We have 20 Food Production PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

Award Summary. 100% of home fees, minimum tax-free living allowance of £18,622 (2023/24 UKRI rate). Overview. Interested in food safety and applying academic research rigour to real-world problems? Would you like to use quantitative skills to solve food-system problems?. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K M McIntyre

15 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Revealing the Mystery of Scotch Whisky – Process Monitoring of Scotch Whisky Production

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

This PhD opportunity will be based at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh. Please contact Dr David Ellis (D.Ellis@hw.ac.uk) for further details. Read more

Supervisors: Dr DE Ellis, Dr R.D. McIntosh

2 February 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PLANT SCIENCE CDT: The land use and environmental impacts of a dietary shift from cow’s milk to oat milk in the UK

Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences

Applications are invited for this exciting, fully-funded, 42 month PhD studentship at the University of Aberdeen. This project is part of the newly established Anthony & Margaret Johnston Centre for Doctoral Training in Plant Sciences enabled by a generous legacy gift. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Smith, Prof J Macdiarmid, Prof J Smith

23 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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QUADRAT DTP: Assessment of the environmental impacts of producing oat milk instead of cow’s milk in the UK

Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences

This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Smith, Prof N Scollan

17 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Examining the role of culture, religion and traditional knowledge on risk perception in food safety.

Ulster University - Belfast Campus Faculty of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment

Research Group: Architecture, Built Environment and Planning

Access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food is key to sustaining life and promoting good health. The WHO (2022) estimates that 600 million – almost 1 in 10 people in the world – fall ill after eating contaminated food and 420 000 die every year. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Vaganay-Miller, Dr A Lawson

26 February 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Sustainable food supply chains in Latin America – the case of emergent food commodities (Ref: RDF24/BL/LHRM/PRADO)

Northumbria University Faculty of Business and Law

Food production and consumption are at the root of some of the world’s most intractable problems, including poverty, malnutrition, human rights issues, and other social and environmental challenges related to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (Crenna, Sinkko & Sala, 2019; FAO, 2018). Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Prado, Dr A Hope

26 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Fully Funded NERC ACCE DTP ARCHAEOLOGY project: Plant ecology and crop management at prehistoric circum-Alpine archaeological sites

University of York Adapting to the Challenges of a Changing Environment (ACCE)

Lead supervisor. Dr Nathan Wales (University of York Department of Archaeology). Co-supervisors: Prof Michelle Alexander (University of York Department of Archaeology),. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Wales

8 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Digesting for net zero: Using food waste digestate to lower greenhouse gas emissions

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College PHD Opportunities

Funding. This PhD project is part of a competition funded by SRUC. This opportunity is open to UK and International students and provides funding to cover tuition fees at the UK rate, plus a stipend to support living costs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Jones

14 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Sustainable Agroforestry Adoption for Policy Implementation in Colombia

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College PHD Opportunities

Supervisor: Prof A Barnes

14 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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OP2411 The Impact of Cellular Agriculture on Land Use and the Environment in the UK and Africa

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Cellular agriculture – manufacturing meat and milk using biotechnology rather than animals is emerging as a viable way to feed the growing global population with high-protein alternatives to intensively farmed livestock. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JH Henstock

11 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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NERC Panorama DTP: Nurture versus nature in locusts – can we control their swarming behaviour?

University of Hull School of Natural Sciences

Are you interested in animal behaviour, and its physiological control? Would you like to perform research that could inform new agricultural practices? Then this is the PhD for you!. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Cullen, Dr D Joyce, Prof R Knell

5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Seaweed fortification of cereal foods for cognitive function in vegans (CURTISP_U24FMH)

University of East Anglia Norwich Medical School

Primary supervisor - Dr Peter James Curtis. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Curtis

15 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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(BBSRC DTP) Grazer control of soil microbiomes: implications for plant growth and ecosystem functioning

The University of Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

A major challenge facing grassland farmers is the need to maintain, or bolster, essential soil functions that underpin forage production and quality. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Bardgett, Dr J Lynn, Prof D Johnson

19 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Understanding the origins of agriculture to guide future climate adaptation

University of Leicester Department of Geography

Around 12,000 years ago 99% of the human population were hunter gatherers, but by 5000 years ago 99% were farmers (Weisdorf, 2005). Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Williams

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 20 Food Production PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

Food Production PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

We have 20 Food Production PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

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