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Infection-Driven Mechanisms of Inflammatory Arthritis

University of Oxford
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Immune-mediated inflammatory arthropathies, including Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA), Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA), and therapy-induced inflammatory arthritis, are chronic disabling conditions whose initiating triggers remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Coles, Prof C Buckley, Dr C Dendrou, Dr S Davidson
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS: 2027). Development of next-generation fluorescent peptide probes for bacterial infection imaging

Monash University Malaysia
Pharmacy
Infectious diseases remain a major global health burden, with early and accurate diagnosis continuing to pose significant clinical challenges. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr TTH Thet Htar
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanisms of viral induced polyarthritis

University of Oxford
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Chikungunya (CHIK) is a mosquito-borne alphavirus that has caused major outbreaks across Africa, Asia, and South America. While the acute infection is often self-limiting, a substantial proportion of patients develop persistent, painful polyarthritis that can significantly impair quality of life. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Coles, Prof C Buckley, Dr C Dendrou, Dr S Davidson
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-driven discovery of microbial surface structures that prime the early-life immune system

University of Oxford
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Early life is a critical developmental window for the human microbiome and the immune system. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Pust, Dr S Sansom
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Next-Generation High-Throughput Light Sheet Microscopy for Quantitative Analysis of Immune–Cancer Cell Interactions

University of Oxford
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Understanding immune–cancer interactions requires experimental platforms that capture the enormous heterogeneity of cell behaviour. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Fritzsche, Dr N Karedla, Dr V Pfannenstill
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Does membrane lipid chemistry control inflammatory cell death and tissue damage?

University of Oxford
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Inflammatory cell death is an essential defence against infection, but when uncontrolled it becomes a major driver of tissue injury in diseases including sepsis, acute liver failure, ischaemia-reperfusion injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Bezbradica Mirkovic, Prof I Udalova
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Self-Funded PhD Opportunities: School of Liberal and the Creative Arts

St Mary’s University, Twickenham
Applications are invited from people wishing to undertake a self-funded PhD at St Mary’s University, Twickenham, London. This is an open and ongoing call, with PhD enrolments taking place every February and October. Read more
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Deciphering the immune architecture of human atherosclerosis

University of Oxford
Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology
Are you fascinated by how immune and metabolic responses shape cardiovascular disease? The immune system is integral to the cardiovascular health and disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Monaco, Prof A Handa, Dr S Sansom, Dr A Boikova, Dr E Solomonidis
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2027). Climate change and ESKAPEE pathogen resistance: a localised mixed-methods study

Monash University Malaysia
Medicine and Health Sciences
Growing evidence shows that climate-induced temperature rises directly accelerate bacterial growth and resistance mutations, while extreme weather events indirectly affect healthcare disruptions and antibiotic misuse. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr NAJ Johari
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advanced radar models, systems and processing

University of Strathclyde
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
In the last years we have seen how the paradigm of armed conflict has dramatically shifted towards the development of offensive strategies with advanced capabilities and significantly reduced costs. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Clemente
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Join a graduate school at the interface of biology and computation: IMPRS-BAC in Berlin

Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics
IMPRS for Biology and Computation
We seek exceptional graduates from around the globe and are delighted to offer them the ideal environment for advancing their scientific careers. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Max Planck Research Programme
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2027). Decoding the climate–resistance link: spectral and transcriptomic responses of resistant and sensitive E. coli to environmental stress

Monash University Malaysia
Science
Climate change is intensifying the environmental stresses bacteria face, and rising temperatures are increasingly linked to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr THS Hock Siew
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2027). Shotgun Metagenomic Profiling of Seasonal and Climatic Effects on Gut Microbiome and Resistome Dynamics in a Community Cohort

Monash University Malaysia
Medicine and Health Sciences
Climate change and extreme weather events are increasingly recognised as drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), yet their influence on the human gut microbiome and resistome remains poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PY Yap
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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GEMS: Toward Distribution-Robust Medical Imaging Models in the Wild

Monash University Malaysia
Engineering and Information Technology
While deep learning has shown remarkable performance in medical imaging benchmarks, translating these results to real-world clinical deployment remains challenging. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr LCH Lim
 31 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Oncolytic Vaccinia Virus Therapy for Breast Cancer Bone Metastasis

University of Sheffield
School of Medicine and Population Health
Breast cancer metastasis to the bone represents a critical, incurable clinical challenge characterised by severe tumour growth and immune evasion. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Howard, Dr M Muthana
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Social Capital

Nyenrode Business University
PhD Opportunities
New communication technologies and the COVID-19 pandemic have encouraged employees to use virtual tools (e.g., Generative AI) to maintain high levels of performance (Bailey & Breslin, 2020; Raghuram, Hill, Gibbs, & Maruping, 2019). Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof M Jungst
 1 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Professional Doctorate of Education (EdD)

