Biological Sciences (tropical) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 12 Biological Sciences (tropical) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Understanding the ecological and evolutionary effects of heatwaves in tropical species and ecological communities

James Cook University College of Science and Engineering

Heatwaves are considered one of the most threatening processes for our plants and animal species as the Earth’s climate warms. There is much to understand about how our species and the ecological communities they form will change and adapt through heatwaves. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MH Higgie

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

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The increasing susceptibility of tropical rainforests to fire and their post-fire recovery

James Cook University College of Science and Engineering

Contact. Professor Susan Laurance (susan.laurance@jcu.edu.au),. College of Science and Engineering. James Cook University, Cairns, Qld 4878. Read more

Supervisor: Prof SL Laurance

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

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Assessing demographic resilience of tropical and temperate reef organisms

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

Adapt, move, or die. These are the three options that reef organisms have as the environment around them changes, such as that happening under ongoing climate change. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Beger, Dr JF Firth, Dr R Salguero-Gómez

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

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Self-funded PhD– Role of T and NK-cell immunity during dengue virus infection and impact of immune modulation during therapy

University of Bristol School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

A PhD position is available to study the role of human T and NK-cell immunity during infection with dengue virus (DENV), a flavivirus that is transmitted by infected Aedes mosquitoes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Rivino

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

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The School of Biological and Marine Sciences, invites applications for a number of Doctoral Teaching Assistantship positions

University of Plymouth

The school is advertising for at least 3 Doctoral Teaching Assistantships (DTAs) to join its postgraduate research community of over 70 researchers who work across a variety of disciplines recognised as world-leading in Biological Sciences, Marine Biology and Marine Sciences. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) PhD Opportunities

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High Impact sulphur flavour compounds in hop products

University of Nottingham School of Biosciences

An exciting opportunity has arisen to study for a PhD alongside our commercial partner, Totally Natural Solutions Limited (TNS), to develop novel, clean label and sustainable flavourings for use in brewing and other industries. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Cook, Dr J Yorke, Prof I Fisk, Prof R Marriott

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

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Combined effects of climate change and cadmium exposure to physiological adaptation in early life stages of Christmas Island land crabs in wetland ecosystems

University of the Highlands and Islands Scottish Association for Marine Science

This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Reinardy, Ms I Gosetto, Prof A Boxall, Dr L Turner

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The response of trees to CO2 and climate inferred from new tree ring isotopes approaches

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment

Are you passionate about trees and climate change? Are you interested in solving important and relevant questions regarding forest responses to global change?… Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Brienen, Prof E Gloor, Prof W B Turnbull, Dr A Boom

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

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Discovery of novel drug targets in schistosomes

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Schistosomes are parasites that cause human schistosomiasis, a neglected tropical disease affecting over 260 million people across the globe. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Walker

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

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Detecting human and veterinary parasitic diseases in snail and slug intermediate hosts

University of Nottingham School of Life Sciences

Gastropod-borne parasitic diseases affect over 300 million people worldwide and make up several of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) listed by the World Health Organisation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C M Wade, Dr A Davison

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

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Novel strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of snakebites

University of Reading School of Pharmacy

Snakebite envenomation (SBE), a high priority neglected tropical disease affects several million people worldwide resulting in as many as 150,000 deaths and around 500,000 permanent disabilities every year. Read more

Supervisor: Prof SV Vaiyapuri

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

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Plant-insect interactions in a changing world

University of Reading Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Project Overview: . Insects associated with plants comprise one of the most diverse groups of species on earth. Their impact on the ecology and evolution of their host plants is widely recognised, as is their contribution to multiple important ecosystem services. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Gripenberg

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

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We have 12 Biological Sciences (tropical) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Biological Sciences (tropical) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 12 Biological Sciences (tropical) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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