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ukri PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 592 ukri PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Synergistic study of the corrosion resistance of zircaloy in PWR conditions

A UK PhD studentship is available at the University of Birmingham with a tax-free stipend at the UKRI standard level. The project is co-funded by the Rolls-Royce Plc, co-supervised by Dr Chris Jones. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof Y Chiu, Dr C Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Study of Mechanical Behaviour of Zircaloy at High Temperature

A UK PhD studentship is available at the University of Birmingham with a tax-free stipend at the UKRI standard level. The project is co-funded by the Rolls-Royce Plc, co-supervised by Dr Joe Ward and Dr Kaid Mavrou. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y Chiu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Fully funded PhD studentships at the Centre for Doctoral Training for Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT)

FLOOD-CDT is seeking PhD applicants who are passionate about the environment and eager to tackle the issue of flooding – one of the most pressing global challenges of our time. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  NERC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Fully funded PhD studentships at the Centre for Doctoral Training for Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT)

FLOOD-CDT is seeking PhD applicants who are passionate about the environment and eager to tackle the issue of flooding – one of the most pressing global challenges of our time. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  NERC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Fully funded PhD studentships at the Centre for Doctoral Training for Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT)

FLOOD-CDT is seeking PhD applicants who are passionate about the environment and eager to tackle the issue of flooding – one of the most pressing global challenges of our time. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  NERC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Fully funded PhD studentships at the Centre for Doctoral Training for Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT)

FLOOD-CDT is seeking PhD applicants who are passionate about the environment and eager to tackle the issue of flooding – one of the most pressing global challenges of our time. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  NERC Centre for Doctoral Training
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Fully funded PhD studentships available in Pure Mathematics and Statistics at Lancaster University

Apply now for a fully-funded PhD studentship in pure mathematics or statistics at the School of Mathematical Sciences at Lancaster University starting in October 2026. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Research Programme
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Antiresonant hollow core optical fibre precision coils

Supervisory Team. Professor Austin Taranta and Dr. Leonard Budd. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Taranta
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Hollow core optical fibres embedded with chalcogenide 2D materials

Supervisory Team. Dr Pier Sazio and Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis. Hollow core anti-resonant fibres (ARFs) enable strong light-matter interaction through functional material deposition. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Sazio
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Polarization effects in antiresonant hollow core optical fibres

Supervisory Team. Prof. Austin Taranta, Dr. Gianluca Guerra, Dr. Gregory Jasion and Dr. Ian Davidson. Dive into the mysterious world of polarization in antiresonant hollow core fibres, where conventional wisdom is turned on its head, and unexpected phenomena emerge every day. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Taranta
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Graphene-based silicon photonic photodetectors for mid-infrared wavelengths

Supervisory Team. Dr Milos Nedeljkovic and Professor Callum Littlejohns. This project’s aim is to explore the integration of graphene with Silicon Photonic circuits to create fast and sensitive photodetectors for the mid-infrared (mid-IR) region, a key wavelength range for detecting gases and molecules. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Nedeljkovic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing high performance optical amplifiers for the future of space communications

Supervisory Team. Dr Kyle Bottrill and Prof Periklis Petropoulos. The space communication environment is like no other, subjecting data-carrying lasers to immense transmission distances, substantial Doppler shifts and, in some cases, a highly turbulent atmosphere. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Bottrill
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Picophotonics: the science of light-matter interactions at sub-nanometre scale

Supervisory Team. Prof Kevin MacDonald and Prof Nikolay Zheludev. Optical imaging and metrology techniques now routinely break the classical diffraction limit on resolution. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Nonlinear Photonics for Quantum Technologies

Supervisory Team. Prof Corin Gawith and Prof James Gates. Nonlinear parametric photonics creates an interface between light and the atoms/ions and detectors used in quantum systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Gawith
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Surface chemistry and gas reactions in hollow-core optical fibres

Supervisory Team. Professor Austin Taranta, Professor Natallie Wheeler and Dr. Hesameddin Mohammadi. Hollow core fibres are transforming applications in communications, sensing, and high-power laser delivery. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Taranta
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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