fly PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

The role of calcium signalling in regulating of tumour cell behaviour

University of Nottingham School of Life Sciences

Metastasis is the major cause of mortality in human cancers, yet we know relatively little of the fundamental biology that underlies the important transition to invasive malignancy. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Georgiou, Dr IM Maiellaro

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

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Targeting ageing and neurodegenerative diseases using the fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster

Royal Holloway, University of London School of Biological Sciences

In the last 20 years the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster emerged as a pre-eminent model system for studying changes that occur during both normal and pathological ageing (~75 per cent of the genes that cause disease in humans are also found in the fruit fly!). Read more

Supervisor: Dr H Augustin

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

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Short and long-term genetic and behavioural consequences of traumatic brain injury in fruit flies

University of Leicester Department of Genetics and Genome Biology

General background . How many fingers am I holding up? What day of the week is it? Follow my finger? These three questions are designed to test your sensory, memory and motor neural abilities following an accident; all three systems are affected by a severe deceleration of your brain. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Warren, Dr E Rosato, Dr R Feuda

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

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Sustainable Alternative Routes to Chemicals and Fuels via Black Soldier Fly Larvae

University of Sheffield Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

The global climate emergency presents pressing challenges around identifying sustainable routes to fuels and chemicals, the production of which currently relies on fossil and other unsustainable resources. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J McGregor

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

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Identifying the neurogenetic network underlying visually-driven sleep

University of Leicester Department of Genetics and Genome Biology

General background. Sleep is a behavioural quiescence widely observed in the animal kingdom. During sleep, an animal’s motor activity, as well as their responsiveness to environmental stimuli, are largely reduced. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Chen, Dr R Feuda

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

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The use of Drosophila melanogaster to identify novel therapeutic agents for Alzheimer’s disease

University of Nottingham School of Life Sciences

Since 2003, our understanding of the causes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have improved considerably, however, in that time only one new drug treatment has been approved. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Georgiou, Dr Z Zhu

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

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How to build and maintain a 3-dimensional polarised epithelial sheet

University of Nottingham School of Life Sciences

We are interested in how cells maintain normal cell shape within an epithelium. Correct epithelial cell shape is essential to maintain tissue integrity and when deregulated can cause diseases such as malignant cancers, diabetes, inflammation, and aging. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Georgiou

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Binks Institute for Sustainability: Low carbon cement using hydrothermal manufacturing techniques

University of Dundee School of Science and Engineering

The production of Portland cement is a significant source of carbon dioxide emissions – around 1500 million tonnes per year in 2019. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Dyer, Dr A Wijewardane

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

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Start-up strategies for battery electric vehicles and aircraft in cold climates

Loughborough University Department of Aeronautical and Automotive Engineering

The battery electric vehicle (BEV) has the potential to decarbonise the transport sector through the use of renewable electricity and zero tailpipe emissions, however, limited vehicle range remains a significant issue. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Fly

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

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Funded PhD - Determining the genetic and circadian basis of bipolar disorder

University of Bristol School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

This project will be part of the University of Bristol - University of Kent Cotutelle Programme. It will be jointly supervised by Prof James Hodge (http://www.bristol.ac.uk/phys-pharm-neuro/people-new/hodge/) and Dr Alice French at the University of Bristol, and by Prof Gurprit Lall at University of Kent. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Hodge, Dr AF French

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

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MSc by Research: ADP-ribosylation in dementia and motor neuron disease

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences

ADP-ribosylation is a fundamental posttranslational modification where ADP-ribose is linked on to target proteins by ADP-ribose transferases and removed by the ADP-ribose hydrolases. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L McGurk

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

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Molecular mechanisms of brain plasticity, degeneration and regeneration

University of Birmingham School of Biomedical Sciences

The aim of the project is to discover and test candidate molecular mechanisms underlying structural brain plasticity, degeneration and regeneration. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Hidalgo

Year round applications PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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How do environmental cues affect reproduction?

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

This project is available to self funded candidates only. The School of Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan, Prof A Bretman

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

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Enhanced Cements for Nuclear Waste Encapsulation

University of Strathclyde Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Blended cements are formed from a mix of ordinary cement and another cementitious material, known as clinker substitute. These alternative materials are frequently used in the cement and concrete industries to. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Renshaw, Dr K Dobson

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

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Doctor of Engineering (EngD) - Image capture and multimodal AI for interactive radiology assistance (Canon Medical and University of Edinburgh)

Heriot-Watt University School of Engineering & Physical Sciences

Research Group: CDT in Applied Photonics

The EngD is an alternative to a traditional PhD aimed at students wanting a career in industry. Students spend about 75% of their time working directly with a company in addition to receiving advanced-level training from a broad portfolio of technical and business courses. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Reid, Prof S.A. Tsaftaris

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

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PhD in Computing Science - Enhancing Sustainability via Dynamic Optimisation of Barclay’s Data Services

University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering

Barclays currently operates a complex network of data services, comprising a range of large heterogenous databases, key-value stores, object stores and more. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R McCreadie, Dr LT Thamsen, Dr GF Flynn, Mr RP Panda

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

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Visual Swarming for GPS Denied UAV Operations

UNSW Canberra Defence Trailblazer

Who can apply? Australian Citizens & Permanent Residents New Zealand Citizens Onshore international students from Five Eyes Alliance Nations (United States, the United Kingdom, Canada). Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Garratt

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

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MScR - Determining the genetic and circadian basis of bipolar disorder using Drosophila

University of Bristol School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

Circadian rhythms and sleep are evolutionarily conserved from fruit flies (Drosophila) and are fundamental as well as vital to biology and health (Jagannath et al., 2017; Menet and Rosbash, 2011). Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Hodge

