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BHF 4-yr PhD Programme: Next Generation Human Models of Cardiovascular Disease

10 fully funded 4-year interdisciplinary PhD positions focused on in vitro, ex vivo, and in silico human models of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  British Heart Foundation Centre for Research Excellence Programme
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PhD position: Attosecond X-ray interferometry

For our location in Hamburg we are seeking. PhD position. Attosecond X-ray interferometry. Limited. 2 + 1 years | Starting date. earliest possible | ID. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Bajt
 26 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in Medical AI: Multimodal Learning, Generative AI, Foundation Models, Digital Twins, VLMs and LLMs

Do you want to shape the future of healthcare with cutting-edge AI? Join us to develop the next generation of trustworthy and clinically deployable Medical AI. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Q Meng
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Predicting the next pandemic by enhancing viral surveillance

Are you driven to tackle global health challenges at the intersection of AI, computational biology, and wet-lab innovation? This PhD project offers a rare opportunity to bridge computational science, evolutionary biology, and advanced laboratory assays to forecast dangerous viral variants before they trigger global outbreaks. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Jeffares, Prof GJ Wright, Dr J Agirre
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing the next generation of modelling tools for regional integrated water management

Water management in the UK is undergoing a major transformation, with the recent Independent Water Commission review calling for a shift toward more regional, integrated planning approaches that can simultaneously address multiple challenges such as flood risk, drought resilience, water supply, water quality, and ecohydrological processes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Lewis
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding photoperiodic flowering in sugar beet

How does a plant know when the day is right to flower, and can we use that knowledge to build better crops? Sugar beet is an exceptional system for answering this question. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S J Davis, Dr P O'Toole, Prof C Angione
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Unravelling mechanisms regulating ‘macrophaging’ to characterise macrophage – mediated immune regulation during aging

This project is ideal for candidates who are interested in immunology and aging. The focus will be on macrophage-dependent immune regulation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Kourtzelis, Dr D Boucher, Dr C Herzog
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering PGRTAs: Enhanced PhD Studentship

We seek to appoint one Postgraduate Research Teaching Associates (PGRTAs) in the Department of Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering, with a view to starting by the end of 2026. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Eastwood
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Cracking the Ralstonia biofilm: discovering enzymes to protect crops from bacterial wilt

Bacterial wilt is a devastating plant disease caused by Ralstonia solanacearum, a pathogen that infects more than 200 plant species, including important crops such as tomato and potato. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Sabbadin, Dr A Harper, Prof G Thomas
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Swallowable Robotics for Needle-Free Delivery of Biological Medicines

The pistol shrimp snaps its claw so fast it creates a jet strong enough to stun prey. The archerfish brings down insects with a single precise shot of water. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Albed Alhnan
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Engineering Bioinspired Smart Hydrogel Architectures for Smarter Drug Delivery

From the microscopic spines of a sea urchin to the layered architecture of a beetle's shell, nature has spent millions of years engineering structures of remarkable complexity and function. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Albed Alhnan
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Sports acoustics: Impact sound in cricket, golf, baseball and tennis (with Hawk-Eye Innovations Ltd)

Linking impact sound to performance, impact mechanics in cricket, tennis, and golf. Project Summary. Cricket players recognise the sound of a sweetly struck shot straight away, and golfers know which impact sounds signal a clean strike. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Squicciarini, Prof TP Walters
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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High-Fidelity CFD for Fan/OGVs Broadband Noise Modelling (with Rolls Royce)

Project Summary. Aircraft noise is a major barrier to sustainable aviation. As aeroengines adopt larger, slower fans, broadband noise generated by turbulence interacting with outlet guide vanes (OGVs) is becoming increasingly important yet remains difficult to predict. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Wu, Dr C Paruchuri
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Interstage Acoustic Liners for Ultra-high Bypass Ratio Aeroengines (with Rolls Royce)

Understanding the effects of fan–OGV spacing, swirling flow and source proximity. Ultra-high bypass ratio aero-engines are expected to use shorter nacelles to reduce weight and drag. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Palleja Cabre, Dr C Paruchuri
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Community noise prediction for eVTOL aircraft (with ARUP)

Advanced Air Mobility could improve connectivity, logistics and transport efficiency, but community noise remains a major barrier to its widespread acceptance. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Palleja Cabre, Dr C Paruchuri
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)