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EASTBIO SRUC The effect of microbubbles on bacteria associated with meat spoilage

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Microbubbles are tiny gas-filled structures with a gaseous core and an outer shell. The gas within the microbubble can vary, although the gas is at least as dense as air. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N McEwan
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hydrologic Whiplash in a Changing Climate: Evaluating Earth System Models for Decision-Relevant Climate Risk

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Hydrologic whiplash events, that is sequences of extreme rainfall and extreme drought, or vice versa, are a growing risk under climate change. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Wainwright, Dr J Schwendike, Dr M Tye, Dr M Morrison
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Constraining the thermal limits of complex life in a planetary context

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Microbial life on Earth reproduces within a fairly specific temperature range, roughly -20 to 120ºC. The thermal limits for animal reproduction, however, are even narrower, roughly -2 to 48ºC. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D B Mills, Prof B J W Mills
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC WARM-LIVESTOCK: Welfare and Adipose Research for Managing Livestock Temperature

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Why do some newborn farm animals survive the cold, while others struggle to stay warm? The first hours and days of life are one of the most challenging periods for livestock. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Suchacki
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Impact of Climate Change Processes on the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Abandoned Mine Wastes

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Project Summary. Abandoned mine wastes represent a long-standing environmental hazard, often rich in potentially toxic elements (PTEs) such as lead, arsenic, and cadmium. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I Burke, Dr G A Adediran
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EASTBIO SRUC One tick, many hosts: understanding and predicting One Health risks from tick-borne diseases in a changing Scotland.

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Ticks are the second most important vectors of disease worldwide after mosquitoes, and tick-borne diseases are an increasing challenge for animal and human health across Europe. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Eze
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Can Heterogeneous Nucleation Explain Earth’s Solid Inner Core?

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
The solid iron inner core at the centre of the Earth underpins fundamental processes that shape our planet. The boundary between the solid inner and liquid outer core is at its melting temperature, providing crucial information used to determine the temperature profile and cooling rate of the entire deep Earth. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A J Wilson-Spencer, Dr T F Whale
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio SRUC Understanding rumen mycobiome interactions via defined microbial communities

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
The gut microbiome enables ruminants such as cows to efficiently degrade plant material. This digestion process is critical to ruminant health and performance in farming, including GHG emissions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J van Munster
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploring mitigation and management of lightning-initiated wildfires

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Engineering
Project description. Lightning is the predominant cause of uncontrolled wildfires worldwide, threatening environments, habitats, infrastructure, and health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DM Mitchard, Dr TR Feldpausch, Dr M Fullekrug, Dr C Belcher, Assoc Prof DJ Johnson
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Beyond the peak: Detecting cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in diabetes using Taylor-Fourier analysis of wearable photoplethysmography

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) damages the nerves that control heart rate and blood-pressure. It affects about one in three people with diabetes, and is linked to substantially higher risks of cardiovascular disease and early death. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr U Alam, Dr R Ferrero, Dr S Azmi, Prof Y Zheng
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC Evaluation of Therapeutic Bacteriophages for Targeted Control of Escherichia coli Associated with Post-Weaning Diarrhoea in a Porcine Fermentation Model

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
The global pig industry is significantly affected by post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD), a polymicrobial disease that commonly occurs following the transition from sow’s milk to solid feed. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Nale
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Decoding why gingivitis may lead to noma: characterising the oral microbiome and immunology of children at risk of noma

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Noma is a devastating orofacial disease that mainly affects children aged 2–6 years living in conditions of extreme poverty, particularly where chronic malnutrition and poor oral health are common. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Ainsworth, Dr W Thompson
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC PAWS: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance and Hospital-Acquired Infections with Innovative Diagnostics and Surveillance in Veterinary Practice

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
This PhD project offers an exciting opportunity to tackle one of the most important challenges in veterinary medicine. the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in clinical practice. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Soutter
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Rebuilding trust in vaccination: a Large Epidemic Model to predict immunity gaps and power trustworthy public health communication

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Can AI help rebuild trust in public health, and stop preventable diseases from coming back?. Measles is returning. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Chen, Prof AJ Jorgensen
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Developing multiplexed point-of-care biosensors to guide surgical and antimicrobial decisions in the acute abdomen

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
A surgeon opens the abdomen of an emergency patient and has minutes to decide whether a length of bowel will survive. Get it right and the patient keeps their gut. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Sharma , Mr A Chan, Prof C Halloran, Dr D Cocker, Mr C Macutkiewicz
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Plenty more fish in the river? Projecting future threats to global freshwater biodiversity

