbivore communities can share the same plants, or larval herbivores can become adult pollinators). Read more

Supervisors: Dr T D Hackett, Dr C Hassall

12 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Genomics and development of an exaggerated sexual trait in stalk-eyed flies

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

While most body parts grow in proportion to overall body size, many traits develop to become disproportionately elaborate or extended. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Wright, Dr M Towers, Dr D Joyce, Prof A Pomiankowski

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Engineering Next-Generation Gene Drives to Fight Mosquito-Borne Diseases

University of York

Department of Biology

Can we use genetic engineering to help stop the spread of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases?. Mosquito-borne diseases are a growing global health challenge. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Ang, Prof L Alphey

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

From Queen Signals to Pesticide Sensitivity: How Pheromones Reprogramme Honeybee Physiology and Response to Stress

University of Leeds

Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership

Project Description. How do social signals change an animal's response to environmental stress?. Honeybee colonies rely on sophisticated chemical communication systems that coordinate behaviour and physiology. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan, Prof A Bretman, Dr A Lin

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

YES-27-B-05: Changing floral landscapes: How ecological and environmental conditions shape pollinator food supply across the UK

University of Leeds

School of Earth & Environment

Pollinators are declining worldwide, driven in large part by the loss and degradation of habitats and the resulting reduction in the floral resources (pollen and nectar) they depend on. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Timberlake, Prof B Kunin, Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan, Dr R Wade

12 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

YES-27-A-18: Insects in clouds: Investigating Airborne Insects as Ice-Nucleating Particles in Clouds

University of Leeds

School of Earth & Environment

This CASE supported project deals with one of the biggest unknowns in our ability to understand the role clouds play in climate, that is the production of ice in clouds. Read more

Supervisors: Prof B Murray, Dr M D Tarn

12 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Structural basis for force-sensing by the kinetochore-microtubule interface

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Vladimir Volkov. Co-supervisor(s). Aravindan Ilangovan. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. Read more

Supervisor: Dr VV Volkov

27 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Invertebrates on Southern African Mountains: disentangling natural and climatic drivers of ecological communities over time

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Biosciences

Research Group: Organisms and Environment

Project description. Climate change is reorganising global ecosystems and forcing organisms to redistribute or go extinct. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Bishop, Dr L Alford, Prof P Kille, Dr S Rands

7 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

The Missing Receptors: How the Leishmania Kinome Senses Environmental Cues

University of York

Department of Biology

Leishmania parasites cause a collection of devastating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affecting millions of people worldwide, transmitted via a sand fly vector. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Baker, Dr J Faria, Prof M Wright

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Designing synthetic proteins for sustainable control of fungal plant diseases

University of Birmingham

School of Biosciences

Fungal pathogens are expert manipulators of their plant hosts, which they achieve through secreting effector proteins which disable host defences. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Kettles

23 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Seasonal polyphenism in an invasive horticultural pest

University of Southampton

NERC IGNITE Doctoral Landscape Award

Project Overview. The invasive pest Spotted Wing Drosophila (SWD) threatens UK fruit crops and biodiversity due to its climate-driven expansion and winter survival. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Wijnen, Dr O Katsamenis, Dr S Long

7 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Is Broader Better? Optimising the power of phage therapeutics

University of Exeter

Antimicrobial-resistance is a major threat to human and animal health, including food security. One promising complement to antibiotics is the use of bacteriophage (phage) to treat bacterial infections. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Castledine

2 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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