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Obesity, Prostate Cancer and DNA methylation

University of St Andrews

School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Statistical Medicine and Molecular Biology

Prostate Cancer is the most common cancer in men in the US and UK. Obesity is a known risk factor for many cancers and levels of obesity are increasing. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Lynch, Dr BB Baer

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

Inferring Events from Phylogenetic Analysis of Eyewitness Testimony in the Historical and Forensic Record

University of St Andrews

School of Mathematics and Statistics

This project will consider if we can use phylogenetic analysis to correct for imperfections in eyewitness testimony. Eyewitness testimony from events with multiple witnesses is often inconsistent and sometime contradictory. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BB Baer, Dr CP Paxton

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

Improved survival analyses in molecular cancer studies

University of St Andrews

School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Statistical Medicine and Molecular Biology

Improved survival (whether this is literal survival, time to a change in symptoms, or time to disease progression) is a key outcome in cancer research. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BB Baer, Prof A Lynch

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

Discovering Therapeutic Targets for ALS Using CRISPR-dCas9 Single-Cell Perturb-Seq in Patient-Derived Motor Neurons

Garvan Institute of Medical Research

Genomics and Cellular Biology

Project Description. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with no effective cure. Although several causal mutations (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Weatheritt

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

Functional redox-active bionanomaterials for electrochemical biosensing

University of Salford

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Functional bionanomaterials have significant potential in the development of advanced bioelectronic systems for sensing and diagnostics. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Lehr

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

Discovery and Engineering of Novel Hemicellulases from Under-Studied Environments for Sustainable Biomass Conversion

University of Salford

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

The escalating demand for renewable materials and sustainable energy is driving urgent interest in efficient biomass conversion technologies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Ferry, Dr AMDDR Mayri Diaz De Rienzo

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

Quantifying Seagrass Natural Capital — Global Meta-Analysis of Biodiversity Gain and Ecosystem Service Functions for Marine Accounting

University of Salford

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Seagrass meadows are among the planet’s most valuable coastal ecosystems, yet their contribution to natural capital—the stock of nature supporting economic and social wellbeing—remains poorly quantified. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MDCL Do Amaral Camara Lima

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

AI-Driven Integration of Renewable Energy and Electric Vehicles in Multi-Microgrid Systems: Enhancing Resilience, Security, and Decarbonization

University of Salford

School of Science, Engineering and Environment

This interdisciplinary PhD project aims to explore the intelligent integration of renewable energy sources and Fuel Cells into multi-microgrid systems, with a focus on enhancing resilience, cyber-physical security, and decarbonization. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Sundaram, Dr A Nourian

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

Resilient resource allocation in dynamic settings under uncertainty (RRADSU)

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Bahar Rastegari, Professor Sebastian Stein and Dr Vahid Yazdanpanah. The main goal is to improve the state-of-the-art mechanisms for the allocation of scare resources from different, and not always compatible, perspectives of efficiency, fairness and resilience. Read more

Supervisor: Dr BR Rastegari

30 June 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Technology Enhanced Chemical Synthesis (TECS)

University of Bristol

School of Chemistry

Our PhD programme combines world-leading research in Chemical Synthesis with state-of-the-art training in technology and automation to prepare you for a career in modern synthetic chemistry, whether in industry or academic research. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

Physics-Informed Data Assimilation in Wall-Bounded Turbulence

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Applied Mathematics

Data assimilation combines physical models with experimental or numerical data to produce dynamically consistent flow reconstructions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Li, Dr A P Willis

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

Beyond ΛCDM: Testing New Physics with the CMB and Large-Scale Structure

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Applied Mathematics

Precision measurements of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) from Planck have established ΛCDM as the standard cosmological model. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Divalentino

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

LSE PhD studentships for 2026/27 entry

London School of Economics and Political Science

LSE Research Studentship Scheme

Want to know more? Ask LSE. The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is the world's leading dedicated social science institution. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Social Sciences Research Programme

Resilient design of submerged infrastructure under complex hydrodynamic conditions

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Gustavo de Almeida and Dr Sergio Maldonado. This project investigates hydrodynamic interactions between environmental flows, submerged infrastructure, and sediments to enhance the resilience of critical structures such as bridge piers and offshore energy foundations. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G A M de Almeida

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Intelligent Nanofabrication for Nanophotonics

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Kevin MacDonald, Dr Ben Mills and Prof Nikolay Zheludev. Focused ion beam (FIB) milling is a key enabling technology in physical sciences research and industrial micro/nanotech manufacturing. Read more

Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald

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

Integrating advanced source models for improved airport noise assessment

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Sergi Palleja Cabre, Emeritus Professor Rod Self and Dr Daniel Constantinos Amargianitakis. This PhD project focuses on improving aircraft noise prediction for emerging technologies at early design stages. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Palleja Cabre

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

Detection of ionising radiation using optical hollow-core fibres

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. Hans Christian Hansen Mulvad, Dr. Ian A. Davidson, Prof. Austin Taranta and Prof. Tony Bird. This project will explore the use of lasers and optical hollow-core fibres to detect ionising radiation, aiming to realise distributed radiation sensing along a single fibre. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Mulvad

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Photonic time crystals and timetronics

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Nikolay I. Zheludev, Prof Kevin MacDonald and Dr Eric Plum. Time crystals are an eagerly sought phase of matter in which time-translation symmetry is broken. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Zheludev

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

Mechanochemistry at the Molecular Scale

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Light Matter Interations

The aim of this project is to combine nanomechanical methods with modelling (i) to develop quantitative, predictive models for the behaviour of molecules in sliding contacts, and (ii) to understand how mechanical pressure can be used to change chemical reaction pathways. Read more

Supervisor: Prof GJ Leggett

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

Game theory of Agentic AI

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory team. Dr Bahar Rastegari and Dr Panayiotis Danassis. Agentic AI is rapidly affecting diverse aspects of our life, including social, technological and financial interactions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr BR Rastegari

30 June 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Spatiotemporal Superconducting Metasurfaces for Next Gen Quantum Technologies

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisors. Dr Sajjad Taravati s.taravati@soton.ac.uk. This project, within the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Technology Engineering at the University of Southampton (https://qte.ac.uk), carries a UKRI TechExpert enhanced annual stipend around £31k for UK students. Read more

Supervisor: Dr #s Taravati

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

School of Divinity

University of Edinburgh

School of Divinity

Why Study with us?. Our postgraduate department offers you the chance to engage with cutting-edge research on theology and religion in a wide variety of areas. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

Active Colloidal-Quantum-Dot Light Emitting Devices: QD Laser and QD LEDs

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Realization of electrically pumped lighting and lasing with colloidal quantum dots will have a revolutionary impact on many disciplines including display, photonics, optical communication, chemical sensing, and medical diagnostics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Hou, Prof P M Smowton

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

Probing compact binary environments with future gravitational wave detectors

Cardiff University

Cardiff School of Physics and Astronomy

Current gravitational-wave detectors observe gravitational-wave signals from binary compact objects—black holes and neutron stars—in the final few moments as they inspiral towards a cataclysmic collision. Read more

Supervisors: Dr IRS Romero-Shaw, Prof S Fairhurst

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

Learning based control systems for additive manufacturing

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Bing Chu & Dr Thomas Andritsch. This project explores learning based control systems for additive layer manufacturing (3D printing) in electrical engineering. Read more

Supervisor: Prof B Chu

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Data-driven iterative learning control: achieving model-free convergence for real-world systems

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Bing Chu & Prof Paolo Rapisarda. This PhD project aims to advance iterative learning control (ILC) by eliminating the dependency on analytical models, which are often costly or impractical to obtain. Read more

Supervisor: Prof B Chu

31 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Developing Porous Materials for Key Challenges in Decarbonization and Thermal Energy Storage (TES)

University of Birmingham

School of Chemical Engineering

We are inviting applications for a PhD position focused on the development of porous materials for key challenges in decarbonization and thermal energy storage (TES). Read more

Supervisor: Dr L S Sun

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

PhD Position in Biodegradable Thread-Based Materials for Soft Transient Electronics – Dalhousie University, Canada

Dalhousie University

School of Biomedical Engineering

We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join an interdisciplinary research program focused on the development of biodegradable, thread-based materials for use in flexible, transient electronic platforms. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Y Wu

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

Development of a wearable electro-impedance tomography system for early breast cancer screening

University of Auckland

Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Imagine a future where a simple piece of clothing could help save lives. This PhD project aims to develop a revolutionary smart bra that uses gentle, safe electrical signals to detect breast cancer earlier than ever before. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MH Hesam, Dr TY Yeung

Year round applications PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

Improving acoustic security through the lens of mathematics and physics

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory team. Prof Jeff Yan. Acoustic security is rapidly emerging at the intersection of cybersecurity, privacy, cyber physical systems, and acoustical physics. Read more

Supervisor: Prof JY Yan

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

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