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PhD Studentship in Physics ‘AgX: Quantum simulation with ultrapolar molecules’

Durham University

Department of Physics

In this project we aim to create a new class of ultracold and ultrapolar molecule RbAg (rubidium-silver) that possess an extremely large molecule-frame of electric dipole moment of 9 Debye. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Gregory

15 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

4-Year Fully Funded EPSRC PhD Studentship Developing Molecular Assembly Lines in Nucleic Acid Scaffolds

University College London

Department of Chemistry

Project ID. 2531cs1089. EPSRC Theme. Healthcare Technologies. Supervisor. Dr James Attwater. Department. Chemistry, UCL Faculty of Mathematical & Physical Sciences (MAPS). Read more

Supervisor: Dr JA Attwater

8 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

(MRC NW-DMS ) Antibiotic use in hidradenitis suppurativa: prescribing patterns, treatment trajectories and antimicrobial treatment failure

The University of Manchester

Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences

Hidradenitis suppurativa is one of the most painful diseases in dermatology. It causes recurrent boils, abscesses and scarring in the armpits, groin and under the breasts, and affects around one in 130 people in the UK. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Z Yiu, Prof D Ashcroft, Prof T Van Staa, Dr S Shoop-Worrall

27 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Photon correlations and information dynamics in atomic ensembles and molecules (BORGHM_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia

School of Engineering

Primary supervisor - Dr Magnus Borgh. Quantum optics provides powerful methods for determining and quantifying the quantum-mechanical nature of systems and processes, providing fundamental tools for the rapidly developing quantum technologies. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Borgh

24 February 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Studentship: Quantifying ecosystem service provision of kelp farming for nutrient removal and coastal protection

Newcastle University

School of Natural and Environmental Sciences

Award summary. 100% Home fees covered and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £21,805 (2026/27 UKRI rate) plus additional research funds. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Moore

18 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Nonlinear internal waves under ice (PARAUE_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia

School of Mathematics

Primary supervisor - Prof Emilian Parau. Internal waves occur in many stratified oceans, including ice-covered regions of the Arctic and Antarctic. Read more

Supervisor: Prof E Parau

24 February 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

(MRC NW-DMS) Defining how inflammasomes shape brain injury and disease through live imaging of the mammalian brain

The University of Manchester

Division of Neuroscience

Research Group: Division of Neuroscience

Small blood clots accumulate in the brain throughout life and contribute to stroke, cognitive decline and dementia. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Allan, Dr KM Murray, Dr J Green, Prof D Brough

27 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

(MRC NW-DMS) Characterisation of fear conditioning deficits and their treatment by psilocybin in the scPCP mouse model for schizophrenia.

The University of Manchester

Division of Neuroscience

Cognitive deficits are the most impactful negative consequences of developing schizophrenia (SZ). One example of this is the tendency for patients to over-generalise due to poor discrimination between stimuli or events and their association with either positive, negative or neutral outcomes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Gigg, Dr R Storchi, Dr M Harte, Dr C Lea-Carnall

27 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] Sensing BRCA2 Loss: Synthetic Antibodies for Precision Prostate Cancer Treatment

The University of Manchester

Department of Chemical Engineering

Prostate cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer in men worldwide and remains a major cause of cancer mortality. Loss of BRCA2, a protein essential for DNA repair, is associated with aggressive disease and can confer sensitivity to poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitors. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Peeters, Dr A Sachdeva, Prof R Bristow

18 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Information-Based Brain Markers of Consciousness and Cognition in Health and Disease

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Dr Daniel Bor. Co-supervisor(s). Dr Pedro Mediano (Imperial). Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Read more

Supervisor: Dr DB Bor

27 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Medication Classes and Frailty Progression in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Pharmacoepidemiological Study

University of Bath

Department of Life Sciences

Project Overview. Frailty is a major public health challenge associated with falls, hospitalisation, disability, loss of independence and increased mortality among older adults. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Nishtala

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Composite Phase Change Materials for Off-Grid Thermal Energy Storage (LANDINIS_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia

School of Engineering

Primary supervisor - Dr Stefano Landini. Energy poverty remains a major challenge in rural regions of developing countries, where access to reliable grid electricity, heating and domestic hot water is limited. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Landini

24 February 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

(MCRC MB-PhD) Understanding Aggression in Hereditary Prostate Cancer

The University of Manchester

Division of Cancer Sciences

Research Group: Division of Cancer Sciences

Preventing failure after initial local (surgery or radiotherapy) and hormone treatment provides the best opportunity to block the evolution of high-risk prostate cancer (PCa). Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Bristow, Prof D Wedge, Prof S Taylor, Dr A Sachdeva

15 March 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Care at a Distance: How Hospice at Home and Virtual Palliative Care Are Explained, Understood and Taken Up in Ethnically Diverse Faith Communities

St Mary’s University, Twickenham

Faculty of Arts, Business, Law, Education and Theology

St Joseph’s Hospice plans to introduce virtual wards, telehealth and Hospice at Home services, and wants to build a wider network of palliative care advocates within local faith and culture groups. Read more

Supervisor: Prof K Sanders

20 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

(MCRC MB-PhD) Targeting the leukaemic niche: does macrophage crosstalk sustain TP53-mutant acute erythroid leukaemia?

