plant sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 234 plant sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Enhancing Crop Resilience and Productivity: Investigating relationships between Plant Photosynthetic Efficiency, Pest Defence, and Microbial Interactions for Sustainable Agriculture

Newcastle University School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

This research project provides an exciting opportunity for prospective PhD students, focusing on the imperative task of doubling agricultural output by 2050 through enhancing plant’s photosynthetic capacity. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Lopez-Calcagno, Dr S Zytynska, Dr M Edwards, Dr A Prashar

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Eleven fully funded PhD student positions in the computational and experimental plant sciences

Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research

The Graduate School. Our International Max Planck Research School on Understanding Complex Plant Traits using Computational and Evolutionary Approaches is a local collaboration between the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research and the University of Cologne, Germany. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Max Planck Research Programme

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MSc by Research: Genetic interactions and novel genes that regulate lignin biosynthesis and straw quality in barley

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences

Lignin is a major component of plant cell walls, and has a significant influence on the digestibility and uses of plant biomass. The lignin biosynthesis pathway has been one of the most intensively studied. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Halpin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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The Alexander Silberman Institute of Life Sciences

Hebrew University of Jerusalem

The Institute of Life Sciences is one of Israel's foremost centers of scientific investigation. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Israel PhD Programme

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ER Phone Home: defence signalling from the endoplasmic reticulum to the cell wall.

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

We are recruiting for a Sainsbury PhD studentship from the Gatsby Foundation. This fully funded studentship will be based in the Plant Environmental Signalling lab of Prof. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Ton, Prof I Feussner, Dr M Collins

15 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Assessing potential for recovery of degraded forests in Southeast Asia

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Edinburgh UK CEH

Large areas of the tropics have been deforested or degraded through land-use pressures and resource extraction. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Banin, Dr M Hughes, Dr K Dexter, Dr S Budiharta, Dr M Struebig

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Determining the optimal mix of forestry systems and reserves under differing wildfire regimes for improving plant conservation

University of Tasmania School of Natural Sciences

How to meet human needs for timber while limiting harm to biodiversity is an urgent scientific goal. The aim of this Australian Research Council funded PhD project are. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Baker, Prof GJ Jordan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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White Rose BBSRC DTP: Do plant scents make sense? Investigating tissue-specific scent production in plants

University of Sheffield White Rose BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership

Plants produce a stunning diversity of secondary metabolites that mediate their interactions with the biotic and abiotic environment. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Campbell, Prof J Ton, Dr D Ezer

7 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Shining light on Potato: can light treatments accelerate breeding and reduce fungicide usage? (Ref: CTP-SAI-063)

NIAB Research

Research into the responses of crops to different light inputs offers unique opportunities to study disease defence responses and important physiological processes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Gilroy, Dr G Toledo-Ortiz, Dr I Hein

7 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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White Rose BBSRC DTP: Interdisciplinary approach to investigate the mechanisms regulating food intake by plant-parasitic nematodes

University of Leeds White Rose BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership

Crop yields are significantly hampered by plant-parasitic nematode attack. These parasites drain resources from plant root systems to fuel their development and production of offspring. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P E Urwin, Dr C Bell

Open Day(s) 7 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Evolutionary developmental biology of plant morphology

Durham University Department of Biosciences

Flowering plants are divided into monocots and eudicots. These clades are estimated to have diverged approximately 200 million years ago and the division was accompanied by dramatic changes to plant morphology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Etchells

30 November 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Plant adaptation to low oxygen conditions

University of Oxford Department of Biology

In plants, cells are exposed to varying oxygen (O. 2. ) concentrations due to changes in environmental availability, metabolic activity, and organ anatomy (Weits et al., 20201; Loreti and Perata, 20202). Read more

Supervisor: Prof F Licausi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Untangling the role of beta-1,3 glucan polymers in intercellular communication

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

Apply to join the Benitez-Alfonso team in their quest to dissect the mechanisms underpinning the function of beta-1,3 glucan polymers in plant growth and development. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Benitez-Alfonso

Open Day(s) Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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MSc by Research: Jasmonate control of barley development

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences

From the earliest farmers to modern plant breeders, humans have continually modified the body plan of cereals, sometimes drastically, to generate higher grain yields. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S McKim

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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MSc by Research: Regulation of Architecture in Barley

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences

Plant architecture, or body plan, plays a key role in determining grain yield of crop plants. However, we have little understanding of the molecular genetic basis of architecture in the temperate cereals such as barley (Hordeum vulgare L.), especially in comparison to the warm weather crops such as rice (Oryza sativa). Read more

Supervisor: Dr S McKim

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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We have 234 plant sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

plant sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 234 plant sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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