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FULLY FUNDED PhD in Health Economics – ACROSS Programme, Bangladesh

TO APPLY, PLEASE CLICK INSTITUTION WEBSITE. This is a unique opportunity to undertake a fully funded, three-year PhD in Health Economics, based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and registered with the University of Glasgow, UK. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E McIntosh, Dr MF Faruque
 20 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Molecular engineering of water treatment membranes

Context. Reverse osmosis (RO) holds significant promise in alleviating global water scarcity through seawater desalination. But shortages of increasing frequency and intensity now demand treatment of unconventional waters beyond seawater, such as wastewater, to expand supply. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Romero-Vargas Castrillon
 2 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MANTA: Monitoring Array for Nanoparticle Tracking and Assessment

Transform deployable structures into an impact sensing capability — with applications spanning orbital debris, micrometeorites and cosmic dust. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Battley
 10 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mothering Under Adversity: Roma Mothers’ Experiences of Stress, Trauma and Help-Seeking

Roma mothers experience significant inequalities in mental health and access to support, shaped by discrimination, poverty, insecure housing, migration, social exclusion and previous encounters with health and social care. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Kostka , Dr K Broadhurst, Dr L Goodwin
 1 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Controls on primary productivity in tropical dry forests

What nutrients limit primary production in tropical dry forest (TDF)? Without answering this question, we cannot predict how 40% of the world’s tropical forest will respond to elevated CO. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Waring
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Silent Architects: Uncovering How Astrocytes Shape Brain Health

Summary. Astrocytes are central regulators of brain function, controlling neuronal activity, metabolism, extracellular matrix organisation and resilience to disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Smith, Prof BSK Khakh, Dr O Peters, Prof J Hodge
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Guarding the Brain's Blueprint: Investigating UPF3B in DNA Repair, Autism, and ADHD

Summary. Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) like autism and ADHD affect millions, yet the underlying causes remain unclear. This PhD project investigates how mutations in the gene UPF3B, linked to NDDs, impair DNA repair in neurons. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr GN Ngo, Prof N Allen
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Power Failure: Why Neurons Die in Huntington's Disease

Summary. Huntington's disease is an inherited brain disorder that causes progressive movement, cognitive and sleep problems, yet there is still no effective treatment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Massey, Dr G Smith, Dr M Lelos, Prof J Hodge
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating placental function and fetal programming in Prader–Willi Syndrome

Summary. By bringing together transcriptomics and cutting edge imaging, and data analysis techniques, this PhD project aims to examine how abnormalities in placental function leads to altered programming of the developing fetal brain in a neurodevelopmental disorder. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A R Isles, Prof R John
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NeuroAI: Biologically Plausible Artificial Intelligence

  Research Group: Technion NeuroAI
PhD Positions Available. Neuro-AI Lab at Technion. About Us. Our projects range from developing Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) for both rodents and humans to creating theoretical and computational models of neural activity, and training cutting-edge machine-learning models, including large language models (LLMs). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Recanatesi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Our Mission: to Educate, Nurture and Discover for the benefit of Human Health

Founded in 1784 as the professional body for surgical training in Ireland, RCSI has evolved in the years since to become one of the world's leading health sciences universities. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Ireland PhD Programme
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Modelling and design of sustainable fibre composites

Fibre composites are widely used in a range of applications, including aerospace and wind turbines, due to their light weight and high strength. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Johnston
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Nutrition support through embedded research: a vehicle for improving health, performance and culture at GB Taekwondo

Overview. We invite applications for funding for a three-year full-time PhD project to explore nutrition in Taekwondo, a weight-category combat sport where the way athletes fuel, recover and manage weight affects both performance and long-term health. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr ND Dobbin
 7 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Tracking Ecosystem Recovery and Pollution Risks in Restored Saltmarshes

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RC Cross, Ms A Burden, Dr J Taylor, Dr F Orton, Dr G Hilton
 13 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the influence of particle-toxicant interactions on toxicant bioavailability and toxicity in a tropical estuarine amphipod of mangrove wetlands

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Henry, Ms I Gosetto, Prof A Boxall, Prof G Umbuzeiro, Prof T Fernandes
 13 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Finding the Earliest Signs of Psychosis: Studying Young People at High Genetic Risk

