neuroscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 175 neuroscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

PhD Opportunity in Educational Neuroscience/Developmental Psychology

University College Dublin School of Psychology

Summary. We are recruiting for a funded PhD position in educational neuroscience/developmental psychology at the Cognition, Development and Learning Lab supervised by Dr. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Gilligan-Lee

17 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Mobile EEG: memory and attention in the wild.

University of St Andrews School of Psychology

What neural systems and processes support cognitive processes like attending and remembering? How do we use cognitive abilities like memory and attention… Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Donaldson

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Join Our Team: Fully Funded 4-Year PhD Position in Cognitive and Social Neuroscience

Ariel University Department of Behavioral Sciences & Psychology

We are recruiting a 4-year PhD student (fully funded) focusing on cognitive and social neuroscience. The project focuses on the exploration of interpersonal synchrony, aiming to understand the mechanism of governing self and coordinating with others. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Gvirts

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

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Uncovering mechanisms of associative learning and memory in the male and female brain relevant to psychiatric disease

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

Hodge Centre for Translational Neuroscience. “Towards innovative treatments for mental illness”. Cardiff University Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Hall

7 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PhD in Decision Neuroscience - neurocomputational mechanisms of social behaviour

University of Birmingham School of Psychology

About the project. Applications are invited for a 3.5-year funded PhD studentship in Decision Neuroscience, based at the Centre for Human Brain Health at the University of Birmingham, UK (https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/centre-for-human-brain-health). Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Lockwood

10 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fully funded (and no tuition) PhD program in psychiatric, translational research and basic Neuroscience with the option for a residency track for medical doctors.

Max Planck Society

We welcome applications starting on August 15, 2024 for a start in fall 2025 (deadline October 31, 2024). The International Max Planck Research School for Translational Psychiatry (IMPRS-TP) is offering PhD positions in molecular, cellular, and systemic psychiatric research to outstanding students. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Germany PhD Programme

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MScR: Endosomal Trafficking Dysfunction in Astrocytes: A Roadmap to Alzheimer’s disease?

University of Bristol School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

Previously thought of as only a support cell for neurons, astrocytes have now been shown to play an essential role in regulating synaptic activity and regulating transmitter uptake and release. Read more

Supervisors: Prof KW Wilkinson, Dr K McMillan, Dr P Banks

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

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PhD Position in Systems Neuroscience (f/m/x)

Helmholtz Zentrum Munich Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research

Our mission as research center. Discover personalized medical solutions for environmentally triggered diseases to promote a healthier society in a rapidly changing world. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AJ Jais

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

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Fully funded PhD positions in Astronomy, Biology, Computer Science, Chemistry & Materials, Data Science & Scientific Computing, Earth Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience, and Physics

Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) Graduate School

Fully funded PhD positions in Astronomy, Biology, Computer Science, Chemistry & Materials, Data Science & Scientific Computing, Earth Science, Mathematics, Neuroscience, and Physics. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) International PhD Programme

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The role of MicroRNAs in neurodegenerative diseases

University of Birmingham Institute of Inflammation and Ageing

We are seeking talented, motivated students with a passion for research in Neuroscience and Neurotrauma to join the team led by Dr Valentina Di Pietro (Dr Valentina Di Pietro - Institute of Inflammation and Ageing - University of Birmingham). Read more

Supervisor: Dr V P Di Pietro

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

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Computational neuroscience: Statistical signal processing for multivariate neuronal data, Neural computing with Spiking neural networks.

University of York School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Healthcare Engineering

How does the human brain work? As you read this text, the pixels on your screen are converted into a series of spike trains passing along the neural pathways in your brain, allowing you to understand the content. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Halliday

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

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Funded PhD - The mechanisms of cognition in bees and flies

University of Bristol School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

This project will be part of the Bristol-Macquarie Cotutelle Programme, funded by EPSRC. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Hodge

1 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MScR: Cystic fibrosis: restoring ion transport with small molecules

University of Bristol School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is caused by dysfunction of the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR), a unique ATP-binding cassette transporter that functions as an ATP-gated anion channel, playing a pivotal role in salt and water movement across epithelial tissues (1). Read more

Supervisor: Prof D N Sheppard

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

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AI-enhanced Quantitative MRI for Multi-Scale Multi-Modal Neuroscience

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

Project description. Aims. The primary aim is to pioneer state-of-the-art machine learning methods for medical imaging that can non-invasively characterise tissue structure and function. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Slator , Dr M Palombo, Dr C McNabb , Prof M Cercignani

6 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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