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Optoelectronic AI processors for cryogenic and space electronics

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory team. Dr Firman Simanjuntak. This PhD project aims to develop error-tolerant AI processors for cryogenic and space electronics using optomemristor technology, which mimics neural networks and offers ultra-fast, low-power computing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Simanjuntak

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Mid-infrared nonlinear effect and devices based on soft-glass optical fibers

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory team. Dr Tonglei Cheng and Dr Lin Xu. Current nonlinear fiber optic devices mainly focus on the visible and near-infrared bands. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Cheng

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Low-loss mid-infrared microstructured optical fibers

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory team. Principal Research Fellow, Tonglei Cheng and Associate Professor, Lin Xu. Mid-infrared (MIR) optical fibers are critical for applications such as environmental monitoring, biomedical diagnostics and chemical sensing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Cheng

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Symmetry-restricted quantum parameterised circuit generative models

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory team. Dr Srinandan Dasmahapatra. Recognising patterns in data to simulate their distributions is a machine learning task that can be enhanced by generating measurement samples from quantum states that are suitably prepared by parameterised quantum circuits. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Dasmahapatra

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Understanding the erratic spin evolution of radio emitting neutron stars

Royal Holloway, University of London

Department of Physics

Formed in the supernova explosions of massive stars, neutron stars are compact remnants that exhibit extreme gravity, ultra-high densities, fast rotation, and strong magnetic fields. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V Graber

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

A systematic approach to investigate how antiviral responses shape susceptibility to secondary infections

The University of Manchester

Division of Evolution, Infection and Genomic Sciences

Respiratory viral infections such as those caused by influenza viruses, respiratory syncytial viruses or coronaviruses are a major cause of morbidity and mortality globally. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Gago, Dr S Knight, Dr M Bromley

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Muscle function during running

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

The anatomy of the legs is complex with multiple muscles that are (anatomically) capable of flexing and extending the limb joints. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G N Askew, Dr J Usherwood

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Disrupted SUMO signalling in epithelial cancers, implications for genome stability and response to therapy.

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Garvin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Event-based computing for real-time computer vision systems

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Firman Simanjuntak and Prof Mark Zwolinski. This PhD project develops ultra-low power, DVS-free computer vision hardware by creating event-based chips using nanofabrication. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Simanjuntak

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Reclaiming Residues: Brazil Nut Shells and the Future of the Development of Circular Construction Materials

University of Bath

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

This PhD project explores the potential of Brazil nut shells and other agro-forestry residues from the Amazon rainforest as innovative, sustainable construction materials. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Abdelmagid, Dr J Holley, Dr LB Bufalino

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Ecology and infection in the respiratory tract

University of Birmingham

Department of Microbes, Infections and Microbiomes

Project Details. The lower respiratory tract has a microbiome. It is sparser than the gut microbiome and much less well characterised, but similarly varies in health and disease, has stable composition and has direct interactions with the immune system. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MJ Cox

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Uncovering the molecular mechanisms underlying spinal cord regeneration

The University of Manchester

Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine

Motor nerves connect the spinal cord and brain with muscles in our face, arms, legs and internal organs. The motor nerves send signals which tell these muscles to contract. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Dorey, Dr N Roberts

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Text entry in XR

University of Birmingham

School of Psychology

We are looking for outstanding PhD student candidates to join a collaborative research project with Google on next-generation text entry in immersive environments. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Di Luca

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Robot skill acquisition, transfer and augmentation for indusrial automation

University of Birmingham

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Project overview. We are recruiting a self-funded PhD student to join an EPSRC project, STAMAN. Though the studentship will not be provided, attending conferences, consumables, and industrial engagements will be funded and supported. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Wang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Robotics for circular economy and sustainable manufacturing

University of Birmingham

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Project overview. We are recruiting a self-funded PhD student to join an EPSRC project, STAMAN. Though the studentship will not be provided, attending conferences, consumables, and industrial engagements will be funded and supported. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Wang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-funded PhD - Growing pains – how do plants measure developmental time?

