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NWD DLA programme: Nutrient and microbial modulation of heatwave tolerance

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
As climate change increases the frequency and severity of heatwaves, understanding how organisms withstand extreme thermal stress has become an urgent ecological and physiological challenge. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Wigby, Prof G Hurst
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Geometric and combinatorial inverse monoid theory (GRAYR_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia
School of Mathematics
Primary supervisor - Prof Robert Gray. This PhD project is in the area of combinatorial algebra which is the study of algebraic objects like groups, and more generally monoids, defined in terms of a generating set, and a set of defining relations holding among those generators. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Gray
 24 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Artificial Intelligence versus standard Genome-Wide Association Studies to identify molecular pathways in autoimmune diseases for precision medicine.

The University of Manchester
Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences
Background. Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) were successful in identifying 100s of genetic variants associated with autoimmune disease susceptibility, however, their relevance across ethnicities and their use in clinical medicine in general is limited. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Viatte, Dr H Guo, Dr J Bowes, Dr J Lamb, Prof S Bulfone-Paus
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Radiation remodelling of cardiac muscle to suppress arrhythmias – establishing a novel therapy for lamin heart disease

The University of Manchester
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
  Research Group: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
Lamin heart disease (LHD) is a devastating genetic condition of the nuclear envelope causing cardiac contractile dysfunction and lethal heart rhythms (arrhythmias). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D.H. Hutcings, Prof A Trafford, Prof K Williams
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Linking Concrete Production Data with Structural Monitoring for Service-Life Assessment (Ref: FS-ES-04-2027-4)

University of Greenwich
Faculty of Engineering and Science
Concrete generates valuable information throughout its life. During production, data are collected on its composition, batching, fresh properties, and strength. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Loverdos, Dr A Elamin, Dr V Garg
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Bioengineering patient-derived retinal models to investigate tissue interaction mechanisms in albinism

The University of Manchester
Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine
  Research Group: Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine
Albinism is an inherited condition that affects pigmentation and can disrupt how the eye develops before birth. It is an important cause of childhood visual impairment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Cerys Manning, Dr PS Sergouniotis , Dr M Domingos
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] Sensing Urban Heat: Integrating Bicycle-Based Measurements, Local Climate Modelling and Spatial Optimisation

The University of Manchester
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Urban heat varies substantially between streets, yet conventional monitoring networks often miss the local conditions needed to inform climate adaptation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr ZZ Zheng, Dr H Zheng, Prof C Jay
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Molecular Mechanism for Initiation of DNA Replication in Bacteria

Queen Mary University of London
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Primary Supervisor. Aravindan Ilangovan. Co-supervisor(s). Vladimir Volkov. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr ARI Ilangovan
 27 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Beyond species counts: Measuring response diversity in real-world ecosystems

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Biosciences
  Research Group: Organisms and Environment
Project description. How do ecosystems remain resilient in the face of natural disasters, climate change and other anthropogenic disturbances? A key emerging area of research focuses on response diversity. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Windsor, Dr SPRJR Ross
 10 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS CASE) Investigating serum protein biomarkers of breast cancer risk associated with high mammographic density and high-risk mammographic patterns

The University of Manchester
Division of Cancer Sciences
Mammographic density is one of the strongest predictors of breast cancer risk, yet little is known about the biological mechanisms linking dense breast tissue to tumour development. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Simoes, Dr SH Howell, Prof R Clarke, Dr J Swift, Prof S Astley
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Mechanistic and translational understanding of woodsmoke-induced lung epithelial injury using advanced in-vitro and in-vivo models

The University of Manchester
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
The lung is our first point of contact with air pollution. This mucosal barrier pairs an epithelium that must stay intact with a finely tuned immune-surveillance network, together mounting a balanced response to everything we inhale, harmful or harmless. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AV Voliotis, Dr J Konkel, Dr C Bussy
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Lung cell surface glycocalyx regulation of the immune response to the exposome

The University of Manchester
Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine
  Research Group: Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine
The lung airspace is a key interface between the body and the outside world, optimised to facilitate oxygen transfer into the body whilst limiting damage from external factors. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Thornton, Prof DD Dyer, Dr M Menon
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Harnessing Visible-Light Catalysis for RNA Drug Target Discovery

The University of Manchester
Department of Chemistry
There is increasing evidence that small molecules regulate cellular processes by targeting nucleic acids far more extensively than appreciated, opening up largely untapped therapeutic target space. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Trowbridge, Dr JD Worboys
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NWD DLA programme: Bioengineering microbiomes for sustainable agriculture: A Systems Biology approach to designing synthetic rhizosphere consortia

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
The rhizosphere microbiome acts as an adaptable "external organ" for plants, essential for nutrient acquisition and disease defence. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Del Carratore, Dr S Zytynska, Prof R Breitling, Prof E Takano
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] Molecular Quantum Sensors for High-Resolution Immunomagnetic Mapping of Cancer Cells

The University of Manchester
Department of Chemistry
How precisely can we map molecular markers on a cancer cell? This question is important because the behaviour of cancer cells depends not only on which biomarkers they express and at what levels, but also on where those molecules are located within the cells and how that changes their distribution within their local environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Keerthi, Dr K Batta, Dr B Jones
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Developing and testing personalised approaches to understand and reduce indoor environmental exposures during pregnancy

