PhD Studentship in Computer Science: Policy-Compliant Secure AI
- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Aydin Abadi
Award Summary 100% home fees covered, and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £21,805 (2026-27 UKRI rates) Overview Artificial intelligence now supports high-stakes decisions in cybersecurity, finance, healthcare, and public services, where accuracy alone is not enough. Such systems must also respect legal, regulatory, contractual, or organisational limits on their use and disclosures. Enforcing these is hard when the data, the model, and the rules belong to different parties, none of whom can hand over what they hold. Privacy-preserving AI protects data and models but not rules, whi
PhD Studentship - Supramolecular Host Engineering for Enhanced CWA Capture and Neutralisation
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- School of Chemistry
Applications are sought for a fully funded PhD 3-year studentship position in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham (UoB) in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). Background. We focus on a class of materials termed molecular capsules ( doi.org/10.1039/D4CS00761A ) that have potential applications as supramolecular hosts for sensing, separations and catalysis. Computational chemistry allows the design and discovery of new molecules and theoretical understanding. This is especially important when studying the behaviour of sensitive chemicals,
PhD Studentship: West Nilotic Morphosyntax
- Guildford, United Kingdom
- Professor Matthew Baerman
PhD Studentship: West Nilotic Morphosyntax The topic is the comparative morphosyntax of the West Nilotic languages, and forms part of the European Research Council-funded project ‘NILOMORPH: The evolution of suprasegmental morphology in West Nilotic’, which sets out to explain how linguistic evolution took a highly unexpected turn in the West Nilotic languages of East Africa. Some languages within this group have evolved systems of non-concatenative morphology in which multiple grammatical categories are expressed simultaneously within a single syllable, through specifications of tone, phonati
PhD Studentship: Calibration Methodologies for Industrial/Geophysics Granular Materials
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Mathematics
- Dr Anthony Thornton
This 3.5-year PhD project is fully funded and home students are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. The start date is October 2026. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. This PhD project addresses the "calibration problem" in particulate continuum models and particle simulations. Specifically, it focuses on developing robust methodologies for selecting and parameterising contact model
PhD Studentship: Monitoring Complex Ecosystems - Critical Transitions in Time Series for Soil Health and Earthquake Emergence
- Devon, United Kingdom
- ESE
- Dr George Datseris
PhD Opportunity: Critical transitions in timeseries from soil & earthquakes From the collapse of the Amazon rainforest to financial markets, from earthquakes to degraded farmland - complex systems in the natural and human world can shift suddenly and irreversibly. Understanding such critical transitions ranks among the most urgent challenges in modern ecosystem sciences and societal preparedness. This PhD project puts you at the frontier of detecting such transitions in time series, drawing from original data from soil and agriculture, as well as geohazards. The project Although difficult to d
PhD Studentship: Ammonia Solid Oxide Fuel Cell for Carbon-Free Energy Production
- Cranfield, United Kingdom
- Dr Mingming Zhu
A fully-funded PhD studentship is offered by EPSRC through Doctoral Landscape Award. The UK Government has plans to achieve Net-Zero by 2050 and hydrogen energy will play a significant role. Due to the low volumetric density of hydrogen, ammonia has emerged as a promising hydrogen carrier and zero-carbon fuel. The overall aim is to develop a novel direct ammonia fuel cell technology that can efficiently convert ammonia into carbon-free energy. In the concept of decarbonisation and renewable energy, hydrogen is considered as the ultimate carbon-free fuel and energy carrier for many applications
PhD Studentship: EPSRC: Spin-Lattice Dynamics in Advanced Magnetic Materials
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Computer Science
How to apply: https://uom.link/pgr-apply-2425 This 3.5 -year PhD studentship is open to Home (UK applicants). The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£20,780 for 2025/26, subject to annual uplift) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. EU students with settled or pre-settled status and international student can apply but their application eligibility will be determined on a case-by-case basis The start date is October 2026 or January 2027. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before th
PhD Studentship: Clearing the Path to Vision: Targeting Retinal Clearance Mechanisms in Macular Degeneration
- Norwich, United Kingdom
- Norwich Medical School
- Dr Linda Troeberg
