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Project 3 - Predicting Chemical Treatability and Transformation Across UK Water and Land-Based Treatment Systems (Xinwei Fang, University of York)

University of York
Department of Environment and Geography
Catch me if you can. Chemicals are removed to different extents across water treatment systems and may transform along the way—this PhD aims to develop AI-based models to predict their removal, transformation and potential to form harmful by-products. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr X Fang, Dr H Jensen, Dr Harald Streicher, Prof A Boxall, Dr I Douterelo
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Project 2 - How do you turn an exhibition into a behaviour change intervention that can reduce pollution? (Thornas Webb, University of Sheffield)

University of Sheffield
ECOSOLUTIONS
Would you eat more chickpeas? Understanding how consumers’ responses to future farming systems might shape their ability to reduce chemical pollution. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof T Webb, Prof A Boxall, Dr Rob Collins
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Project 1 - Is biochar production the answer to biosolid reuse? (Mark Hodson, University of York)

University of York
Department of Environment and Geography
Is biochar the answer to the UKs biosolids reuse challenge?". Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Hodson, Dr L Sharp, Dr Matt Hill, Dr J Wilkinson, Prof A Matharu, Dr J Mosely
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Nuclear Structural Materials for Extreme Environments

Nanyang Technological University
School of Materials Science and Engineering
The reliability of structural materials is critical to the safe and sustainable operation of nuclear energy systems. However, extreme environments involving irradiation, high temperatures, mechanical stresses, and corrosive media can progressively alter materials and lead to degradation. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Eason Yi-Sheng Chen Chen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Translating Cardiovascular Digital Health Innovation from Research to Clinical Trial

UNSW Sydney
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
About the Project. Many promising cardiovascular technologies never reach clinical practice because of challenges in validation, regulatory approval, commercialisation, and implementation. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof SB Beier
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optimising Coronary Stent Design Through Computational and Benchtop Testing

UNSW Sydney
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
About the Project. Coronary stents save millions of lives each year, yet complications such as restenosis, thrombosis, and vessel injury continue to affect patient outcomes. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof SB Beier
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Equitable Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Through Personalised Blood Flow Modelling

UNSW Sydney
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
About the Project. Despite major advances in cardiovascular prevention, many patients who experience serious cardiovascular events would not be identified as high risk by current clinical prediction tools. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof SB Beier
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PhD in Organic Semiconductors for OLED Displays and Quantum Technologies (S3.5-ELE-dos Santos)

University of Sheffield
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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 P dos Santos, Prof J Clark
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Growing Futures: Co-Designing Nature-Based Pathways to Wellbeing, Environmental Stewardship and Sustainable Employability for Young Adults

De Montfort University
Doctoral College
  Research Group: Collaboratory Research Hub
About the project. Young adulthood is a key transition into further education, training and employment. For many young people, particularly those facing disadvantage or non-linear educational and employment journeys, traditional approaches do not offer the flexibility, support or opportunities they need to thrive. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Burns, Dr M Elagroudy, Ms C Jones, Mr A Gray
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Young People’s Aspirations and Structural Disadvantage in a Changing Local Labour Market

De Montfort University
Doctoral College
  Research Group: Collaboratory Research Hub
About the project. Nearly one in six young people in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR) live in areas of high deprivation, which can shape their educational and employment opportunities. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Goodwin, Dr R Kennedy, Mr G Mmanley, Ms J Bogic
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Photonics for the scale up of quantum sensors (S3.5-ELE-Smith)

University of Sheffield
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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 J Smith, Dr K Groom
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SOAR: Social Occasions of Access and Resilience: How Heritage Visits Support Wellbeing Across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

De Montfort University
Doctoral College
  Research Group: Collaboratory Research Hub
About the project. Visiting museums, historic houses and heritage sites is known to support people's health and wellbeing, and this has helped shape policy and practice in local authority heritage, culture, health and social services. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Albert , Dr NM Morse, Ms J Hunt
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Reframing Urban Nature: How Can Stakeholder Collaboration Enable Public Acceptance of Biodiversity Transitions in Local Places

De Montfort University
Doctoral College
  Research Group: Collaboratory Research Hub
Urban nature-based solutions, such as reduced mowing, wildflower verges and edible plots like foraging walls, are increasingly seen as essential for creating climate-adaptive, nature-positive places. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Fona, Dr C Walpole
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Local News in Leicester and Leicestershire: A Civic Identity Balance Sheet to Guide Future Action

De Montfort University
Doctoral College
  Research Group: Collaboratory Research Hub
Leicester and Leicestershire have a proud tradition of cultural, ethnic and religious diversity, sustained in part by careful local journalism. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Chadwick, Dr T Neff , Ms E Guy , Mx R Everquill
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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How Unpaid Caring Shapes Working Lives: Employment Trajectories, Personal Costs and Support Needs In Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

