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We have 1,937 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships added in the last month

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T cell signalling in fibrotic feedback loops

Updated: 29 September 2026 
Project Title. T cell signalling in fibrotic feedback loops. Fibrosis is a pathological feature of many chronic inflammatory diseases, characterized by extracellular matrix (ECM) dysregulation, connective tissue accumulation, and complex immune-stromal feedback loops. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Richard
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Engineering MOF-Biochar Composites for the Removal of Emerging Contaminants

Updated: 29 September 2026 
Can we engineer sustainable materials that remove some of the most persistent and challenging contaminants from water?. Water pollution is an increasingly important global challenge, with complex wastewater streams containing mixtures of heavy metals, PFAS, pharmaceuticals, pesticides and other emerging micropollutants. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MHM Hadi Mosleh, Dr P Babakhani, Prof MS Sedighi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Cosmology

Updated: 29 September 2026 
A research project is available in theoretical, observational, and/or experimental cosmology. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Bull, Dr L Wolz, Prof M Brown, Prof L Piccirillo, Prof S Kay
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Extensions of lubrication theory to non-isothermal and reactive flows under confinement: mixing, instabilities, and hydrogen flame stabilisation

Updated: 29 September 2026 
In fluid mechanics, lubrication theory elegantly simplifies the Navier-Stokes equations into Darcy or Darcy-like laws for incompressible, isothermal thin-film flows. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Daou, Prof S Fedotov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cross-Species determinants of stress susceptibility in PSC-derived Neural Progenitors and Spinal Motor Neurons

Updated: 29 September 2026 
Project Title. Cross-Species determinants of stress susceptibility in PSC-derived Neural Progenitors and Spinal Motor Neurons. Life unfolds at remarkably different speeds across species, yet the molecular mechanisms that regulate developmental tempo remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Rayon
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Number Theory

Updated: 29 September 2026 
This project will be focussed within Algebraic Number Theory and centred around questions arising from Diophantine equations, modular forms, and elliptic curves and involve a blend of algebraic, analytic and computational methods. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Patel
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Transferable Digital Twins for Smart and Social Homes: Explainable AI for Inclusive, Flexible and Low-Carbon Energy

Updated: 29 September 2026 
Homes are becoming smarter through technologies such as solar panels, batteries, heat pumps, EV chargers and smart appliances. However, their real-world benefits depend on how technologies, buildings and people interact. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr O Ejohwomu, Dr X Xu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The dark side of DNA

Updated: 29 September 2026 
Project Title. The dark side of DNA. Project Outline. We think of DNA as a stable information source compartmentalised to the nucleus and mitochondria. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Houseley
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Unlikely intersections and o-minimality

Updated: 29 September 2026 
This project will involve working on unlikely intersection problems (an active area in Diophantine geometry) using ideas from o-minimality (part of model theory). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Jones, Dr V Aslanyan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NIHR ARC South West Funded Doctoral Award: Can Virtual Reality (VR) Embodiment Experiences Be Used as Part of Treatment for Eating Disorders?

Updated: 29 September 2026 
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 Supervisors: Dr H Bould, Prof I Penton-Voak, Dr LC Chapman, Prof L Yardley, Prof D Stanton Fraser
 29 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Enhancing social infrastructure to build resilience to disruptive events: a comparison of in-person and online interactions

Updated: 29 September 2026 
In cities, social infrastructure, defined as “social, cultural and financial activities and institutions as well as associated property, buildings and artefacts” (Dodman et al 2022), is as important to prosperity and living well as the technical infrastructures, for example transport, water and power networks. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Mander, Dr C Hoolohan, Dr R Wood
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fantastic proteins and where to find them: exploring the biology of histones outside the nucleus

Updated: 29 September 2026 
Project Title. Fantastic proteins and where to find them. exploring the biology of histones outside the nucleus. Histone proteins package DNA within the confines of the nucleus in a macromolecular structure called chromatin. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Christophorou
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Cutoff phenomenon in Markov chains

Updated: 29 September 2026 
Cutoff phenomenon for Markov chains is an abrupt transition where a process goes from being very far away from stationarity to very near stationarity within a short window of time. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Luczak, Prof A Hazel
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Spatial Control of Wnt–ERK Signalling by Glypican-Dependent Ligand Dispersal in Development and Disease

Updated: 29 September 2026 
Project Title:Spatial Control of Wnt–ERK Signalling by Glypican-Dependent Ligand Dispersal in Development and Disease. Glypicans are a family of heparan sulfate proteoglycans that regulate extracellular signalling environments during development. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr IM McGough
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Microfluidic Manufacturing of Metamaterials

Updated: 29 September 2026 
Hard-wired into our smartphones, internet routers and motorized vehicles are small electronic circuits for telecommunications. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Box, Prof A Juel, Dr D Pihler-Puzovic
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)