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

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Defining the Cellular Mechanisms of Resilience During Skeletal Muscle Recovery

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Skeletal muscle possesses the capacity to recover from inflammatory, mechanical and metabolic stress. This resilience enables restoration of tissue homeostasis following injury and is fundamental to maintaining function throughout life. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr LAB Baker, Prof D Jones
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Historical genomics of the declining red squirrel in Britain BERGSTROM_UEA_ARIES27

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Scientific background. The red squirrel in Britain is one of the most iconic examples of a declining population. It has suffered greatly since the introduction of the invasive grey squirrel in the late 1800s, but even before then it was struggling due to hunting and deforestation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Bergström
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Characterisation of nanoscale semiconductor devices of technology nodes beyond 2 nm for emerging memory and computing applications

Updated: 9 October 2026 
PhD Studentship in Nano-electronics. Characterisation of nanoscale semiconductor devices of technology nodes beyond 2 nm for emerging memory and computing applications. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof W Zhang
 22 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Evaluating the function of podoplanin (PDPN)+ cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in bladder cancer biology

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Bladder cancers which are enriched for cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) have poor therapeutic outcomes. We have identified that a CAF population that stains positively for podoplanin (PDPN) is the most common CAF subtype. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Wilkins
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Climate change impacts on the Antarctic coastal ocean carbon sink BAKKER_UEA_ARIES27

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Scientific background. Remote Southern Ocean waters take up ten percent of the carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted by human activity, effectively slowing down global climate change. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Bakker
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering a Closed-Loop Thermal Neurointerface for Brain Ischaemia (S3.5-DEN-De Felice)

Updated: 9 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M De Felice, Dr T Paterson
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From Soft Gels to Rigid Circuits: Graded Electrical Connectors for Bioelectronics (S3.5-DEN-Paterson)

Updated: 9 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Paterson, Prof F Claeyssens, Dr D Gregory
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Watching aggregation in liquids with terahertz spectroscopy

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Prof. Fabio Novelli. About the project. The structure of a liquid can change as its molecules or particles aggregate, separate into phases, or coalesce into larger domains. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Novelli
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Biologically Engineered 3D-Printed Silk Biosensor Platforms for Rapid Antimicrobial Resistant Pathogen Detection (S3.5-DEN-Stafford)

Updated: 9 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Stafford, Dr D Gregory, Dr S Mesnage
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing a Wearable Biosensor for Real-Time Monitoring of Skin Inflammation and Oxidative Stress (in collaboration with Boots)(C4-SMP-Danby)

Updated: 9 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Danby, Dr D Gregory
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrated polysilicon photonics

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Supervisory team. Professor Anna Peacock and Professor David Thomson. Bringing optical and electronic functionality together on a single chip promises to transform the way we process and transmit information, which is crucial for achieving faster and more efficient data centres and sensors. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Peacock
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing smart biomaterials for Osteoarthritis using human ex vivo culture testing platforms (in collaboration with Orthoson Ltd.) (C3.5-SMP-Le Maitre)

Updated: 9 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof CLM Le Maitre, Prof C Brockett, Dr G McDermott
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Automated verification and synthesis using coalgebras

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Supervisory Team. Dr Corina Cirstea. This project will make advances to the areas of automated verification and synthesis, by generalising existing techniques to match the complexity of modern software agents. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Cirstea
 31 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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In silico biomechanical stratification of patients with spine metastases at high risk of fracture with Photon Counting Computed Tomography and Finite Element modelling (PCCT-FE) (in collaboration with Ansys Synopsys) (C3.5-SMP-Dall'Ara)

Updated: 9 October 2026 
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Dall'Ara, Prof D Lacroix, Prof J Brown
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Biofilm contributions to antimicrobial resistance plasmid transmission

Updated: 9 October 2026 
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major crisis for human medicine. Globally, untreatable bacterial infections are increasing, leaving limited treatment options. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Buckner, Prof W Van Schaik
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only