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Understanding looksmaxxing and how to mitigate its negative impact

A PhD position is available through the ERC funded project HATESHIELD awarded to Prof. Harriet Over. The position will start on April 1st 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Over
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Exploring how Mycobacterium tuberculosis uses nutrients

  Research Group: Chemical biology and biological chemistry
This PhD project will investigate how Mycobacterium tuberculosis utilises nutrients and how changes in nutrient transport influence pathogen biology by combining microbiology, biochemical and analytical approaches. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof EF Fullam
 6 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Why do galaxies stop forming stars, and why do they end up with bulges?

  Research Group: Astronomy
Supervisory team. Professor Francesco Shankar and Dr Annagrazia Puglisi. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Shankar
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The AD[A]PT (Architectural Design and Humanities Promoting Transformation) Consortium - AHRC Doctoral Focal Award - 2 studentships

The Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University is offering two fully funded PhD scholarships through the AD[A]PT Consortium's AHRC Doctoral Focal Award, supporting arts and humanities research for healthier people, places and planet. Read more
 Supervisor: Miss C Evans
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design of electrically coupled carbon fibre structures for mechanical and electrical integrity

The aim of this project is to propose a methodology to design composite components to conduct electrical current without sustaining unacceptable levels of thermally induced damage. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Mohseni, Dr C Jones
 8 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Conceptual model of chronic pain in children

Children’s experience and expression of pain are influenced by cognitive development, language, previous experience and social context. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Monteiro, Prof B Gibson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EastBio: Representing space, time, and number in the human brain: A developmental and EEG investigation

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Estimating the magnitude of various quantities, such as space, time, and number, is essential for the survival and fitness of members of many species. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Chakravarthi, Dr S Cleland
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Building Cellular Resilience: Unlocking the Health Potential of Scottish Potato Bioactives

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Cellular resilience describes the ability of cells and tissues to resist, adapt to and recover from biological, environmental and age-related stress. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof H Wilson, Prof G Bermano, Dr G McDougall, Dr A Tawfike
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: How do cells build organs? Using maths and machine learning to learn the rules of morphogenesis from 3D live imaging data

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. We are seeking a talented, creative, and friendly individual to join our interdisciplinary team. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Hiscock, Dr J Glover
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: When a negative test lies: modelling imperfect detection in infection and antimicrobial resistance.

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Assume a bacterium is sampled from a patient and the test returns negative. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Roos, Prof K Hijazi, Dr I Okoliegbe
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Too sweet: Behavioural and neurobiological impact of adolescent sugar consumption on decision-making

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. The prevalence of juvenile obesity and type 2 diabetes is rapidly growing in children and teenagers. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FN Naneix, Dr A Gonzalez Sanchez
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: When Does Context Matter? How Attention Shapes Statistical Learning in the Human Brain

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Humans continuously learn statistical regularities in their environment and use them to guide attention and behavior. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Cochrane, Dr M Manassi, Dr R Chakravarthi
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How did the first supermassive black holes grow so fast?

  Research Group: Astronomy
Supervisory team. Professor Francesco Shankar and Dr. Sandra Raimundo. James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has found black holes that seem too massive, too early. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Shankar
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Novel aptamer-based PET Imaging Tracer for TDP-43 Proteinopathies

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Dall'Angelo, Dr J Gregory, Dr H Spence
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From AI to Immunology: Salaried PhD Positions at MedUni Vienna

Autumn PhD Call 2026/27 | Vienna, Austria. Application deadline. 22 November 2026. The Medical University of Vienna offers fully funded PhD positions across a broad range of biomedical, clinical and interdisciplinary research projects. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Austria PhD Programme
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PhD Studentships in the School of Physics and Astronomy, 2027-28

Are you interested in pursuing world-leading research in the fields of Physics or Astronomy? We have fully-funded PhD positions available at our vibrant, multi-cultural School, where we have access to cutting-edge experimental and theoretical facilities. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)  PhD Opportunities
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AI-Enhanced Quantum Sensors: Building Smart Quantum Technology

Project overview. Artificial intelligence is transforming science. Quantum technologies are expected to transform sensing, imaging, healthcare and computing. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Cristian Bonato
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Quantum Sensing for Healthcare: Using Single Spins for Early Disease Detection

Project overview. What if we could detect disease using a sensor so small that it can probe biological processes at the molecular scale?. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Cristian Bonato
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Silicon Carbide Quantum Devices for Quantum Networking

Project overview. The future quantum internet will rely on new types of devices capable of storing, processing, and transmitting quantum information. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Cristian Bonato
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Medical Research Council-funded PhD Programme in 3i Biomedical Research

Applications open to home students only. Several fully funded four-year ‘Core' studentships are available for September 2027 to join Warwick's MRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC DTP). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  MRC Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE)
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EngD: Data-Driven Tool-Life Prediction for Safer and More Productive Aerospace Machining

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 Supervisors: Prof V Kadirkamananthan, Dr M Brown
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Enzyme-Inspired Catalysis: Organic Cages, Organocatalysis and Reaction Mechanism

PhD opportunities with Dr Keith Andrews at Durham University — October 2027 entry. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr KG Andrews
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EastBio CASE: Scalable Cannabisin Production from Engineered Cannabis Sativa Suspension Cell Culture

  Research Group: Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
Cannabis sativa (hemp) produces a family of antioxidant and anti-inflammatory molecules called cannabisins, already valued by the cosmetics industry as functional skincare actives. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Attila Molnar, Prof A McCormick
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio CASE: Engineering topologically complex DNA structures inspired by the mitochondrial genome of trypanosomes

  Research Group: Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
The mitochondrial DNA of trypanosome parasites (kinetoplast or kDNA) is one of the most topologically complex genomes in nature1–3. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Schnaufer
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio CASE: OMER: Orbit Mining with EngineeRing biology

  Research Group: Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
This project will evaluate construction materials and processes that enable the use of synthetic/engineering biology to recycle and regenerate components in space. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L Horsfall
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Probabilistic Combinatorics

The probabilistic method is a powerful tool which has been especially influential in the fields of combinatorics and computer science. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J E Erde
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EastBio CASE: Hairy ears and their function: how do barley awns develop, and influence grain development?

  Research Group: Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences
Grasses are incredibly environmentally and economically important, growing in diverse environments across the globe and providing >50% of global calories. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Richardson
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio CASE: How can the higher-order social structure of badger populations shape disease dynamics?

Wildlife social structure is critical in shaping vulnerability to epidemics and the ability of populations to act as maintenance hosts for infectious diseases that may spillover into human or livestock populations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Silk
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Endospore-derived Protein Lattices for Novel Antigen and Enzyme Display Platforms

  Research Group: Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Bacillus endospores are some of the most robust biological structures known. Examples have remained viable for decades to centuries and germinate and commence growing normally within 30 minutes of exposure to nutrients. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DR Radford, Dr G Cowan, Dr P Vohra
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Physics-informed AI for the thermodynamic co-design of emerging cooling technologies

Cooling demand is rapidly increasing due to economic development and climate change-induced temperature increase. Vapour compression cycle has been the main technology to satisfy the global cooling demand, from household refrigerators and room air conditioners to industrial size chillers. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R R Renaldi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)