Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Avoiding extinction: natural and sexual selection in the wild

The University of Western Australia School of Biological Sciences

Wild populations are becoming smaller and more isolated; whilst simultaneously having to adapt to a rapidly changing environment and climate. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N. R. LeBas, Prof L Simmons

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

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(University of Manchester - University of Tokyo Dual Award) Computational evolutionary biomechanics of bipedal/quadrupedal locomotion in early hominids

The University of Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

The transition to habitual upright walking is one of the defining features of the human (as opposed to the chimpanzee) lineage and understanding its evolution is therefore of extreme interest to palaeoanthropologists. Read more

Supervisors: Prof W Sellers, Prof N Ogihara

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Understanding the ecological and evolutionary effects of heatwaves in tropical species and ecological communities

James Cook University College of Science and Engineering

Heatwaves are considered one of the most threatening processes for our plants and animal species as the Earth’s climate warms. There is much to understand about how our species and the ecological communities they form will change and adapt through heatwaves. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MH Higgie

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

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Noise and Evolution in Ageing Cellular Power Stations

Imperial College London Department of Mathematics

PhD Project. Imperial College Mathematics. Student Background. Theoretical Physics, Mathematics/Statistics, Electrical Engineering, Computing (Biological knowledge not required). Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Jones

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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PhD project: Functional variation in arthropod performance across agro-ecosystems

Aarhus University Graduate School of Natural Sciences

Applications are invited for a PhD position at the Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Biology program. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Sørensen

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

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Phylogeography of Caribbean Herpetofauna

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences

The Caribbean region consists of the Caribbean Sea that is enclosed by northern South America, the eastern cost of Central America and a range of islands from Cuba on the north until the lesser Antilles and Trinidad and Tobago on the East. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Orozco Ter Wengel, Dr F Hailer

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

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Behavioural adaptation to environmental change in birds and the implications for conservation

James Cook University College of Science and Engineering

Contact. Dr Lyanne Brouwer. Lyanne.brouwer@jcu.edu.au. College of Science & Engineering. James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811 Australia. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LB Brouwer

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

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International Max Planck Research School "From Molecules to Organisms"

Max Planck Society International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) "From Molecules to Organisms"

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) “From Molecules to Organisms” provides excellent interdisciplinary training across the disciplines of structural, molecular, cellular and developmental biology as well as bioinformatics, genomics and evolutionary biology. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Max Planck Research Programme

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International Max Planck Research School "From Molecules to Organisms"

University of Tübingen

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) “From Molecules to Organisms” provides excellent interdisciplinary training across the disciplines of structural, molecular, cellular and developmental biology as well as bioinformatics, genomics and evolutionary biology. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Max Planck Research Programme

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Ecological geometry: applying geometric and topological concepts and tools to model how animals interact with each other and their environment

Aberdeen University School of Natural and Computing Sciences

These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Morimoto, Prof R Levi

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

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Engineering more water-use efficient crops: functional genomics of CO2 fixation during Crassulacean acid metabolism

University of Liverpool Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology

The world is getting hotter and drier due to climate change, and the human population is growing rapidly. Furthermore, it has been predicted that we will need to increase crop yields by 50 - 70 % by 2050 in order to feed the predicted 9 - 10 billion people. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Hartwell, Dr P Walley

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

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Extreme conservation: reproductive strategies of Malagasy shorebirds

University of Bath Department of Life Sciences

Do you want to build your career in wildlife conservation or behavioural ecology? Our project offers the extraordinary opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research in one of the world's most captivating and ecologically diverse locations. Read more

Supervisors: Prof T Szekely, Dr S Zefania

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

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The evolution of reproductive strategies from dinosaurs to modern birds

University of Bath Department of Life Sciences

This project will study dinosaurs and modern birds to examine patterns in the evolution of reproduction from 250 million years ago to the modern day. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Longrich, Prof T Szekely

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

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The role of regulatory evolution in phage ecology

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

The regulation of genes crucially determines the fitness and function of all organisms. This is particularly relevant for bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria, as they rely on a tightly scheduled program for a successful infection. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Lagator, Dr CI Igler

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

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Optimizing phage-antibiotic-synergies to kill bacterial pathogens

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Phage therapy, the use of viruses that only infect bacterial cells and kill them, is a promising potential solution to the antimicrobial resistance crisis that is threatening modern medicine1. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Brockhurst, Dr CI Igler

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

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We have 69 Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 69 Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Avoiding extinction: natural and sexual selection in the wild

(University of Manchester - University of Tokyo Dual Award) Computational evolutionary biomechanics of bipedal/quadrupedal locomotion in early hominids

Understanding the ecological and evolutionary effects of heatwaves in tropical species and ecological communities

Noise and Evolution in Ageing Cellular Power Stations

PhD project: Functional variation in arthropod performance across agro-ecosystems

Phylogeography of Caribbean Herpetofauna

Behavioural adaptation to environmental change in birds and the implications for conservation

International Max Planck Research School "From Molecules to Organisms"

International Max Planck Research School "From Molecules to Organisms"

Ecological geometry: applying geometric and topological concepts and tools to model how animals interact with each other and their environment

Engineering more water-use efficient crops: functional genomics of CO2 fixation during Crassulacean acid metabolism

Extreme conservation: reproductive strategies of Malagasy shorebirds

The evolution of reproductive strategies from dinosaurs to modern birds

The role of regulatory evolution in phage ecology

Optimizing phage-antibiotic-synergies to kill bacterial pathogens

We have 69 Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 69 Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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