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Fully funded 19 Oct 2026

Student Assistant for Business PhD Program

The University of Kansas

  • Lawrence, United States

Position OverviewAssist the School of Business PhD program with recruiting and administrative tasks. Throughout their employment, student employees will maintain and manifest positive actions that align with and support the Code of Conduct for the School of Business. Job DescriptionDuties include: 50% Administrative duties: • answering emails, • special projects, and • admission tasks. 50% Recruiting projects.Required Qualifications • Must meet the minimum enrollment requirement and be in good academic standing. Position RequirementsDuring the semester term of the appointment, the student hour

Fully funded 19 Oct 2026

Phd Studentship: AI-Enhanced Flexible Antenna Systems for Resilient Next-Generation Wireless Networks

The University of Manchester · Electrical and Electronic Engineering

  • 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

Fully funded 19 Oct 2026

Assistant Professor in Fair and Responsible Artificial Intelligence

Imperial College London · Dyson School of Design Engineering

  • London, United Kingdom
  • Dyson School of Design Engineering

Location : South Kensington Campus About the role : Do you want to change the world for the better? Do you believe this can be done through research and education? At the Dyson School of Design Engineering , our motto is “from making better things to making things better”. Join an internationally leading institution, aiming to shape the future of engineering, at the interface between technology, people and society. The Dyson School of Design Engineering is the newest engineering department at Imperial College London and we strive to bring a unique value proposition to our students, research/in

Fully funded 19 Oct 2026

PhD position on socio-emotional effects of child language brokering in multilingual families

University of Amsterdam (UvA)

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Psychological sciences » Psychology

We are recruiting two PhD candidates for an interdisciplinary project on child language brokering - how multilingual children translate and mediate for others in everyday life. You will investigate how these experiences shape socio-emotional (this position) or linguistic development (the other position) in children and their parents. Are you interested in multilingualism, diverse research methods, and team science? Apply now! About the position Children from immigrant families often translate and mediate for others (typically their parents), a phenomenon called “child language brokering”. Brok

Fully funded 19 Oct 2026

PhD position on linguistic effects of child language brokering in multilingual families

University of Amsterdam (UvA)

  • Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Language sciences » Linguistics

We are recruiting two PhD candidates for an interdisciplinary project on child language brokering - how multilingual children translate and mediate for others in everyday life. You will investigate how these experiences shape linguistic (this position) or socio-emotional development (the other position) in children and their parents. Are you interested in multilingualism, diverse research methods, and team science? Apply now! About the position Children from immigrant families often translate and mediate for others (typically their parents), a phenomenon called “child language brokering”. Brok

Fully funded 20 Oct 2026

Announcing 10 PhD Studentships within the Royal Holloway Social Purpose Centre for Doctoral Training

Royal Holloway, University of London · Doctoral School

  • Egham, United Kingdom
  • Doctoral School

As a research-intensive university, we’re of one of the UK’s top 30 universities for research quality according to The Complete University Guide . We encourage innovation and rising talent, enabling established and emerging research leaders to achieve excellence and respond to new opportunities. Royal Holloway, University of London leads and is in partnership with a number of Doctoral Training Partnerships and Doctoral Landscape Awards (AHRC DLA, AHRC Techne, ESRC SEDarc, BBSRC LIDo, NERC Aries, NERC TREES) as well as Centres for Doctoral Training (UKRI AI for Digital Media Inclusion, EPSRC Cy

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

Leading Researcher position in the field of science Sociology and Social Work, sub-field Political Sociology

University of Latvia · Human Resources department

  • Riga, Latvia
  • Sociology

UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA (Registration No. 90000076669), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, invites applications for one Leading Researcher position in the area of Sociology and Social Work with specialization in Political Sociology. The aim of the position is to lead and conduct high-quality research in political sociology, focusing on public attitudes, opinions and behaviour, and to strengthen the University of Latvia’s research capacity and international visibility through scientific publications, research projects and international collaboration. The position also contributes to teachin

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

Leading Researcher position in the field of science Sociology and Social Work, sub-field Political Sociology

