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Intergenerational programmes in community-based support initiatives for people living with dementia – understanding the impacts and outcomes

The project will seek to understand the impacts, challenges, successes, barriers, sustainability issues and best practices in community-based support initiatives for people living with dementia in Worcestershire and Herefordshire. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Barrett, Prof A Kington

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Dementia and mental health: the use of artificial intelligence to support people living with dementia and/or care partners in rural areas

University of Worcester

School of Health and Wellbeing

There are currently around 982,000 people with dementia in the UK with the number expected to rise to 1.4 million by 2040. With the number of people over 65 years old set to grow by around 50% in rural areas by 2039 (All Party Action Group on Dementia, 2023) a significant proportion will be affected by dementia. . Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Evans, Dr C Bowers

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Exploring the Challenges to Dementia Diagnosis in Rural Areas

University of Worcester

School of Health and Wellbeing

Rural areas face distinct healthcare challenges, including an aging population, vast distances to cover, and inadequate transport and telecommunications infrastructure. Read more

Supervisors: Dr RS Swift, Dr P Unwin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Adoption of proprietary home and community automation technologies in support of ageing-in-place

University of Worcester

School of Health and Wellbeing

This PhD study will investigate the adoption of commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) automation technologies used in the home or in the community by people affected by dementia. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Bowers, Dr MO O’Malley

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Bioinspired Total Synthesis of Complex Natural Products

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Jonathan George and Dr Sam Thompson. This project aims to uncover how nature constructs complex molecules by mimicking biosynthetic pathways through synthetic chemistry. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof J George

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Water Management-Desalination and Wastewater Treatment

University of Bradford

Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

Research Group: Water Engineering and Natural Environment

Water management is very important in many countries in the world. Out of many aspects of water management, freshwater production by desalination technologies (thermal and membrane) and wastewater treatment by various technologies are the most important ones. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Mujtaba

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Simulation and optimisation of reverse osmosis desalination process with renewable energy

University of Bradford

Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

Desalination of seawater has been gaining increasing momentum to overcome the freshwater scarcity around the world. Among the various technologies, RO (reverse osmosis) is one of the most promising seawater desalination technologies for freshwater production but is energy intensive. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Mujtaba

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Waste to Energy and Renewable Energies – Design of Hybrid Energy Systems

University of Bradford

Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

The advancement and economic development of any nation depends mostly on its energy structure. As the world population keeps increasing, the demand for electricity also rises. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Mujtaba

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Optimisation of Batch Reactive Distillation Process

University of Bradford

Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

Research Group: Water Engineering and Natural Environment

Although the batch reactive distillation process outperforms traditional reactor-distillation processes, due to simultaneous reaction and separation of products for many reaction systems, synthesis of many esters obtained via esterification with alcohols (such as methanol, ethanol) are still challenging. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I Mujtaba

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Acoustic Array and Physics-Informed AI for Hydrogen Leak Detection and Localisation

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Michal Kalkowski and Dr Chao Zheng. This project aims to merge state-of-the-art acoustics, physics-based modelling, and cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) to advance hydrogen leak detection in complex environments. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Kalkowski

1 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Multiscale modelling of polymer network constitutive behaviour

The University of Manchester

Department of Mathematics

Fibre networks are ubiquitous in both natural and engineered materials. They are manufactured for many reasons. from the nonwoven fabrics used for insulation, clothing and filtration to the rubberlike polymer-based materials used in applications ranging from plumbing to transport. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Shearer, Dr G Jones, Prof O Jensen

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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CVD Growth, Transfer, and Functionalisation of 2D Metal-Chalcogenides: Enabling Net Zero and the AI Revolution with Ultra-Low Energy 2D Materials and Devices

University of Glasgow

College of Science and Engineering

At the Glasgow Energy Conversion On Solids (GECOS) group, our research is unified by a focus on the global energy challenge and the need for efficient, scalable and sustainable technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Ganin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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How does sleep affect your chance of brain disease?

University of Bristol

School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology

Why we sleep and what happens to the brain during sleep remain very open questions. Read more

Supervisor: Prof SP Payne

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Modelling stroke progression and treatment in the brain

University of Bristol

School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology

Ischaemic stroke, the disease that occurs when a clot blocks a large blood vessel in the brain, causing brain tissue to die, remains a common cause of death and a leading cause of disability. Read more

Supervisor: Prof SP Payne

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development and Testing of Ex-Vivo Human Myeloma Model for Personalised Medicine Applications

University of Sheffield

School of Clinical Dentistry

Development and Testing of Ex-Vivo Human Myeloma Model for Personalised Medicine Applications. Multiple Myeloma (MM) is the second most common blood cancer, defined by its dependence on the supportive Bone Marrow Microenvironment (BMME). Read more

Supervisors: Dr Z Al-Ahmady, Dr Michelle Lawson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 3,706 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Intergenerational programmes in community-based support initiatives for people living with dementia – understanding the impacts and outcomes

Dementia and mental health: the use of artificial intelligence to support people living with dementia and/or care partners in rural areas

Exploring the Challenges to Dementia Diagnosis in Rural Areas

Adoption of proprietary home and community automation technologies in support of ageing-in-place

Bioinspired Total Synthesis of Complex Natural Products

Water Management-Desalination and Wastewater Treatment

Simulation and optimisation of reverse osmosis desalination process with renewable energy

Waste to Energy and Renewable Energies – Design of Hybrid Energy Systems

Optimisation of Batch Reactive Distillation Process

Acoustic Array and Physics-Informed AI for Hydrogen Leak Detection and Localisation

Multiscale modelling of polymer network constitutive behaviour

CVD Growth, Transfer, and Functionalisation of 2D Metal-Chalcogenides: Enabling Net Zero and the AI Revolution with Ultra-Low Energy 2D Materials and Devices

How does sleep affect your chance of brain disease?

Modelling stroke progression and treatment in the brain

Development and Testing of Ex-Vivo Human Myeloma Model for Personalised Medicine Applications

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