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Next Generation Optical Instrumentation for Combustion Characterisation and Sustainable Energy Transition (S3.5-ELE-Hobbs)

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 MH Hobbs, Prof Y Zhang
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Zoo Spaces and Equitable Nature Connection

This PhD will evaluate how UK zoo education programmes and zoo spaces foster public connection to nature and drive behaviour change. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Nekaris, Dr M Rohse, Dr E Lee, Dr C Tatchley
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The role of culture in human biological evolution

Humans are unique in the extent to which behavioural variation due to culture has the potential to impact our biological evolution. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Hodgson, Prof A Manica
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Spatiotemporal Attribution and Causal Interpretability in Event-Driven Spiking Neural Networks for Neuromorphic Vision Systems (Neuro-XAI) (S3.5-ELE-Abhayaratne)

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 C A Abhayaratne, Prof A Maiden
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Surgical Capsule-size Devices for Non-invasive Gastrointestinal Therapies (in collaboration with IntroMedic and Sheffield Teaching Hospital) (C3.5-ELE-Damian)

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 Damian, Dr C Chen
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Swallowable Self-Assembling Robots for 3D Printing Inside the Body (S3.5-ELE-Miyashita)

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 S Miyashita, Dr T Paterson
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Imaging the Invisible: Pushing the Boundaries of 3D X-Ray Microscopy (in collaboration with Diamond Light Source) (C3.5-ELE-Maiden)

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: Prof A Maiden, Dr C A Abhayaratne
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Source-Independent Protection for Inverter-Dominated Power Networks

This fully funded 3.5-year PhD studentship is open to home students only. It covers home tuition fees and a tax-free annual stipend at the standard UKRI rate. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Liu Liu
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Uncertainty in AI-Augmented Climate Risk Analytics for Global Food Supply Chains

Background. The global food system faces escalating climate risks, where local production shocks (droughts, floods, or heatwaves) cascade through trade networks, threatening food security worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Cremades, Prof N S Malleson
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Project 19 - Quantifying In-Sewer Chemical Attenuation to Improve Environmental Exposure Models (John Wilkinson, University of York)

Investigate how chemicals are transformed and removed as they travel through sewer networks, combining real-world monitoring, environmental chemistry and modelling to improve predictions of their eventual release into the environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Wilkinson, Prof JS Snape, Dr J Mosely, Dr K Endersby, Dr S Harrison, Dr Cansu Uluseker
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Project 18 - The ecology of toxicological non-target effects (Andrew Beckerman, University of Sheffield)

This PhD focuses on mathematical modelling of how species interactions mediate the impacts of chemical stress on biodiversity, particularly in terrestrial ecosystems where we know the least and where we need to make strong inroads to support biodiversity and humanity in the Anthropocene. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Beckerman, Prof D Spurgeon, Dr N Galic
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SHIFT-HEART: Supporting the Cardiovascular Health of Menopausal Women engaged in Shift Work

Menopause is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) through adverse changes in lipid metabolism, adiposity, vascular function, and inflammation. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Johnstone, Dr B Gabriel
 1 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Scholarship Project: Membrane reactors

Catalysis is central to modern chemical manufacturing, yet many industrial processes remain energy-intensive, wasteful, and carbon-intensive. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Close Encounters: Interaction of turbulent boundary layers with junctions

Supervisory Team. Professor Bharath Ganapathisubramani. About the project. Close Encounters explores how wings, fuselages, trusses and other aerodynamic components interact to generate complex pressure gradients and how this affects the performance of turbulent boundary layers. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Ganapathisubramani
 14 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ways to achieve maximum feasible reduction in aerosol radiative forcing uncertainty

Background. Anthropogenic aerosols cause substantial cooling of climate that offsets some of the warming by greenhouse gases, but the uncertainty is very large. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Carslaw, Dr L A Regayre
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)