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Latest PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Host-microbe dialogue through metabolic interactions

The intestinal microbiome is a complex community of organisms that exists in symbiosis with its host. Microbiota perform essential digestive, metabolic, and immunomodulatory functions in health, and disturbance of the microbiota can contribute to disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof F Powrie, Prof H Uhlig, Dr C Pearson, Dr A Bertocchi
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Music Information Retrieval for Irish Traditional Music

The Faculty of Science and Engineering at Maynooth University are pleased to announce that a Maynooth University Doctoral Scholarship will be available in the department of Computer Science for a suitably qualified and successful applicant intending to commence their PhD studies in February 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Faghih, Prof J Timoney
 19 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Coarse-Grained and Mesoscale Modelling

The Department of Chemistry at Maynooth University is pleased to announce that a PhD Scholarship will be available for suitably qualified and successful applicants intending to commence their PhD studies in January 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Javannikkhah
 9 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Medical AI: From 3D Imaging and Vision-Language Models to Surgical Robotics and Clinical Agents

  Research Group: Digital Healthcare and Medical Imaging Research Group
Applications are welcome from prospective PhD students, research master students, and visiting scholars who are interested in developing advanced artificial intelligence methods for healthcare. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Z Zhang, Prof JL Lima
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Pain as neurobiological surprise: Using human brain imaging and animal studies to advance new concepts in persistent pain.

Background. ------------. Human tissue damage does not always lead to pain. There are circumstances in which damage-responsive (nociceptive) "pain" pathways are active and yet minimal, or no pain is felt. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr GT Tackley, Dr J Davies, Dr CL Lawrenson, Prof P Sumner
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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15 fully-funded 4-year MRes + PhD studentships at the EPSRC CDT in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero (FIBE3 CDT)

This unique 4-year programme, delivered in close partnership with industry, equips talented researchers from diverse backgrounds to become future leaders tackling the urgent challenge of net-zero infrastructure and sustainable built environments. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training
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CFD-informed finite element analysis for thermal control in wire-arc directed energy deposition PhD

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate to pursue a PhD programme titled "CFD-informed finite element analysis for thermal control in wire-arc directed energy deposition." This research opportunity focuses on advancing the field of large-scale additive manufacturing, utilising metal wire as the feedstock and electric arc as the heat source. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Sun
 18 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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3D temperature field reconstruction from local temperature monitoring in directed energy deposition PhD

We are seeking a highly motivated candidate to undertake a PhD program titled "3D Temperature Field Reconstruction from Local Temperature Monitoring in Directed Energy Deposition." This exciting research opportunity focuses on advancing large-scale additive manufacturing using metal wire as feedstock and electric arc as the heat source. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Sun
 18 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Reading and wellbeing

Project Summary. Understanding why reading can be immersive, emotionally engaging and potentially beneficial to wellbeing requires attention to the cognitive processes that underpin readers’ encounters with texts. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Harrison, Dr N Stanulewicz-Buckley
 7 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Multiscale modelling and statistical inference of tumour initiation and evolution in neuroblastoma

Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumour of early childhood and, in its aggressive forms, remains hard to treat. These tumours arise when embryonic cells - trunk neural crest cells and their derivatives - fail to differentiate correctly. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Fletcher, Dr A Tsakiridis
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Self-Evolving Embodied AI: Spatial Intelligence and Continual Robot Learning

Background. Recent advances in foundation models are enabling a new generation of embodied AI systems that can perceive, reason about and interact with the physical world. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr DL Li
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Next-Generation Optical Signal Processing Using Nonlinear Fourier Methods

Applications are invited for a Postgraduate Research studentship, supported by College of Engineering and Physical Sciences to be undertaken within the Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies (AiPT) at Aston University. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Tan
 1 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mapping the biology of complex brain disorders: uncovering molecular pathways and identifying potential drug targets

Drug development has proven extremely challenging for complex brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease, leading many companies to scale back or abandon work on CNS conditions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr DD D'Andrea
 26 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Neural Dynamics of Perceptual Decision-Making During Robot-Mediated Motor Learning

Summary. How does the brain make decisions while we are moving and learning?. This PhD project will combine EEG, virtual reality and robotic platforms to investigate how perceptual decisions unfold during active movement and how these neural processes change through motor learning. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SHZ Zhou
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Discovery of New Treatments for Parkinson’s disease

Summary. Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most common neurological disease in the world. Current PD therapies and medical interventions are very limited and only address the symptoms of this disease highlighting the need for new and effective treatments for this disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Mehellou
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only