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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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Geometric deep learning with application to molecular design and discovery

University of Bristol
School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology
The School of Engineering Mathematics invites applications for a PhD at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence, mathematics, and molecular science. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MG Golbabaee
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Predictive multiscale materials discovery by physics-based modelling and data-driven approaches

Queen Mary University of London
School of Engineering and Materials Science
Additive manufacturing (AM) is a promising, emerging materials processing method used for fabricating complex 3D geometries in various engineering applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Panwisawas
 27 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Antibiotic taxis during host infection and antibiotic treatment

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Background. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a globally significant “priority” bacterial pathogen (WHO) that causes biofilm-associated, antibiotic-resistant infections. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Wheeler, Dr S.K. Khandaker, Dr RT Tank
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deep learning for Computational Imaging

University of Bristol
School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology
The Bristol Visual Information Lab (VI-Lab) and the School of Engineering Mathematics are offering an exciting PhD position for a student passionate about machine learning, mathematical image modelling, and computer vision. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MG Golbabaee
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NERC GW4+ Anticipating and Communicating Unprecedented Extreme Events for Humanitarian Action

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Unprecedented extreme events are emerging as a defining challenge of the climate crisis. events beyond recorded experience, yet with devastating potential (Kelder et al 2025). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D MacLeod, Dr R James, Dr L Stephens
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: A digital portal incorporating patient-reported outcome measures to improve the equity and effectiveness of outpatient epilepsy care

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
How can digital tools make specialist epilepsy care fairer, more efficient, and better matched to what matters to patients?. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Mitchell, Dr A Noble, Prof T Marson
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Building Climate-Resilient Landscapes: Ecohydrological Recovery of Peat and Organo-Mineral Soils

University of Leeds
School of Geography
How quickly can degraded landscapes recover their ability to store water, reduce flooding, and increase resilience to climate extremes?. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S G Bond, Prof J Holden
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NERC GW4+ The growth and evolution of magma reservoirs

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Magma reservoirs are key to growth of the Earth’s crust, underpin significant volcanic hazards, and host significant critical mineral deposits. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Lissenberg, Dr I Parkinson, Prof M Millet
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Synthetic Teixobactins for Drug-Resistant Pneumonia Caused by S. pneumoniae and S. aureus

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Pneumonia remains a major global cause of death, and antimicrobial resistance is making serious bacterial infections increasingly difficult to treat. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Singh, Dr CJ Harding, Dr D Wootton, Dr I Pritchard
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Transforming Volcanology Through Complex Systems Science

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Transforming Volcanology Through Complex Systems Science. Summary. Volcanic systems are complex (Annen et al. 2025). They contain many interacting parts and processes, from deep partial melting to shallow crustal storage and beyond (Magee et al. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Magee, Dr R Cremades, Dr S Ebmeier, Prof S Piazolo
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Surface Phonon Lifetimes and Energy Dissipation in Quantum and 2D Materials

Graz University of Technology
Institute of Experimental Physics
How does energy flow and dissipate at the surfaces of quantum materials? One PhD position remains open within the LiPhED project, investigating the microscopic dynamics of surface excitations and bringing together advanced surface-science experiments and computational materials physics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Tamtögl, Prof EZ Zojer
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD thesis student at ILL: studying Polymerization induced self-assembly by neutron scattering

ESRF - The European Synchrotron Radiation Facility
PhD Opportunities
Context & Job description. Thesis subject. Time-resolved Small Angle Neutron Scattering to understand kinetics of morphological transitions in Polymerization-Induced Self-Assembly. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr OC Colombani, Dr R Schweins
 1 November 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Tiny Multimodal Learning Under Resource Constraints

Manchester Metropolitan University
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Overview. Modern artificial intelligence (AI) increasingly relies on combining multiple sources of information, such as sound, motion, images, and sensor data, to achieve robust and intelligent behaviour. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L Han
 12 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – DiscoPET: Multiplexed total-body PET to define cancer immunometabotypes

University of Glasgow
College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences
  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Sciences
PET imaging can measure multiple aspects of tumour biology, ranging from energy metabolism pathways, targeted with 18F and 11C labelled small molecules, to surface markers/immune activation, targeted with 89Zr labelled biologics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Lewis, Dr S Paisey, Dr C Wimberley
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Tropical heat forecasting using AI