Summary. Why do some young people develop psychosis while others do not? This project will investigate the developmental origins of psychosis in young people at high genetic risk. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SC Chawner, Prof M van den Bree, Dr JH Hall
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Shared Genetic Architecture of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Novel Brain Biomarkers: Towards Understanding Biological Processes

Summary. The field of imaging genetics has had limited success identifying shared common risk variants between mental disorders and brain phenotypes, this being key to understanding neurobiological mechanism for ill mental health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr X Caseras, Dr M Palombo, Prof K Murphy, Dr R Anney
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optimising immune responses against emerging viruses

Summary. Worldwide, viruses that transmit to humans from biting insects account for ~17% of infectious diseases and ~700,000 deaths/yr, with ~4 billion people at risk. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Stanton, Dr C Fielding, Dr E Wang
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Receptor to Remedy: Rewiring adenovirus-host protein dynamics to engineer next-generation nanomedicines.

Summary. How do viruses hijack our cells, and how can we turn this process to our advantage? This project will explore the fascinating molecular interactions between viruses and human cells, uncovering how viruses recognise, enter and manipulate their hosts. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof AP Parker, Dr C Bliss, Dr V Gold
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Immune modulation of tonsillar Natural Killer cell immunity by Group A Streptococcus

Summary. The human tonsils are crucial for producing neutralizing antibodies against infection yet are a breeding ground for Group A Streptococcus (GAS) which causes localized illnesses (tonsillitis) but also life threatening, invasive infections (>500,000 global deaths/year). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J McLaren, Dr E Wang
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding cellular ageing of protective immunity to inform vaccine design and T-cell therapies

Summary. The risk of dying from infection is particularly high in the elderly and is related to ageing of the immune system. Immune cells called T-cells can confer long-term protection against infection and hence are critical for vaccine development. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr KL Ladell, Prof L Wooldridge, Prof D Baird, Prof D Price
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigation of human cytomegalovirus modulation of gamma delta Tcells

Summary. Immune cells are important for the control of viral infections. In particular, innate cytotoxic lymphocytes such as gamma delta T-cells and natural killer (NK) are able to sense healthy tissue and kill tumour and viral-infected cells. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Fielding, Dr E Wang, Prof R Stanton
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding How Blood Vessel Cells Communicate in Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and aortic aneurysms develop when communication between cells in the blood vessel wall becomes disrupted. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JSC Serbanovic-Canic, Dr V Ridger
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Position in Proteomics and Systems Biology

The Ralser Lab at the Department of Biochemistry and the Charité Berlin (https://ralser.group/) is recruiting a PhD student to join a cutting-edge research project in proteomics, with a focus on microbial cells and systems biology. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof MR Ralser
 24 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The development of pharmaceutical freeze-drying production methods using novel process analytical technology. A self-funded PhD programme (for self-funded students only)

  Research Group: LyoMetrics Centre for Advanced Process Analytical Technology
An overview of the project. The project, supervised by Professors Geoff Smith (ORCID) and Muyiwa Oyinlola, is based in the School of Pharmacy within the Faculty of Health and Life Sciences at De Montfort University, located in the multicultural city of Leicester. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Smith, Dr A Duffy, Prof MO Oyinlola
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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NHH Norwegian School of Economics - Fully Funded PhD Programme

Let a four-year fully-funded PhD from NHH be your next career step. Our PhD candidates are at a high international level, and the PhD programme offers a stimulating and rewarding research environment. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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PhD Studentship: Multi-Length-Scale characterisation of Critical Materials for optimised extraction and recycling

Vacancy information. The Department of Chemical Engineering at University College London (UCL) is one of the leading departments in the UK, with an international reputation for research excellence and impact. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr FI Iacoviello
 1 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully-funded PhD in Political and Social Sciences

Fully-funded PhD programmes. The European University Institute (EUI) offers well-structured doctoral programmes allowing you to develop your intellectual curiosity and enabling original research. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Social Sciences Research Programme
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Fully-funded PhD in Law

Fully-funded PhD programmes. The European University Institute (EUI) offers well-structured doctoral programmes allowing you to develop your intellectual curiosity and enabling original research. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Law Research Programme
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Fully-funded PhD in History and Civilisation

Fully-funded PhD programmes. The European University Institute (EUI) offers well-structured doctoral programmes allowing you to develop your intellectual curiosity and enabling original research. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Social Sciences Research Programme