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Using Generative AI to create design fictions for responsible technology innovation (in collaboration with North Yorkshire Council) (C3.5-COM-Law)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Law , Dr D Cameron
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Reshapes Therapeutic Niches in Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a rare and heterogeneous group of malignancies arising from connective tissues such as muscle, fat and nerve sheaths. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Huang
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploring functional effects of dysregulated microRNA-mediated cellular pathways in malignant germ cell tumours – Dr Matthew Murray

Dr Matthew Murray. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Murray
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Enhancing systemic oncolytic virus delivery and efficacy in Paediatric-type diffuse high-grade gliomas using nanoparticle virus encapsulation and focused ultrasound

Paediatric-type diffuse high-grade gliomas (PDHGG) are aggressive childhood brain tumours with devastating prognosis (1). Immunotherapy for these patients is gathering momentum (2). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Harris
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Turning the Malaria Parasite’s Protein Degradation Machinery Against It -Professor Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas, co-supervised with Laura Itzhaki (Department of Pharmacology)

Professor Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas. Can we turn the malaria parasite’s own protein-degradation machinery against it?. Malaria remains one of the world’s most important infectious diseases, and the continuing emergence of drug resistance creates an urgent need for new interventions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Artavanis-Tsakonas
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Reducing medical testing burden with AI (S3.5-COM-Newman-Griffis)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Newman-Griffis, Dr M Parakkal Unni
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding how ARID1A shapes chromatin structure, composition, and function

ARID1A is a defining subunit of the BAF chromatin remodelling complex, one of the SWI/SNF family of remodellers in human cells. The ARID1A gene is frequently mutated in cancer (Harrod et al., 2020) ARID1A plays a key role in localising BAF to regulatory elements, especially enhancers. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J Downs
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding replication stress at human telomeres

Human telomeres are composed of repetitive DNA bound by a protein complex called shelterin, forming a nucleoprotein cap that prevents the natural chromosome ends from fusing together in response to DNA repair. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Douglas
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating mechanisms of cell-to-cell spread of persistent viruses – Professor Colin Crump

Professor Colin Crump. Herpesviruses and polyomaviruses are examples of highly successful viruses that can establish life-long infections with periodic shedding of infectious virus enabling transmission to new host. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Crump
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Physics-Informed Symbolic Distillation for Domain-Specific Vision Applications (S3.5-COM-dos Santos)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JAS Alex dos Santos, Dr RG Bryant
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Neurosymbolic World Models for Robotic Manipulation (S3.5-COM-Valentino)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Valentino, Dr A G Ghalamzan
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Research Studentship in Control and Neuroscience-Model-based prediction and control of seizure-like events

Research Studentship in Control and Neuroscience. 3.5-year D.Phil. studentship. Project. Model-based prediction and control of seizure-like events. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr TB Burghi
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Learning Human Behaviour for Embodied AI: Personalised Digital Tennis Opponents from Demonstration and Real-World Interaction (in collaboration with RallyMatics Ltd.) (C3.5-COM-Peng2)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Peng, Dr LC Cao
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum-Enhanced Hardware Tokens (S3.5-COM-Delavar)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Delavar, Dr P Gope
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Scholarship Project: Photocatalytic routes for sustainable chemical transformations

Photocatalysis offers a powerful route to use light energy to drive chemical transformations under mild conditions, potentially replacing energy-intensive thermal processes and enabling more sustainable pathways to fuels and value-added chemicals. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Eslava
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)