PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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EastBio: Mechanisms regulating expression of the multidrug transporter gene CDR1 in the pathogenic fungus Candidozyma auris

School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Candida auris, recently renamed Candidozyma auris, is an emerging human fungal pathogen with a remarkable capacity to develop resistance to multiple antifungal drugs, including azoles. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Kubota, Dr A Lorenz

16 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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EastBio: Who’s there? Unbiased microbiome assessment during Atlantic salmon seawater transfer.

University of Aberdeen

School of Biological Sciences

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector globally, but continued sustainable expansion in line with projected food security estimates is hampered by issues with fish health and disease. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Ritchie, Prof S Martin

16 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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EastBio: The role of epitranscriptomic RNA modifications in eukaryotic evolution and capacity to respond to environmental change

University of Aberdeen

School of Biological Sciences

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. How organisms evolve in ever-changing environments remains a critically important question in ecology and evolution. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Wenzel, Prof J Pettitt

16 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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EastBio: From Neuro-vulnerability to Trust Calibration: Psychological, Behavioural and Neurophysiological Responses in Human-Automated Vehicles Interactions

University of Aberdeen

School of Psychology

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. As automated vehicles (AV) become increasingly integrated into everyday environments, humans will interact with vehicles whose behaviour may differ subtly from human driving. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Mei, Dr D Kourtis

16 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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How do giant storms form, and how is heat redistributed across the atmospheres of fast-rotating planets?

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisor. Dr Joao Manuel Mendonca. What drives Jupiter’s powerful jets and giant storms? Use advanced three-dimensional climate simulations to explore how clouds and turbulence shape giant planets’ weather. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Mendonca

31 March 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Tracing cloud formation pathways across Earth’s atmospheric history

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisor. Dr Joao Manuel Mendonca. How did Earth stay habitable under a fainter young Sun? Discover how clouds shaped our planet’s ancient climates and could trigger sudden climate shifts. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Mendonca

31 March 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Data-driven urban aerodynamics for net-zero cities

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisors. Dr John Lawson and Professor Zheng-Tong Xie. This project combines cutting-edge 3D particle tracking, machine learning and fluid mechanics to measure and predict urban airflow around buildings. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Lawson

11 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Intelligent and reconfigurable metasurfaces for next-generation optical computing

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisor. Professor Jize Yan. Can light perform artificial intelligence computations faster and more efficiently than conventional electronics? This project will develop intelligent, reconfigurable metasurfaces that manipulate light to perform computation directly. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Yan

30 April 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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More data, less energy: multicore fibre amplifiers and components for future submarine networks

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisors. Dr Yongmin Jung and Dr Sijing Liang. The internet’s next big leap could happen beneath the oceans. Meta’s planned petabit-scale cable signals a new era for multicore fibres. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Jung

31 August 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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van der Waals semiconducting ferroelectrics for programmable on-chip optoelectronics

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisor. Dr Soumya Sarkar. This PhD project explores van der Waals semiconducting ferroelectrics for programmable, energy-efficient optoelectronic devices. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Sarkar

31 August 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Trustworthy AI for personalised disease risk prediction using genetic and clinical data

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisors. Dr Gabriela Czanner and Professor Hanieh Yaghootkar. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Czanner

17 June 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 5,885 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

EastBio: Mechanisms regulating expression of the multidrug transporter gene CDR1 in the pathogenic fungus Candidozyma auris

EastBio: Who’s there? Unbiased microbiome assessment during Atlantic salmon seawater transfer.

EastBio: The role of epitranscriptomic RNA modifications in eukaryotic evolution and capacity to respond to environmental change

EastBio: From Neuro-vulnerability to Trust Calibration: Psychological, Behavioural and Neurophysiological Responses in Human-Automated Vehicles Interactions

How do giant storms form, and how is heat redistributed across the atmospheres of fast-rotating planets?

Tracing cloud formation pathways across Earth’s atmospheric history

Data-driven urban aerodynamics for net-zero cities

Intelligent and reconfigurable metasurfaces for next-generation optical computing

More data, less energy: multicore fibre amplifiers and components for future submarine networks

van der Waals semiconducting ferroelectrics for programmable on-chip optoelectronics

Trustworthy AI for personalised disease risk prediction using genetic and clinical data

Laser-based fabrication of microfluidic devices for clinical diagnostic testing

Continuous affective control for generative AI

Nuclear-spin control of translation and rotation in levitated optomechanics

Membrane Technologies for Selective Rare Earth Metal Recovery and Recycling

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