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Controls on primary productivity in tropical dry forests

What nutrients limit primary production in tropical dry forest (TDF)? Without answering this question, we cannot predict how 40% of the world’s tropical forest will respond to elevated CO. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Waring
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Silent Architects: Uncovering How Astrocytes Shape Brain Health

Summary. Astrocytes are central regulators of brain function, controlling neuronal activity, metabolism, extracellular matrix organisation and resilience to disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Smith, Prof BSK Khakh, Dr O Peters, Prof J Hodge
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Guarding the Brain's Blueprint: Investigating UPF3B in DNA Repair, Autism, and ADHD

Summary. Neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) like autism and ADHD affect millions, yet the underlying causes remain unclear. This PhD project investigates how mutations in the gene UPF3B, linked to NDDs, impair DNA repair in neurons. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr GN Ngo, Prof N Allen
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Power Failure: Why Neurons Die in Huntington's Disease

Summary. Huntington's disease is an inherited brain disorder that causes progressive movement, cognitive and sleep problems, yet there is still no effective treatment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Massey, Dr G Smith, Dr M Lelos, Prof J Hodge
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating placental function and fetal programming in Prader–Willi Syndrome

Summary. By bringing together transcriptomics and cutting edge imaging, and data analysis techniques, this PhD project aims to examine how abnormalities in placental function leads to altered programming of the developing fetal brain in a neurodevelopmental disorder. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A R Isles, Prof R John
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NeuroAI: Biologically Plausible Artificial Intelligence

  Research Group: Technion NeuroAI
PhD Positions Available. Neuro-AI Lab at Technion. About Us. Our projects range from developing Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) for both rodents and humans to creating theoretical and computational models of neural activity, and training cutting-edge machine-learning models, including large language models (LLMs). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Recanatesi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Our Mission: to Educate, Nurture and Discover for the benefit of Human Health

Founded in 1784 as the professional body for surgical training in Ireland, RCSI has evolved in the years since to become one of the world's leading health sciences universities. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Ireland PhD Programme
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Modelling and design of sustainable fibre composites

Fibre composites are widely used in a range of applications, including aerospace and wind turbines, due to their light weight and high strength. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Johnston
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Nutrition support through embedded research: a vehicle for improving health, performance and culture at GB Taekwondo

Overview. We invite applications for funding for a three-year full-time PhD project to explore nutrition in Taekwondo, a weight-category combat sport where the way athletes fuel, recover and manage weight affects both performance and long-term health. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr ND Dobbin
 7 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Tracking Ecosystem Recovery and Pollution Risks in Restored Saltmarshes

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr RC Cross, Ms A Burden, Dr J Taylor, Dr F Orton, Dr G Hilton
 13 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the influence of particle-toxicant interactions on toxicant bioavailability and toxicity in a tropical estuarine amphipod of mangrove wetlands

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Henry, Ms I Gosetto, Prof A Boxall, Prof G Umbuzeiro, Prof T Fernandes
 13 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Finding the Earliest Signs of Psychosis: Studying Young People at High Genetic Risk

Summary. Why do some young people develop psychosis while others do not? This project will investigate the developmental origins of psychosis in young people at high genetic risk. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SC Chawner, Prof M van den Bree, Dr JH Hall
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Shared Genetic Architecture of Neuropsychiatric Disorders and Novel Brain Biomarkers: Towards Understanding Biological Processes

Summary. The field of imaging genetics has had limited success identifying shared common risk variants between mental disorders and brain phenotypes, this being key to understanding neurobiological mechanism for ill mental health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr X Caseras, Dr M Palombo, Prof K Murphy, Dr R Anney
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Optimising immune responses against emerging viruses

Summary. Worldwide, viruses that transmit to humans from biting insects account for ~17% of infectious diseases and ~700,000 deaths/yr, with ~4 billion people at risk. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Stanton, Dr C Fielding, Dr E Wang
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Receptor to Remedy: Rewiring adenovirus-host protein dynamics to engineer next-generation nanomedicines.

Summary. How do viruses hijack our cells, and how can we turn this process to our advantage? This project will explore the fascinating molecular interactions between viruses and human cells, uncovering how viruses recognise, enter and manipulate their hosts. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof AP Parker, Dr C Bliss, Dr V Gold
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)