We have 545 science policy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

This project will explore how artificial intelligence (AI) could and should be used to enhance the practice of translating scientific and engineering knowledge into public policy domains (‘science advice’). Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Tyler

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

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Science for Disaster Risk Reduction: What’s not working?

University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences

There is no sustainable development without Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) but progress towards international DRR objectives has been slow. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Donovan

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

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3-year PhD studentship on “Innovation and Policy Acceleration” at SPRU, University of Sussex Business School (2024)

University of Sussex University of Sussex Business School

This 3-year PhD studentship on “Innovation and Policy Acceleration” will explore the potential for using technical innovation, finance, policy change, or even social change to accelerate progress towards tacking pressing social problems such as climate change, energy insecurity, poverty, healthcare, or industrial manufacturing (among others). Read more

Supervisor: Prof B Sovacool

17 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD Accounting & Finance / PhD Business & Management / PhD Science, Technology & Innovation Policy

The University of Manchester Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy, Alliance Manchester Business School

Funding opportunities for September 2024 entry. Alliance Manchester Business School is committed to recruiting the highest calibre PhD students from across the globe. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Business Research Programme

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PhD Scholarship Opportunities Available - Study Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh

University of Edinburgh - School of Social and Political Science. PhD Programme (Students Worldwide). Support your PhD studies with one of our doctoral scholarships, including full tuition fees and a stipend. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) 4 Year PhD Programme

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Bioelectronics and bioelectricity of cancer cells: developing a platform to investigate the role of ion channels using organic bioelectronics and high-content image analysis

University of York MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Cells are electric! Fascinatingly, the voltage across cancer cell membranes is often smaller than those of non-cancerous cells. There are also differences in the membrane ion channels (the structures that control the flows of ions, and hence charge, into and out of the cell). Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Higgins, Dr W Brackenbury

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Precision assessment of human spatial memory: application to early detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

University of York MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Dementia presents a worldwide healthcare emergency, with 55 million people already affected around the world. The main risk factor is age, meaning that the global burden of disease is projected to rise throughout the 21st century as populations grow older. . Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Hartley, Prof S Slight, Dr R McArdle

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Clinical movement markers and predictive machine learning models of osteoarthritis for treatment with regenerative medicine

University of York MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

About the project. Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive and often painful musculoskeletal (MSK) condition and the most common form of arthritis, affecting 8.5 million people in the UK and the leading cause of disability worldwide. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Pelah, Dr P Ellison

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Drawing the line between life and death: the role of DNA damage in Staphylococcal infections.

Newcastle University MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

By 2050, bacterial pathogens will be the biggest threat to human health due to the rise in antimicrobial resistance. For example, Staphylococcus aureus is the leading Gram-positive bacterium causing death from bacterial infections worldwide and contributed to killing approximately one million people in 2019. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Winterhalter, Prof S J Foster, Dr K Mickiewicz

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Developing novel gene therapy approaches to inhibit the unconventional translation of neurotoxic dipeptide-repeat proteins in pre-clinical models of C9ORF72-ALS/FTD

University of Sheffield MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Background. Hexanucleotide repeat expansions in C9orf72 are the most common causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a spectrum of fatal neurodegenerative diseases leading to progressive paralysis and altered personality features respectively. Read more

Supervisors: Prof G Hautbergue, Prof M Azzouz

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of low cost, high accuracy, freshwater analytical sensors to enable “Citizen Science” monitoring of UK river systems.

University of Warwick School of Life Sciences

Research Group: CENTA - Central England NERC Training Alliance

Project Highlights. Development of new, low-cost, but improved accuracy sensors for use by the general public for citizen science monitoring of river water health in the UK. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Macpherson

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

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Reconceptualising practica in teacher education: influences on policy and practice (UWS0031)

University of the West of Scotland Education & Social Sciences

This project is an exciting opportunity to join an established team of policy scholars examining teacher education policy across the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Read more

Supervisors: Prof MH Hulme , Dr NAN Aviles Nunez

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Investigating synthetic teixobactins to tackle Multi-Drug Resistant MRSA Keratitis

University of Liverpool MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Background. Microbial keratitis, an infection of the cornea, is the fifth leading cause of blindness worldwide. Staphylococcus aureus is a leading cause of keratitis (PMID:29320451). Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Singh, Prof W Hope

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Designing Early Detection AI Diagnostic Tools for Age-related Macular Degeneration

University of Liverpool MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

This studentship provides multidisciplinary training across retinal physiology, pathophysiology, retinal image interpretation, and application of artificial intelligence1,2,3,4,5,6,7 and would suit an individual with experience in programming, artificial Intelligence, and computer science, ideally with a biological background. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Zihni, Dr Y Zheng, Ms S Madhusudhan

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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