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We have 831 part-time PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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EastBio: Who’s there? Unbiased microbiome assessment during Atlantic salmon seawater transfer.

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector globally, but continued sustainable expansion in line with projected food security estimates is hampered by issues with fish health and disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Ritchie, Prof S Martin
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: The role of epitranscriptomic RNA modifications in eukaryotic evolution and capacity to respond to environmental change

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. How organisms evolve in ever-changing environments remains a critically important question in ecology and evolution. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Wenzel, Prof J Pettitt
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: From Neuro-vulnerability to Trust Calibration: Psychological, Behavioural and Neurophysiological Responses in Human-Automated Vehicles Interactions

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. As automated vehicles (AV) become increasingly integrated into everyday environments, humans will interact with vehicles whose behaviour may differ subtly from human driving. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Mei, Dr S Bennett, Dr D Kourtis
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development and Application of Next-Generation Instrumentation to Quantify the Chemical Drivers of Particle Oxidative Potential

  Research Group: Analytical methods and physical chemistry
Air pollution exposure is a major global health issue, responsible for millions of premature deaths each year and is a leading cause of respiratory and cardiovascular disease worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Campbell, Dr AV Voliotis, Dr J Allan, Dr D Hu
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Modelling actinide speciation in solution with multiconfigurational quantum chemistry techniques

  Research Group: Computational and Theoretical chemistry
Nuclear power is a central part of the UK’s plans for energy security and net zero, but the legacy of the nuclear fuel cycle remains a major challenge, with waste management alone estimated to cost over £120bn. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Oakley
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EastBio: Representing space, time, and number in the human brain: A developmental and EEG investigation

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Estimating the magnitude of various quantities, such as space, time, and number, is essential for the survival and fitness of members of many species. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Chakravarthi, Dr S Cleland
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Building Cellular Resilience: Unlocking the Health Potential of Scottish Potato Bioactives

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Cellular resilience describes the ability of cells and tissues to resist, adapt to and recover from biological, environmental and age-related stress. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof H Wilson, Prof G Bermano, Dr G McDougall, Dr A Tawfike
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: How do cells build organs? Using maths and machine learning to learn the rules of morphogenesis from 3D live imaging data

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. We are seeking a talented, creative, and friendly individual to join our interdisciplinary team. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Hiscock, Dr J Glover
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: When a negative test lies: modelling imperfect detection in infection and antimicrobial resistance.

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Assume a bacterium is sampled from a patient and the test returns negative. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Roos, Prof K Hijazi, Dr I Okoliegbe
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: When Does Context Matter? How Attention Shapes Statistical Learning in the Human Brain

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Humans continuously learn statistical regularities in their environment and use them to guide attention and behavior. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Cochrane, Dr M Manassi, Dr R Chakravarthi
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Novel aptamer-based PET Imaging Tracer for TDP-43 Proteinopathies

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Dall'Angelo, Dr J Gregory, Dr H Spence
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in Sport and Health Sciences

The University of Brighton’s research responds directly to the most pressing global challenges, with impact at the heart of our ambitions and success. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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Music - Postgraduate Research Opportunities

The Department of Music offers promising candidates the opportunity to carry out research in one of the most dynamic institutions in Britain, with supervision from world-leading academics and access to outstanding facilities. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Arts Research Programme
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Multi-stage magmatic evolution recorded in lunar mare basalts

Basaltic magmatism has played a vital role in shaping planetary interiors and surfaces throughout Solar System history. Lunar mare basalts are particularly significant because they provide crucial insights into the Moon’s thermal and geochemical evolution. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DN Neave, Dr M Hartley, Dr K Joy
 5 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the temporal history of lunar crustal processes

  Research Group: Planetary and environmental science
Understanding when the lunar highlands formed and how they were subsequently modified is central to reconstructing the early history of the Moon and, more broadly, the evolution of rocky planetary bodies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Joy, Dr J Pernet-Fisher, Dr R Tartese, Dr J.S Snape
 5 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)