University of Aberdeen
School of Education
Gain a professional doctorate whilst working and transform your professional practice through robust, rigorous research. Our programme provides a solid… Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Professional Doctorate
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Project SHIELD: Systematic assessment of Hepatic micro- and nanoplastic accumulatIon and clearance in Liver Disease

University of Plymouth
Peninsula Medical School
Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship. The studentship will start on 1st January 2027. Project Description. Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental health challenges of our time. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Chokshi
 16 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Driven Insect Cognition: Computational Models for Behavior, Brain Imaging and Bio-Inspired Robotics

Durham University
Department of Biosciences
Understanding how the insect brain functions and generates behaviors is crucial for fields such as ecology, biodiversity conservation, agriculture, pest control, disease prevention and robotics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr O Riabinina, Dr A Atapour-Abarghouei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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PhD Studentship in Advanced Electrolyte Engineering for Lithium-Sulfur Batteries

University College London
Department of Chemical Engineering
Vacancy information. The Advanced Propulsion Lab (APL) and Electrochemical Innovation Lab (EIL) at University College London (UCL) invite applications for a fully funded four-year PhD studentship supervised by Dr Alexander Kibler and Dr Marcello Sega. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AK Kibler
 22 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI-Driven Approaches to Real-Time Spatial Audio for Augmented Reality

University of York
School of Physics, Engineering and Technology
  Research Group: Communication Technologies
The future of Augmented Reality (AR) will be shaped as much by sound as by visuals. For AR to feel truly immersive, virtual sound sources must blend seamlessly with the listener’s real acoustic environment, preserving naturalness, depth, and spatial coherence. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Kearney
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Improving Vitamin Supplementation of Preterm Babies

University of Auckland
Liggins Institute
Summary. This project will investigate factors influencing the delivery, availability and optimisation of vitamin formulations used in nutritional therapies for very preterm infants. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr TA Alexander, Prof F Bloomfield, Dr BC Cormack, Dr L Kremer, Dr A Bronnert
 28 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully funded PhD position: Reliability and Materials Engineering for Advanced Photovoltaic Modules

Australian National University
School of Engineering
  Research Group: PV Modules and Systems
If you are passionate about the photovoltaics, we invite you to join us to shape the future of photovoltaics (PV) technologies together at the Australian National University (QS ranking 2026. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Ernst
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully funded PhD position: Artificial Intelligence for Photovoltaics

Australian National University
School of Engineering
  Research Group: PV Modules and Systems
If you are passionate about the application of AI in engineering science, we invite you to join us to shape the future of photovoltaics (PV) technologies together at the Australian National University (QS ranking 2026. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Ernst
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Optimising Healthy Ageing in Trans and Non-Binary Adults

Brighton and Sussex Medical School
Post-graduate Research
Applications are invited for a 3.5-year NIHR ARC KSS funded PhD studentship at Brighton and Sussex Medical School. Project details. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DS Shrewsbury, Dr N Lockwood, Dr E Whitcroft
 26 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Modelling Battery Behaviour During Periods of Disuse

University of Birmingham
School of Metallurgy & Materials
This project offers an opportunity to contribute to cutting-edge modelling research with real-world impact on battery safety, sustainability, and environmental protection. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J E Edge
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Bioprospecting and enzyme design for the development of novel antifungal technologies

The University of Manchester
Department of Chemistry
There is a drive towards developing new, safe and sustainable ingredients for use in consumer goods. Antimicrobial preservatives are centre front in the minds of consumers and regulatory bodies and present an opportunity for Engineering Biology to develop new solutions. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Miller, Prof A Green
 2 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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The future of AI organisational beneficence

Edinburgh Napier University
The Business School
PROJECT DESCRIPTION. About the Project. An interdisciplinary foresight stream is seeking doctoral researchers to investigate avenuesof human-AI interaction (HAII). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MC Crawford, Dr BS Sebian, Prof EP Plant
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Ph.D. Researcher. Knowledge Discovery: From Unstructured Data to Shared Cognitive Maps

Constructor Knowledge Labs
PhD Opportunities
About the Position. The research group led by Prof. Dr. Andrey Ustyuzhanin at Constructor University, in collaboration with Constructor Knowledge Labs (CKL) and Constructor Technology (industry partner), invites applications for Ph.D. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AU Ustyuzhanin
 24 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Researcher: AI for Semantic Structures, Reasoning Flows & Personalized Content Generation

Constructor Knowledge Labs
PhD Opportunities
About the position. You are expected to contribute to the development of internationally visible, foundational research in AI-driven semantic structure extraction, automated reasoning-flow modeling, and adaptive content generation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AU Ustyuzhanin
 23 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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