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Discovery of inorganic cathode materials and/or solid electrolytes for next generation battery technology

University of Liverpool

Department of Chemistry

This project focuses on the discovery of next generation battery materials through experimental design and compositional exploration. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Rosseinsky, Dr R Chen, Dr L Daniels, Prof L Hardwick

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Understanding Passivity at the Atomic Scale

The University of Manchester

Department of Materials

The University of Manchester – Department of Materials. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Kosari, Prof S Haigh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Quantum Algorithms for Computational Fluid Dynamics

The University of Manchester

Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Understanding and predicting fluid flow is essential to the design of aircraft, wind turbines and medical devices, as well as for modelling natural phenomena such as weather and ocean currents. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Brearley, Dr A De Rosis, Prof A Revell

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

AI-powered beam instrumentation for plasma wakefield acceleration

University of Liverpool

Cockcroft Institute

Project Background. AWAKE is the world’s first proton-driven plasma wakefield acceleration experiment. It utilizes 400 GeV proton bunches from the CERN SPS to drive plasma wakefields with an amplitude of ~ GV/m (which are orders of magnitude higher than conventional accelerators). Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Welsch

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

Exploiting Laser Pulse Shaping and Phase Space Tomography to Optimise Longitudinal Beam Dynamics at the Interaction Point of CLARA

University of Liverpool

Cockcroft Institute

Introduction and Motivation. The Compact Linear Accelerator for Research and Applications (CLARA) at Daresbury Laboratory places significant emphasis on providing tailored beam properties for a range of user experiments that push the frontiers of accelerator science. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Wolski, Dr A E P Pollard

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

Towards compact Gamma-ray Free Electron Lasers

University of Strathclyde

Cockcroft Institute

Project Background. Over the past few decades, X-ray free-electron lasers (XFELs) have become the pre-eminent tool for studying the structure and dynamics of materials at the molecular scale. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Robb

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

Development of a Low-Level RF (LLRF) System for Phase-Locked Loop (PLL) Control of a Superconducting RF Cavity

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

Project Background. The superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities made of bulk niobium (Nb) are used in charged particle accelerators for more than 50 years. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Marks

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

Externally coupled structures for THz-driven electron beam deflection

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

About the Project. This project is a unique opportunity to join a vibrant research team from Lancaster University, University of Manchester and The Cockcroft Institute at Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, UK, developing world leading concepts for novel acceleration using laser-generated THz pulse. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Letizia

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

Non-linear optics for application to laser-driven acceleration of relativistic beams in vacuum

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

There is immense interest in femtosecond-duration high-energy electron beams in both the condensed matter and high-energy particle physics scientific communities, for their application in exploring femtosecond processes in materials, and for future particle colliders. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Jamison

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

Superconducting thin film coated radio-frequency cavities

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

Project Background. The superconducting radio-frequency (SRF) cavities made of bulk niobium (Nb) are used in charged particle accelerators for more than 50 years. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Burt

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

Design of a cargo scanning linac for security applications

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

Project Background. Industrial applications is one of the three key areas of the Cockcroft Core grant, whereby security linacs has been identified as one of the priority areas supported by the BDG. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Burt

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

Accelerating Electrons with Light – laser-driven plasma wakefield acceleration

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

Project Background. Laser wakefield acceleration has demonstrated the production of GeV-scale electron beams in centimeter-scale accelerators using plasma waves as a driver. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Arran

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

Accelerator design for leather tanning and related applications

Lancaster University

Cockcroft Institute

This project focuses on the use of electron beams to tan leather in a novel process described by industry as potentially the biggest disruption to the process in 150 years. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Apsimon

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

How do we control the shape and time structure of our very short bunches using THz-driven structures?

The University of Manchester

Cockcroft Institute

Particle accelerators are powerful tools that have driven major discoveries in physics, from finding the Higgs boson to developing new materials. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Appleby

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

From ideal to real: Simulation study of laser-plasma imaging performance for future industrial imaging

The University of Manchester

Cockcroft Institute

Department. Physics and Astronomy. Research Group. Accelerator Physics Group. Institution. University of Manchester. Application deadline. Read more

Supervisor: Dr O Apsimon

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

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