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What causes the ocean to tip? New models for predicting Abrupt Atlantic Ocean Circulation Changes

University of Leeds

School of Earth & Environment

Research Group: Climate-Ice Research Group, Institute for Climate & Atmospheric Sciences

Combining mathematical modelling, palaeoclimate observations and advanced climate model simulations, this exciting and cross-disciplinary project aims to unify the different theories on past and future abrupt climate changes and test the early warning detection of ocean circulation tipping points. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Ivanovic, Dr L Gregoire, Dr YM Rome, Dr A Keane, Prof C Li

13 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Data-Driven Multiscale Design and Optimisation of Aperiodic Architected Materials

University College London

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Partner Organisation. Spherene AG. Application Deadline. 13:00 UK time on 08 January 2027. PhD start Date. 01 October 2027. Eligibility Requirements. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Bosi

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

How does cell size affect intracellular organelle composition and function?

University of Cambridge

Department of Biochemistry

Research Group: Zatulovskiy group

Project description. Cell size is one of the most fundamental physical properties of living cells, influencing virtually every aspect of cellular physiology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Zatulovskiy

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

Health Aware Integrated Motor Drives for Resilient Electrified Aircraft Propulsion

University College London

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Partner Organisation. Eaton Corporation. Application Deadline. 13:00 UK time on 08 January 2027. PhD start Date. 01 October 2027. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Baghdadi

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

Design and Synthesis of Multitarget Inhibitors for Breast Cancer Treatment

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland

School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences

Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) is one of the most aggressive and difficult-to-treat forms of breast cancer. Unlike other breast cancer subtypes, TNBC does not respond to hormone therapies or HER2-targeted drugs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Rodrigues

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

Psychology-TCRS in Mental Health, 2027 PhD Entry

University of Cambridge

Department of Psychology

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship focused on understanding the nature and treatment of common mental health problems (anxiety, depression, traumatic stress) in children, adolescents or emerging adults, to begin in October 2027. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T Dalgleish

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

Psychology of Unethical Decisions and Public Trust

University of Cambridge

Department of Psychology

The Cambridge ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership [CAM-DTP] is pleased to offer an knowledge exchange studentship available for admission in October 2027. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Roozenbeek, Dr L de Wit

8 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Feathered Witnesses: Unravelling the Impact of Habitat Loss on Neotropical Avifauna with Stable Isotope Analysis

University of Glasgow

College of Science and Engineering

Project Description. Like many places, Brazil has endured severe habitat loss over the last 500 years. Beginning with the arrival of the Portuguese in 1500, the introduction of sugar cane and other cash crops meant that many coastal primary forests were cleared. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Newton

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

Hybridisation of a Novel Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (eUAV): Design, Modelling, Integration, and Experimental Validation

University College London

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Partner Organisation. VTOL Transport Ltd. Application Deadline. 13:00 UK time on 08 January 2027. PhD start Date. 01 October 2027. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Asef

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

Multimodal Characterisation of Next-Generation Semiconductors

King’s College London

Department of Physics

Research Group: Photonics & Nanotechnology

Semiconductors for solar cells, LEDs and photodetectors rarely behave like ideal materials. Typical thin films contain crystallographic defects, compositional heterogeneities and morphological variations. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Patel

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

Rhino-Inspired Robotic Legs: Physical Intelligence for Speed, Manoeuvrability and Load-Bearing

University College London

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Application Deadline. 13:00 UK time on 08 January 2027. PhD Start Date. 01 October 2027. Eligibility Requirements. Only candidates eligible for tuition fees at the Home/UK fee rate can apply. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Abad-Guaman

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

Decoding Resilience: The Hedgehog- Interferon Signalling Axis in Stem Cell Survival

University of Leeds

Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership

Project Description. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Swaroop, Dr K Swaminathan, Prof Tim Palmer, Prof K Pors

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Vascular fingerprinting: defining vascular cell provenance from molecular and cellular biology

University of Leeds

Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership

Project Description. The vascular system is a complex network of arteries, veins and microvascular vessels which are all exquisitely tuned to local and systemic perfusion and energy needs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Riches-Suman, Dr A Tedder, Dr P O'Toole

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD opportunities - ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP)

University of Portsmouth

Graduate School

Fund your social sciences research with an ESRC SCDTP bursary. The ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP) is now accepting funding applications from students wishing to commence their studies in the 2026/27 academic year.The awards are open to UK, EU and international students. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) PhD Research Programme

Quantifying and Correcting the Effects of Ocular Ageing on Optical Coherence Tomography

University of Leeds

Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership

Project Description. Optical coherence tomography (OCT) provides detailed 3D imaging of the eye’s retina. OCT imaging is crucial to understanding the structure of the retina, and for diagnosing blinding diseases like glaucoma and macular degeneration. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Denniss, Dr NM McLoughlin, Prof ZH Huang

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Breathing in ageing: how fine particulate air pollution disrupts brain cell homeostasis.

