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worldwide PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 485 worldwide PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Development of novel phosphide and sulfide catalysts for sustainable hydrogenation processes

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A McCue, Dr I Graca
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Adaptation to an anthropogenic habitat: Integrated modelling of ecological, physiological and reproductive impacts on chacma baboons

Global population growth is driving the rapid conversion of natural ecosystems into human-modified landscapes, creating heterogeneous environments characterised by mosaics of natural and anthropogenic land-cover types. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A MacLarnon, Prof R Hill
 5 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SWBio DTP PhD Project: Decoding Plant Stress: Real-Time Monitoring of Crop Health by In-Planta Sensing Platform

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr LGM Gonzalez-Macia
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Dynamics driving photoswitchable molecules using laser spectroscopy BULLJ_U27SCI

Primary Supervisor. Dr. James Bull(opens in a new window). A PhD position is available in laser spectroscopy at the University of East Anglia, supervised by Assoc. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Bull
 24 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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From Catchment to Coast: Mapping Plastic Material Accumulation and its Impact on Northern Ireland's Coastal Environment.

Plastic pollution is increasingly visible along coastlines worldwide, but we still know relatively little about where larger plastic items come from, how they move through river and coastal systems, and where they ultimately accumulate. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr EG Grottoli, Prof S Benetti
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Integrating single cell transcriptomics and computational modelling to discover genetic drivers of age-related macular degeneration

  Research Group: Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics
Why do some people develop age-related macular degeneration (AMD) while others remain unaffected? Can genetics and artificial intelligence help uncover the earliest biological changes that lead to vision loss?. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Ellingford, Prof A Morris, Dr PS Sergouniotis
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Discovering Early Mitochondrial Failure Signatures in Metabolic Disease across the Cardio-Renal Axis

  Research Group: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
Type 2 diabetes affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and is a major driver of both heart failure and chronic kidney disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Kitmitto, Dr AL Lay, Prof E Cartwright
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Preserving sight in retinitis pigmentosa: why do cone cells die?

  Research Group: Division of Neuroscience
Retinitis pigmentosa (RP) is an inherited eye disease that causes progressive and irreversible vision loss. It affects around f 1 in 3,000 people and is a major cause of blindness across the lifespan. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Allen, Dr Nina Milosavljevic, Dr PS Sergouniotis
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) The alveolar epithelium: a new reservoir for the emergence of drug resistance in A. fumigatus?

  Research Group: Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics
Spores of the mould Aspergillus fumigatus cause >3,000,000 chronic and >300,000 invasive diseases annually worldwide. Invasive aspergillosis is the most fatal, with a 50% mortality rate, rising to >75% in certain cohorts, including people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Bertuzzi, Dr M Bottery
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] Sensing BRCA2 Loss: Synthetic Antibodies for Precision Prostate Cancer Treatment

Prostate cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer in men worldwide and remains a major cause of cancer mortality. Loss of BRCA2, a protein essential for DNA repair, is associated with aggressive disease and can confer sensitivity to poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Peeters, Dr A Sachdeva, Prof R Bristow
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The Missing Receptors: How the Leishmania Kinome Senses Environmental Cues

Leishmania parasites cause a collection of devastating neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) affecting millions of people worldwide, transmitted via a sand fly vector. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Baker, Dr J Faria, Prof M Wright
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Exploring the relationship between Parental Mental Illness and Coercive Control

  Research Group: Psychology
Summary. The proposed PhD project will investigate the relationship between parental mental illness (PMI) and coercive control within family relationships, with a particular focus on families in Northern Ireland. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Lagdon, Dr N Anyadike-Danes
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering Safer Healthcare Water Systems: Tackling Opportunistic Waterborne Pathogens

  Research Group: Institute of Sustainable Built Environment
Are you passionate about improving public health through innovative engineering solutions? We are seeking an outstanding PhD candidate to undertake interdisciplinary research to investigate how healthcare water systems can be designed and operated to minimise the risk of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Kelly, Prof M Gormley
 17 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – Investigating the identity and stress-induced plasticity of cardiac glia

Stress has a major impact on both mental and physical health. Stress-related disorders account for the loss of an estimated 12 billion working days every year and cost the global economy approximately $1 trillion annually. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Mosienko, Dr SM Mastitskaya , Prof R Richardson
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – Investigating the causal relationship and molecular mechanisms that underpin sub-clinical cardiac injury, cognitive decline, and dementia

About the project. Cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are leading causes of mortality and disability worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Miners, Dr JB Blackman, Dr NG Goulding, Dr L Coulthard
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)