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Machine Learning-Guided Engineering of Next-Generation Cancer Therapeutics (SACHDEVAA_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia
School of Chemistry
Primary Supervisor - Dr Amit Sachdeva. Monoclonal antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer by selectively recognising tumour-associated receptors and triggering cellular responses that lead to cancer cell death. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Sachdeva
 24 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(MRC NW-DMS) From screen time to active time: Promoting physical activity and mental health in children and young people

The University of Manchester
Division of Psychology and Mental Health
Physical activity is important for mental and physical health, but many young people do not achieve recommended physical activity levels. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JF Firth, Dr CF French, Prof R Elliott
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Targeting pathogenic snRNA variants in neurodevelopmental disorders using antisense oligonucleotides.

The University of Manchester
Division of Molecular and Cellular Function
Antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs) are short synthetic molecules that can be designed to bind selected RNA sequences and change how genes are expressed. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr PG Grzechnik, Prof S Banka
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Evaluating Infectious Disease Interventions Using Electronic Health Records and Causal Inference Including Target Trial Emulation

University of Oxford
Nuffield Department of Medicine
  Research Group: Modernising Medical Microbiology Unit
Background. Increasingly available large-scale electronic health record data have the potential to answer a number of questions about infection management that are challenging to address using randomised controlled trials (RCTs). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Walker, Dr D Eyre, Dr C Turner
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore

The University of Manchester
Department of Materials
As our world is increasingly shaped by automation and artificial intelligence, this studentship explores the future of delivery by autonomous vehicles. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Shaver, Dr H Holmes
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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4-Year Fully Funded EPSRC PhD Studentship in Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Chemistry: Towards Interpretable and Trustworthy Machine Learning in the Chemical Sciences

University College London
Department of Chemistry
Project ID. 2531cs1091. EPSRC Theme. Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Principal Supervisor. Professor Keith Butler. Co-Supervisor. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KB Butler
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Uncovering plasmid-driven metabolic vulnerabilities to tackle multidrug resistant pathogens

The University of Manchester
Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics
Antibiotic resistance is a global health concern. Multidrug resistance (MDR) in bacterial pathogens is mediated by the gain of plasmids carry genes encoding resistance to clinically relevant antibiotics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Hall, Dr J Hall, Prof M Brockhurst
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Multimodal Foundation Models Linking Multi-Organ Development and Pan-Cancer Tissue Organisation

The University of Manchester
Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences
  Research Group: Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences
What if the same rules the body uses to build an organ are quietly reused by cancer? This project sets out to find out and to build the AI needed to investigate it. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Iqbal, Dr S Murtuza Baker, Prof A Sharrocks
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Smart Contracts for Fair and Sustainable Energy Sharing

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory Team. Dr Vahid Yazdanpanah, Dr Stephanie Gauthier and Professor Sebastian Stein. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Yazdanpanah
 31 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] Synthetic Polymers to Stabilise Sensing Proteins into Membrane Nanodiscs

The University of Manchester
Department of Chemistry
Membrane proteins are essential components of cells, allowing them to sense and communicate across their outermost barrier. Ion channels translate chemical and physical signals into cellular responses and are consequently major therapeutic targets and candidates for incorporation into synthetic cells. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof m Gibson, Dr CP Pliotas, Prof A Pitt, Prof EF Fullam
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Selective LGALS1 RNA Targeting in Blood Cancers using RiboTACs

The University of Manchester
Division of Cancer Sciences
  Research Group: Division of Cancer Sciences
Galectin-1, encoded by the LGALS1 gene, is a carbohydrate-binding protein that is frequently overexpressed in blood cancers and associated with poor clinical outcomes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Batta, Dr D Wiseman, Dr S Butterworth
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Electrographic and tear-fluid biomarkers of seizure risk after stroke with cerebral small vessel disease

The University of Manchester
Division of Neuroscience
Stroke is a leading cause of epilepsy in later life, but we cannot yet identify reliably who will develop seizures. Many people with a major stroke also have cerebral small vessel disease (cSVD), a common condition linked to hypertension that damages small blood vessels throughout the brain. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Wykes, Prof S Allan, Prof P Hamerlik
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Investigating the role of microglial metabolic reprogramming in Alzheimer’s disease

The University of Manchester
Division of Neuroscience
  Research Group: Division of Neuroscience
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia, but we still do not fully understand why some people are at greater risk or why brain immune cells become dysfunctional. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RN Ng, Prof T.W. Wang, Dr S Butterworth
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Structural basis of endoplasmic reticulum-driven axon specification in health and disease

The University of Manchester
Division of Molecular and Cellular Function
  Research Group: Division of Molecular and Cellular Function
Building a brain requires billions of neurons to grow, find each other and connect. This begins with a single decision inside each cell. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Bodakuntla, Prof M Lowe
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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4-Year Fully Funded EPSRC PhD Studentship in Advanced Chemical Imaging and Digital Twins for Renewable Fuel Value Chains

University College London
Department of Chemistry
Project ID. 2531cc1090. EPSRC Theme. Energy and Decarbonisation. Supervisor. Andrew Beale. Department. Chemistry, UCL Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MAPS). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Beale
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Blurring the boundaries – discovering how anaerobic metabolisms persist in oxygenated environments

Queen Mary University of London
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Primary Supervisor. Mark Trimmer. Co-supervisor(s). Chris Engl. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Trimmer
 27 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Hungry adhesions: Do focal adhesions spatially organise metabolism to support cell mechanics?

The University of Manchester
Division of Molecular and Cellular Function
How do cells deliver metabolic energy to the places where they need to do most mechanical work? Focal adhesions allow cells to grip their surroundings, generate force and move, but we do not know whether they also organise local metabolism. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J.R.D Davis, Dr AB Byron, Dr C Ballestrem
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mathematics PhD

University College London
Department of Mathematics
The Department. The UCL Department of Mathematics has a long and distinguished history dating back to 1826 and is home to a thriving community of researchers working across pure and applied mathematics. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Maths Research Programme
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[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] Geospatial foundation modelling to improve agricultural monitoring in smallholder farming systems

The University of Manchester
Department of Civil Engineering and Management
Satellite remote sensing is revolutionising agricultural monitoring. However, smallholder farms - which produce a third of the world's food - remain challenging to monitor using Earth Observation (EO) because fields are small and irregular, cropping diverse and mixed, cloud cover persistent, and reference data scarce. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Foster, Dr P da Conceição Bispo
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Why do lymphocytes protect the fibrotic lung? Deep immunophenotyping and functional dissection of T-cell subsets in ILD

The University of Manchester
Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine
  Research Group: Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine
Why do some patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) stabilise while others rapidly deteriorate? ILD is a progressive, often fatal group of conditions with survival worse than many cancers. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Blaikley, Dr L Pearmain, Dr E Mann
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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2-representation theory and applications to representation theory and number theory (MIEMIETZ_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia
School of Mathematics
Primary supervisor - Prof Vanessa Miemietz. In the last 20 years, categorification has started to play an important role in representation theory. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Miemietz
 24 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(MRC NW-DMS) From joint to lung: B cell-fibroblast crosstalk in rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease

The University of Manchester
Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine
  Research Group: Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can progress beyond the joint to cause interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD), a severe complication with a major impact on survival. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Menon, Prof MH Buch, Dr C.H. Hayton
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Overriding double protection: characterisation of novel glycan liberating enzymes in the human gut microbiome

University of York
Department of Biology
The human gut microbiome is a critical component of our body required for good health and well-being. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Thomas, Dr A Cartmell, Prof M A Fascione
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Using Stem Cell-Brain Organoids to understand Kabuki Syndrome

The University of Manchester
Division of Cell Matrix Biology and Regenerative Medicine
The successful student will research an important incurable developmental condition affecting the brain with state of the art approaches at the interface of, stem cell biology, genomics and neuroscience. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Kimber, Prof S Banka, Dr G. Morris
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Optimising data completeness in clinical prediction models incorporating high-frequency patient generated health data

The University of Manchester
Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences
  Research Group: Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Sciences
Advances in digital technologies have made it possible to monitor patients remotely by collecting patient-generated health data (PGHD) through smartphones and wearable devices. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Bladon, Dr S Van der Veer, Prof W Dixon, Dr DJ Jenkins
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering the glycosylation of extracellular vesicles to maximize therapeutic functions

University of York
Department of Biology
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are produced by most human cells and carry important signals to neighbouring cells and tissues. This property can be exploited therapeutically by harvesting EVs from cell factories and using them for treating diseases such as arthritis. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Ungar, Prof AJ Wood, Prof M E Webb
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Real-Time AI-Driven Medical Image Analysis Using Advanced Moment Descriptors for Early Breast Cancer Detection (Ref: FS-ES-04-2027-15)

University of Greenwich
Faculty of Engineering and Science
This PhD project aims to develop a novel real-time AI framework for early breast cancer detection by combining advanced moment-based feature extraction with deep learning acceleration. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Shakibaei Asli, Dr K Pedram
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] Automating behavioural observation to understand the effects of the environment on health

The University of Manchester
Department of Computer Science
Understanding how people use and behave in public spaces is essential to the design of healthier and more inclusive cities. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Jay, Dr J.B. Benton
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing efficient Bayesian samplers for evolutionary analysis in the Tree of Life

Queen Mary University of London
School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Primary Supervisor. Mario dos Reis. Co-supervisor(s). Richard Nichols. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Dos Reis
 27 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) The alveolar epithelium: a new reservoir for the emergence of drug resistance in A. fumigatus?

The University of Manchester
Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics
  Research Group: Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomics
Spores of the mould Aspergillus fumigatus cause >3,000,000 chronic and >300,000 invasive diseases annually worldwide. Invasive aspergillosis is the most fatal, with a 50% mortality rate, rising to >75% in certain cohorts, including people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Bertuzzi, Dr M Bottery
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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