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University of Birmingham - School of Physics and Astronomy
Placed on: 16/01/2026 Salary: This is a fully funded PhD. You can contact Professor Yeshpal Singh (y.singh.1@bham.ac.uk) for more details.
Closes 16 Apr
University of Birmingham - School of Physics and Astronomy
Placed on: 16/01/2026 Salary: This is a fully funded PhD. You can contact Professor Yeshpal Singh (y.singh.1@bham.ac.uk) for more details.
Closes 16 Apr
University of Birmingham - School of Physics and Astronomy
Placed on: 16/01/2026 Salary: This is a fully funded PhD. You can contact: Yeshpal Singh (y.singh.1@bham.ac.uk) for more details.
Closes 16 Apr
University of Birmingham - School of Physics and Astronomy
Placed on: 16/01/2026 Salary: This is a fully funded PhD. You can contact Professor Yeshpal Singh (y.singh.1@bham.ac.uk) for more details.
Closes 16 Apr
The University of Manchester
Placed on: 16/01/2026 Salary: £20,780 annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate (2025/26) and tuition fees will be paid.
Closes 16 Apr
University of Birmingham - School of Physics and Astronomy
Placed on: 19/01/2026 Salary: This is a competition-funded PhD project.
Closes 16 Apr
University of Birmingham - School of Physics and Astronomy
Placed on: 16/01/2026 Salary: This is a fully funded PhD. You can contact Professor Yeshpal Singh (y.singh.1@bham.ac.uk) for more details.
Closes 16 Apr
University of East Anglia - School of Environmental Sciences
Placed on: 23/02/2026 Salary: Funding includes tuition fees at home-fee rate, an annual tax-free maintenance stipend, and an annual budget to support research training.
Closes 16 Apr
University of Cambridge - Department of Pharmacology
Placed on: 25/03/2026 Salary: £21,805 per annum
Closes 16 Apr
King's College London - Centre for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine - Department of History
Placed on: 12/02/2026 Salary: Funding Maximum £22,780 stipend per annum (based on UKRI 2025/26)
Closes 17 Apr
University of Nottingham - Engineering
Placed on: 26/01/2026 Salary: £37,694 per annum (pro rata)
Closes 17 Apr
University of Nottingham
Placed on: 26/03/2026 Salary: £26,780 - please see advert
Closes 17 Apr
University of Nottingham
Placed on: 26/03/2026 Salary: £26,780 - please see advert
Closes 17 Apr
King's College London - Department of History
Placed on: 28/01/2026 Salary: £22,780 stipend per annum (based on UKRI 2025/26) Additionally covers Home, EU and International tuition and fees, plus research stipend.
Closes 17 Apr
University of Greenwich - Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Placed on: 19/03/2026 Salary: £22,780 to £24,780
Closes 17 Apr
University of Plymouth - School of Psychology / Faculty of Health: Medicine, Dentistry and Human Sciences
Placed on: 20/03/2026 Salary: Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £19,215 per annum 2025-26 rate (2026-27 rate TBC)
Closes 17 Apr
Newcastle University - School of Computing
Placed on: 20/03/2026 Salary: £21,805
Closes 17 Apr
University of Strathclyde - Institute of Photonics
Placed on: 20/03/2026 Salary: £51,045
Closes 17 Apr
University of Bristol
Placed on: 05/03/2026 Salary: Tax-free annual stipend at the current UKRI rate, which is £21,805 for the 2026/27 academic year; and full-time Home tuition fees for 3 years. An additional £8000 is available specifically to cover research costs over the duration of the award.
Closes 17 Apr
University of Greenwich - Computing and Mathematical Sciences
Placed on: 06/03/2026 Salary: £22,780 to £24,780 per annum; in addition, the successful candidate will receive a contribution to tuition fees, for the duration of their scholarship; international applicants may need to pay the remainder tuition fee for the duration of their scholarship
Closes 17 Apr
University of Surrey - Civil and Environmental Engineering
Placed on: 21/01/2026 Salary: Fully and directly funded for this project only. Home Fees (only) and UKRI Standard Stipend (£20,780 for 2025/26 academic year) and RTSG (Research Training Support Grant) of £8k. Funding is for 39 months, match-funded by COWI foundation.
Closes 19 Apr
The University of Manchester - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Placed on: 19/01/2026 Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Closes 19 Apr
University of Surrey - Chemical and Process Engineering
Placed on: 03/02/2026 Salary: Fully and directly funded for this project only. UKRI standard stipend and fees are covered. Funding is for 42 months
Closes 19 Apr
University of Exeter - ESE
Placed on: 13/02/2026 Salary: UK home tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £21,805 per year
Closes 19 Apr
University of Reading - School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences
Placed on: 23/02/2026 Salary: £21,805
Closes 19 Apr
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