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

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Apply now for a South Coast DTP fully funded social science PhD studentship

Updated: 12 October 2026
You can now apply for a fully funded studentship from the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP), an exciting collaboration between the Universities of Southampton, Brighton, Portsmouth and Chichester, funded by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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Apply now for a South Coast DTP fully funded social science PhD studentship

Updated: 12 October 2026
You can now apply for a fully funded studentship from the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP), an exciting collaboration between the Universities of Southampton, Brighton, Portsmouth and Chichester, funded by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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Apply now for a South Coast DTP fully funded social science PhD studentship

Updated: 12 October 2026
You can now apply for a fully funded studentship from the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP), an exciting collaboration between the Universities of Southampton, Brighton, Portsmouth and Chichester, funded by the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership
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Campbell PhD Studentship in Politics and International Relations

Updated: 12 October 2026
The Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading invites applications for PhD study funded by the Campbell Studentship. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  PhD Research Programme
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(Organic) photocatalysis for solar fuel and chemical synthesis

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Applications are invited for a fully-funded 4-year PhD studentship in the group of Asst Prof Virgil Andrei at NTU Singapore. The PhD position will focus on developing nanoparticle photocatalysts for solar chemical synthesis, working at the interface between material science, chemistry and engineering. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Virgil Andrei Andrei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Artificial leaves for solar chemical and fuel production

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Applications are invited for a fully-funded 4-year PhD studentship in the group of Asst Prof Virgil Andrei at NTU Singapore. The PhD position will focus on developing artificial leaves for sustainable fuel production, working at the interface between material science, chemistry and engineering. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Virgil Andrei Andrei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate in Gravitational Microlensing

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate in Gravitational Microlensing. This is a 2.25-year, full-time, fixed term position to start in 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Albrow
 14 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ultrasonic monitoring of phase-change materials

Updated: 12 October 2026 
Ultrasonic monitoring of phase-change materials. Sustainable energy management is crucial to mitigating climate change. Roughly 90% of global energy use involves the generation or manipulation of thermal energy, and around 50% of that is wasted. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Cobus
 25 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploring the utility of AI-designed binders for the secretome and discovery proteomics

  Research Group: Respiratory Sciences
Updated: 9 October 2026 
We invite applicants for a 4-year iCASE studentship to work in collaboration with our industrial partner YCharOS Inc. Toronto, Canada. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Virk, Prof M Dyer
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Stress Hormones and the Pneumococcus: Antibiotic Responsiveness, Microbial Interactions and Host Signalling

  Research Group: Microbiology and Infection
Updated: 9 October 2026 
Background. Streptococcus pneumoniae (Spn) remains a leading cause of global morbidity and mortality. It colonises the nasopharynx as a commensal alongside a diverse microbiota, and co-colonisation with multiple pneumococcal serotypes occurs in up to 40% of carriers. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Yesilkaya, Dr LC Cuthbertson
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Digital Reading and the Neurocognitive Foundations of Deep Reading and Critical Thinking

  Research Group: Psychology & Vision Sciences
Updated: 9 October 2026 
Critical thinking enables people to analyse arguments, evaluate evidence, compare perspectives, synthesise information, and construct well-reasoned conclusions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Warrington, Dr VA Adedeji
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hearing loss, biological ageing and socioeconomic inequality in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome in older adults in England

  Research Group: Public Health & Epidemiology
Updated: 9 October 2026 
Hearing loss affects more than nine million adults in England and is strongly socially patterned, with disadvantaged groups up to twice as likely to experience hearing decline in later life. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Tsimpida, Dr M Graham-Brown
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding Retinal Specialisation: From Development to High-Acuity Vision

  Research Group: Psychology & Vision Sciences
Updated: 9 October 2026 
The ability to resolve fine spatial detail depends on extraordinary specialisation of the retina. In humans, this culminates in formation of the fovea, where cellular organisation, neuronal connectivity and tissue architecture are precisely arranged to support high-acuity vision. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Thomas, Dr WN Norton
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deep learning of nascent transcription dynamics to predict mature mRNA production

  Research Group: Molecular & Cell Biology
Updated: 9 October 2026 
The production of mature messenger RNA (mRNA) from a human protein-coding gene is a highly regulated process involving transcription by RNA polymerase II (RNAPII) and co-transcriptional RNA processing, including splicing and cleavage/polyadenylation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MT Tellier, Dr MA Cavallaro
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advancing our understanding of the EGFR-KRas-mediated activation of small G proteins RalA/B

  Research Group: Molecular & Cell Biology
Updated: 9 October 2026 
Growth factor signalling is fundamental to cell proliferation and differentiation. Epidermal growth factor (EGF) signalling exemplifies this process by activating the small GTPase KRas at the plasma membrane (PM), where KRas serves as a central signalling hub that activates multiple effectors, including BRAF and Rgl2. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Tanaka, Dr AKV Koyamangalath Vadakkepat
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)