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Doctoral students comprise the backbone of research conducted at the School of Engineering & Applied Science. Through funding support from faculty, internal and external grants, doctoral students can expect to take 4-6 years to complete the program through coursework, research credits and writing their dissertation. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) International PhD Programme

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Visual Memes and Viral Images: Analysis, Discourse, Politics

Nottingham Trent University School of Art and Design

The proposed project will explore the role of online memes and viral images in the transglobal socio-political landscape. Visual memes and viral… Read more

Supervisors: Dr JG Gilboy, Dr M Bohr

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

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The School of Education Doctoral Opportunities as part of the Faculty of Social Sciences

University of Sheffield Faculty of Social Sciences

The University is rated in the top 100 by the QS World University Rankings, priding itself on research-led critical thinking that aims to make an impact in the world. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) Social Sciences Research Programme

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Large Language Models for authorship analysis

The University of Manchester Faculty of Humanities Doctoral Academy, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

About the Project. Authorship analysis, sometimes also called authorship attribution or authorship identification, is the task of determining who wrote a document based on the author’s use of language. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Nini

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Enhancing PMMA Bone Cement Performance and Biocompatibility using Metal-Organic Frameworks

University of Portsmouth School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and will be supervised by Dr Marta Roldo and Professor Paul Cox. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Roldo, Prof P Cox

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

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Industrial CASE PhD Studentship on Implementation Security of Quantum Cryptosystems

Toshiba Europe Limited PhD Studentships

There is currently great interest in using quantum communications to secure telecom networks, as well as to link quantum processors together … Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Dynes

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

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School of Law PhD Programmes (PhD in Law, and PhD in Criminology)

University of Sheffield Department of Law

The University of Sheffield prides itself on research-led critical thinking that aims to make an impact in the world. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) Law Research Programme

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Investigating the biology and utility of Giant Viruses (Jumbo-bacteriophages). (ref: SF22/HLS/APP/Smith-Nelson)

Northumbria University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

The bacteriophage research group at Northumbria University are seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD candidates to join our team and investigate the biology and potential applications of jumbo bacteriophages. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Smith

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

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An optimal framework for disease risk prediction and stratification for multi-ethnic populations (ref: SF22/HLS/APP/Chimusa)

Northumbria University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

The exceptional polygenicity of human traits makes unravelling mechanisms from disease risk prediction models daunting. The development of polygenic risk scores (PRS) methods, their evaluation and clinical utility have been explored almost in European ancestry Genome-Wide Association Studies (GWAS) data sets. Read more

Supervisor: Prof E Chimusa

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

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Host Pathogen Interaction: Investigating the function of Natural Killer Cells in Bacterial Infection

Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences

Natural Killer (NK) cells are immune cells that are critical for controlling intracellular pathogens, including viruses and intracellular bacteria (e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Aicheler, Dr M Beeton, Dr J Blaxland, Dr S Maddocks

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

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Proteinopathy-Mitochondrial Crosstalk as Causes of Cholinergic Neuronal Death in Neurodegenerative Disease

University of Birmingham Institute of Clinical Sciences

We are seeking talented, motivated students with a passion for research in understanding the causes of neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Pienaar

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

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Understanding how electrical communication can regulate metabolic cycles in bacteria biofilms

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Project Overview. A biofilm is a robust form of bacteria colony resistant to antibiotics. They have significant impacts on a multitude of industries impacting health and industrial processes such as in food production and water security. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Hayashi, Dr G Barrett

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

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Cross-modal sensory integration for motor decision making.

University of Greenwich School of Pharmacy (Medway Campus)

Dr Koutsikou’s research group in collaboration with Dr Tobias von der Haar (School of Biosciences, University of Kent) would like to invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated candidates, worldwide, who wish to develop and advance neuroscience research. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Koutsikou, Dr T von der Haar

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

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Cross-modal sensory integration for motor decision making.

