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We have 1,937 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships added in the last month

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Bath Engineering & Design Studentships: Sol-Gel Engineered Thermal Energy Storage Materials for Low-Carbon Buildings

Updated: 14 October 2026 
This project is one of a number in competition for a studentship from the Faculty of Engineering and Design at the University of Bath. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Ferrandiz-Mas, Dr J Holley
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully funded PhD opportunities in Environmental Science with the Edinburgh Earth, Ecology, and Environment Engagement Partnership (E5 DTP)

Updated: 14 October 2026
The Edinburgh Earth, Ecology and Environment Engagement (E5) Doctoral Training Partnership, at the University of Edinburgh, offers fully funded PhD opportunities across a wide range of environmental research. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  NERC Doctoral Training Partnership
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Respiratory supercomplexes under the lens of single-molecule spectroscopy

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Respiration provides energy for the majority of cellular biochemistry in the form of ATP. It does so through the electron transport chain (ETC) – a network of membrane-associated enzymes which couple electron transport to proton pumping. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Beckwith, Prof J MacPherson, Dr JL Lawrence
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the essential functions of TMEM131 in development

Updated: 14 October 2026 
The development of vertebrate animals from a single fertilised cell to the fully formed adult is an astonishingly well-choreographed sequence of events, which is made more remarkable by being so faithfully recapitulated on each attempt. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J James, Dr M Smutny
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio Partnership – Organic Synthesis & Evaluation of Antibiotic Derivatives for the Disruption of Ribosomal Translation

Updated: 14 October 2026 
This project will focus on the organic synthesis and biological screening of novel natural antibiotic derivatives that disrupt mRNA translation by ribosomes in diverse model organisms. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S L Cockroft, Dr S Granneman
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Give and Take: Mechano-Immunity at the Plant Cell Wall

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Because plants are sessile, they must rapidly perceive and respond to environmental signals. They achieve this via many receptors, co-receptors, transporters and channels for different stimuli, localised within their plasma membranes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J McKenna, Prof V Ntoukakis
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding how pathogenic RNA viruses replicate in the nucleus of infected cells

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Negative-sense RNA viruses are a very large family that play an important role in human and animal health. Members include important human and animal pathogens such as rabies virus, measles virus, Ebola virus, and bornaviruses. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Keown, Dr CT Thompson
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Microbial community assembly and dynamics in endotracheal tube biofilms

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Bacteria and some fungi predominantly grow as biofilms. multicellular aggregates encased in self-produced polymers that protect from immune and antibiotic attack. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Harrison, Dr SB Bakker
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Tissue Engineering with Topologically Complex Biomaterials

Updated: 14 October 2026 
The mechanical bond is a linkage between molecular components that combines the robustness of the covalent bond with dynamics of supramolecular interactions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Schaufelberger, Prof S Perrier
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio Partnership – Using critical element (Co-Mn-Ni) containing compounds formed through biological processes as precursors for development of high-performance cathode materials for energy storage applications

Updated: 14 October 2026 
Currently, Mn-Co-Ni containing oxides are used as cathode materials in commercial lithium ion batteries. Further research into the Co-Mn-Ni-O-H system is investigating phases that have potential in other energy storage applications such as supercapacitor materials or as electrode materials in Na-ion batteries. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof CK Kirk, Prof L Horsfall
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Experimental evolution and ecological assembly of beneficial plant microbiomes in controlled environment agriculture

Updated: 14 October 2026 
How do plant microbiomes assemble and evolve in controlled-environment agriculture, and can they be harnessed to enhance ecosystem function in vertical farming systems?. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Devlin, Prof A Devoto, Mr G Stephens, Ms N O'Hare
 10 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(Epi)genetic gene prioritisation for cerebral small vessel disease

Updated: 13 October 2026 
4-year PhD (subject to final funding confirmation). (Epi)genetic gene prioritisation for cerebral small vessel disease. Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London and the UK Dementia Research Institute. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Nott
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI-Guided Discovery of Immunotherapy Resistance Mechanisms

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Prof Sean H Lim and Prof Owen Rackham. This PhD will investigate strategies to improve immunotherapy efficacy in cancer, integrating single-cell RNA sequencing and machine learning with experimental immunology to understand T-cell exhaustion and the tumour micro-environment. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Lim
 10 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The Dynamic Lives of Galaxies and Their Black Holes

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Supervisor. Dr. Sandra Raimundo. Galaxies preserve evidence of past interactions in the motions of their gas and stars. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Raimundo
 31 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From Galactic Gas To Growing Black Holes

Updated: 13 October 2026 
Supervisor. Dr. Sandra Raimundo. How do black holes grow? In this PhD project the student will use observations and physical models to investigate how gas is transported across the galaxy all the way to the black hole, to fuel its growth. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Raimundo
 31 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)