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Bioinformatics-Guided Identification and Functional Validation of Tumour-Driver-Dependent Vulnerabilities during Sustained Local Chemotherapy

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
OPEN TO UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. Solid tumours remain difficult to treat because of their molecular heterogeneity, complex tumour microenvironments and ability to develop resistance to therapy. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof CMcC McConville, Prof D McKenna
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Artificial Opto-Electronic Synapses for Ultra-Fast Neuromorphic Computer Vision

Memristors (or resistive memory) are a new generation of electronic devices that directly emulate the chemical and electrical switching of biological synapses, i.e., the key learning and memory components of the human brain. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Kemp, Dr G Rance, Dr J Alves Fernandes
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Funded PhD – Ecology and conservation of migratory birds under global change - HLSUOB26

About the project. Many migratory birds are in steep population decline globally. Environmental stressors, including habitat loss, climate change, pollution and urbanization, are increasingly threatening birds moving across interconnected ecosystems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FG Guo, Prof A Radford, Dr T Jucker
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bioactivation and Spatial Pharmacology of Irinotecan-ChemoSeed® in Glioblastoma

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
OPEN TO UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. Glioblastoma is the most aggressive primary brain tumour in adults and usually recurs because cancer cells remain within the surrounding brain after surgery. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof CMcC McConville, Prof D McKenna
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI-Enabled Digital Cardio-Care in Community Pharmacy: Evaluating Point-of-Care Diagnostics, QRISK3 and Pharmacist-Led Cardiovascular Prevention in Northern Ireland

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
Cardiovascular disease remains a major cause of preventable illness and death, with raised cholesterol, hypertension, obesity and smoking contributing substantially to risk. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AA Abuelhana, Dr A Courtenay, Dr KR Rajiah, Dr PMP McPherson, Dr NA Ali
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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A one health investigation of Ionophore-associated AMR in poultry isolates of Enterococcus faecium

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major one health challenge, with animal production presenting an important environment for the persistence and transmission of antimicrobial-resistant bacteria. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FA Ahmed, Dr N Ternan, Dr ZK Khan, Dr J Arnscheidt, Prof J Dooley
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SWBio DTP PhD Project: Tuning Covalent Macrocyclic Activity-Based Probes for Bacterial Protease Targeting in AMR

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr LCM Morrill, Dr S D Lovell
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – How do cells coordinate molecular motors to move cargo? - HLSUOB26

About the project. Cells depend on molecular motors to transport proteins, nucleic acids and organelles, ensuring that essential processes occur where and when they are needed. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Abid Ali, Dr M Dodding
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The impact of a household level food and nutrition intervention on household diet quality and diversity and nutritional intake and status

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
OPEN TO UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. Transformation of the global food system towards more sustainable and equitable outcomes is urgently needed, requiring an evidence-based food systems approach. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Ward, Dr C Hughes, Dr MC Clements, Dr K Pourshahidi
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EPSRC DLA studentship in Strain-limiting response of viscoelastic materials: modelling, analysis and experimental validation

  Research Group: Applied and Computational Mathematics
Flexible energy storage devices, stretchable/wearable electronics, hybrid vehicles and renewable energy systems all exploit substrates with a special mechanical property. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr YS Sengul Tezel
 5 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Quality Control of Neuronal Ion Channels and Transporters: Determining Membrane Protein Fate in Long-Lived Neurons - HLSUOB26

About the project. Neurons are among the longest-lived cells in the human body and, unlike most other cells, cannot divide to dilute damaged or defective proteins. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Grieve, Prof I Collinson
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SWBio DTP PhD Project: The RNA Code of Bacterial Warfare: Discovering how the RNA binding protein SpoVG controls antimicrobials and toxin production

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr ED Denham, Dr CT Tooke
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: Monitoring skin physiology with wearable molecular sensors

Wearable sensors have enormous potential to transform how we understand human health, providing continuous information about our bodies outside the laboratory. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Guder, Mr LK Knight
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: Monitoring skin physiology with wearable molecular sensors

Wearable sensors have enormous potential to transform how we understand human health, providing continuous information about our bodies outside the laboratory. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Guder, Mr LK Knight
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Investigating the molecular mechanisms linking tissue mechanics to breast cancer development - HLSUOB26

About the project. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, with over 4000 new cases diagnosed monthly. As incidence rates continue to rise globally, there is an urgent need to identify new, modifiable risk factors for breast cancer prevention and early detection. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Lloyd-Lewis, Dr N Stevenson, Dr J Armstrong, Dr QL Lan
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Economics: ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS)

Key Information. Open to. UK and international applicants. Funding Providers. ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Doneddu, Dr Rosen Chowdhury Chowdhury
 6 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SWBio DTP PhD Project: How does the cellular environment affect opioid receptor signalling?

