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PhD Studentship: Citizen Science Across Domains: Participation, Knowledge Exchange and Policy Impact for Freshwater, Biodiversity and Tree Health.
Environmental Planning
University of Gloucestershire
Location: Cheltenham
Salary: £20,780 Stipend for 25/26, FT Tax Exempt
Date Placed: 23 Apr
Closes 03 May
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PhD Studentship in Bioinformatics and Cardiovascular Biology - Exploring the Application of Geocomputational Methods to High Resolution Spatial Transcriptomics Data from the Human Heart
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 - please see advert
Date Placed: 21 Apr
Closes 19 May
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PhD Studentship in Microbiome and Parkinson’s Disease: A pan‑African Multi‑omic and Organoid Investigation
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 - please see advert
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 10 Jul
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PhD Studentship in the Biosciences Institute: Deciphering the Role of Transcriptional Enhancers in Gene Regulation and Osteoarthritis
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 an annual stipend (living expenses) plus 100% of home tuition fees paid
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 18 May
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New Digital Transformation PhD Studentship at UEA
School of Computing Sciences
University of East Anglia
Location: Norwich
Salary: £20,408
Date Placed: 17 Apr
Closes 18 Jun
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PhD Studentship: Root Oxygen Dynamics and Development
University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham
Salary: Includes payment of tuition fees and a tax-free stipend based on current BBSRC rates.
Date Placed: 16 Apr
Closes 13 May
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PhD-studentship in Applied Mathematics / Quantitative Ecology: Wind‑Assisted Dispersal of Insect Tree Pests: An Interdisciplinary Modelling and Ecological Study
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £21,805 minimum tax-free annual living allowance, 100% home fees covered plus a RTSG to cover additional research costs/travel.
Date Placed: 15 Apr
Closes 20 May
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PhD Studentship: Targeted bacterial adhesion-inhibitors for reducing Staphylococcus aureus skin colonisation in atopic dermatitis
Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 28 Apr
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PhD Studentship/Fellowship; Parkinson’s Disease, Spastic Paraplegia and Repeat Expansion Disorders: using Long-Read Sequencing to Identify Mechanisms and Disease Pathways
UCL
Location: London
Salary: Stipend/UCL rates: Y1 £23,180, Y2 £24,223, Y3 £24,952. UK home PhD fees only, total amount for fees; 3 years £19,780. Year 4 is Completing Research Status.
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 24 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Understanding Staphylococcus Capitis Skin Colonisation in Atopic Dermatitis
Department of Microbes, Infection and Microbiomes
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 27 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Discovering new genes and developing a diagnostic tool for lipodystrophy, a step towards understanding lean type 2 diabetes
HLS
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £18,700 per year with another £4,000.
Date Placed: 09 Apr
Closes 07 May
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PhD Studentship - Modular Access to Next-Generation Fluorinated Building Blocks
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £21,805 - please see advert
Date Placed: 08 Apr
Closes 31 May
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PhD Studentship: Investigating the blueprint for bio-inspired next generation sunscreens
School of Chemistry
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: See advert
Date Placed: 02 Apr
Closes 02 Jul
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PhD Studentship: Mapping the Manor: Burrow Architecture and Its Consequences in Wild Kalahari Meerkats
School of Biological Sciences
University of East Anglia
Location: Norwich
Salary: £21,805
Date Placed: 02 Apr
Closes 30 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Novel Diagnostics to Target Pathogens in Plant Biosecurity
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £20,780 tax-free annual living allowance
Date Placed: 02 Apr
Closes 27 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Topological data analysis for multimodal neuroimaging: MRI and NIRS biomarkers of brain change
University of Plymouth
Location: Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 3.5 years and includes Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum 2026-27 rate
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 24 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Next-generation biodegradable microneedle electrodes for continuous heart monitoring
University of Plymouth
Location: Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 3.5 years and includes Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum 2026-27 rate
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 24 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Development of pancreatic tumour treating field system
University of Plymouth
Location: Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 3.5 years and includes Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum 2026-27 rate
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 24 Apr
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Will Climate Change Worsen the Problem of Antibiotic Resistance? Department of Ecology and Conservation, UQ-Exeter Institute PhD Studentship (Funded) for January 2027 Entry
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University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: Please see full advert for details of funding covered by this studentship.
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 24 Apr
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PhD Studentship: The Neonatal Virtual Brain - VISI-ON-BRAIN MSCA Doctoral Network
Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, School of Academic Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
King's College London
Location: London
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 04 May
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PhD Studentship: Embedding Care for People and Planet? Designing Sustainable Floristry
Coventry University - Creative Economies
Coventry University Group
Location: Coventry
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 27 May
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PhD Studentship: Next-Gen Bio-Integrated Lithium Recovery from Clay. Department of Ecology and Conservation, UQ-Exeter Institute PhD Studentship (Funded) for January 2027 Entry
Department of Ecology and Conservation
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: Full tuition fees, stipend of £21,805 per annum, travel funds of up to £15,000, and RTSG of £10,715 are available over the 3.5 year studentship
Date Placed: 31 Mar
Closes 24 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Cocoa Flavanols and Mental Health: An Investigation of Mood, Cognition and Gut–Brain Mechanisms
Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences
University of Reading
Location: Reading
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 27 Mar
Closes 21 Jun
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PhD Studentship:Building Synthetic Self-Propelled Cells for Bioinspired Motion
Physics
University of Surrey
Location: Guildford
Salary: Fully and directly funded for this project only. UKRI standard stipend - £20,780 per year for 2025/26 academic year. Funded for 3.5 years.
Date Placed: 20 Mar
Closes 24 Apr
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Early Notice of Forthcoming Call for Applications for the Doctoral Programs (2026/27)
Scuola Superiore Meridionale
Location: Naples
Salary: £16,526.12 p.a.
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Expires 17 Jun
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