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Latest PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 685 Latest PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships added in the last month

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PhD Sundaland Reimagined: The Reconstruction of a Lost Cenozoic Continent

  Research Group: Institute of Life and Earth Sciences
The Sunda Shelf, also known as Sundaland, lies at the heart of Southeast Asia and represents one of the most important, yet still incompletely understood, continental regions on Earth. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Gough, Dr U Nicholson
 26 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded Biology Masters by Research: Investigating environmental factors to influence flowering in sugar beet (Generation Research)

Lead supervisor: Prof Seth Davis,. Co-supervisors: Dr James Ronald. What do we want and what will you do?. ‍We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated graduate to join a cutting-edge research group in the Department of Biology at University of York. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S J Davis, Dr J Ronald
 16 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Beyond Recycling: Circular Strategies for Offshore Renewable Decommissioning

Renewable Energy is one of the fastest growing sectors addressing the most important challenges of our age. Offshore renewables, energy distribution, and the environmental impacts of constructing and decommissioning the infrastructure are some one of the most pressing research themes faced by the UK and beyond. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof JB Bridgeman
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Space2Health: Turning Pixels into Health Evidence

Space2Health explores how satellite imagery can be transformed into meaningful measures of environmental exposures linked to health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Mahabir, Dr D Arribas-Bel
 12 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Research opportunities in the Department of Politics

The Department of Politics is at the heart of current thinking, research and debate, and home to a prestigious, lively and international community. Read more
 Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding  Social Sciences Research Programme
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Bioinspired morphing for novel propulsor design

RVC Supervisor(s). Professor Richard Bomphrey, Professor James Usherwood. External Supervisor Prof Adrian Thomas (University of Oxford). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Bomphrey, Dr J Usherwood
 21 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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MSc by Research in Biology : How Have Plant Clock Genes Evolved to Shape Seasonality? (Plant Chronobiology Hub)

Primary Supervisor. Prof Seth Davis. Co-Supervisors. Dr Daphne Ezer and Dr James Ronald. Circadian clocks help living organisms keep time across the day and night. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S J Davis, Dr D Ezer, Dr J Ronald
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research in Biology - Energy-efficient greenhouses for UK food security (Plant Chronobiology Hub)

Primary Supervisor. Dr Daphne Ezer. Co-supervisors. Dr Sven Batke and Prof Seth Davis. Greenhouses offer the UK a way to produce fresh fruit and vegetables that are usually ill-adapted to the UK climate, therefore improving UK food security. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Ezer, Dr S Batke, Prof S J Davis
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research in Biology - Editing Seasonal Time: CRISPR Analysis of Flowering-Time Regulators (Plant Chronobiology Hub)

Primary Supervisor. Prof Seth Davis. Co-supervisors. Dr Daphne Ezer and Dr James Ronald. About the project. Plants flower at the right time of year by using the circadian clock to measure day length and convert seasonal cues into development. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S J Davis, Dr D Ezer, Dr J Ronald
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research in Biology - Sensing temperature over time (Plant Chronobiology Hub)

Primary Supervisor. Dr Daphne Ezer. Co - Supervisors. Prof Seth Davies and Dr James Ronald. Climate change is dramatically affecting global seasonal temperature patterns. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Ezer, Prof S J Davis, Dr J Ronald
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Shells to Solutions: Dual Circular Economy Benefits from Local Waste Shells to Clean up Our Lady's Island Lake and Ballyteige Channels

  Research Group: Eco-innovation Research Centre
Post summary. Applications are invited for suitably qualified candidates interested in pursuing a Research Masters by completing an industrial and societal relevant research project within the PMBRC/EIRC at SETU Waterford. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Kinsella, Dr S Pin tan, Prof H Hughes
 29 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Molecular pathogenesis of diabetes-associated heart disease and assessments of new drugs for treatment

Both the number of cases and the prevalence of diabetes are increasing globally. Cardiovascular complications are the leading causes of diabetes mortality. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Liu, Prof M Rutter
 15 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Causal AI and EEG Analysis to Characterise Sleep in Children with Neurodevelopmental Conditions

We are seeking an ambitious and proactive PhD student to characterise sleep in young children with neurodevelopmental conditions by analysing electroencephalogram (EEG) recordings as part of our interdisciplinary research team. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Escudero Rodriguez, Prof S.A. Tsaftaris, Dr JS Shetty
 9 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigate the novel therapeutic potential for treating heart failure

