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(PDS Award) Sensing Political Worlds: AI, Situated Knowledge and the Reading of Political Graffiti

Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Graffiti and murals offer communities in conflict-affected societies a way of reading their surroundings. In Belfast, for instance, painted kerbstones or a crown on a wall signals whose area this is and for whom feels safe. Read more

Supervisors: Dr BV Vogel, Dr T Mu

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

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(PDS Award) Weathering Palestine: Climate and Cultural Resilience

The University of Manchester

Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Weathering Palestine. Climate and Cultural Resilience. Netta Cohen’s 2024 work on climate science during the British Mandate examined how incoming Jewish communities sought to understand, manage, and exploit the warmer climate of Palestine. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Valassopoulos, Dr V Jankovic

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

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(PDS Award) Making sense of digital worlds: Adolescent girls’ experiences of navigating social media in everyday life before and during the UK social media restriction

The University of Manchester

Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy, School of Environment, Education and Development

The rise in mental health difficulties among young people, particularly girls, has sparked urgent debate about the role of social media. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MP Panayiotou, Dr OD Demkowicz, Dr L Munford

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

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(PDS Award) Safe and Multi-Fidelity Optimisation of Satellite Constellations for a Changing Planet

The University of Manchester

Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy, Alliance Manchester Business School

This four-year PhD project will explore how Earth-observation satellite constellations can adapt as environmental events unfold, new regions require attention and societal priorities evolve. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Lopez-Ibanez, Dr L Costi

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

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(PDS Award) Sensing Nature: Designing and Evaluating Interventions that Enhance Environmental Empathy and Nature Connectedness (SEEEN)

The University of Manchester

Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy, School of Environment, Education and Development

How do people sense and make sense of the natural world around them, and can we help them connect with it more deeply? This PhD will design and evaluate interventions that strengthen nature connectedness and environmental empathy, which attract growing interest as drivers of wellbeing and pro-environmental behaviour. Read more

Supervisors: Dr SM MacQuarrie, Dr IT Thornhill, Dr M Vigo

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

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(MCRC MB-PhD) AI-guided functional modelling of tumour-immune interactions to discover therapeutic vulnerabilities

The University of Manchester

Division of Cancer Sciences

Cancer immunotherapy can produce durable responses, but many patients do not benefit and we still cannot reliably identify which tumour-immune interactions represent effective therapeutic targets. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Turajlić, Prof M Rattray, Dr JL Lim

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

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(MCRC MB-PhD) Global burden of cancer attributable to elevated body-mass index: an updated analysis including population-specific and Mendelian Randomisation risk estimates, and g-formula impact estimations

The University of Manchester

Division of Cancer Sciences

Background Elevated body-mass index (BMI; defined ≥ 25 kg/m²) is associated with increased risk of at least 13 cancer types. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A.R. Renehan, Dr M Sperrin

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

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(PDS Award) Emotionally-Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA) and its Socio-Economic Impacts for Children, Families and Society: Examining Primary-Secondary School Transition as a Point of Vulnerability

The University of Manchester

Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy, School of Environment, Education and Development

Emotionally-based school non-attendance (EBSNA) is a growing concern for children, families, and schools in the UK, with primary-secondary school transition widely recognised as a critical period of heightened vulnerability. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Bagnall, Dr AT Thompson, Prof PQ Qualter

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

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Neuropeptide evolution and function: finding the missing links

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

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

Supervisor: Prof MR Elphick

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

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(MCRC MB-PhD) Harnessing the nasal proteome for lung cancer early detection

The University of Manchester

Division of Immunology, Immunity to Infection and Respiratory Medicine

Lung cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer because it is diagnosed late when there is no cure. Two landmark clinical trials have demonstrated CT screening scans saves lives by detecting lung cancer earlier when they can be cured. Read more

Supervisors: Prof T Hussell, Dr S Knight, Dr M Menon, Prof P Crosbie

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

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Distributed Machine Learning over Mobile Networks PhD

Cranfield University

Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

This is a project focused on how AI will provide a seamless service to mobile users of tomorrow. It is expected the student will have a background in AI with a curiosity on wireless networking. Read more

Supervisor: Prof W Guo

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

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PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 5,881 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

(PDS Award) Sensing Political Worlds: AI, Situated Knowledge and the Reading of Political Graffiti

(PDS Award) Weathering Palestine: Climate and Cultural Resilience

(PDS Award) Making sense of digital worlds: Adolescent girls’ experiences of navigating social media in everyday life before and during the UK social media restriction

(PDS Award) Safe and Multi-Fidelity Optimisation of Satellite Constellations for a Changing Planet

(PDS Award) Sensing Nature: Designing and Evaluating Interventions that Enhance Environmental Empathy and Nature Connectedness (SEEEN)

Gamma-ray spectroscopy of exotic pear-shaped nuclei

President’s PhD Scholarships at Imperial College London

Orchestrating Cilia Formation

(MCRC MB-PhD) Regulation of humoral immunity in non-small cell lung cancer

(MCRC MB-PhD) AI-guided functional modelling of tumour-immune interactions to discover therapeutic vulnerabilities

(MCRC MB-PhD) Global burden of cancer attributable to elevated body-mass index: an updated analysis including population-specific and Mendelian Randomisation risk estimates, and g-formula impact estimations

(PDS Award) Emotionally-Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA) and its Socio-Economic Impacts for Children, Families and Society: Examining Primary-Secondary School Transition as a Point of Vulnerability

Neuropeptide evolution and function: finding the missing links

(MCRC MB-PhD) Harnessing the nasal proteome for lung cancer early detection

Distributed Machine Learning over Mobile Networks PhD

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