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Latest PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 698 Latest PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships added in the last month

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Robust Structural Validation of Plutonium and Minor Actinide Wasteforms: Bridging Parametric Asymmetry through Bond Valence Analysis and Spectroscopy

Saturn_Nuclear_CDT. Background and hypothesis  . The United Kingdom holds the world's largest inventory of separated civil plutonium, alongside significant quantities of minor actinide and fission product wastes from decades of nuclear power generation and reprocessing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Reeves-McLaren, Dr LB Blackburn, Dr M Baker
 1 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD in Engineering - AI-Ready Photonic Chips with Built-In Quantum Thermometry

Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) are emerging as a transformative platform for next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) hardware, enabling ultrafast, energy-efficient optical data processing. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Sweeney, Prof G Machin
 30 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Tug-of-War: Dissecting the BACH1-NRF2 axis in lung cancer

Are you interested in tackling one of the key unanswered questions in cancer biology and contributing to the development of more precise, effective treatments? We are offering an exciting 3-year PhD studentship focused on understanding how two critical proteins, NRF2 and BACH1, interact to shape the behaviour of lung tumours. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L de la Vega
 25 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Mechanisms of Early Tau Seeding in Alzheimer’s Disease

We are recruiting a PhD student to work on a 3.5 year multidisciplinary project withing the Departments of Brain Sciences and Chemistry at Imperial College London investigating early tau aggregation and propagation in Alzheimer’s disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Alegre Abarrategui
 31 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Human Robot Interaction and Agentic AI for Assistive Living (RDF26/SE/CS/BAILLIE)

Approximately one million people in the UK live with dementia, and the risk rises sharply after the age of 80. Dementia is one of the most urgent challenges in health and computing research, and Robotics and AI is beginning to transform how we respond to it. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L B Baillie
 14 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating Nutritional Approaches to Stress, Mood, and Cognitive Performance in Healthy Adults

We are seeking a talented and enthusiastic graduate with a background in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Neuroscience or related disciplines. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Lamport, Prof C Williams, Dr P Hepsomali
 19 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD in Computing Science - Post-Quantum Cryptography and its Applications

Why Study at the University of Glasgow?. Founded in 1451, the University of Glasgow is one of the world’s oldest and most prestigious universities. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof SR Raza, Dr TT Tang
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Intelligent Portfolio Optimisation for Basin-Wide Offshore Decommissioning: Scheduling, Economics, and Market Coordination

Important. This project is fully funded for Home/UK students only. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof Meneguzzi Meneguzzi, Dr C Mu, Dr T Cheret
 9 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship - Process Industries: Net Zero CDT - Predictive Modelling of Powder Blending in Continuous Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

Are you ready to accelerate the delivery of life-saving medicines and support global Quality by Design (QbD) in pharmaceutical manufacturing?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Hare
 1 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Hybrid Circular Recycling of End-of-Life Wind Turbine Blades for Net-Zero Decommissioning

Important. This project is fully funded for Home/UK students only. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Zhang, Dr P Kechagiopoulos
 9 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Coupled Modelling Framework for Anchors and Moorings in Floating Offshore Wind

Important. This project is fully funded for Home/UK students only. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Ivanovic, Dr P Dunning, Dr S Aluwihare
 9 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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International Neuropsychological Study of Children with New-onset refractory status epilepticus

A 3-year PhD Studentship in paediatric clinical neuroscience at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (GOS ICH). Studentship title. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Kaliakatsos, Prof T Baldeweg
 6 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advanced on-board state estimation of large format lithium iron phosphate battery packs for off-highway applications (Ref: AAE-AF-2610)

We are seeking an outstanding and motivated PhD candidate to join an exciting, industry engaged research project focused on advanced state estimation and diagnostics for lithium-ion battery packs in off-highway applications. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Fly, Dr T Steffen
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Modelling of UK Growth: Policy Transmission Mechanisms and Optimal Policy Design in the Post-Brexit Era

  Research Group: Economics
Cardiff Business School is delighted to offer a bursary - supported by the Institute of Economic Analysis - for a project starting in October 2026, supervised by Professor Patrick Minford, Professor Mai Le and Professor David Meenagh. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Minford, Prof V Le, Prof D Meenagh
 23 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Choose from a wide range of doctoral programmes that will take your academic, scientific, and research career further