The University of Manchester

Division of Cancer Sciences

Research Group: Division of Cancer Sciences

Blood cancers arise from mutations in genes controlling normal stem cell development, but cancer cells do not grow in isolation — they are supported by the normal cells that surround them. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JL Loke, Prof T Somervaille, Dr SV Valletta, Dr D Wiseman

15 March 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Texture segmentation and numerosity in humans, mice, and machines.

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Dr Emma Stewart. Co-supervisor(s). Prof. Andrea Benucci. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. Read more

Supervisor: Dr ES Stewart

27 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

(MCRC MB-PhD) Investigating extracellular matrix stiffness as a risk factor for breast cancer

The University of Manchester

Division of Cancer Sciences

Research Group: Division of Cancer Sciences

Breast cancer (BC) is the leading cause of death for UK women under 50. Around 90% of cases are sporadic, raising questions about the aetiology of genomic damage required to initiate BC. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SH Howell, Dr A Gilmore, Dr HH Harrison, Dr H Zhou

15 March 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Parenting and family life in a rapidly changing digital world

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Dr Katarzyna Kostyrka-Allchorne. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. 27th January 2027. Read more

Supervisor: Dr KKA Kostyrka-Allchorne

27 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Reliable and Generalisable Knowledge Editing in Large Language Models (LIZAF_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia

School of Computing Sciences

Primary Supervisor - Dr Farhana Ferdousi Liza. Read more

Supervisor: Dr FFL Liza

24 February 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Smart textiles for personal healthcare

Nanyang Technological University

School of Materials Science and Engineering

This project aims to develop flexible, stretchable, and highly sensitive electronic textiles for multidimensional tactile sensing. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Ronghui Wu Wu

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Human Referenced Colour Processing (FINLAYSONG_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia

School of Computing Sciences

Primary Supervisor - Professor Graham Finlayson. We live in an era where machine learning (ML) based systems can solve a wide variety of image-based problems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G D Finlayson

24 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Understanding and treating viral cancers: Structural analysis and drug targeting of Epstein-Barr Virus replication factor EBNA1

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Supervisor. Prof Michelle West. Co-supervisor(s). Dr Matthew Day. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. Read more

Supervisor: Prof MW West

27 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Artificial Intelligence, Human Behaviour and Cybercrime: Understanding Vulnerability and Prevention

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Maria Bada. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. 27th January 2027. PhD Programme. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MB Bada

27 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Interfacial chemistry of High-Energy Lithium-Ion Batteries

University of Nottingham

School of Chemistry

We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic PhD student to join our battery research team within the Nottingham Applied Materials and Interfaces Group (NAMI, https://www.thenamilab.com/) at the University of Nottingham. Read more

Supervisor: Prof L Johnson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Investigating the Mechanisms of Working Memory Enhancement

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Dr. Eda Mizrak. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. 27th January 2027. PhD Programme. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Mizrak

27 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Towards a Virtual Cell: Agentic AI for Sample-Specific Signalling Networks

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Prof Conrad Bessant. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. 27th January 2027. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Bessant

27 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Machine learning for chemistry and AI-based technology business models

University of Nottingham

School of Chemistry

Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship, starting October 2027, in the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Hirst

7 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Machine Learning for Sustainable Chemistry

University of Nottingham

School of Chemistry

Applications are invited for a PhD Studentship, starting October 2027, in the School of Chemistry at the University of Nottingham. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Hirst

7 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Development of Drug Screening Platform for Antimicrobial Peptides Cytotoxicity Detection via Polydiacetylene Vesicle

The University of Tokyo

Institute of Industrial Science

Antimicrobial resistance is a rapidly growing global health crisis, demanding the discovery of new classes of antibiotics. Recent advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have significantly accelerated antimicrobial peptide (AMP) discovery by enabling large-scale exploration of sequence space. Read more

Supervisor: Prof KS Sugihara

29 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

How do cyanobacteria sense their predators?

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Prof Conrad Mullineaux. Co-supervisor. Dr Johannes Keegstra. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Mullineaux

27 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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