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We have 33 University of Edinburgh PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

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University of Edinburgh PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

We have 33 University of Edinburgh PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

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Bioengineering novel pathways for next-generation plastic monomers

  Research Group: Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
The plastics sustainability crisis has prompted a surge in development of novel polymers which are designed for deconstruction under defined and mild conditions after consumer use. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Sadler
 21 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Study of the neural mechanisms underlying flexible decision-making

Applications are invited for one 3.5 year full-time fully funded PhD studentship in the lab of Dr Marino Pagan within the Simons Initiative for the Developing Brain at the University of Edinburgh. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Pagan
 4 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanisms regulating blood and lymphatic vascular regeneration in the diseased heart

The Brittan group (Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh) are excited to recruit a highly motivated PhD Student as part of the MRC-BHF… Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MB Brittan, Prof A Baker
 11 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advancing Isotopic Labelling of Nanoplastics for Environmental Studies

Plastics are widely used in a range of applications, and their environmental impact is a growing concern. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MA Al-Sid-Cheikh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the complex place-based factors associated with the spread of COVID-19 infection amongst populations in the UK

Project Information. This project will address the important challenge of understanding the complex place-based factors associated with the spread of COVID-19 infection amongst populations in the UK, using high quality, contemporaneous statistics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr ZF Feng, Prof J Pearce, Prof S Curtis
 10 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ultrafast Structural Dynamics Imaging of Carbonyl Photochemistry

A PhD Studentship is available in the Green Research Group at the University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry, https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/alice-green. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A E Green
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Thermochemical materials for thermal management applications

Project Summary. Thermal management is used to reduce the amount of excess heat generated in various processes and systems to protect and cool critical components, for instance batteries or electronics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CK Kirk
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Transport Engineering and Planning

A 3.5-year fully funded PhD studentship is available at the School of Engineering, The University of Edinburgh, in the field of Transport Engineering and Planning. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PT Tafidis
 31 May 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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‘Understanding the fetal impacts of maternal diabetes – do aberrations in fetal adrenal development contribute to adverse perinatal outcomes?’

Pregnancies complicated by maternal diabetes are associated with accelerated fetal growth, birth injury, increased stillbirth and neonatal death, and higher rates of preterm birth. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CO Ovadia, Dr L Story
 26 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Eco-friendly organic photovoltaics

Developing renewable energy solutions that can be rapidly implemented in the market using eco-friendly materials and manufacturing methods is crucial. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JP Panidi, Dr Y Hu
 30 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding chromatin remodelling at piRNA-targeted transposons

We study how the mammalian germline defends genome integrity against jumping genes called transposons. The germline, the cell lineage that will eventually make sperm and egg cells, passes on our genetic information to the next generation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Zoch
 28 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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: MODEL - Multi-dimensional Outcome moDELling in Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer in the UK, but the diagnostic label covers a range of clinical phenotypes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Noble, Dr W.H. Nailon, Prof D McLaren
 28 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Integrating AI, Biophysical Modelling and Experimental Validation for Enhancer Variant Interpretation

Project Overview. Enhancers play a crucial role in gene regulation, and their perturbation is linked to numerous human diseases. However, predicting the functional impact of enhancer variants remains a significant challenge. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr HL Long, Prof J Marsh
 28 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Physics-informed modelling of osteocytes network formation

Unlike common belief, our bones are alive, filled with cells, and constantly remodelling. Osteocytes are the most abundant cells of our skeleton that live buried in the mechanically hard bone matrix and are the master regulators of bone remodelling. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Kague, Dr FT Turci, Dr D Michieletto
 28 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploring the potential of pathomics in aiding risk stratification and therapeutic selection for patients with endometrioid ovarian cancer

Endometrioid ovarian carcinoma (EnOC) is the second most common form of ovarian cancer, but remains critically understudied. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Hollis, Dr P Bankhead
 28 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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