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mathematics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 1,058 mathematics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Running out of air: stomatal ageing and photosynthesis

As evidenced by last year’s drought around the globe, agriculture faces ever-increasing pressure on critical water resources. There is a need for novel approaches to improve crop resilience. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Fleming, Prof J Gray, Dr J Rowe
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Investigate EpiGenomic Regulatory Logic in Healthy and Disease States

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join The Computational Biology and Biomedical AI group led by Dr Shamith Samarajiwa (Associate Professor in Genomics), Imperial College London. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Samarajiwa
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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YES-27-G-03: Are European Trees at a Tipping Point? Assessing the impact of recent European heatwaves and droughts on tree growth and mortality

Forests provide vital ecosystem services by regulating the hydrological cycle (Spracklen et al. 2012), cooling the land surface (Bonan 2008), and storing large amounts of carbon (Pan et al. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Brienen
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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YES-27-A-25: Greening the North, Changing the Climate: Quantifying BVOC-Mediated Feedbacks from High-Latitude Vegetation Change

Project Description. In addition to storing carbon, controlling the reflectivity of the land surface and mediating the transfer of moisture to the atmosphere, the presence of forests can influence the atmospheric concentrations of short-lived climate forcers (SLCFs) including ozone, methane and aerosols. Read more
 Supervisors: Assoc Prof CE Scott, Prof S Arnold, Dr S Turnock, Dr JW Weber
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: AI-assisted rapid on-site evaluation in lung cancer diagnosis: model development and two-centre external validation

Lung cancer is often diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) or robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (RAB), procedure that takes needle samples from tissue in the chest. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof Y Zheng, Prof M Evison, Dr T Fitzmaurice, Dr A Haragan
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Integrated assessment of Immune Fitness in Patients with lung cancer: AI-enabled Immune Phenotyping and CT-based Assessment of Sarcopenia

Lung cancer is the cause of most cancer related death worldwide. Patients with lung cancer exhibit striking differences in clinical outcome despite apparently similar tumour stage and treatment. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Ottensmeier, Dr S Chee, Prof Y Zheng
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding protein aggregation in neurodegenerative diseases using advanced mass spectrometry methods

Project Description. Neurodegenerative diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), frontotemporal dementia (FTD), and Parkinson's disease (PD) are characterised by the misfolding and aggregation of proteins into toxic assemblies that damage neurons. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Calabrese, Prof F. Sobott, Prof S E Radford
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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YES-27-D-13: Using machine learning to model and predict Earth’s magnetic field

Project overview. The geomagnetic field is a fundamental part of planet Earth, existing for at least 3.5 billion years. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof W Livermore, Prof C Davies
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Smart Multimodal AI for Refining Thalamic Targeting and Tremor Outcome Prediction

Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder, affecting millions of people worldwide and causing uncontrollable shaking that can make everyday activities such as writing, eating and dressing difficult. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Macerollo, Prof Y Zheng, Mr JO Farah
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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YES-27-A-28: Hydrologic Whiplash in a Changing Climate: Evaluating Earth System Models for Decision-Relevant Climate Risk

Hydrologic whiplash events, that is sequences of extreme rainfall and extreme drought, or vice versa, are a growing risk under climate change. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Wainwright, Dr J Schwendike, Dr M Tye, Dr M Morrison
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Deciphering the vasoreactivity signature in the human eye for personalised stratification and treatment response in cerebral small vessel disease

Background. Cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) is a major cause of stroke and dementia, but we lack accessible, individual-level markers of the microvascular dysfunction driving it. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I MacCormick, Dr T MacGillivray, Dr S King, Prof SV van Veluw, Prof J Wardlaw
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Beyond the peak: Detecting cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in diabetes using Taylor-Fourier analysis of wearable photoplethysmography

Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) damages the nerves that control heart rate and blood-pressure. It affects about one in three people with diabetes, and is linked to substantially higher risks of cardiovascular disease and early death. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr U Alam, Dr R Ferrero, Dr S Azmi, Prof Y Zheng
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship in Hearing Research

We are now looking for one full-time PhD student to join Dr Jason Tzu-Hsien Lien at HKU in September 2027. Your study will be fully funded alongside a monthly stipend of 19,135 or 28,700 HKD. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Lien
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Closing the loop: an AI guided approach to prioritise competence experimentation of emerging arbovirus risk

Mosquitoes and the viruses they carry are on the move. Climate change, land use change and global trade are expanding the ranges of both, bringing vectors and viruses into contact in places that have never had to consider them before. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Blagrove, Dr M Wardeh, Dr J Pilgrim
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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YES-27-D-14: Transforming Volcanology Through Complex Systems Science

Transforming Volcanology Through Complex Systems Science. Summary. Volcanic systems are complex (Annen et al. 2025). They contain many interacting parts and processes, from deep partial melting to shallow crustal storage and beyond (Magee et al. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Magee, Dr R Cremades, Dr S Ebmeier, Prof S Piazolo
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)