durham PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

Supervisors: Dr S Beaumont, Dr L Lukashuk

A 4 -year PhD studentship is available in the Department of Chemistry, Durham University, which will commence on 01st October 2024. Read more

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Engineering plant microbiome PhD: Exploring and engineering the plant microbiome for increased resilience

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Title. Exploring and engineering the plant microbiome for increased resilience. Project Description. Plants are impacted by numerous abiotic and biotic factors above and below ground, such as nutrient availability, local climatic conditions, and the surrounding fauna. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Keating

Fully Funded Doctoral Studentship in Polymer Chemistry: Multifunctional Electrolytes, Department of Engineering, Durham University.

Supervisor: Dr N Shirshova

Durham University, one of the top 100 universities in the world (ranked 82nd in QS World University Rankings 2022) is inviting applications for a fully funded PhD studentship to work within the Department of Engineering. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Engineering human tissue in vitro: development, characterisation, and application

Supervisor: Prof S Przyborski

Tissues in the human body have a defined structure in that their growth and differentiation have developed in specific ways to create a cellular architecture… Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Dynamic Nonequilibrium Compartmentalisation: Harnessing Transmembrane Gradients

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Project. Nonequilibrium transmembrane processes are crucial in almost every biological process. Pumping and harnessing transmembrane gradients provides a convenient and efficient way for life to store and transduce energy. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Borsley

Durham University Department of Computer Science

AI-based interventions for mental health conditions

PhD in Computer Science at Durham University, UK. AI-based interventions for mental health conditions. This project will aim to explore, design, develop and evaluate AI-based interventions for mental health conditions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Hadzidedic

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Durham University Department of Computer Science

Computer Vision with Deep Learning for Human Data Modelling

This project is focused on learning algorithms to model human data such as human images/video, 3D skeletal motion, 3D body/facial surfaces for computer vision tasks such as recognition, prediction and reconstruction. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Shum

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Crystallisation in Structured Ternary Fluids for Enhanced Control

Supervisors: Dr S Cooper, Prof J Steed

In crystallisation from solution, a ubiquitous process in both industry and the natural world, nucleation is usually the rate-determining step, followed by much faster crystal growth. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Project Title: Bioinspired Materials for Healthy Clean Water

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Durham University is seeking applications from PhD candidates interested in projects at the intersection of materials, their processed form and their application to environmental challenges such as water treatment. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Wu

Spin-crossover activation in energetic metal-organic frameworks

1 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

A fully. funded 3.5-year PhD studentship is available to a start in September 2024 within the research group of Prof. Jonathan W. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Steed

Fully Funded Doctoral Studentship in Machine Learning for Enhanced Biopharmaceutical Production

Supervisor: Dr R Carvalho

Project Title. Fully Funded Doctoral Studentship in Machine Learning for Enhanced Biopharmaceutical Production. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences

MSc by Research: Feel the tension – how does S-acylation of OSCA ion channels regulate responses to environmental change in plants?

Plants, being sessile organisms, must sense and respond to environmental change, such as temperature or drought, without being able to move. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Hemsley, Prof U Zachariae, Prof M Knight

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Genetics of flowering shoot temperature responses in plants

Supervisor: Dr J Hepworth

The shape of plants is shaped by both genetics and environment; changes in response to temperature can be the most dramatic of all. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Identification of phosphatases that inactivate the endoplasmic reticulum stress sensor Ire1

Supervisor: Dr M Schroeder

A self-funded PhD studentship is available in the group of Dr. Martin Schröder in the Department of Biosciences at Durham University to study stress signalling mechanisms originating from the endoplasmic reticulum. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Investigation of RNA secondary structure in plant transposable elements

17 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Transposable elements (TEs), often referred to as jumping genes, are mobile genetic elements that can be found ubiquitously across the tree of life. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Cho