Cardiac dysfunction is the most common cause of mortality in clinics, but current therapies have a limited impact on the incidence of heart failure, including heart failure of preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and heart failure of reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Liu, Prof M Rutter
 15 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Dislocation-informed Crystal Plasticity Modelling of Hydrides in Zr-alloy Materials

This project is part of cohort 3 of the EPSRC CDT in Developing National Capability for Materials 4.0, with the Henry Royce Institute. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Tarleton
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Study of reactivity in supramolecular materials

This position is a fully funded 3.5 year PhD studentship (UK home fees only) in the group of Dr Georgia Orton (https://ortonlab.uk/). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Orton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Transforming Corrosion Resistance of Additively Manufactured Metals using Electrochemical Surface Engineering

This project is part of cohort 3 of the EPSRC CDT in Developing National Capability for Materials 4.0, with the Henry Royce Institute. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Owen, Prof R Kay, Prof H Thompson
 30 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Research Associate / Doctoral Candidate (m/f/d) “Model Predictive Control and Digital Twin for Filtration Processes”

The Chair of Process Systems Engineering at the Technical University of Munich (Freising campus, School of Life Sciences) is seeking a research associate / doctoral candidate (m/f/d) for the “Development of a digital twin and model predictive control for filtration processes”. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Briesen
 30 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Cardiovascular Science: Extracellular vesicles in cardiovascular diseases

  Research Group: Cardiovascular Research Group
Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship within the Cardiovascular Section at the University of Surrey. We are internationally recognised for our work on cardiac diseases and offer state-of-the-art facilities and cutting-edge technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Camelliti, Dr MC Crabtree
 12 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Complex Robotic Ultrasonic Inspection Methods

  Research Group: SEARCH
Rolls-Royce is exploring the implementation of robotics within manufacturing. One of the areas of robotic implementation lies within NDE. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Loukas, Prof C Macleod
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Women of the First Wave: Gender-essentialism and resilience of women in architecture in the early 20th century

The ‘first wave’ of feminism is often associated with women's movements, women's suffrage and in architecture with pioneering women entering this profession. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Poppelreuter, Dr LS Coucill
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Enhancement of concrete and mortar mixes using graphene nanomaterials

Enhancement of concrete and mortar mixes using graphene nanomaterials. Building on established research and data undertaken at the University, there is a breadth of research opportunities available in this field.This includes adapting mix designs, assessing mechanical properties and assessing durability properties. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Whittleston
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advancing Photonic Quantum Technologies with Next Generation Single Photon Sources

Join us at the University of Salford to help shape the future of quantum technologies. Quantum Technologies (QTs) underpin many of the innovations that define modern life. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Church, Dr M Hughes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Lifestyle medicine for chronic diseases: An interdisciplinary study across physiology and clinical science.

Our research focuses on improving health outcomes through interdisciplinary approaches across physiology, clinical science, and lifestyle-related disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Withers, Dr A Robins, Dr P Sindall
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Integrated Platform for Geostatistical and Physics-based Modelling and AI Machine Learning for Environmental Contamination Assessment

Environmental contamination is a broad topical issue in the concern of sustainable development and climate change. Economic development of human society has resulted in global large destruction and contamination on soil, water, air, and general natural resources. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Wang
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Engineering improved amylase performance

An industrially funded studentship is available in the research group of Regius Professor Graham Hutchings and Professor Stuart Taylor to work on amylase enzymes. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G J Hutchings, Prof S Taylor
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Dissecting Host–Parasite Signalling Interfaces in Leishmania: Mechanistic Drivers of Virulence and Immune Evasion

Leishmaniasis is a major neglected tropical disease affecting over one million people annually, with rising incidence in new regions including Southern Europe. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr GE Ebiloma, Prof G Hide
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Acoustic Indicators of Ecosystem Integrity: Developing Soundscape-Based Monitoring for West African Protected Areas

Biodiversity monitoring underpins effective protected area management and international conservation reporting, yet West African nations face persistent capacity constraints -insufficient funding, limited field personnel, and taxonomic expertise gaps - that prevent adequate ecosystem assessment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CFJM Meyer, Dr J Carvalho
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Isolation and Characterisation of bacteriophages for tackling antimicrobial resistant infections in the oral cavity

The control of bacterial infections continues to rely heavily on antibiotics and is threatened by rising antimicrobial resistance (AMR) that causes over a million annual deaths globally. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C James, Dr J Latimer, Prof J Fothergill, Dr T Joshi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The origin and diversification of Madagacar’s endemic rodent radiation

Madagascar supports a unique and diverse radiation of rodents, comprising ~30 described living and recently extinct species classified in the subfamily Nesomyinae. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof RMD Beck
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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