The University of Manchester
Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine
  Research Group: Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine
Air pollution is a major environmental threat to health, especially during pregnancy linking to millions of babies globally being born too small or too soon each year. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Higgins, Dr T Bannan, Dr MG Gittins, Dr S Omeara
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS CASE) Transcutaneous auricular vagal nerve stimulation for anxiety in autism spectrum conditions

The University of Manchester
Division of Psychology and Mental Health
Are you interested in translating neuroscience discoveries into treatments that has the potential to change lives? This CASE PhD offers a unique opportunity to investigate a novel brain stimulation intervention for anxiety in autistic young people, combining academic research with a 3-month industrial placement with our partner company. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Garg, Dr A Kafkas, Dr C Lea-Carnall
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Exploring the interplay between blood flow, cell shape and division orientation in endothelial cells

The University of Manchester
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
Proliferation of adult endothelial cells is known to be induced in vascular tissues in numerous disease states, including cardiovascular disease and cancer. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Lovegrove, Dr AM Miller, Dr T Finegan, Dr D Bergstralh, Dr S Herbert
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NWD DLA programme: A 3Rs computational workflow to assess the welfare implications of domestication and selective breeding in mammals

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
How do breeding, domestication and human management shape the way animals eat and function? This PhD will tackle that question by combining anatomy, biomechanics and computer modelling to study jaw function across domesticated mammals. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Bates, Prof W Sellers, Dr G N Askew, Dr R Kissane, Dr P Watson
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Energy flexibility and social inequalities

Cranfield University
Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
This PhD opportunity at Cranfield University explores energy flexibility, energy policy and social inequalities in the energy transition. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Dr P Mirzania Mirzania
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(MRC NW-DMS CASE) Biomarkers in Human Osteochondral Donor and Recipients; Biomarkers Predictive of Disease Pathway and Clinical Outcome

The University of Manchester
Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Effective osteoarthritis treatment is one of the biggest unmet needs in society. This PhD directly translates into improvements in patient outcomes, with the aim to halt or delay progress of early osteoarthritis. Read more
 Supervisors: Ms L Biant, Dr G Orozco, Prof S Eyre, Prof MM McNicholas
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Integrating single cell transcriptomics and computational modelling to discover genetic drivers of age-related macular degeneration

The University of Manchester
Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics
  Research Group: Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics
Why do some people develop age-related macular degeneration (AMD) while others remain unaffected? Can genetics and artificial intelligence help uncover the earliest biological changes that lead to vision loss?. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Ellingford, Prof A Morris, Dr PS Sergouniotis
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Inflammation and immunity in post-stroke neurodegeneration and cognitive decline

The University of Manchester
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
  Research Group: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
Stroke is the leading cause of disability worldwide and at least one third of people surviving a stroke develop dementia. There are currently no available treatments to prevent post-stroke dementia. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C J Smith, Dr J Grainger, Prof S Allan
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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New pharmacological tools for targeting P2X receptors in cancer (STOKESL_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia
School of Pharmacy
Primary Supervisor - Dr Leanne Stokes. There is a growing literature documenting the exploitation of ion channels by cancer cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Stokes
 24 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Sustainable drug manufacture for next-generation medical imaging

The University of Manchester
Department of Chemistry
  Research Group: Department of Chemistry
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is widely used to diagnose and monitor disease, but often gives limited information about how tissues use nutrients and produce energy. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Rowbotham, Dr B Dickie
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Discovering Early Mitochondrial Failure Signatures in Metabolic Disease across the Cardio-Renal Axis

The University of Manchester
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
  Research Group: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
Type 2 diabetes affects hundreds of millions of people worldwide and is a major driver of both heart failure and chronic kidney disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Kitmitto, Dr AL Lay, Prof E Cartwright
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Adapting to heatwave. A workflow blending outdoor and indoor environments (Ref: FS-ES-04-2027-3)

University of Greenwich
Faculty of Engineering and Science
This research focuses on providing an adaptation workflow for residential properties to cope with the events of heatwaves blending an outdoor/indoor integration. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Jimenez-Bescos, Dr I Kadhim
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Reliable Multimodal Agentic AI for Cardiovascular Disease Diagnosis and Risk Prediction

The University of Manchester
Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences
  Research Group: Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences
Diagnosing cardiovascular disease and predicting future health risks require doctors to combine heart scans, electrocardiograms (ECGs), blood tests and medical records. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Duan, Prof S Ananiadou, Dr Chris Miller
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] Mapping the nanoscale architecture of T cell sensing

The University of Manchester
Department of Chemistry
Immune cells continuously patrol the body to maintain health. Central to this process is their ability to sense environmental cues and respond appropriately. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Trowbridge, Dr JD Worboys
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Mapping immune and microbiome crosstalk in Cutaneous Crohn’s Disease

The University of Manchester
Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine
Crohn’s disease (CD) is an autoimmune inflammatory bowel disease characterised by severe inflammation in response to resident gut bacteria. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Cruickshank, Dr K Coyte, Dr K Couper, Dr LH Hancock
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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