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Impact of Climate Change Processes on the Environmental and Human Health Impacts of Abandoned Mine Wastes

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Project Summary. Abandoned mine wastes represent a long-standing environmental hazard, often rich in potentially toxic elements (PTEs) such as lead, arsenic, and cadmium. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I Burke, Dr G A Adediran
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EASTBIO SRUC One tick, many hosts: understanding and predicting One Health risks from tick-borne diseases in a changing Scotland.

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
Ticks are the second most important vectors of disease worldwide after mosquitoes, and tick-borne diseases are an increasing challenge for animal and human health across Europe. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Eze
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Can Heterogeneous Nucleation Explain Earth’s Solid Inner Core?

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
The solid iron inner core at the centre of the Earth underpins fundamental processes that shape our planet. The boundary between the solid inner and liquid outer core is at its melting temperature, providing crucial information used to determine the temperature profile and cooling rate of the entire deep Earth. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A J Wilson-Spencer, Dr T F Whale
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio SRUC Understanding rumen mycobiome interactions via defined microbial communities

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
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The gut microbiome enables ruminants such as cows to efficiently degrade plant material. This digestion process is critical to ruminant health and performance in farming, including GHG emissions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J van Munster
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploring mitigation and management of lightning-initiated wildfires

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Engineering
Project description. Lightning is the predominant cause of uncontrolled wildfires worldwide, threatening environments, habitats, infrastructure, and health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DM Mitchard, Dr TR Feldpausch, Dr M Fullekrug, Dr C Belcher, Assoc Prof DJ Johnson
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Beyond the peak: Detecting cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in diabetes using Taylor-Fourier analysis of wearable photoplethysmography

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) damages the nerves that control heart rate and blood-pressure. It affects about one in three people with diabetes, and is linked to substantially higher risks of cardiovascular disease and early death. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr U Alam, Dr R Ferrero, Dr S Azmi, Prof Y Zheng
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC Evaluation of Therapeutic Bacteriophages for Targeted Control of Escherichia coli Associated with Post-Weaning Diarrhoea in a Porcine Fermentation Model

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
The global pig industry is significantly affected by post-weaning diarrhoea (PWD), a polymicrobial disease that commonly occurs following the transition from sow’s milk to solid feed. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Nale
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Decoding why gingivitis may lead to noma: characterising the oral microbiome and immunology of children at risk of noma

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Noma is a devastating orofacial disease that mainly affects children aged 2–6 years living in conditions of extreme poverty, particularly where chronic malnutrition and poor oral health are common. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Ainsworth, Dr W Thompson
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC PAWS: Preventing Antimicrobial Resistance and Hospital-Acquired Infections with Innovative Diagnostics and Surveillance in Veterinary Practice

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
PHD Opportunities
This PhD project offers an exciting opportunity to tackle one of the most important challenges in veterinary medicine. the spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) in clinical practice. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Soutter
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Rebuilding trust in vaccination: a Large Epidemic Model to predict immunity gaps and power trustworthy public health communication

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Can AI help rebuild trust in public health, and stop preventable diseases from coming back?. Measles is returning. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Chen, Prof AJ Jorgensen
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Developing multiplexed point-of-care biosensors to guide surgical and antimicrobial decisions in the acute abdomen

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
A surgeon opens the abdomen of an emergency patient and has minutes to decide whether a length of bowel will survive. Get it right and the patient keeps their gut. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Sharma , Mr A Chan, Prof C Halloran, Dr D Cocker, Mr C Macutkiewicz
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Plenty more fish in the river? Projecting future threats to global freshwater biodiversity

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Globally, freshwaters are home to 30% of the world’s vertebrate species and freshwater fisheries support millions of people by providing vital nutrients and protein to some of the world’s poorest communities. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DR Williams, Dr J South
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Assessing systemic climate risk with novel human-AI workflows

University of Leeds
School of Earth & Environment
Climate is changing more rapidly than predicted and the interconnected nature of the risks it poses has emerged as an urgent societal issue. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Challinor, Dr D Dawson
 12 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO SRUC Developing welfare impact assessments for wild and functionally wild animals

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College
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Human activity can impact on wild animals, or those living in a wild state, both directly (e.g. through population management activities, translocations or reintroductions etc.) or indirectly (e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Dwyer
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Cardiac Ion Channels and Immune Signalling in Ischaemic Heart Disease: New Opportunities for Cardioprotection and Arrhythmia Prevention

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide and is frequently associated with myocardial ischaemia (reduced blood flow to the heart) and life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Rainbow, Prof N Liptrott
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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