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

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Self funded MSc by Research or PhD in Biology: Delineating neuronal structure and function in the autism spectrum disorder neurofibromatosis type 1

University of York Department of Biology

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is among the most common monogenetic disorders of humans and patients show a high prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Hahn, Dr W Brackenbury

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

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MScR - In vivo characterisation of novel risk genes for Alzheimers disease identified by Genome Wide Association Studies

University of Bristol School of Physiology, Pharmacology & Neuroscience

Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS) for Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have identified a number of genes that are significantly associated with the disease (van der Kant et al., 2019). Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Hodge

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

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Python Program Model-Checking/Verifying Python Agents

The University of Manchester Department of Computer Science

CRADLE is an EPSRC funded Prosperity Partnership that brings together the industrial experience that Jacobs have in applied robotics and autonomous systems (RAS) with the research expertise at the University of Manchester in this field. Read more

Supervisor: Dr LD Dennis

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Hidden singularities in equations of state

The University of Manchester Department of Chemical Engineering

In 1873, van der Waals proposed that the properties of both vapour and liquid could be described by a single mathematical equation [1]. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Masters

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

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Go On, Disturb the Flow

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team. Dr. Swathi Krishna, Prof. Bharath Ganapathisubramani. Project description. If you are a student of aerodynamics, chances are that you have drawn a conventional airfoil with nice, laminar incoming flow at some point. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Krishna

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

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Geopolymer reinforced concrete structural elements

University of Bradford Faculty of Engineering & Digital Technologies

Research Group: Centre For Sustainable Environments

Geopolymers is an alkali-activated amorphous aluminosilicious cementitious material exhibiting the ideal properties of rock-forming minerals. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Ashour

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

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Flight dynamic modelling and parameter identification of Single Engine (SE) Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Air Mobility Aircraft

University of Salford School of Science, Engineering and Environment

Information on this PhD research area can be found further down this page under the details about the Widening Participation Scholarship given immediately below. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Ariff, Dr Y Govdeli, Dr A Bahr Ennil

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

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On-the-go EV charging methods

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The promise of electric cars is tempered by the pragmatic reality that they are limited in range and hampered by a lack of charging infrastructure. Read more

Supervisors: Prof LM Maglaras, Dr Z Tan

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

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Towards a unified AI-driven approach of context handling to support reconfiguration decisions in Cloud-to-Edge orchestration for next-generation IoT systems

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The use of contextual information in computing systems (e.g., in desktop/web/mobile and pervasive/ubiquitous computing) and cloud computing were generally introduced, where it was necessary. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AU Ullah

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

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AI-driven Cloud-to-Things application-level orchestration framework for next-generation Internet of Things systems

Edinburgh Napier University School of Computing, Engineering & the Built Environment

The next generation of Internet-of-Things (IoT) systems is becoming an essential part of our day-to-day environment. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AU Ullah

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

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EPSRC InDustrial CDT in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE)

Swansea University

Apply links now open for September 2024 Entry. A jointly awarded Engineering Doctorate (EngD) from the Universities of Edinburgh, Exeter, Strathclyde and Swansea, offering ten places per year funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) EngD Programme NERC Centre for Doctoral Training

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EPSRC InDustrial CDT in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE)

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Apply links now open for September 2024 Entry. A jointly awarded Engineering Doctorate (EngD) from the Universities of Edinburgh, Exeter, Strathclyde and Swansea, offering ten places per year funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) EngD Programme NERC Centre for Doctoral Training

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We have 39 fly PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

fly PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 39 fly PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

The role of calcium signalling in regulating of tumour cell behaviour

Targeting ageing and neurodegenerative diseases using the fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster

Short and long-term genetic and behavioural consequences of traumatic brain injury in fruit flies

Sustainable Alternative Routes to Chemicals and Fuels via Black Soldier Fly Larvae

Identifying the neurogenetic network underlying visually-driven sleep

The use of Drosophila melanogaster to identify novel therapeutic agents for Alzheimer’s disease

How to build and maintain a 3-dimensional polarised epithelial sheet

Binks Institute for Sustainability: Low carbon cement using hydrothermal manufacturing techniques

Start-up strategies for battery electric vehicles and aircraft in cold climates

Funded PhD - Determining the genetic and circadian basis of bipolar disorder

MSc by Research: ADP-ribosylation in dementia and motor neuron disease

Molecular mechanisms of brain plasticity, degeneration and regeneration

How do environmental cues affect reproduction?

Enhanced Cements for Nuclear Waste Encapsulation

Doctor of Engineering (EngD) - Image capture and multimodal AI for interactive radiology assistance (Canon Medical and University of Edinburgh)

PhD in Computing Science - Enhancing Sustainability via Dynamic Optimisation of Barclay’s Data Services

Visual Swarming for GPS Denied UAV Operations

MScR - Determining the genetic and circadian basis of bipolar disorder using Drosophila

Self funded MSc by Research or PhD in Biology: Delineating neuronal structure and function in the autism spectrum disorder neurofibromatosis type 1

MScR - In vivo characterisation of novel risk genes for Alzheimers disease identified by Genome Wide Association Studies

Python Program Model-Checking/Verifying Python Agents

Hidden singularities in equations of state

Go On, Disturb the Flow

Geopolymer reinforced concrete structural elements

Flight dynamic modelling and parameter identification of Single Engine (SE) Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Air Mobility Aircraft

On-the-go EV charging methods

Towards a unified AI-driven approach of context handling to support reconfiguration decisions in Cloud-to-Edge orchestration for next-generation IoT systems

AI-driven Cloud-to-Things application-level orchestration framework for next-generation Internet of Things systems

EPSRC InDustrial CDT in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE)

EPSRC InDustrial CDT in Offshore Renewable Energy (IDCORE)

We have 39 fly PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

fly PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 39 fly PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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