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ECOSOLUTIONS PhD Programme

Are you passionate about solving complex environmental challenges?. Do you want to help create non-toxic environments that benefit society and nature alike?. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  NERC Doctoral Training Partnership
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ECOSOLUTIONS PhD Programme

Are you passionate about solving complex environmental challenges?. Do you want to help create non-toxic environments that benefit society and nature alike?. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  NERC Doctoral Training Partnership
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PhD Studentship: Automated Discovery of Next-Generation Lipid Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery

The Elani Group at Imperial College London is seeking a motivated PhD student to use robotics, automation and high-throughput screening to discover new classes of lipid nanoparticles for drug delivery. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Elani
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Scholarship Project: Peptide crystallisation

Peptide crystallisation remains difficult to predict and control because of the structural complexity, conformational flexibility and competing intra- and intermolecular interactions that govern nucleation and crystal growth. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Heng
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Empowering People with Cerebral Palsy Through Digital Health: Perspectives on and co-design of a shared digital portal

Cerebral palsy (CP) is the most common cause of lifelong physical disability in childhood. It results from damage to the developing brain and primarily affects movement and posture. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Ryan
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Network archaeology in random trees (S3.5-MPS-Lodewijks)

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 B Lodewijks, Dr J Jordan
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Dynamical Systems Modelling of Turbulent Flows for Advanced Geothermal Energy Systems (in Collaboration with Schlumberger Cambridge Research) (C3.5-MPS-Willis)

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 A P Willis, Prof S He
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Charged quantum fermion fields on charged black hole space-times (S3.5-MPS-Winstanley)

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 Winstanley, Dr S Dolan
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum Metrology for Telescopes, Imaging, and Sensing (S3.5-MPS-Kok)

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 P Kok, Dr Y Ouyang
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Robust and scalable spatio-temporal modelling

Background. Probabilistic machine learning allows us to learn from data while quantifying uncertainty, and is increasingly important in climate science. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof F X B Briol, Dr M Tsamados
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Trustworthy AI: understanding predictive performance via sampling approximation (in collaboration with Wayland Additive) (C3.5-ELE-Panoutsos)

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 Panoutsos, Dr I Esnaola
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Adaptable electrically actuated metamaterial grippers with integrated sensing for advanced handling in complex manufacturing environments (in collaboration with Airbus Operations) (C3.5-ELE-Pope)

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 Pope, Dr A G Ghalamzan
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Testing the ability of AI-based regional models to capture hydroclimate changes of the geologic past

Background. Before the Anthropocene, climate changed naturally over the course of thousands of years. However, without instrumental observations, we only can indirectly reconstruct climate from proxies in geologic archives. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Brierley
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Reducing uncertainty in the impact of climate on biodiversity

Background. Species distribution models (SDMs) aim to constrain the response and distribution of organisms to climate change. However, these models are built on ecological monitoring records spanning decades rather than the hundreds of thousands of years and broader climatic landscapes that species have persisted in. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Pates, Dr L Jones
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Uncertainty in Urban Heat Risk: Thermal Exposure, Social Vulnerability and Adaptation in Tier II Indian cities

Background. India’s urban heat crisis has reached a critical threshold with 2024 the warmest year on record. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S L Law, Dr P A Arabindoo
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bio-Inspired MEMS Sensors: Sensing Acoustic Pressure Derivatives for Condition Assessment of Buried Water Supply Networks (S3.5-ELE-Groom)

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 K Groom, Dr A Krynkin
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Will climate change make sewage pollution worse?

Background. Climate change is testing infrastructure built for a different climate. The UK’s combined sewerage network is a stark example. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A L Lipp
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The physics of learning in robotic metamaterials

PhD studentship. The physics of learning in robotic metamaterials. Join us!. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Binysh, Dr M Liu
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Exploring the uncertainty in recent global warming trends and related risks of extreme events with a global km-scale model

Background. Since 2020, the energy imbalance at the top of the Earth’s atmosphere has grown at a rate substantially exceeding our expectations. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof T J H Heaton, Dr N Ben Rached, Dr G Datseris, Dr L F T Tomassini
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Mapping the ocular immune response to Mycobacterium bovis in cattle

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused predominantly by Mycobacterium bovis, remains a major challenge for the cattle industry, with important consequences for animal health. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Hope, Mr HP Petrushkin
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding Molecular Carriers of Environmental Information in Sperm

The Novoa lab studies RNA dynamics, with a strong focus on RNA modifications (’the epitranscriptome’). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr EM Novoa
 22 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Decoding metastatic niche selection in canine oral melanoma using patient-derived organoid-on-chip models

Metastasis is a complex, multistep process in which tumour cells must escape the primary tumour, survive transit through vascular or lymphatic pathways, and successfully colonise a permissive secondary tissue. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr KB Blacklock, Prof M Chen, Prof EEP Patton
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI mapping between drivers of future climate uncertainties and weather and climate impacts in Africa

Background. There is an urgent need for reliable assessments of high-impact weather under climate change. This is true globally, but Sub-Saharan Africa is not only highly vulnerable, but presents unique challenges for climate prediction. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Marsham
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Climate uncertainty and complexity of compound events and implications for the water system in Eastern England

Background. The impacts of compound events exceed the sum of individual impacts of underlying climatic and non-climatic drivers. These impacts often propagate through natural and man-made water systems but in complex and uncertain ways. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Bhave, Prof S Dessai
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Innovative data driven approaches to predicting long-term European wind storm risk

Background. European wind storms cause insured losses of around €1.4 billion per year. However, these losses fluctuate over time, making it challenging for insurers to estimate their financial exposure. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Maycock, Dr B Summers, Prof D J Parker
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding how much protein mistranslation occurs in healthy cells

The Novoa lab studies RNA dynamics, with a strong focus on RNA modifications (’the epitranscriptome’). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr EM Novoa
 22 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Seamless regional climate prediction under uncertainty and adaptation decision-making

Background. Planners in climate-sensitive organisations are starting to use information about future climate that match their planning horizons, e.g. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Dessai, Prof JL Lowe
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design, Synthesis and In Vitro Translation of Non-Canonical Amino Acids

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD student to join a multidisciplinary project on non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Miller, Dr R Obexer
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI in climate information and communication: What’s the benefit? What’s the danger? What do people trust?

Background. The rapid rise of LLMs and implementation of chatbots mean that applications such as ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini are accessible to businesses, organisations and the broader public. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Summers, Dr AL Taylor
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optimising Sustainable Bioplastic Supply Chains: Modelling Nanocellulose Production in the UK

Plastics production and disposal generate around 1.8 billion tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions annually, with an estimated 6.1 million tonnes entering oceans. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Islam, Prof P Mativenga
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)