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Globally, freshwaters are home to 30% of the world’s vertebrate species and freshwater fisheries support millions of people by providing vital nutrients and protein to some of the world’s poorest communities. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DR Williams, Dr J South
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Assessing systemic climate risk with novel human-AI workflows

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Climate is changing more rapidly than predicted and the interconnected nature of the risks it poses has emerged as an urgent societal issue. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Challinor, Dr D Dawson
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC Developing welfare impact assessments for wild and functionally wild animals

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Human activity can impact on wild animals, or those living in a wild state, both directly (e.g. through population management activities, translocations or reintroductions etc.) or indirectly (e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Dwyer
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Cardiac Ion Channels and Immune Signalling in Ischaemic Heart Disease: New Opportunities for Cardioprotection and Arrhythmia Prevention

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide and is frequently associated with myocardial ischaemia (reduced blood flow to the heart) and life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Rainbow, Prof N Liptrott
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Enhancing Cancer Immunotherapy While Protecting the Heart: The Dual Function of SGLT2 Inhibitors

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionised cancer treatment by harnessing the body's immune system to attack tumours. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Sharma, Prof A Olsson-Brown, Prof D Naisbitt
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: From variant to phenotype: decoding calmodulin dysfunction in cardiac arrhythmia

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
How can a change in a single protein disrupt the electrical rhythm of the heart and cause life-threatening arrhythmia?. Calmodulin (CaM) is a highly conserved calcium sensing protein that controls key ion channels responsible for cardiac electrical activity and calcium homeostasis. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Helassa, Dr R Rainbow
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship in Hearing Research

University of Hong Kong
Faculty of Education
We are now looking for one full-time PhD student to join Dr Jason Tzu-Hsien Lien at HKU in September 2027. Your study will be fully funded alongside a monthly stipend of 19,135 or 28,700 HKD. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Lien
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: How pollution drives brain ageing: understanding its contribution to neurodegenerative pathologies

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis are devastating conditions that cause our brain cells to progressively decay. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Sanchez-Soriano, Prof H Ashe, Prof S Cruickshank
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AWE-funded PhD project on ultrafast laser fabricated sensing technologies

Heriot-Watt University
School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
  Research Group: Photonic Instrumentation Group (phi.eps.hw.ac.uk)
Ultrashort laser pulses can be used to directly write structural modifications inside dielectric materials. This modification can manifest itself in a variety of ways, one example of which can be a localised increase in the refractive index. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Thomson, Dr CR Ross
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: State-selective dependence on SMOC-regulated extracellular signalling in hepatocellular carcinoma

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
How do liver tumours become dependent on their extracellular environment?. Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common primary liver cancer and a leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MM Merino, Prof D Palmer
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Closing the loop: an AI guided approach to prioritise competence experimentation of emerging arbovirus risk

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Mosquitoes and the viruses they carry are on the move. Climate change, land use change and global trade are expanding the ranges of both, bringing vectors and viruses into contact in places that have never had to consider them before. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Blagrove, Dr M Wardeh, Dr J Pilgrim
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NERC GW4+ Tracing the nature of slab input in magmas from the Kermadec Arc and Taupo Volcanic Zone

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Subduction zones are key geological settings that play a major role in controlling geochemical transfers between the crust, hydrosphere, atmosphere, and Earth’s mantle. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Millet, Prof J Lissenberg, Dr G Cooper, Dr I Parkinson, Dr SR Rooyakkers, Dr S Barker, Dr KF Faure
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Restoring Anti Tumour Immunity by Disrupting Myeloid Driven Immunosuppressive Pathways in Cholangiocarcinoma

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) is an aggressive cancer of the bile ducts with a survival rate below 10% over five years. This project focuses on understanding why immune checkpoint blockade therapies, such as durvalumab, have limited success in treating CCA. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Randle, Prof N Liptrott, Mr HM Malik
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unravelling Earth’s Magnetic Reversals

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Earth’s core has generated a magnetic field for billions of years; however, the nature of that field has varied considerably through time for reasons that are still not fully understood. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Mound, Prof C Davies
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Endosomal Trafficking of Dopamine Receptors: Mechanisms, Health, and Disease

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Summary. Dysregulation of dopamine receptor trafficking and expression is increasingly recognised as a fundamental contributor to major neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders, including Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia, addiction and ADHD. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K McMillan, Prof M Clague, Prof P McCormick
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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