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Heat extremes have become more intense and frequent in the past 50 years, across almost all tropical and sub-tropical land regions. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Birch, Dr C. R. Deva
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Longitudinal Ultrasound AI for Identifying High-Risk Fetal Growth Trajectories

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Ultrasound is routinely used to monitor fetal growth throughout pregnancy. Clinical concern is usually greatest when a fetus becomes very small, but a more difficult problem occurs when a fetus remains above conventional thresholds while its growth gradually slows across repeated scans. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr HZ Zhao, Dr A Sharp
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Epigenetics and Cancer: Determining how Mistakes in V(D)J Recombination Trigger Leukaemias and Lymphomas

University of Leeds
Faculty of Biological Sciences
  Research Group: School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
V(D)J recombination is essential to produce antibody and T-cell receptor genes but since the reaction involves breaking and rejoining DNA, it is highly dangerous and errors have long been thought to lead to leukaemias and lymphomas. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Boyes
 31 May 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Precision Medicine DLA – Mechanistic interpretation of tissue foundation models: Patient-by-patient endotyping to uncover disease mechanisms in chronic disease and cancer

University of Glasgow
College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences
  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Sciences
Artificial intelligence foundation models are now trained on extensive tissue repositories measuring multiplexed proteins and spatial transcriptomics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K yuan, Prof J LeQuesne, Prof RD DasGupta, Dr X Fu
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Seismology for the Stone Age: Nodal Seismic Imaging of Archaeological Mounds

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Ancient mounds are common features in the British landscape, however their function – whether as burial sites, ritual monuments or territorial markers – is only ascertained from invasive excavation. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Booth, Dr A Nowacki, Dr J Leary, Prof J Hammond
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Metabolomic signatures of hypertension, diabetes and cardiometabolic multimorbidity in rural and urban Malawi: stratification, inequalities and prediction of incident disease

University of Glasgow
College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences
  Research Group: Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation
Hypertension and diabetes are rising rapidly in sub-Saharan Africa, frequently co-occur, and are often diagnosed late. Yet almost all evidence on the molecular biology of cardiometabolic disease and nearly all metabolomic risk tools come from high-income, European-ancestry populations. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Maffia, Dr O Nkoka, Prof M Crampin, Dr P Pellicori
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Defining the role of Complement glycosylation during Neisseria gonorrhoeae infection

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
The Project. Understanding how N.gonorrhoeae exploits complement. Gonorrhoea, caused by Neisseria gonorrhoeae, is a major global health challenge, with more than 80 million infections occurring annually. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Lavender, Dr A Chetwynd
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Automated discovery of inhibitors targeting DNA gyrase to combat antimicrobial resistance

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Background and research gap. DNA gyrase is an essential bacterial enzyme that maintains homeostatic control of DNA supercoiling and the target of successful antibacterial compounds. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr HSA Saqib Ali, Prof P O'Neill, Dr G Nixon
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Photon-Counting CT Biomarkers for Early Precision Stratification of Coronary Plaque

University of Glasgow
College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences
  Research Group: Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences
Coronary artery disease remains a leading cause of death, yet current CT angiography chiefly grades luminal stenosis rather than plaque composition, missing many patients with vulnerable but non-obstructive plaque who go on to have heart attacks. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Perelli, Dr R Bates, Prof MW Williams, Prof S Padmanabhan
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: A novel mechanism linking DNA damage response signalling to neuronal cytoskeletal dysfunction in neurodegeneration

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Neurons in the brain communicate through highly interconnected signalling networks that control how we think, move and respond to our environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DB Byrne, Dr N Sanchez-Soriano, Dr K McMillan
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Precision Medicine DLA – Virtual Multi-Omics: Decoding the Tumour Microenvironment from H&E Slides using Spatially-Aware AI

University of Glasgow
College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences
  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Sciences
Collaborative Project - MRC’s Collaborative awards provide students with experience of collaborative research with a non-academic partner, enabling the student to spend a period of time with the partner (usually no less than three months over the lifetime of the PhD). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J LeQuesne, Dr K yuan, Prof D Chang
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PROTAC-mediated phospholamban ablation as a therapeutic approach for heart failure

University of Glasgow
College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences
In the cardiovascular system, one enzyme above all others controls a process that is fundamental to the working of the muscle of the heart. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof W Fuller, Dr D France
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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