Primary supervisor - Dr Linda Troeberg Are you fascinated by cell biology, molecular medicine and translational research? Would you like to contribute to research that could help preserve the sight of people with macular degeneration? We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join an exciting multidisciplinary research project investigating new ways to prevent vision loss in genetic (Sorsby’s fundus dystrophy) and age-related forms of macular degeneration. The project utilises our understanding of how healthy retinal cells clear harmful proteins to develop innovative drug and gene thera
Enhanced Stipend PhD Studentship (UK) funded by the UK government Thermally Sprayed Coatings for Ablation and High Heat Flux Conditions
- Nottingham, United Kingdom
Background UK applicants are invited to undertake a 3-4 year, fully-funded PhD studentship (fees and enhanced stipend) within the Centre of Excellence in Coatings and Surface Engineering (CE-CSE) at the University of Nottingham, funded by the UK government. There is a critical need to develop materials and coatings that can withstand ultra-high temperature (UHT) conditions while maintaining structural integrity and functional performance. The PhD Project This exciting research project is actively seeking ultra-high temperature (UHT) ceramic materials capable of surviving short-duration exposur
PhD Studentship in Cardiovascular Development: “Pharyngeal endoderm transcriptional networks regulating aortic arch artery development and malformation”, funded by the British Heart Foundation
- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- Dr. Simon Bamforth
Award summary 100% of home tuition fees paid; annual stipend starting at £21,114; research costs and travel to conferences. Overview Congenital cardiovascular malformations are the most common birth defects and remain a leading cause of infant morbidity and mortality. Despite their clinical importance, the molecular mechanisms controlling development of the aortic arch arteries, which give rise to the major arteries supplying the heart and body, are poorly understood. This PhD project will investigate how the pharyngeal endoderm, a specialised embryonic tissue, regulates aortic arch artery dev
PhD Studentship - Computer Science: Empirical Security Assessment of AI Decision Engines in Cyber-Physical Systems
- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- School of Computing
- Dr Mujeeb Ahmed
Award summary 100% home fees covered, and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £21,805 (2026-27 UKRI rates). Overview Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven decision engines are increasingly embedded into cyber‑physical systems (CPS) such as autonomous vehicles, smart grids, industrial control systems, robotics, healthcare devices, and intelligent transport infrastructure. While significant research has focused on improving the performance, efficiency, and autonomy of such systems, their empirical security assessment remains underdeveloped, representing a growing and critical gap. Recent
PhD Medical Studies: ‘SHIELD: Systematic Assessment of Hepatic Micro - and Nanoplastic Accumulation and Clearance in Liver Disease’
- Devon, United Kingdom
- Peninsula Medical School (Faculty of Health)
- Dr. Nathaniel Clark
Funding amount: The studentship is supported for 3 years and includes full Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £19,830 per annum 2026-27 rate. Project SHIELD: S ystematic assessment of H epatic micro- and nanoplast I c accumulatIon and cl E arance in L iver D isease DoS: Professor Shilpa Chokshi Shilpa.chokshi@plymouth.ac.uk 2 nd Supervisor: Dr. Nathaniel Clark nathaniel.clark@plymouth.ac.uk 3 rd Supervisor: Dr. Michael Wilde michael.wilde@plymouth.ac.uk 4 th Supervisor: Dr. Valentin Tastet valentin.tastet@plymouth.ac.uk Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship. The studentshi
PhD Studentship: Unmasking mechanisms of resistance to KRAS inhibition across pancreatic cancer genetic profiles
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
- Dr Giulia Biffi
Supervisor: Dr Giulia Biffi Course start date: 1st October 2027 Project details For further information about the research group, including their most recent publications, please visit their website at https://biffilab.wordpress.com Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) remains a formidable clinical challenge. A major recent advance has been the development of KRAS inhibitors, which have shown considerable promise in clinical trials (1). For decades, KRAS was considered undruggable; however, these new inhibitors represent a potential turning point for patients with PDAC. Despite this progres
PhD Studentship: Discovery of rational therapeutic biomarkers in breast cancer by systems pathology and deep learning
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
- Dr Hamid Raza Ali
PhD studentship: Discovery of rational therapeutic biomarkers in breast cancer by systems pathology and deep learning Supervisor: Dr Hamid Raza Ali Department/location: Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Deadline for application: 16th October 2026 Course start date: 1st October 2027 Overview The Ali Lab wishes to recruit a student to work on the project entitled: "Discovery of rational therapeutic biomarkers in breast cancer by systems pathology and deep learning". For further information about the research group, including their most recent publications, please visit their website at www.
