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Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 218 Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
NERC RED-ALERT CDT: Mobile genetic elements landscape in planktonic and sedimental microbiomes of Conwy catchment.
This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the Red-ALERT CDT, hosted by Bangor University for entry in September 2025. Read more
Unpacking the Beauty Premium: Understanding the influence of physical attractiveness on appearance-based discrimination (RDF25/HLS/PSY/BOVET)
Why are people so concerned about their physical attractiveness? A survey from the Mental Health Foundation in 2019 found that 35% of adults in the UK feel ashamed or depressed because of their body image, and a House of Commons Committee reported that these pressures are directly impacting the health of the population. Read more
China Scholarship Council: Potato Disease Resistance: Harnessing Advanced Genomics and Genetics to Clone Functional Genes
Supervisors. Dr Ingo Hein, Division of Plant Sciences, Dr Amanpreet Kaur, Dr Thomas Adams (James Hutton Institute) . This PhD project offers a unique opportunity to explore the forefront of potato disease resistance research by leveraging cutting-edge genomic technologies. Read more
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Dissecting diversity of complement-binding cell surface proteins to enhance leptospiral vaccine efficacy
Making vaccines more broadly protective and easily accessible can only increase uptake, decreasing both global antibiotic use and antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Read more
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Migration of Pseudomonas aeruginosa towards antibiotics: mechanisms and consequences
Background. P.aeruginosa is a globally significant “priority” bacterial pathogen (WHO) that causes life-threatening antibiotic-resistant infections. Read more
People and tea: past, present, and future
The University of Aberdeen is an internationally recognised centre for excellence for research addressing the global challenges of energy transition, environment and biodiversity, social inclusion and cultural diversity, health, nutrition and wellbeing, and data and artificial intelligence. Read more
Funded PhD - The genetic basis of sporangium development in plants
In animal life cycles, germ cells established during embryogenesis undergo meiosis to reduce chromosome numbers to the haploid quotient in single celled sperm and eggs, and fertilization closes the cycle. Read more
Funded PhD - Architectural immunity in ants
Human and animal societies function as complex systems, whose properties emerge from who individuals interact with, where, and when. Read more
Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The evolution of habitat preference during cichlid fish adaptive radiation
Adaptive radiations — groups of closely related ecologically divergent species that have evolved from common ancestry — make up a high proportion of global species diversity. Read more
Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - Disease signalling in insect societies
Over millions of years, insect societies have evolved an array of collective defences against infectious pathogens that successfully protect them against epidemics. Read more
Funded PhD open to UK-domiciled, home fee applicants of Black African, Black Caribbean or other Black or mixed Black heritage - The benefits and costs of animal cooperation: Hamilton’s rule in the wild
The evolution of cooperation is one of the great riddles of biology. Read more
Predicting fungicide resistance evolution: combining theoretical and experimental approaches (Ref: CTP-SAI-085)
The predictability of evolution by natural selection is one of the big questions in evolutionary biology. It also has enormous practical importance in crop protection. Read more
Nature meets nurture; The role of TET proteins in the regulation of anxiety, addiction and obesity modulating enhancers
Applications are invited for this self-funded 42 Month project within the Institute of Medical Sciences at the University of Aberdeen. Read more
MSc by Research / PhD: Farm to food to AMR: How do agriculture and food preservation practices affect fungal antimicrobial resistance?
The MSc by Research programme at the University of Aberdeen is for students interested in a research-intensive master's degree. It is designed specifically to enhance your skills for a PhD or research career. Read more
Genome Evolution and Major Transitions in Land Plant Evolution
This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the University of Bath URSA competition, for entry in September 2025. Read more