University of Kent Medway School of Pharmacy

Supervisors: Dr S Koutsikou, Dr T von der Haar

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

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University of Reading PhD Opportunities

University of Reading Graduate School

Our thriving and diverse community of researchers leads the way in understanding the issues that most concern the world today. Join us as a postgraduate researcher at Reading and we will support you at every stage, helping you to deliver research that counts. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) PhD Opportunities

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Plant-insect interactions in a changing world

University of Reading Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Project Overview: . Insects associated with plants comprise one of the most diverse groups of species on earth. Their impact on the ecology and evolution of their host plants is widely recognised, as is their contribution to multiple important ecosystem services. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Gripenberg

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

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PhDs in Business and Management

Sheffield Hallam University Sheffield Business School

The Department of Management in the Sheffield Business School (SBS) translates research activity into high quality and accessible outputs that inform policy and practice and which enrich our education programmes. Read more

Self-Funded PhD Students Only Business Research Programme

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Examining the mechanisms that cause cardiovascular disease by studying the heart or adipose tissue

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Heart failure has a serious impact on our society and once diagnosed has a poor survival rate. In the United Kingdom, there are about 1.5 million people living with the after-effects of a heart attack. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Boateng

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

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Understanding eye-hand coordination in object interception - a computational modelling approach

University of Birmingham School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

This PhD project with Dr Yeo will focus on understanding how we perform interception. Interceptive movements--such as catching a gently thrown ball, quickly grabbing a tilting cup to avoid spilling or even just handshaking someone--feel like trivial everyday tasks for us that seemingly look too simple to study. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S-H Yeo

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

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Fully funded PhD positions

Max Planck Institute for Biophysics

The International Max Planck Research School on Cellular Biophysics (IMPRS-CBP) invites excellent graduate students in life sciences to apply for fully funded PhD positions. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Germany PhD Programme

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Effect of dietary vitamin B supplementation on brain synaptic activity

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Numerous studies have demonstrated the importance of B vitamins (e.g., B6, B12 and folate) for optimal physiological and neurological functioning. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Y Zheng, Prof C Williams

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

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Animats - neural culture-controlled robots for closed-loop neuroscience

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

The project will continue research started at the University of Reading on animats - robotic platforms controlled in real time by activity of biological neuron cultures - and will investigate the methods for implementing efficient conditioning protocols. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Nasuto, Dr E Delivopoulos

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

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Understanding the role of rodent niche in dissemination of pathogens and antimicrobial resistance

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Project Overview. Rats and mice are one of the most prolific and widespread wildlife species. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Gweon, Dr S MacIntyre, Dr C V Prescott, Dr A Buckle

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

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Complete your PhD in a ground-breaking research and innovation setting

Leiden University Medical Center

Unique top quality research setting. The LUMC, housing the medical faculty of Leiden University, is an academic medical centre for patient care, research and education, aiming to meet the challenges of tomorrow's health care. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Netherlands PhD Programme

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Fully Funded PGR Studentship at the School of Global Affairs

King’s College London School of Global Affairs

The School of Global Affairs PGR Studentship offers full financial support to a single UK PhD student, including a stipend at UKRI rate (for 2024/25, £21,181 inclusive of London weighting, pro-rate for part-time registration) and research fees of up to £1,500 per annum as well as both sick pay and parental leave. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) PhD Opportunities

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Five fully funded PhD studentships in Quantum Technologies at UCL

University College London

Progress in quantum technologies is at an exciting stage. Applications that harness the non-classical features of quantum mechanics to perform tasks hard or impossible with conventional technologies are now reaching beyond the laboratory into industrial development. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) 4 Year PhD Programme

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Modelling-4-Grass: Modelling climate change impacts on Grassland in N. Ireland

Queen’s University Belfast School of Biological Sciences

Expertise in data-based modelling is ever-more sought after in the field of life science research. Do you see yourself as one of these forefront modellers of the future?. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Williams

3 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Self-funded PhD- Cognitive Psychology/Decolonising the curriculum

University of Bristol School of Psychological Science

I am currently welcoming PhD application in two main areas, although I'm happy to consider applications in any of my areas of expertise (memory, perception, and attention). Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Kent

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

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Investigating how mitochondrial dynamics control mtDNA homeostasis and engineering tools to visualise mtDNA molecules

Medical Research Council (Cambridge) Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Mitochondria are dynamic organelles forming a specific network by membrane remodeling events according to cellular needs1. Mitochondria contain multiple copies of their own genome, mtDNA, a circular molecule that encodes essential proteins involved in cellular energy production. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Julien Prudent, Prof M Minczuk

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

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