NUAcT PhD Studentship – Histories of Child Protection
- Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
- School of History, Classic and Archaeology
- Dr. Claudia Soares
Award Summary 100% of home tuition fees paid and an annual stipend (living expenses) of £21,805 (2026-27 UKRI rates). Successful international candidates are required to fund the difference between the home and international fees. Overview The School of History, Classics and Archaeology invites applications for a funded doctoral studentship in the history of child protection (19th and 20th centuries), in partnership with the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC). Using the NSPCC’s rich historical archives, this project will make a contribution to histories of care,
Fully-funded PhD Studentship: Understanding the identity and function of tumour-initiating states
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
- Prof Masashi Narita
Supervisor: Prof Masashi Narita Course start date: 1st October 2027 Project details For further information about the research group, including their most recent publications, please visit their website at https://www.naritalab.com/ Our laboratory investigates the biology of preneoplastic cell states, with particular interest in how changes in cell functional identity and plasticity are controlled by the epigenome. We are interested in how oncogenic and metabolic signalling reshapes chromatin organisation and gene regulation, how these changes influence cellular fitness and tissue microenviron
Fully-funded PhD Studentship: Single-cell spatial multi-omics for cancer biology
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
- Dr Guiping Wang
Supervisor: Dr Guiping Wang Course start date: 1st October 2027 Project details For further information about the research group, please visit our website at https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/wang-group/ In the Wang Group, we develop and apply interdisciplinary technologies that bridge high-resolution spatial biology and genome-wide discovery. By integrating multi-omic sequencing and quantitative imaging, we work towards a multi-scale understanding of how molecular composition and subcellular organisation shape cell function, plasticity and disease. A central biology focus of the lab
Fully-funded PhD Studentship: Innate-adaptive immune interactions in cancer evolution
- Cambridge, United Kingdom
- Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute
- Dr Tim Halim
Supervisor: Dr Tim Halim Course start date: 1st October 2027 Project details For further information about the research group, please visit our website at https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/halim-group/ The immune system is capable of detecting cancer, which forms the basis of immunotherapy. While immunotherapy has revolutionised cancer treatment in recent years, it remains unclear how exactly the immue system detects and responds to pre-cancereous lesions. Nevertheless, it is known that the activatin (or deactivation) of anti-cancer immune cells involves many different cell-types that
Senior Biostatistician - Digital Trials
- London, United Kingdom
- Department of AI and Personalised Health
King’s College London is an internationally renowned university delivering exceptional education and world-leading research. We are dedicated to driving positive and sustainable change in society and realising our vision of making the world a better place. We are delighted to announce exciting new opportunities to join our community. EMBRACE is a visionary, multicomponent international research programme, the first of its kind in the world, supported by Inkfish with £35M core funds over six years, starting in April 2025. It is a global study of 60,000 participants, including 20,000 mothers, 20
Phd Studentship: AI-Enhanced Flexible Antenna Systems for Resilient Next-Generation Wireless Networks
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
This 3.5 year PhD project is fully funded; students who are eligible to pay tuition fees at the Home rate are eligible to apply. The successful candidate will receive an annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (£21,805 for 2026/27) and tuition fees will be paid. We expect the stipend to increase each year. We recommend that you apply early as the advert may be removed before the deadline. This PhD will develop AI-enhanced flexible antenna systems for resilient next-generation wireless networks. By exploiting flexible antenna technologies, the project will investigate AI-driven approaches