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ECLIPSE - Engineering Control of Electronegativity in Hydrogen Plasmas through Surface and Magnetic-Field Design

Applications are invited for a DPhil studentship in the area of Plasma Chemistry, available from October 2027, to work under the supervision of Professor Grant Ritchie in the Department of Chemistry at the University of Oxford. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Ritchie
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Rewilding the UK: Ecological drivers and captive breeding conditions for successful reintroduction of the Black-veined White butterfly

Rewilding aims to restore biodiversity and ecological processes by enabling ecosystems to become more self-sustaining and function naturally. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FR Ratto, Dr M Lee
 10 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How do the connections between a cell and its neighbours control how a cell responds? (FAULKNER_J27DTP)

Plant cells are connected to their neighbours via ‘tubes’ called plasmodesmata, creating an interconnected cytoplasm that joins cells within and between tissues and organs. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Faulkner
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The role of plasma membrane organisation in tissue development

What is the role of plasma membrane organisation in tissue formation?. The plasma membrane is a dynamic structure that surrounds every cell and acts as both a physical boundary and a signalling hub. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Schneider
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering Basidiomycota fungi for the biosynthesis of high-value natural products

Background. Basidiomycota fungi are a rich reservoir of bioactive natural products, such as antibacterials, antifungals and biological control agents. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Alberti, Dr L Alkhalaf
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Where does RNA go in the cold? Visualing Coolair RNA inside Plant Cells (DING_J27DTP)

Primary Supervisor - Professor Yiliang Ding. Plants cannot escape changes in their environment and must continually adjust their growth and development in response to temperature. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Y Ding
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How neurons sense tissue stiffness during maturation

For decades, neuroscience has primarily focused on chemical signalling. More recently, however, it has become clear that mechanical cues, such as the stiffness of surrounding tissue,also play a crucial role in neuronal development. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr EK Kreysing, Prof D Köster
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Nanosculpting antiferromagnets to explore novel electronic transport

Electronic functionality from unconventional antiferromagnets. Can we sculpt antiferromagnetic materials into devices to reveal new physics and control their emergent behaviour? Antiferromagnets contain ordered magnetic moments that typically cancel one another. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MB Birch
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Wildlife disease

Mathematical and statistical models are important tools in wildlife biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Gorsich, Prof M Tildesley
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Picophotonics: Sub-nanometre Light–Matter Interactions, Metrology and Super-Resolution Imaging

Supervisors. Prof Kevin MacDonald, Prof Nikolay Zheludev, Associate Prof Giorgio Adamo, Dr Eric Plum. Optical imaging and metrology techniques now routinely break the classical diffraction limit on resolution. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K MacDonald
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Translational control mechanisms that pattern early embryo development

Early animal embryos are patterned by translational control mechanisms that regulate when and where maternal mRNAs are translated. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Griffin, Dr A Pires da Silva
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Modelling interactions between human and livestock movement and tropical disease ecology

In Africa, nomadic pastoralists commonly move within and between countries, often driven by the impacts of seasonal conditions on water and grazing resources. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr ELD Davis, Dr E Gorsich
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating sleep circuitry

Has it ever seemed strange that we are only conscious for some of time? Sleep is a normal, healthy, vital behaviour. That is, you die without it. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Uygun, Prof M Wall
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) Funded PhD Studentships

The Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) is currently recruiting for fully funded PhD studentships across our partner institutions of Aston University, the University of Birmingham, Coventry University, Harper Adams University, the University of Leicester and the University of Warwick. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) Funded PhD Studentships

The Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) is currently recruiting for fully funded PhD studentships across our partner institutions of Aston University, the University of Birmingham, Coventry University, Harper Adams University, the University of Leicester and the University of Warwick. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme