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

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Investigate how bacterial hosts control domesticated viral machines to drive horizontal gene transfer in marine environments? LE_JIC_ARIES27

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Scientific background. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major driver of bacterial evolution, shaping adaptation at both species and community levels. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Le
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Soil carbon and soil health through landscape transition REID_EI_AREIS27_CASE

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Nature-based solutions (NBS) delivered through land-use change can create new habitats, enhance biodiversity, and increase carbon sequestration at landscape scales. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Reid
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Towards near real-time quantification of fossil fuel emissions PICKERS_UEA_ARIES27_CASE

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Scientific Background. Successful implementation of the Paris agreement relies on countries’ emissions being accurately known and readily available, but our ability to evaluate fossil fuel CO2 (ffCO2) emissions is currently limited. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Pickers
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advanced modelling and characterisation of memristors

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Professor Dimitra Georgiadou, Dr Philip Calado, and Professor Giles Richardson. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Georgiadou
 1 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Winds and Waves in the Alpine Mountains ORR_BAS_ARIES27

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Scientific background. Mountains (or "orography") have a substantial effect on the atmospheric circulation. This includes atmospheric disturbances known as orographic gravity waves, generated by the winds flowing over orography. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Orr
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unsteady flow and surface loading around a wall-mounted porous cylinder in a turbulent boundary layer

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Dr Elias Arcondoulis and Dr Chaitanya Paruchuri. This project investigates the fundamental unsteady flow physics and surface-loading mechanisms acting on wall-mounted porous cylinders subject to turbulent boundary layers. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Arcondoulis
 5 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Postreproductive maternal care and the evolution of sex differences in lifespan MAKLAKOV_UEA_ARIES27

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Scientific background. Why do some animals continue to live long after they have stopped reproducing? Classical evolutionary theory predicts that they should not. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Maklakov
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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What causes the brightest eruptions from supermassive black holes?

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Dr Philip Wiseman. The most energetic, luminous events in the Universe seem to come from supermassive black holes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Wiseman
 30 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the evolution of how plants perceive changes in the environment MILLER_UEA_ARIES27

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Scientific Background. Plants modify the concentration of calcium ions in their cells in response to different environmental stimuli and stresses. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Miller
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From Spectra to Marine Litter: Multispectral Imaging and AI for Aerial Detection and Monitoring MACKIEWICZ_ARIES27_CASE

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Scientific Background. Marine litter threatens ocean health and the coastal livelihoods that depend on it. Scalable automated methods to detect, classify and quantify litter are needed to improve understanding of its sources, pathways and impacts, yet reliable monitoring at scale remains challenging. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Mackiewicz
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Polarization effects in antiresonant hollow core optical fibres

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Professor Austin Taranta, Dr. Gianluca Guerra and Dr Gregor Jaison. About the project. Dive into the mysterious world of polarization in antiresonant hollow core fibres, where conventional wisdom is turned on its head, and unexpected phenomena emerge every day. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Taranta
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advancing predictive models for battery interfaces through quantum and AI-driven atomistic simulations

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Professor Chris Skylaris. Help shape the future of energy storage by developing predictive models of battery interfaces. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C K Skylaris
 31 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hyperuniform disordered metasurfaces for solar-thermal energy conversion

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Professor Marian Florescu. Harnessing structural disorder to control light offers a new route to highly efficient solar-thermal energy conversion. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Florescu
 26 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Driven Spatial Intelligence Using Optical Sensing and Large Language Models

  Research Group: Intelligent Systems
Updated: 12 October 2026 
OPEN FOR UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. SPEAR Research Programme. Fully Funded PhD Opportunities. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Gardiner, Mr M McElholm
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Electrifying Chemical Reactors for Net Zero: Flow, Heat and Particle Dynamics in Next-Generation Reactors

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Dr Nader Karimi and Dr Temistocle Grenga. About the project. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Karimi
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)