There are 61 self-funded or funded PhD studentship.
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Adaptive Bitrate (ABR) Algorithms for Six Degree-of-freedom Virtual Reality Streaming
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 15th October 2021
- Subject area: Maths and Computing
- Supervisors: Prof Prudence Wong Associate Prof Cheng-Hsin Hsu
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Algorithmic techniques for energy landscape exploration of crystal structures
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 30th July 2021
- Subject area: Maths and Computing
- Supervisors: Prof. Paul Spirakis Prof. Igor Potapov
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Analysis of plasma-water interfaces
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Saturday 31st July 2021
- Subject area: Engineering and Planning
- Supervisors: Dr. Mohammad Hasan Professor J Walsh
- Eligibility: Open to UK applicants
Application of advanced simulation tools for multiphysics evaluation of the SMR cores
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Wednesday 30th June 2021
- Subject area: Engineering and Planning
- Supervisors: Prof Bruno Merk
- Eligibility: Open to UK applicants
Application of Machine Learning Tools to guide Materials Discovery
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 30th July 2021
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof M J Rosseinsky Dr Dmytro Antypov Dr Vladimir Gusev
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Atomic Layer Deposition of metals and oxides on ‘shaped’ catalyst support particles: Creating advanced catalysts for the production of sustainable next-generation feedstock chemicals for the consumer chemical sector
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Thursday 27th January 2022
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Richard Potter Prof P R Chalker Prof M J Rosseinsky
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Autonomous robots for materials discovery; putting a brain in the mobile robot chemist
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 30th July 2021
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof A I Cooper Dr S Luo Dr V Gusev
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Bio-inspired morphing solutions for aeroelastic problems
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Thursday 15th July 2021
- Subject area: Engineering and Planning
- Supervisors: Dr Sebastiano Fichera Professor Jen-Yuan (James) Chang
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Defence evolution under protective symbiosis: how do nuclear and symbiont defences interact?
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 13th October 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof G Hurst Dr T Price
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Defining the role of WT1 in cellular and molecular processes during gastrulation, in embryos and gastruloids
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 31st December 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Bettina Wilm
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Determination of the microstructural extracellular and cellular response of young and aged anterior cruciate ligaments in the mammalian knee joint to mechanical load
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Saturday 7th May 2022
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Eithne Comerford Dr B Geraghty Prof Hazel Screen
- Eligibility:
Determining the biocompatibility of, novel, nano-silica coated surfaces on oral and gastrointestinal immune barriers
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 19th May 2022
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Neill Liptrott Professor Rachel Williams
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Development of a Reverse ChIP-Sequencing (RChIPS) technology to discover novel proteins regulating gene expression
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Sunday 5th December 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr McClurg Dr Suzanne Madgwick Prof Eyers
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Development of a smart system to remotely assess gait of People with Parkinson’s Disease Gait Evaluation for People with Parkinson’s Disease
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Wednesday 30th June 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Heba Lakany Dr K D'Aout Dr Antonella Macerollo
- Eligibility: Open to UK applicants
Development of sensitive molecular viral assays to screen anti-SARS-CoV-2 formulations
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Tuesday 7th December 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof W Paxton Dr G Pollakis
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Diet and thermal limits: eating for survival and fertility
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 13th October 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr S Wigby Dr T Price Dr N Hemmings
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Efficient matching of protein structures to cryo-EM map segments
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Wednesday 30th June 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Rigden Dr R Keegan Dr Agnel-Praveen Joseph
- Eligibility: Open to UK applicants
Employing advanced transcriptomic approaches to identify characteristics of anterior cruciate ligaments which contribute toward tissue failure
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Saturday 31st July 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Simon Tew Professor Eithne Comerford
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Engineering more water-use efficient crops: functional genomics of CO2 fixation during Crassulacean acid metabolism
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 21st January 2022
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr. James Hartwell
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Experimental discovery of new multiple-anion solid-state electrolytes
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Saturday 31st July 2021
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof M Rosseinsky
- Eligibility: Open to UK applicants
Exploring structural ensembles to enhance unconventional Molecular Replacement and facilitate Cryo-EM map interpretation
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Tuesday 7th December 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor D Rigden Dr R Keegan
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Genomic and metabolomic approaches to individualised antimicrobial therapy
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 2nd September 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof S Paterson Prof R Goodacre
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
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How does the provision of different ecosystem services interact? A multi-habitat approach across the rural-urban continuum in the UK
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 13th October 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr C Garcia Perez
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Identification of different cell populations in cruciate ligaments of the murine knee joint and how they respond to injury
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Saturday 7th May 2022
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Eithne Comerford Dr S Tew Prof G Bou-Gharios
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Imaging of corneal nerve using AI-enabled optical coherence tomography
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Saturday 31st July 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof. Yaochun Shen Dr Y Zheng Dr Uazman Alam
- Eligibility: Open to UK applicants
Implementing Advanced Image Analytics in a Compressed Sensing and Machine Learning Framework (EPSRC CDT in Distributed Algorithms)
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Sunday 13th June 2021
- Subject area: Engineering and Planning
- Supervisors: Dr Yalin Zheng Professor Ke Chen Professor Nigel Browning
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Investigating the biology and importance of microbial symbiosis in the plant pest, Empoasca decipiens
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Tuesday 7th December 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof G Hurst Dr Zytynska
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Investigating the role of calmodulin in human muscular hypotonia and immunodeficiency
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 30th June 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Nordine Helassa Prof C Dart Prof Alexei Tepikin
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Learning Enabled Human Activity Recognition and Tracking for Healthcare