Masaryk University is one of Central Europe's most prestigious and respected higher education institutions. With over 33,000 students, it is also the second-largest university in the Czech Republic. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  Czech Republic PhD Programme
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Extreme Conditions Chemistry of Lanthanide and Actinide Metals and Oxides

About the Project. Lanthanide and actinide materials play a central role in nuclear science and technology, underpinning nuclear fuels, structural materials, and long-term waste forms. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Laniel
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Automation of fNIRS research by ontological analysis

Efforts have been made to create guidelines [1] and standards [2] to improve the quality of the fNIRS experimentation and of the fNIRS research in general. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Orihuela-Espina
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Manifold based modelling of fNIRS neuroimages

In order to answer the myriad of specific research questions related to the brain as observed with fNIRS, current fNIRS analysis is based on ad-hoc models, whether from statistics e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Orihuela-Espina
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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fNIRS neuroimaging data analysis of surgical neuroergonomics

Evaluating surgical expertise and fitness is of critical importance for patient safety. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Orihuela-Espina
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Assessing the efficacy and effects of invasive seaweed management in Christchurch Harbour

Applications are invited for a fully-funded three year PhD to commence in June 2026.  . The PhD will be based in the Faculty of Science and Health, and will be supervised by Prof Gordon Watson, Dr Paul Stebbing (APEM Ltd) and Dr Daniel Franklin (Bournemouth University).  . Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G J Watson, Dr P Stebbing, Dr D Franklin
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Patient Informed Therapeutic Development for Ophthalmic Diseases of Oxidative Stress

  Research Group: Ocular Therapeutics Research Group (OTRG) Pharmaceutical and Molecular Biotechnology Research Centre (PMBRC)
Project Key Words. Polymer Synthesis, nanotechnology, ocular drug delivery. Post summary. Dry Eye Disease (DED) effects >350m people and is the most common reason that patients visit eye-care providers. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Fitzhenry, Prof M Gooney, Dr E Matthews
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BAME PhD Scholarships funded by the University of St Andrews

The School of Geography and Sustainable Development welcomes applications to the newly launched BAME PhD Scholarship scheme, from UK-domiciled ‘Home’ fee applicants from BAME backgrounds. Read more
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Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare: Generative AI and Trustworthy Machine Learning for Early Disease Detection and Clinical Decision Support

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming healthcare by enabling earlier disease detection, improving diagnostic accuracy, and supporting clinical decision-making. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Ghafir
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Determination of therapeutic potential of different formulations of curcumin as an effective treatment option for pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary hypertension (PAH) is debilitating condition characterized by thick and stiff blood vessels that are unable to expand resulting in an increased pressure in the blood vessels supplying the lungs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Gopalan, Dr T Nasim, Dr K Assi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Innovative environmental conditions classification to unlock standardization and mass manufacturing of floating offshore wind turbines

BACKGROUND. FLOATING WIND TURBINES. High costs and very slow deployment rates of floating offshore wind turbines (FOWTs) are preventing the UK offshore wind sector from reaching its target of 5 GW of FOWT capacity by 2030 (currently at approximately 0.07 GW). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Collu, Dr S L Li
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AI‑Facilitated Cognitive Engagement for Healthy Ageing

  Research Group: Psychology
As populations age, maintaining cognitive health and quality of life has become a major public health priority (WHO, 2025). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Vaportzis, Dr V Lesk
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Phage Therapy and Microbiome Engineering in Cystic Fibrosis

We are offering a self-funded PhD studentship aligned with Trailfinder-CF, investigating bacteriophage (phage) therapy as a targeted approach to modulate oral and respiratory microbiomes in people with cystic fibrosis (CF). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Fothergill, Dr F Frost
 5 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Evidence to inform targeted infection testing strategies for migrants to high-income countries

A 3.5-year teaching PhD Studentship in infectious disease epidemiology and health economic modelling is available within the Institute of Health Informatics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Baggaley
 23 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Development of innovative label-free methods to investigate the binding properties and degradation efficiencies of PROTACs

We are seeking two PhD students to join the research group of Dr Rebecca Beveridge in the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry at the University of Strathclyde. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Beveridge
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Laser-assisted studies of shapes/sizes and decay properties of exotic nuclei at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland) and RIKEN (Tokyo, Japan)

Laser-assisted studies of shapes/sizes and decay properties of exotic nuclei at CERN (Geneva, Switzerland) and RIKEN (Tokyo, Japan)    "This PhD project focuses on studies of collective properties of exotic nuclei, in particular on their shapes/radii. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Andreyev
 19 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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