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We have 5,885 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Exploring the contribution of school meals to children’s fish consumption and sustainable seafood systems in Northern Ireland

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
OPEN TO UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Yeates, Dr S Furey, Dr M Mulhern, Prof E McSorley, Dr P Allsopp
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Environmental Contaminant Exposure from Seafood Consumption During Pregnancy: Implications for Maternal and Child Health

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
Fish consumption during pregnancy is recommended for its nutritional benefits, particularly as a source of n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, iodine and selenium, which support foetal development. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Allsopp, Dr J McMullan, Prof E McSorley, Dr A Yeates, Dr M Mulhern
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Digitally Enabled Deprescribing and Medicines Optimisation for Older Adults Living with Frailty in Northern Ireland: A Patient-Centred Mixed-Methods Study

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
Northern Ireland has an ageing population, with many older adults living with frailty, multimorbidity and complex medication regimens, which places them at risk of medication-related harm, avoidable hospitalisation and reduced quality of life. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr ME Elnaem, Prof K Wong-Lin, Dr NK Khan
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Four year fully funded Graduate Teaching Fellowships for Accounting and Finance PhD students

Are you planning to start an Accounting and Finance PhD in October 2027? Don't miss the opportunity to apply for one of the University of Liverpool Management School's 4-year Graduate Teaching Fellowships (GTF). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Four year fully funded Graduate Teaching Fellowships for Economics PhD students

Are you planning to start an Economics PhD in October 2027? Don't miss the opportunity to apply for one of the University of Liverpool Management School's 4-year GTFs. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Four year fully funded Graduate Teaching Fellowships for Management PhD students

Are you planning to start a Management PhD in October 2027? Don't miss the opportunity to apply for one of the University of Liverpool Management School's 4-year Graduate Teaching Fellowships (GTF). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Funded PhD – Evolution of maternal care behaviours in flies - HLSUOB26

About the project. Maternal care encompasses any behaviour by the mother that has a direct and positive impact on the survival of her offspring, and can take many different forms. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AA Adden, Dr LS-R Sumner-Rooney
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EPSRC DLA studentship in Learning When It Matters: Optimal transport and Stochastic Optimisation for Brain-Inspired Neuromorphic AI

  Research Group: Statistics and Data Science
Imagine a wearable heart monitor that can operate for weeks on a tiny battery while continuously detecting abnormal rhythms. Conventional deep learning models are often too computationally expensive for such always-on edge devices. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Xia, Dr NP Pham, Dr B Hou
 5 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SWBio DTP PhD Project: Cut and Paste - Understanding the Sequence and Structural Determinants of Peptidase versus Ligase Activity

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr TMS Tang
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of selective multi-agonist drugs for better metabolic disease management

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
OPEN TO UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. Type 2 diabetes mellitus is frequently associated with obesity, impaired insulin secretion and reduced insulin sensitivity, resulting in persistent hyperglycaemia and an increased risk of cardiovascular and other disease complications. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof F O'Harte, Prof N Irwin
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Evaluation of hormones as potential new treatments for obesity and diabetes

  Research Group: Medicine
Glucoregulatory peptides such as X, Y and Z have demonstrated promising effects on glucose metabolism and appetite regulation in preclinical models and thus may offer novel therapeutic avenues for metabolic disorders such as diabetes and obesity. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Miras, Dr R Price, Prof P Flatt
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Clinician-Led AI for Safer Cardiometabolic Care: International Multi-Centre Validation and Northern Ireland Translation

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
OPEN TO UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. This PhD will develop and evaluate clinician-led artificial intelligence tools to support safer, more personalised management of cardiometabolic multimorbidity, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, hypertension and chronic kidney disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RL Luo, Dr M Webba Da Silva, Dr PMP McPherson
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Bioinformatics-Guided Identification and Functional Validation of Tumour-Driver-Dependent Vulnerabilities during Sustained Local Chemotherapy

  Research Group: Biomedical Sciences
OPEN TO UK AND REPUBLIC OF IRELAND STUDENTS ONLY. Solid tumours remain difficult to treat because of their molecular heterogeneity, complex tumour microenvironments and ability to develop resistance to therapy. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof CMcC McConville, Prof D McKenna
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Artificial Opto-Electronic Synapses for Ultra-Fast Neuromorphic Computer Vision

Memristors (or resistive memory) are a new generation of electronic devices that directly emulate the chemical and electrical switching of biological synapses, i.e., the key learning and memory components of the human brain. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Kemp, Dr G Rance, Dr J Alves Fernandes
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Funded PhD – Ecology and conservation of migratory birds under global change - HLSUOB26

About the project. Many migratory birds are in steep population decline globally. Environmental stressors, including habitat loss, climate change, pollution and urbanization, are increasingly threatening birds moving across interconnected ecosystems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FG Guo, Prof A Radford, Dr T Jucker
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)