neuroscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

The influence of individual differences in brain rhythms on language and music competency

University of Dundee School of Social Sciences

The PhD project will aim to answer the question why some individuals have better speech comprehension skills or are more musical than others. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A. Keitel

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Psychedelic drugs and serotonergic modulation of functional connectivity in neuronal microcircuits

University of Nottingham School of Life Sciences

Psychoactive drugs result in profound alterations of our state of consciousness. Well known examples of such drugs are general anaesthetics, in use since mid-19th century, and psychedelics, which are consumed by different societies from times immemorial. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MO Okun

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

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Cross-modal sensory integration for motor decision making.

University of Greenwich School of Pharmacy (Medway Campus)

Dr Koutsikou’s research group in collaboration with Dr Tobias von der Haar (School of Biosciences, University of Kent) would like to invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated candidates, worldwide, who wish to develop and advance neuroscience research. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Koutsikou, Dr T von der Haar

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

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Cross-modal sensory integration for motor decision making.

University of Kent Medway School of Pharmacy

Dr Koutsikou’s research group in collaboration with Dr Tobias von der Haar (School of Biosciences, University of Kent) would like to invite applications from outstanding and highly motivated candidates, worldwide, who wish to develop and advance neuroscience research. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Koutsikou, Dr T von der Haar

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

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Measuring differences in neural inhibition in people with Tinnitus

University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Division of Clinical Neuroscience

About the project. Applications are invited for a 3-year fully funded PhD studentship to study the brain-based causes of tinnitus (the perception of an illusory sound). Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Sollini, Dr D Hoare, Dr M Sereda

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

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Self-funded PhD - Investigation of hypervigilance to threat in the adult rat

University of Bristol School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

There is a strong phylogenetic argument that the brain circuits and mechanisms underlying detection and reactions to threats to survival are well conserved between mammals. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Cahill, Prof E S J Robinson

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

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Intertemporal Processes in Neurocognitive Development

University of Reading School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Join a programme of work that aims to build conceptual and empirical bridges between the physiological, psychological, and cultural influences on human adolescent development. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Christakou

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

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Ultrasound Neural Interface

University of Texas at Austin Biomedical Engineering

The Wang Lab is a biomedical research laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin led by Dr. Huiliang (Evan) Wang (https://wanggroup.bme.utexas.edu/). Read more

Supervisor: Prof HW Wang

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

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Neuron-glia communication in peripheral somatosensory system and its role in nociception and pain

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Biomedical Sciences invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Gamper, Dr J. Johnston

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

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Using ultrasound thalamotomy as an opportunity to understand the contributions of the human thalamus to decision making and learning

University of Dundee School of Medicine

The contribution of the human thalamic nuclei to decision making are poorly understood and a focus of considerable interest given their routine use as safe targets for functional neurosurgery in tremor and Parkinson's disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Gilbertson

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) scholarship - Can MIND networks derived from brain MRI shed fresh light on perinatal development?

King’s College London Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

Brain connectivity is central to neurodevelopment and later cognition and mental health (Morgan et al., BP:CNNI 2018). We recently proposed a new method to construct structural brain networks from MRI data, called Morphometric Inverse Divergence (MIND). Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Morgan

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Exploring Generative AI, Memory, and Language Understanding

University of Strathclyde Department of Computer and Information Sciences

Are you fascinated by the interplay between artificial intelligence, memory mechanisms, and language comprehension? Do you aspire to push the boundaries of generative models and advance our understanding of human-like cognition? We invite applications for a PhD position in the innovative field of exploring generative AI, memory, and language understanding. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Y Moshfeghi

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

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Activity driven mechanisms of cerebral cortex development in the pathogenesis of intellectual disabilities and schizophrenia

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

Hodge Centre for Translational Neuroscience. “Towards innovative treatments for mental illness”. Cardiff University Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute. Read more

Supervisor: Dr FB Bedogni

7 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Using early developmental predictors to understand heterogeneity in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

Hodge Centre for Translational Neuroscience. “Towards innovative treatments for mental illness”. Cardiff University Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Martin

7 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Integrative Image-Based Clustering for Robust Disease Stratification in Psychiatric Disorders

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

Hodge Centre for Translational Neuroscience. “Towards innovative treatments for mental illness”. Cardiff University Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C McNabb

7 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 174 neuroscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

neuroscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 174 neuroscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

The influence of individual differences in brain rhythms on language and music competency

Psychedelic drugs and serotonergic modulation of functional connectivity in neuronal microcircuits

Cross-modal sensory integration for motor decision making.

Cross-modal sensory integration for motor decision making.

Measuring differences in neural inhibition in people with Tinnitus

Self-funded PhD - Investigation of hypervigilance to threat in the adult rat

Intertemporal Processes in Neurocognitive Development

Ultrasound Neural Interface

Neuron-glia communication in peripheral somatosensory system and its role in nociception and pain

Using ultrasound thalamotomy as an opportunity to understand the contributions of the human thalamus to decision making and learning

EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) scholarship - Can MIND networks derived from brain MRI shed fresh light on perinatal development?

Exploring Generative AI, Memory, and Language Understanding

Activity driven mechanisms of cerebral cortex development in the pathogenesis of intellectual disabilities and schizophrenia

Using early developmental predictors to understand heterogeneity in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia

Integrative Image-Based Clustering for Robust Disease Stratification in Psychiatric Disorders

We have 174 neuroscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

neuroscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 174 neuroscience PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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