University of Leeds

Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership

Project Description. Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental threats to human health. 99% of the world’s population lives where air quality exceeds WHO guidelines, which contributes to accelerated ageing, increased mortality and reduced health span [1–3]. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Elies Gomez, Dr S Kantamneni, Prof N Gamper, Dr MM Morton

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Different but moving together: Mechanisms of heterogenous collective cell migration

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

Collective cell migration is fundamental to embryonic development, tissue repair and cancer invasion. Much of what we know about this process comes from studying relatively uniform groups of cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Campbell, Dr Mehmet Can Ucar

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Understanding ESCRT-Mediated Proteostasis pathways for Neurodegenerative Disease Intervention

University of Leeds

Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership

Project Description. Neurodegenerative diseases affect over 50 million people worldwide, with limited therapeutic options and enormous societal costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Kantamneni, Dr K Riches-Suman, Dr K de Vos

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Gravity-Map Matching for Navigation in GNSS-Denied Environments

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisors. Hendrik Ulbricht (Prof) h.ulbricht@soton.ac.uk. Elliot Simcox (Dr) E.T.Simcox@soton.ac.uk. Project title. Gravity-Map Matching for Navigation in GNSS-Denied Environments. Read more

Supervisor: Prof H Ulbricht

18 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Topics in trustworthy machine learning and AI: Robustness, privacy and data heterogeneity

University of Birmingham

School of Mathematics

Machine learning and statistical algorithms are now implemented at a large scale in almost every aspect of our society, significantly impacting our daily lives through their performance. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M L Li

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

Translational regulation by alternate transcript isoforms

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

How does a cell regulate the amount of protein made from a gene? While transcriptional regulation is extensively studied, the rules governing translation efficiency, how effectively an mRNA transcript is turned into protein, remains less well explored. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Sudbery, Dr E Thomson

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Life and death in the age of vancomycin: visualising how Clostridioides difficile survives antibiotic treatment at the single cell level.

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

What if giving a patient more antibiotic let more bacteria survive?. That is what happens with Clostridioides difficile, the human pathogen that kills more than 2,000 people every year in the UK alone. Read more

Supervisors: Dr W Durham, Dr R Fagan, Dr S Forbes

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

The genetic and developmental control of complex nanostructure formation in butterfly wing scales

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

Butterfly wings are natural wonders, covered in colourful scales that are used for signalling, thermoregulation and to help with aerodynamic performance. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Nadeau, Dr A Parnell, Dr K Campbell

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Engineering the invisible workforce: molecular insights into wheat root microbiome dynamics using a model synthetic community

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

Modern agriculture has altered plant microbial communities (the microbiota), causing a reduction in beneficial bacteria that support crop health. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Lidbury, Dr S Amsbury, Dr J Mosely, Dr T Larson

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Going Through a Phase: Decoding Surface Variation and Glycan Switching in Neisseria gonorrhoeae

University of Sheffield

School of Clinical Dentistry

Bacterial surface structures dynamically remodel to survive host immune pressures. In Neisseria gonorrhoeae, a high-frequency genetic mechanism known as phase variation toggles surface protein and glycan expression ‘ON’ or ‘OFF’. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Green, Prof G Stafford, Prof M A Fascione, Dr J Cole

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Engineering Stomatal Dynamics: Cell Wall Architecture, Remodelling and Deformation

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

How do plants control their stomata, the microscopic pores that determine how much CO₂ they take up and how much water they lose? Stomata open and close rapidly, requiring guard cells to undergo dramatic changes in shape and volume and the cell wall surrounding these cells must simultaneously be strong enough to constrain their shape and sufficiently dynamic to allow movement. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Amsbury, Prof A Fleming

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Defining airway dysfunction in asthma and COPD using oscillometry towards precision medicine

University of Dundee

School of Medicine

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) affects millions of people and is a major cause of ill health, hospital admission and premature death. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Chan

15 February 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

The Rise of Vertebrate Apex Predators and the Ecological Origins of the Devonian Nekton Revolution

University of Leeds

School of Earth & Environment

Research Group: DeepBio@Leeds

Project Summary. The Silurian and Devonian saw the rise of vertebrate predators, including the first jawed fishes, and may represent one of the most important ecological transitions in Earth history. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Dunhill, Prof P B Wignall, Prof A Beckerman, Dr CM Morrison, Dr JK Keating

12 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Uncovering the molecular mechanisms of PIKfyve complex regulation

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

How cells control how they process intracellular compartments is key to maintain normal function and defective trafficking is often the main cause of diseases such as neurodegeneration and cancer. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J King, Dr D Humphreys

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Unravelling membrane-supported proton diffusion in synaptic vesicle bioenergetics

University of Sheffield

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Brain function relies on fast, precise communication between neurons, mediated by the release of chemical messengers called neurotransmitters. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Amdursky, Dr M De Felice

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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