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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Plant-microbe interaction reshuffling and its contributions to plant stress toleration and biogeochemical cycling

The University of Manchester
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Global changes like climate and land use change pose a significant threat to biodiversity and ecosystem function, requiring multidisciplinary approaches to predict and mitigate the potential loss of the services they provide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Lynn, Dr F Cox, Prof G Johnson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Surface topology, dynamics and groups

The University of Manchester
Department of Mathematics
This project will concern homeomorphisms and/or mapping class groups of surfaces, which can include for example the braid groups. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Webb, Prof L Rempe
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Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in plant sciences

Gatsby Charitable Foundation
Enhanced four-year Sainsbury PhD Studentships, starting in October 2027, will again be awarded by the Gatsby Charitable Foundation. Read more
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Multi-Drone UAV System for 3D Tomography and Rapid Mapping of Methane Emissions

The University of Manchester
Department of Computer Science
Methane (CH₄) is a major greenhouse gas with large, uncertain emissions from diffuse, hard-to-access, or intermittent sources (e.g. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Zhao, Dr G Allen, Dr D Topping
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Elastic particles in low Reynolds flows

The University of Manchester
Department of Mathematics
Many fluid mechanical problems involve the motion of thin/slender particles (such as elastic sheets or fibres) in low-Reynolds-number flows. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Heil, Dr D Pihler-Puzovic
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Advancing the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES) through Data Science and Emulation

The University of Manchester
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
How can we make urban climate modelling faster and more accessible? This PhD project will use environmental data science to advance the Joint UK Land Environment Simulator (JULES), a core component of the UK’s national weather, climate and environmental modelling infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr ZZ Zheng, Dr D Topping
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Securing Agentic AI: Trustworthy Delegation and Accountable Actions

The University of Manchester
Department of Computer Science
Securing Agentic AI. Trustworthy Delegation and Accountable Actions. How can we trust AI agents to act on our behalf when they interact with untrusted information, external tools, and other agents?. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Z Wang, Dr M Mustafa
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Fire-Damaged Engineered Timber: Image-Based Characterisation and Modelling of Splitting and Debonding

The University of Manchester
Department of Civil Engineering and Management
Engineered timber is increasingly used in modern construction because of its structural efficiency and potential contribution to more sustainable buildings. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Alhamd, Dr LC Cunningham
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Building Human Nerve-to-Muscle Systems to Transform Muscular Dystrophy Research

Nottingham Trent University
School of Science & Technology
Imagine being able to build a miniature human neuromuscular system in the laboratory and use it to study devastating diseases that currently have no cure. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Santos
 22 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Destruction of organic pollutants using novel electrochemical oxidation technology; Evaluating impact of metals on the removal efficiency.

The University of Manchester
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Increased discharge of potentially toxic, hard-to-remove organic pollutants (pesticides, antibiotics etc) is causing major environmental/economic damage worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Van Dongen, Dr S Boult, Dr IS Strashnov
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Quantitative Limit Theorems in Mathematical Statistics via Stein’s Method

The University of Manchester
Department of Mathematics
Distributional approximations arise throughout probability and statistics. Here one is interested in approximating the (possibly intractable) distribution of a quantity of interest by a simpler, well-understood distribution, allowing one to make inference. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Gaunt, Dr X Jin
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Flow and transport control and optimization in microfluidic devices

The University of Manchester
Department of Mathematics
Microfluidic devices can be used as lab-on-a-chip analogues for human organs, which themselves involve flow through and around many layers of tissues of varying properties. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Thompson, Dr RT Tank
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Exploring Novel and Unfamiliar Data Visualisations

The University of Manchester
Department of Computer Science
Each year, research explores new ways to visualise data. Read more
 Supervisors: Mr G Strain, Prof C Jay, Prof A Stewart, Dr P Warren
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Volcanic fluid flow and release of greenhouse gases as drivers for Paleocene-Eocene paleoclimate

The University of Manchester
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences
Simulations of Earth’s response to current and future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are limited by our current knowledge of Earth-climate feedbacks, creating large uncertainties in numerical climate models. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Schroeder, Dr B Van Dongen, Dr G Holland, Dr R Tartese
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Deflation Techniques for Optimization Algorithms

The University of Manchester
Department of Mathematics
Many optimization problems have a large number of local minima, making it difficult to identify the global minimum, or even a representative collection of good candidate solutions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Webb, Dr JL Latz
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