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Duration 3-year studentship. Funding source The Leverhulme Trust. Funding Home (UK) tuition fees and an annual maintenance allowance at current Research Council rate of £18,622 per year (2023/24 rate). Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Whittle, Dr L Sangha

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

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Investigating lysosomal (dys)function in ageing and neurodegeneration

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Project Overview. Ageing is associated with a decline in the functions of an organism (López-Otín, C. et al. Cell, 2023) and correlates with an increased risk of developing diseases in the later life (Niccoli, T. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Cogo, Dr E Kevei

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

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Beat-to-beat modulation of Calcium-induced Calcium release in cardiac muscle

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

Contraction in the heart is well known to be dependent on a transient rise in intracellular calcium concentration. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Hussain, Dr J Muller, Prof MR Boyett

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

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PhD Studentship: Lawn grass microbial fuel cells for widespread energy harvesting - ENG 1738

University of Nottingham Faculty of Engineering

The University of Nottingham is offering a fully funded 42-month UK-based PhD studentship as part of the Leverhulme Trust Research Project Grant, focusing on "Lawn grass microbial fuel cells for widespread energy harvesting." Supervised by Dr. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Weif, Dr H I Gomes, Dr A Tidy

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

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Multimodal Large Language Models for Audio-aware Argument Extraction

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr Rafael Mestre, Dr Stuart E. Middleton, Dr Matt Ryan. Project description. For any democratic society, access to news and engaging in online debate are critical for the public to shape opinions and make informed decisions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Mestre

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

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The effect of General Relativity on super-Eddington accretion

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Matthew Middleton. Project description. Compact objects (neutron stars and black holes) can accrete material through a disc which is bright across the EM spectrum. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Middleton

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Resolving the unresolvable: using lenses to map accretion onto black holes and neutron stars

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Matthew Middleton. Project description. White dwarfs located in the halo of Andromeda (M31) are expected to lens some of the 100s of X-ray bright, accreting compact objects (black holes and neutron stars) located in that galaxy. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Middleton

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Hidden black holes and the search for self-lensing binaries

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Matthew Middleton. Project description. Binary systems containing high mass stars evolve through a number of stages, and in many cases can appear as a black hole or neutron star orbiting at a large distance from a ‘normal’ companion star. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Middleton

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Exploring the Time-Dependence of Kinetic Structure at Earth’s Bow Shock

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Imogen Gingell. Project description. When the solar wind interacts with Earth’s magnetosphere, it is heated and slowed from supersonic to subsonic speeds at the bow shock. Read more

Supervisor: Dr I Gingell

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PROBING NEUTRON STARS PHYSICS USING NASA'S NICER MISSION

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Prof. Diego Altamirano. Project description. Neutron stars (NSs) are compact objects. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Altamirnao

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Intelligent electromechanical systems for biomedical devices

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Dr Shiyang Tang, Prof Hywel Morgan. Project description. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Tang

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Discovering and characterising new protein antimicrobials

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Antibiotic resistant infections are spreading globally and becoming a leading cause of death worldwide, already surpassing malaria and HIV. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Sharp

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

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Modelling the Role of Hard Particles in Hard Facing Alloys

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Robert Wood, Georges Limbert and Dave Stewart (RRSL). Project description. Hard facing alloys, such as those used in nuclear power plant, are composite materials comprising carbides (and other hard phases), in galling resistant metallic matrices. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R J K Wood

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Data centric modelling of adhesive wear

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Robert Wood, Jo Grundy and Dave Stewart (RRSL). Project description. The occurrence of adhesive wear between sliding surfaces can cause high friction, vibration, material transfer between surfaces and even seizure of components. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R J K Wood

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Simulating thermonuclear burning spread occurring on the neutron star surface

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Prof. Diego Altamirano. Project description. Type I X-ray bursts, commonly referred to as thermonuclear bursts, manifest on the surfaces of neutron stars in binary systems. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Altamirnao

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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