De Montfort University
Doctoral College
  Research Group: Collaboratory Research Hub
About the project. Across Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland (LLR), the 2021 Census identified over 91,000 unpaid carers, including more than 57,000 providing at least 10 hours of care each week. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Buckley, Dr E Thompson, Dr N Black, Ms K Turnbull
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Cultivating Trusted Adults: Co-Designing a Sustainable Mentoring Framework to Mitigate Youth Climate Distress Across Leicester’s Urban Commons

De Montfort University
Doctoral College
  Research Group: Collaboratory Research Hub
About the project. Young people growing up in low-income urban neighbourhoods are facing a growing mental health challenge. Around one in five young people in the UK now experience a probable mental health disorder, and many also feel anxious about climate change, often called "climate stress". Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Lu, Dr F Jiang, Dr R Mckie, Mr b Beriiman
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Next Generation Particle Accelerator Design – Tungsten Powder Based Target Erosion Analysis (in collaboration with the Science and Technology Facilities Council) (C3.5-MAC-Pinna)

University of Sheffield
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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 C Pinna, Prof R Lewis
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Digital Twins for Climate-Resilient Railways: Integrating Infrastructure Risk and Operational Consequence (in collaboration with Network Rail) (C3.5-MAC-Nichols)

University of Sheffield
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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 Nichols, Dr G Punzo
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Tribo-Informatics and physics informed machine learning for manufacturing efficiency in the steel sector (in collaboration with British Steel) (C4-MAC-Fletcher)

University of Sheffield
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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 D Fletcher, Dr M Jones
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Centrifuge modelling of internal erosion defect progression and heterogeneity effects in ageing dams and canals (in collaboration with Canal and River Trust) (C3.5-MAC-Bowman)

University of Sheffield
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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 E Bowman, Dr A Leonardi
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding Dynamic Plant Meristems

Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Plant Sciences
All aerial parts of a plant originate from a small population of pluripotent cells within the shoot apical meristem (SAM). Far from being a static structure, the SAM is continuously changing in size, shape and cellular organisation as the plant develops. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Wahl, Prof H Jönsson
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding Dynamic Plant Meristems

The James Hutton Institute
Cell and Molecular Sciences
All aerial parts of a plant originate from a small population of pluripotent cells within the shoot apical meristem (SAM). Far from being a static structure, the SAM is continuously changing in size, shape and cellular organisation as the plant develops. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Wahl, Prof H Jönsson
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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External fire spread modelling from mass timber compartment fires (in collaboration with OFR Consultants) (C3.5-MAC-McLaggan)

University of Sheffield
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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 S McLaggan, Dr C V Vouriot
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sep 2027 Start: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI): Methodological Advances in Machine Learning, Generative AI and Reinforcement Learning

University of Edinburgh
School of Informatics
  Research Group: Bayesian and Neural Systems Group
A fully funded Machine Learning and AI PhD position to work with Prof Amos Storkey in the School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh, on a project titled “Methodological Advances in Machine Learning, AI or Reinforcement Learning”. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Storkey
 21 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Causal Machine Learning for Fleet-based Structural Health Monitoring (S3.5-MAC-Hughes)

University of Sheffield
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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 Hughes, Prof K Worden
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Beyond the Foodbank: A Systems Thinking Approach to Strengthening Community Support Services

De Montfort University
Doctoral College
  Research Group: Collaboratory Research Hub
About the project. Many individuals and families across the UK are affected by food insecurity and rely on foodbanks alongside a wide range of health, welfare and community support services. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Dao, Dr A Jaaron, Dr W Ellis, Mr b Harrison
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Generating a population based paediatric upper body skeletal atlas for personalised bone strength prediction using principal component and finite element analysis (S3.5-MAC-Li)

University of Sheffield
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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 X Li, Dr P Bhattacharya
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploration of the Temporal and Dynamic Nature of Food Insecurity in Families with Young Children

Aston University
College of Health and Life Sciences
This studentship is part of the Aston-Deakin Cotutelle PhD Program, a partnership program between Aston University (Birmingham, UK) and Deakin University (Melbourne, Australia). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Ruggiero , Dr RL Lindberg
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Evaluating novel injectable bone substitutes to improve early outcomes for total ankle replacement (S3.5-MAC-Brockett)

University of Sheffield
School of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering
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 C Brockett, Prof CLM Le Maitre, Prof C Miller
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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‘Brotherhood’: Community Participation, Belonging, Mental Wellbeing and Positive Futures for Boys and Young Men

De Montfort University
Doctoral College
  Research Group: Collaboratory Research Hub
About the project. Boys and young men are increasingly recognised as needing better support to feel they belong, yet many experience isolation, uncertainty about their identity and pressures around mental wellbeing. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof B Ochieng, Dr PC Campbell, Dr M Wheatley
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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