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Autonomous Robotic Inspection and Intelligent Defect Detection and Triage

About the Project. Precision manufacturing increasingly requires reliable automated inspection of challenging surfaces, including polished metallic components, coated parts and transparent optical materials. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Halimi, Ms M Koskinopoulou, Dr R Carter
 22 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Bioleaching Superalloy Waste: A New Circular Route to Critical Mineral Recovery A sustainable process for Tantalum recovery from superalloy waste processes

Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof F P A Alamdari
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Freeform light routing in photonic circuits

Supervisory team. Professor Marian Florescu. Integrated photonic circuits need compact interconnects that can route light around bends and between components without being constrained by a periodic layout. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Florescu
 26 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding Heterogeneity in Diabetes Prevention and Self-Management: Behavioural and Metabolic Phenotyping for Personalised Intervention

Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N O Okwose
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum reservoir computing for photonic and quantum materials modelling

Supervisory team. Professor Marian Florescu. Quantum physics and artificial intelligence are converging to change how complex light-matter systems are modelled and designed. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Florescu
 26 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigate how bacterial hosts control domesticated viral machines to drive horizontal gene transfer in marine environments? LE_JIC_ARIES27

Scientific background. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major driver of bacterial evolution, shaping adaptation at both species and community levels. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Le
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Soil carbon and soil health through landscape transition REID_UEA_ARIES27_CASE

Nature-based solutions (NBS) delivered through land-use change can create new habitats, enhance biodiversity, and increase carbon sequestration at landscape scales. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Reid
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Towards near real-time quantification of fossil fuel emissions PICKERS_UEA_ARIES27_CASE

Scientific Background. Successful implementation of the Paris agreement relies on countries’ emissions being accurately known and readily available, but our ability to evaluate fossil fuel CO2 (ffCO2) emissions is currently limited. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Pickers
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advanced modelling and characterisation of memristors

Supervisory team. Dr Philip Calado, Professor Dimitra Georgiadou and Professor Giles Richardson. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Georgiadou
 1 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Winds and Waves in the Alpine Mountains ORR_BAS_ARIES27

Scientific background. Mountains (or "orography") have a substantial effect on the atmospheric circulation. This includes atmospheric disturbances known as orographic gravity waves, generated by the winds flowing over orography. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Orr
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unsteady flow and surface loading around a wall-mounted porous cylinder in a turbulent boundary layer

Supervisory team. Dr Elias Arcondoulis and Dr Chaitanya Paruchuri. This project investigates the fundamental unsteady flow physics and surface-loading mechanisms acting on wall-mounted porous cylinders subject to turbulent boundary layers. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Arcondoulis
 5 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Postreproductive maternal care and the evolution of sex differences in lifespan MAKLAKOV_UEA_ARIES27

Scientific background. Why do some animals continue to live long after they have stopped reproducing? Classical evolutionary theory predicts that they should not. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Maklakov
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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What causes the brightest eruptions from supermassive black holes?

Supervisory team. Dr Philip Wiseman. The most energetic, luminous events in the Universe seem to come from supermassive black holes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Wiseman
 30 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the evolution of how plants perceive changes in the environment MILLER_UEA_ARIES27

Scientific Background. Plants modify the concentration of calcium ions in their cells in response to different environmental stimuli and stresses. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Miller
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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From Spectra to Marine Litter: Multispectral Imaging and AI for Aerial Detection and Monitoring MACKIEWICZ_ARIES27_CASE

Scientific Background. Marine litter threatens ocean health and the coastal livelihoods that depend on it. Scalable automated methods to detect, classify and quantify litter are needed to improve understanding of its sources, pathways and impacts, yet reliable monitoring at scale remains challenging. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Mackiewicz
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)