Other (drug) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Enzyme-responsive peptide hydrogels as in situ forming long-acting drug delivery implants

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

One of the key issues in the treatment and prevention of disease is that patients struggle to adhere to the complex dosage regimens of therapies, which often require multiple dosing at very specific times each day. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Laverty

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

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Phosphine Oxides as Rising Stars in Drug Discovery

Imperial College London Institute of Chemical Biology

Phosphine oxides represent a noticeably underrepresented chemotype in drug discovery. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Bull

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

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Peptide-mediated nanocarrier drug delivery for enhanced brain targeting and treatment of inflammation

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

This project involves the study of nanoparticles and drug delivery to the brain. The student would be required to make and characterise novel nanoparticles from special lipid molecules of various compositions more suitable for blood-brain barrier (BBB) targeting. Read more

Supervisors: Dr HS Shokr, Dr CT Tapeinos, Dr H Aojula

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

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PhD in Pre-Clinical Drug Discovery

Lancaster University Biomedical and Life Sciences

Antibiotic resistance presents a significant global challenge, with profound consequences for public health, economic burdens, and human lives. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Clancy, Dr M Munir, Prof D Middleton

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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In Silico targeting of unstructured extracellular histones: En route to a new horizon of drug discovery to target disordered proteins) – second call for applications

Maastricht University Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM)

Applications can only be submitted via our website. The specific position for Doctoral Candidate 6 (DC6) in the consortium, which is part of Work Package 2 (WP2), aims. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Nicolaes

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD Research Scholarship Opportunity in NMR analysis of illicit drugs

University of Canterbury Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

We’re looking for a highly-motivated PhD applicant to join our multi-disciplinary team, to work on developing a field-invariant NMR spectroscopy database for the analysis of illicit drugs. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Holland

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

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Enhancing the Performance of Dry Powder Inhalers using Amino Acid Based Polymeric Nanoaggregates

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

The global burden of respiratory diseases has escalated since the covid-19 pandemic with over 1 billion people enduring acute and chronic respiratory conditions, as well as lung cancer. Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Dahmash

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

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Inorganic chaperones fused to fungal derived chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of neuroblastoma

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Information on this PhD research area can be found further down this page under the details about the Widening Participation Scholarship given immediately below. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Arrigo, Dr S Namvar

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

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Discovery and Development of Small Molecule Modulators of the Hippo Signalling Pathway for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Candidates are invited to join the Kadri Lab, where our research focuses on developing innovative chemical approaches for discovering novel therapeutics to address unmet global health needs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Kadri

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

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Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University

Masaryk University

Discover the art of developing life-changing pharmaceuticals through our Medicinal Chemistry program. The aim of this programme is to prepare qualified experts who will work professionally in scientific activities in the field of development and analysis of drugs and its application to other scientific fields. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Humanities Research Programme

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‘Payload-Releasing Electrophiles’ – a new disease-selective delivery strategy for diagnostics and therapeutics

University of Leicester Department of Chemistry

Graduate Teaching Assistantship. This is a Graduate Training Assistantship (GTA), which means that you will be required to do some teaching, particularly lab demonstrating, as part of your training. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Hopkinson, Dr K Tanaka

22 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Harnessing Breast Cancer Therapy: Innovative Formulation Strategies for Repurposing Medicines to Overcome Resistance

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Background. Research in the Kadri group focuses on developing innovative chemical approaches for the discovery of novel therapeutics to address unmet global health needs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Kadri

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

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Infection-responsive coatings for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

Medical care has transformed over the last century with significant improvements in the variety and extent to which various diseases can be treated and/or prevented. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Wylie, Prof C McCoy

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

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Self-regulating, self-cleaning biomaterials

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

A major problem associated with medical devices is infection. With infection rates of approaching 100% in some devices, ways to prevent formation of bacterial biofilm on medical device surfaces are urgently required. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C McCoy, Dr M Wylie

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

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Mining the Hippo signalling pathway for novel anti-cancer therapeutics

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Candidates are invited to join the Kadri Lab, where our research focuses on developing innovative chemical approaches for discovering novel therapeutics to address unmet global health needs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Kadri

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

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We have 33 Other (drug) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Other (drug) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 33 Other (drug) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Enzyme-responsive peptide hydrogels as in situ forming long-acting drug delivery implants

Phosphine Oxides as Rising Stars in Drug Discovery

Peptide-mediated nanocarrier drug delivery for enhanced brain targeting and treatment of inflammation

PhD in Pre-Clinical Drug Discovery

In Silico targeting of unstructured extracellular histones: En route to a new horizon of drug discovery to target disordered proteins) – second call for applications

PhD Research Scholarship Opportunity in NMR analysis of illicit drugs

Enhancing the Performance of Dry Powder Inhalers using Amino Acid Based Polymeric Nanoaggregates

Inorganic chaperones fused to fungal derived chemotherapeutic agents for the treatment of neuroblastoma

Discovery and Development of Small Molecule Modulators of the Hippo Signalling Pathway for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapy

Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University

‘Payload-Releasing Electrophiles’ – a new disease-selective delivery strategy for diagnostics and therapeutics

Harnessing Breast Cancer Therapy: Innovative Formulation Strategies for Repurposing Medicines to Overcome Resistance

Infection-responsive coatings for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Self-regulating, self-cleaning biomaterials

Mining the Hippo signalling pathway for novel anti-cancer therapeutics

We have 33 Other (drug) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Other (drug) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 33 Other (drug) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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