University of Latvia · Human Resources department

  • Riga, Latvia
  • Sociology

UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA (Registration No. 90000076669), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, invites applications for one Leading Researcher position in the area of Sociology and Social Work with specialization in Political Sociology. The aim of the position is to lead and conduct high-quality research in political sociology, focusing on public attitudes, opinions and behaviour, and to strengthen the University of Latvia’s research capacity and international visibility through scientific publications, research projects and international collaboration. The position also contributes to teachin

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

Leading Researcher position in the field of science Political Science, sub-field International Politics

University of Latvia · Human Resources department

  • Riga, Latvia
  • Sociology

UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA (Registration No. 90000076669), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, invites applications for one Leading Researcher position in the area of Political Science with specialization in International Politics. The aim of the position is to lead and conduct high-quality research in political sociology, focusing on public attitudes, opinions and behavior, and to strengthen the University of Latvia’s research capacity and international visibility through scientific publications, research projects and international collaboration. The position also contributes to teaching, the

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

Leading Researcher position in the field of science Political Science, sub-field Comparative Politics

University of Latvia · Human Resources department

  • Riga, Latvia
  • Sociology

UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA (Registration No. 90000076669), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences, invites applications for one Leading Researcher position in the area of Political Science with specialization in Comparative Politics. The aim of the position is to lead and conduct high-quality research in political sociology, focusing on public attitudes, opinions and behaviour, and to strengthen the University of Latvia’s research capacity and international visibility through scientific publications, research projects and international collaboration. The position also contributes to teaching, the

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Understanding the Causes, and Best Treatment, of Type 2 Diabetes in People Who Are Not Overweight

University of Exeter · Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

  • Devon, United Kingdom
  • Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Many people think of type 2 diabetes

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: From X to Y: Decoding Sex Chromosome Effects in the Human Brain

University of Exeter

  • Devon, United Kingdom

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Why do males and females show differ

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Disentangling Diabetes: A Novel Genetic Decomposition Approach

University of Exeter · Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

  • Devon, United Kingdom
  • Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Diabetes is a highly heterogeneous c

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Data-Driven Precision Medicine in the Hospital: Advanced Blood Glucose Analytics to Improve Inpatient Diabetes Care

University of Exeter · Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

  • Devon, United Kingdom
  • Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. 20%-30% of NHS hospital beds are occ

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship - Understanding Muscle Metabolism Responses to Feeding in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

University of Exeter · Public Health and Sport Sciences

  • University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, United Kingdom
  • Public Health and Sport Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Survivors of childhood acute lymphob

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship - Phage Power: Optimising Treatments for Bacterial Co-Infections

University of Exeter · Centre for Ecology and Conservation

  • Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Centre for Ecology and Conservation

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a As antibiotic resistance threatens modern medicine, phage therapy is emerging as a powerful new weapon against bacterial infections. These naturally occurring viruses selectively destroy harmful bacteria, offering hope where antibiotics fail. Yet a major challenge remains: how do we use phage to treat infections caused by multiple bacterial species at once? Could eliminating one pathogen unintentionally allow another to flourish? This PhD will tackle this critical question, uncovering when such r

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship - Metabolic Adaptation to a Low Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet and its Effects on Exercise Fuel Use and Glucose Management in Physically Active People with Type 1 Diabetes

University of Exeter · Public Health and Sport Sciences

  • University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, United Kingdom
  • Public Health and Sport Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Ketogenic diet (very low in carbohyd

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship - How Does Temperature Shape Selection for Resistance across Different Antibiotics, Strains, and Species

University of Exeter · Centre for Ecology and Conservation - Penryn Campus

  • Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Centre for Ecology and Conservation - Penryn Campus

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Climate warming is linked to rising

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship - Genetic and Therapeutic Determinants of Adverse Drug Reactions in Cardio-Renal Diseases

University of Exeter · Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

  • Exeter, United Kingdom
  • Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Why do people with cardiometabolic d

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship - Developing Blood Tests for the Early Detection of Neurodegeneration Following Traumatic Brain Injury

University of Exeter · Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

  • University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, United Kingdom
  • Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Antimicrobial resistance is a major

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