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chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

We have 564 chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

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AI and laboratory automation for supramolecular chemistry and molecular recognition

Chemistry is undergoing a digital transformation. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), automation, and machine learning are changing how we design, synthesize, and analyse molecules. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr FS Szczypinski
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Ammonia futures – the changing face of atmospheric nitrogen emissions

Introduction. Air pollution is the greatest environmental threat to human health, and impacts biodiversity, and ecosystem services. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Moller, Prof A C Lewis
 12 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Design and synthesis of chemical tools to interrogate cannabinoid receptors - synthetic, medicinal chemistry

Research project . We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join an interdisciplinary team at the University of Otago, to undertake research developing chemical probes for the cannabinoid receptor, a type of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AJ Vernall
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD studentship focussed on Computational Materials Design and Discovery

A fully-funded 3.5 year PhD position is available in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham, in the Computational Chemistry Group of Professor David Scanlon. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof DS Scanlon
 1 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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PhD position in synthetic inorganic/organometallic chemistry: New reactivity from unusual molecular main group compounds

The chemistry of the main group elements has seen some remarkable advances in the past years. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Stasch
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Application and development of artificial intelligence for chemistry

A fully-funded PhD position as part of the EPSRC-funded UK hub for AI in Chemistry (AIchemy, https://aichemy.ac.uk/) is available for an October 2025 start date. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Mellor
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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A 3-year PhD studentship in Radiative Cooling Paints

Supervisors. Professor Ivan P. Parkin (Chemistry, UCL) and Professor Ioannis Papakonstantinou (Electrical and Electronic Engineering, UCL); Dr Gregory Goh (NMC A*STAR), Dr. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof I P Parkin
 15 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Light-coupled NMR spectroscopy to design novel photo-driven chemistry and smart materials

The University of Manchester invites applications for an exciting PhD opportunity at the intersection of photochemistry, photocatalysis, and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Golovanov, Dr L Natrajan, Dr A Trowbridge
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD in Chemistry: Electron Microscopy of New Catalysts for Acetylene Chemistry

This PhD project will apply world-leading electron microscopy techniques to the study of new catalysts for acetylene-based chemistry. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Slater
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Science Research Opportunities at the University of East Anglia

UEA is a top tier, research-led university committed to making a substantial impact on global challenges facing society for over 50 years. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Opportunities
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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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A Sodium Era: Novel Organosodium Chemistry – Synthesis, Characterisation and Applications in Sustainable Organic Synthesis

Interested in synthetic organometallic chemistry and want to make organic synthesis more sustainable? This is a… Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E L Lu
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Source-specific quantification of ammonia emissions

Background. Ammonia (NH3) has an ever-growing influence on air pollution in the UK and worldwide with numerous considerable impacts such as the formation of secondary particles and nitrogen deposition. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Carslaw, Dr N Farren, Dr M S Shaw
 30 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Intelligent optimisation of inline purification – delivering automated product profiling for pharma

Purification is a critical part of pharmaceutical process chemistry, to a) quantify and optimise product purity and yield, and b) characterise impurities for robust safety testing and the impact on down-stream steps. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Slater, Prof P Wong
 13 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Fully Funded 48-month PhD studentships at the EPSRC Universities for Nottingham CDT in Resilient Chemistry

12 PhD Scholarships available to start October 2025. We invite suitably qualified and highly motivated applicants from STEM disciplines to apply for a series of multidisciplinary PhD scholarships hosted by the University of Nottingham and Nottingham Trent University. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership

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