Katz 3-year PhD Studentships

About the Projects

We are advertising funded 3-year PhD studentships. These studentships will focus on addressing important research questions linked to understanding tic disorders such as Tourette syndrome. Targeted projects currently include the following:

1. Use AI/machine learning approaches to develop a means to quantify and classify tic movements and vocalisations in Tourette syndrome/tic disorder from video recordings. This studentship would be part-sponsored by an industrial partner, Neurotherapeutics Ltd.
2. Use translational neuroimaging and neurophysiology methods together in a rodent model of Tourette syndrome to examine the remote effects of chronic striatal neural disinhibition which has been implicated in tic disorders.

These studentships would suit individuals with an honours level undergraduate degree relevant to each individual project, e.g., Experimental Psychology, Physics, Neuroscience, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related subject. In addition, an appropriate master’s degree and/or relevant previous experience with one or more of: brain imaging (e.g., MRI, EEG, MEG) and/or brain stimulation (e.g., TMS, tACS, TIS).

The PhDs would start in October 2025 and are fully funded by a generous philanthropic donation made to the University of Nottingham. The studentships are open to UK citizens and will include a stipend of £20,780 for a period of three years, subject to satisfactory progress.

Qualifications

You need a 2:1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent qualifications gained outside the UK) in a relevant field such as Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science, Computer Science, Physiology, Mathematics or a related discipline.

If you have a 2:2 or lower, you may still be eligible to apply if:

• you have a masters degree in a relevant subject
• you have three or more years of full-time work experience that is relevant to your undergraduate degree, or to the PhD projects you are applying for

You may still be eligible to apply if you were not able to complete your degree or achieved unexpectedly low degree results due to extenuating circumstances.

Applications should be made here : https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/pgstudy/how-to-apply/apply-online.aspx . In the research proposal section please only include the title of the PhD position you want to apply for in the title. Please note, the application will not be considered if you fail to do so. You are required to upload the following documents to your application:

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