neutron 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 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.

The recent detection of strontium [1] in the kilonova spectra from the neutron star – neutron star merger (GW170817) has confirmed that these mergers are a key site of r-process nucleosynthesis.

Double Exchange Spin Dynamics within Valence Delocalised Molecular Magnets

The University of Manchester
Department of Chemistry

Dr M Baker

Application Deadline: 1 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 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.

Applicants are invited to pursue a fully funded PhD studentship affiliated with the University of Manchester and hosted at international neutron research centre, Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), France.

Carbon nanotubes in the boron neutron capture therapy of cancer

Kingston University
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing

Dr G Calabrese

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 early promise of boron neutron capture therapy as a method for the treatment of brain cancer has been mainly inhibited by the inherent toxicity associated with 10B-containing pharmacophores and the need for the ability to cross biological membranes.

PhD Studentship - Stresses in single crystal superalloys

University of Cambridge
Department of Material Science and Metallurgy

Dr H Stone, Dr L Connor, Dr J Kelleher

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 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.

Funding. Diamond/ISIS Pulsed Neutron Spallation Source/EPSRC. Supervisors. Dr Howard Stone from University of Cambridge,. Dr Leigh Connor from Diamond Light Source Ltd and.

Molecular architecture of a DNA transfer machinery and its contribution to the dissemination of antibiotic resistance

Keele University
Faculty of Natural Sciences

Prof T Forsyth, Dr D Traore

Application Deadline: 29 May 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 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.

Project title. Molecular architecture of a DNA transfer machinery and its contribution to the dissemination of antibiotic resistance genes.

Gravitational waves from pulsars

Lancaster University
Physics Department

Dr M Pitkin

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.

Gravitational wave are ripples in space-time emitted by some of the most extreme events in the Universe. colliding black holes and neutron stars.

The two-body problem in numerical and perturbative general relativity

Queen Mary University of London
School of Mathematical Sciences

Research Group: Geometry and Analysis

Dr C Markakis

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 School of Mathematical Sciences of Queen Mary University of London invite applications for a PhD project commencing in September 2020 for self-funded students.

Diffusion mechanisms in energy materials using polarised neutrons

Royal Holloway, University of London
Department of Physics

Prof J Goff, Dr D Voneshen

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 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.

Scientific aims. Understanding diffusion is of crucial importance for the operation of fuel cells and battery materials.

Mapping the radiation tolerance and local mechanics of nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel steels

The University of Manchester
Department of Materials

Research Group: Metallurgy and Corrosion

Dr E Jimenez-Melero, Prof G Burke

Application Deadline: 31 July 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.

The aim of the project is to evaluate the impact of the local microstructure on the radiation damage and mechanical performance of neutron-irradiated Reactor Pressure Vessels (RPV) steels at relevant reactor conditions and in the bulk microstructure, with sufficient spatial resolution and chemical sensitivity to identify local changes in chemistry, phases, microstructure and plasticity/hardening.

Molecular aggregates in solution and their translation into the crystalline phase of pharmaceuticals

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Dr K Edkins, Dr E Bichenkova

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.

Most active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) have to be in the solid state to be formulated, and due to improved stability, the crystalline phase is preferred.

Experimental and Computational Studies of Nitrocellulose, Nitroglycerin formulations

University of Edinburgh
School of Chemistry

Prof C Morrison, Prof CR Pulham

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 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.

Double base propellants are complex formulations of nitrocellulose (NC), nitroglycerin (NG) and other stabilisation and performance-enhancing additives.

Developing an Imaging-Diffraction Method for Corrosion and Steel Degradation Studies

University of Leeds
School of Mechanical Engineering

Dr A Matamoras Veloza, Prof A Neville

Application Deadline: 31 August 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 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 project provides an excellent opportunity for doctoral training on corrosion and steel degradation as part of a collaborative work between the School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds and ISIS Neutron and Muon Facility, at the STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory near Oxford.

How artificial intelligence can improve nuclear physics?

University of York
Department of Physics

Research Group: Nuclear Physics

Dr A Pastore, Dr C Barton

Application Deadline: 31 May 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.

In recent years, thanks to the remarkable progress in the domain of artificial intelligence, we have now at our disposal very powerful tools to help our scientific investigation.

Enhancing the conductivity of the solid electrolyte Ba7Nb4MoO20 for application in intermediate temperature fuel cells

Aberdeen University
Department of Chemistry

Prof A McLaughlin, Dr E Wildman

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.

Fuel cells convert chemical energy directly into electrical energy with high efficiency and low emission of pollutants. In a fuel cell the reaction between hydrogen and oxygen produces water and electricity and as such provides a clean alternative to fossil fuels.

Next generation solid-state sodium electrolytes for battery and sensor applications

University of Bath
Department of Physics

Prof P S Salmon, Dr A Zeidler

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.

This PhD project is on the development of sodium-based solid-state electrolytes for re-chargeable battery and sensor applications.