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C P Bailey
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Targeting mitochondrial transfer dynamics between leukaemia and mesenchymal stroma cells (MSC) as a means to tackle treatment resistance - HLSUOB26

About the project. Leukaemia is the commonest childhood cancer with over 650 new cases being diagnosed in the UK every year. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Pal, Dr AD Darras, Dr RK Ke, Dr SC Cross
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SWBio DTP PhD Project: Duplication, Innovation and the Rise of Grasses

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr JC Clark
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Strengthening Northern Ireland Through Falls Prevention: Using Population Data Science and Co-Design to Improve Health Outcomes and Support Healthy Ageing

Northern Ireland's population is ageing rapidly, with the number of people aged over 85 expected to more than double by 2043. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Shannon, Dr S Menting, Dr C Heffernan
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – A new dimension of RAS regulation in cancer - HLSUOB26

About the project. A major driver of many cancers is the abnormal activation of the RAS signalling pathway. Although RAS itself has been extensively studied, less is known about how the broader network of proteins that regulate and respond to RAS signalling is organised and controlled within cancer cells. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Koh, Dr J Lees, Dr JR Rees, Dr P Curnow
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – How do free fatty acids regulate beta-coronavirus infection, replication and spike protein conformation? - HLSUOB26

About the Project. Coronaviruses remain a major threat to global health, highlighting the need to better understand the molecular mechanisms that control viral infection and replication. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Berger-Schaffitzel, Prof A Davidson, Dr H Mears, Prof P Verkade
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering Human Inner Ear Development: A Bioengineered Organoid on-Chip Platform for Hearing Research

Why this research is important. Hearing loss is a major health challenge, yet studying human inner ear development and testing new therapies remain difficult because existing models do not fully reproduce human inner ear biology. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Szita
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Breaking barriers: discovery of cell wall-degrading enzymes to study and fight Staphylococcus aureus infections

Staphylococcus aureus is a Gram-positive bacterium that often lives harmlessly on your skin or in the nose, but can cause life-threatening infections. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Willems, Prof G Thomas
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Catalytic Promiscuity of Unspecific Peroxygenases

The oxygenation of organic compounds presents an ongoing challenge to synthetic chemistry as conventional reagents present difficulties with toxicity, harsh reaction conditions and a lack of selectivity. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G J Grogan, Prof W Unsworth
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – Mapping tissue-specific immune responses to H7N1 avian influenza in chickens using spatial multi-omics - HLSUOB26

About the project. Highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) remains a major threat to poultry health, food security and pandemic preparedness. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr BVM Vidana Mateo, Prof MJ Hezzell, Dr B Amato
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The sweet science of gum disease: chemical biology approaches to unmask the sugar coat of a periodontal disease pathogen

Gum disease (periodontitis) affects nearly half of UK adults and, in its most severe forms, is driven by bacteria that have evolved sophisticated strategies to hide from our immune system. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M A Fascione, Prof G Thomas, Prof G Stafford
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – Sustainability, economic viability and market readiness of stingless beekeeping: A case study in Tanzania - HLSUOB26

About the project. Stingless beekeeping is rapidly gaining attention as a potential pathway towards sustainable rural development. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Bruns, Dr C Grueter
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development and application of multispecies spatial capture-recapture models

  Research Group: Centre for Research into Ecological and Environmental Modelling
Spatial capture-recapture is a widely used framework for estimating animal density and distribution for data collected from a variety of ecological monitoring approaches, including camera trapping and acoustic surveys. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr BS Stevenson, Prof J Matthiopoulos, Dr C Sutherland
 5 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Enabled Multiscale Bioprocessing for Predictive Scale-Up and Autonomous Optimisation

Engineering biology has major potential for UK manufacturing, but translation from laboratory discovery to industrial scale remains a critical bottleneck. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr LRS Rios Solis
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)