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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: 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: 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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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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Will Climate Change Worsen the Problem of Antibiotic Resistance? Department of Ecology and Conservation, UQ-Exeter Institute PhD Studentship (Funded) for January 2027 Entry
ESE
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: 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: Investigating the role of cerebellar-midbrain projections in emotional contributions to pain - PhD (funded)
HLS
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £21,805 per year
Date Placed: 24 Mar
Closes 20 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Pharmacogenomic repurposing of drugs for treatment-resistant B-cell lymphoma.
Biomedical Sciences :
University of Plymouth
Location: Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 3 years and includes full Home tuition fees plus a stipend of £19,215 per annum 2025-26 rate; (2026-27 TBC).
Date Placed: 20 Mar
Closes 11 Apr
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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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PhD Studentship: Exploring the Enzymatic Treatment of Oiled Shorelines
School of Chemistry - Faculty of Engineering
University of Nottingham
Location: Nottingham
Salary: £21,805
Date Placed: 20 Mar
Closes 07 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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PhD Studentship: Floral Materials and Objects from the 2nd Millennium BCE East Mediterranean
Faculty of Arts
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Location: Belgium, Greece
Salary: Competitive
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Closes 30 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Engineering Synthetic Microbial Ecosystems for Deployable Microbiome Modulation
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Closes 01 May
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PhD Studentship: Improving the solvent tolerance of E. coli by understanding the rules of accumulation
Chemical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Closes 01 May
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PhD Studentship: Rooted in Resilience: Optimising the Plant-Soil System for Flood-Resilient Rain Gardens
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £26,546
Date Placed: 19 Mar
Closes 08 May
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PhD Position in Environmental DNA (eDNA) and Biodiversity Monitoring in Agricultural Landscapes
Graduate School of Technical Sciences
Aarhus University
Location: Aarhus
Salary: Competitive
Date Placed: 18 Mar
Closes 01 Jun
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MSCA PhD Fellow in Cross-Disciplinary Glycoscience Research (DC3 - Targeting tissues using multivalent lectin-glycan interactions)
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £53,780 per annum (plus family allowance, dependent on eligibility), in line with MSCA Doctoral Network requirements
Date Placed: 18 Mar
Closes 18 Jun
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PhD Studentship: Evaluating the influence of NEOM regreening approaches on terrestrial productivity (Funded PhD Studentship)
ESE
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: UK tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £23,805 per year
Date Placed: 17 Mar
Closes 13 Apr
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PhD Studentship: Exploring the Molecular Mechanisms of Nutrient Utilisation in Mycobacterium Tuberculosis
The University of Manchester
Location: Manchester
Salary: £20,780 annual tax-free stipend set at the UKRI rate and tuition fees will be paid
Date Placed: 13 Mar
Closes 09 Apr
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PhD Studentship in Cancer Immunology: Hypoxia-Driven Fibroblast Reprogramming in Immunotherapy Resistant Liver Cancer
Newcastle University
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
Salary: £22,500 UKRI rate stipend and covers home fees
Date Placed: 13 Mar
Closes 13 Apr
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