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Silicon Carbide Quantum Devices for Quantum Networking

Project overview. The future quantum internet will rely on new types of devices capable of storing, processing, and transmitting quantum information. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Cristian Bonato
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Medical Research Council-funded PhD Programme in 3i Biomedical Research

Applications open to home students only. Several fully funded four-year ‘Core' studentships are available for September 2027 to join Warwick's MRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC DTP). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  MRC Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE)
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EngD: Data-Driven Tool-Life Prediction for Safer and More Productive Aerospace Machining

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 Supervisors: Prof V Kadirkamananthan, Dr M Brown
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Enzyme-Inspired Catalysis: Organic Cages, Organocatalysis and Reaction Mechanism

PhD opportunities with Dr Keith Andrews at Durham University — October 2027 entry. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KG Andrews
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EastBio CASE: Scalable Cannabisin Production from Engineered Cannabis Sativa Suspension Cell Culture

  Research Group: Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
Cannabis sativa (hemp) produces a family of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory molecules called cannabisins, already valued by the cosmetics industry as functional skincare actives. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Attila Molnar, Prof A McCormick
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio CASE: Engineering topologically complex DNA structures inspired by the mitochondrial genome of trypanosomes

  Research Group: Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
The mitochondrial DNA of trypanosome parasites (kinetoplast or kDNA) is one of the most topologically complex genomes in nature1–3. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Schnaufer
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio CASE: OMER: Orbit Mining with EngineeRing biology

  Research Group: Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
This project will evaluate construction materials and processes that enable the use of synthetic/engineering biology to recycle and regenerate components in space. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L Horsfall
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Probabilistic Combinatorics

The probabilistic method is a powerful tool which has been especially influential in the fields of combinatorics and computer science. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J E Erde
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EastBio CASE: Hairy ears and their function: how do barley awns develop, and influence grain development?

  Research Group: Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
Grasses are incredibly environmentally and economically important, growing in diverse environments across the globe and providing >50% of global calories. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Richardson
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio CASE: How can the higher-order social structure of badger populations shape disease dynamics?

Wildlife social structure is critical in shaping vulnerability to epidemics and the ability of populations to act as maintenance hosts for infectious diseases that may spillover into human or livestock populations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Silk
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Endospore-derived Protein Lattices for Novel Antigen and Enzyme Display Platforms

  Research Group: Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Bacillus endospores are some of the most robust biological structures known. Examples have remained viable for decades to centuries and germinate and commence growing normally within 30 minutes of exposure to nutrients. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DR Radford, Dr G Cowan, Dr P Vohra
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Physics-informed AI for the thermodynamic co-design of emerging cooling technologies

Cooling demand is rapidly increasing due to economic development and climate change-induced temperature increase. Vapour compression cycle has been the main technology to satisfy the global cooling demand, from household refrigerators and room air conditioners to industrial size chillers. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R R Renaldi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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EastBio: Structural architecture of the centromere

A defining aspect of life is the accurate transmission of genetic information from one generation of cells to the next. During mitosis, chromosomes are reorganised dramatically into discrete cylindrical entities. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Muir, Prof J Arulanandam
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Understanding chromatin control of antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei

  Research Group: Institute of Cell Biology
Trypanosoma brucei, a kinetoplastid parasite, causes severe disease in humans and livestock and remains a significant, neglected tropical disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Wilson, Dr B Akiyoshi
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Testing Open Science: who’s re-using shared data, models and code?

  Research Group: Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
The Open Science movement has transformed biological and environmental sciences, and our colleagues are sharing data at among the highest rates documented anywhere (Deeb 2025 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328065). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A J Millar
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)