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Computing Rare Climate Event Probabilities Using Stochastic Modelling and Advanced Sampling Methods

Background. Extreme events such as prolonged heatwaves can have devastating societal and economic impacts. The July 2022 UK heatwave led to record-breaking temperatures and about 850 excess deaths in two days. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Ben Rached, Dr S Fitzgerald
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Turning fragmented climate data into decision tools: who is most at risk, and how sure are we?

Background. Climate change does not put everyone in the same danger. Whether a heatwave, flood or drought becomes a disaster depends on where the hazard lands and on who and what is exposed. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Siraj, Dr AL Taylor
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Social acceptability of biodiversity friendly grassland management

The various management options for grassland in urban green spaces, around road infrastructure and in gardens stimulates a diversity of opinions within local communities with potential for strong disagreements over approaches taken. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Helden, Dr EC Cini, Mr G Belcher
 15 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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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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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)