University of Bristol

School of Biological Sciences

During their life-cycles multicellular organisms progress through a series of different developmental phases. To ensure that development occurs in the right sequence and at an appropriate rate, the correct timing of transitions between phases is essential. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Fouracre

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Silicon devices for nonlinear photonics and applications

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory team. Prof Anna Peacock & Dr Meng Huang. Closing date 31 October 2026. This project seeks to develop compact and power efficient nonlinear silicon photonics devices for use in wide ranging applications such as telecommunications, medicine and spectroscopy. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Peacock

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Biometric recognition systems with artificial intelligence techniques

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team - Dr. Sasan Mahmoodi. About the project. Machine learning as well as deep learning techniques are employed in this project to design novel biometric recognition systems. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Mahmoodi

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Stacked Intelligent Metasurface (SIM) for Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS)

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Chao Xu. This project will explore the combination of Stacked Intelligent Metasurfaces (SIM) and Orthogonal Time Frequency Space (OTFS) in the context of Space-Air-Ground Integrated Network (SAGIN) applications. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr CX Xu

1 October 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Artificial intelligence techniques for illness detection by using MRI

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. Sasan Mahmoodi and Professor Brigitte Vollmer. Hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE) affects babies' brains during the childbirth due to shortages of oxygen. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Mahmoodi

14 October 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Next generation silicon photonic modulators

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Professor David Thomson and Dr Bharat Pant. This project will focus on research into the next generation of optical data communication technology enabling key applications such as high-performance computing and artificial intelligence to thrive. . Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Thomson

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Photonic fibres for renewable energy

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Pier Sazio, Dr Peter Horak and Prof Mike Zervas. This project repurposes photonic fibre technologies—central to global telecoms—for renewable energy applications, including solar generation and low-cost storage. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Sazio

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

AI directed materials discovery and atomistic modelling

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Pier Sazio and Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis. About the Project. This project develops chalcogenide glass materials for optical and electronic applications using cleanroom fabrication and AI-driven simulations. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Sazio

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Mid infrared metaoptics and diffractive optical computing

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

This project focuses on designing and fabricating novel photonic computing devices using chalcogenide glass materials such as sulfur (S), selenium (Se) and tellurium (Te). Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Sazio

31 August 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Programmable silicon photonic circuits

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof David Thomson, Prof Professor Goran Mashanovich & Dr Bharat Pant. Closing Date. 30 September 2026. This project will focus on the development of reliable and efficient programmable photonic integrated circuits (PICs) on a silicon photonics platform. . Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Thomson

30 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Metasurface technology for next-generation automotive sensing and 3D facial recognition

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Xu Fang and Dr Eric Plum. This project will develop metasurface-engineered optical systems for next-generation automotive and biometric sensing. Read more

Supervisor: Dr X Fang

20 September 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Integrated polysilicon photonics

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Prof Anna Peacock and Prof David Thomson. This project seeks to develop a simple, low-cost laser materials processing procedure to fabricate high quality polysilicon photonic platforms that will ease issues associated with optoelectronic integration. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Peacock

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Understanding the electrosolvation force between colloidal particles and molecules in solution

University of Oxford

Department of Chemistry

The Krishnan Lab works in the broad area of soft condensed matter at the nanometer scale and has a long-standing interest in measuring, understanding and manipulating interactions between charged particles and molecules in solution (Nature 2010, Nature Nanotech 2012, 2015, 2017, 2024). Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Krishnan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Single molecule science: new experimental approaches to measuring the charge, size and 3D conformation of single biomolecules in solution

University of Oxford

Department of Chemistry

Prof. Madhavi Krishnan's group is looking for bright, highly motivated and committed students for PhD research in the broad area of single molecule biophysics and nanoscience. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Krishnan

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Predicting the Evolution of Influenza and SARS-CoV-2 Viruses

University of Cambridge

Department of Zoology

Our research focus is to design and develop analytical, computational, and mathematical methods to understand the fundamental processes that govern the evolution of influenza and SARS-CoV-2 viruses. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Smith, Prof H Baylis

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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