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Sunday 1st August 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Xiaowei Huang Dr J Zhou Prof Mark Turner
- Eligibility: Open to UK applicants
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Machine Learning for Target Detection and Classification Using Multi-modal Airborne Sensor Data (EPSRC CDT in Distributed Algorithms)
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Sunday 13th June 2021
- Subject area: Engineering and Planning
- Supervisors: Dr Zheng Professor Chen
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Mechanisms of synapse loss during neurodegeneration and ageing
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Tuesday 30th November 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Sanchez-Soriano
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Mechanistic understanding of cancer drug induced cardiotoxicity using patient derived induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derived cardiomyocytes
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 1st December 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Parveen Sharma Dr Richard Rainbow
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Metabolomics investigation of impacts of metal nanoparticles on multispecies biofilm consortia
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 21st April 2022
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Howbeer Muhamad Ali Prof Kathryn Whitehead
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Metabolomics investigation of oral bacteria involved in chronic periodontitis to determine biomarkers indicative of systemic disease
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 21st April 2022
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Howbeer Muhamad Ali Prof Kathryn Whitehead
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Metal-organic framework derived multi-metallic catalysts and catalytic functionalisation
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Thursday 27th January 2022
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof M J Rosseinsky Prof A I Cooper
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Method and Realisation of Parallel Computing for Switching Arc Simulation based on a Mix of Structured and Unstructured Grids
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Wednesday 30th June 2021
- Subject area: Engineering and Planning
- Supervisors: Professor J D Yan Prof J Chou
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Modelling antibiotic resistance in chronic Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 2nd December 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Fothergill Dr Childs Dr Sharkey
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Modelling subretinal injections to improve delivery of treatment for age-related eye diseases
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Tuesday 21st September 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Brendan Geraghty Dr V Kearns Dr A Abass
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Modulation of cell survival in cancer via the PERP route
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Tuesday 24th May 2022
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Luminita Paraoan
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Molecular dissection of cell-extracellular matrix interactions in hepatic homeostasis and the development of fibrosis\n
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 4th November 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Takao Sakai
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Nanomaterial based antimicrobials to treat hospital acquired infections
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 25th May 2022
- Subject area: Engineering and Planning
- Supervisors: Dr. Raechelle D’Sa
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Non-Myopic Approaches to Sensing and Surveying (EPSRC CDT in Distributed Algorithms)
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Sunday 13th June 2021
- Subject area: Engineering and Planning
- Supervisors: Dr A Garcia-Fernandez Professor Prudence Wong
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
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Organic materials synthesis using robots
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Tuesday 31st August 2021
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Andy Cooper Dr Anna Slater
- Eligibility: Open to UK applicants
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Paleointensity extremes: Dynamic implications and future fields
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 9th July 2021
- Subject area: Earth Sciences and Geography
- Supervisors: Dr Greig Paterson Professor A Biggin Professor R Holme
- Eligibility: Open to UK applicants
Predicting body size shrinkage - the third universal response to environmental warming
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 13th October 2021
- Subject area: Earth Sciences and Geography
- Supervisors: Professor D Atkinson Dr T Price
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Scalable Online Machine Learning (EPSRC CDT in Distributed Algorithms)
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Sunday 13th June 2021
- Subject area: Engineering and Planning
- Supervisors: Professor Simon Maskell
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Scheduling of Distributed Information Processing (EPSRC CDT in Distributed Algorithms)
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Sunday 13th June 2021
- Subject area: Engineering and Planning
- Supervisors: Professor Prudence Wong Dr Xu (Judy) Zhu
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
School of Law and Social Justice - Graduate Teaching Fellows Post - Law (2021/22)\n
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 25th June 2021
- Subject area: Law
- Supervisors: TBC
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
School of Law and Social Justice - Graduate Teaching Fellows Post - Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology (2021/22)
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 25th June 2021
- Subject area: Law
- Supervisors: TBC
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Searching for amyloid forming bacteria using bioinformatics and experimental approaches
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Saturday 4th December 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr J Madine Prof D Rigden Prof M Taggart
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
SHINERS for the study of electrochemical and catalytic processes
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Wednesday 30th June 2021
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Laurence Hardwick
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Stroke-Sarcopenia: Improving diagnosis, risk stratification
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Monday 14th June 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Masoud Isanejad Dr Mohsen Mazidi Dr Deirdre Lane
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Targeting ageing: Genes and compounds with pro-longevity, health-preserving effects
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Tuesday 14th December 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor de Magalhaes
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
The effect of low protein diet on the development of the musculoskeletal system
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 23rd September 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Aphrodite Vasilaki Professor Malcolm Jackson Dr Katarzyna Whysall
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
The role of protein palmitoylation during mitosis
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 4th May 2022
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Lee Haynes Dr Nordine Helassa
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
The role of small non-coding RNA extracellular vesicle cargo in age-related anterior cruciate ligament degeneration
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Saturday 7th May 2022
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Eithne Comerford Professor Mandy Peffers Dr Yalda Kharaz
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Towards understanding age-related macular degeneration: dysregulation of oxidative stress response and protein homeostasis in the retinal pigment epithelium
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Tuesday 24th May 2022
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Luminita Paraoan
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Uncovering the mechanisms of cryoprotectant toxicity and improving cryopreservation protocols
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Tuesday 14th December 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor de Magalhaes
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Unravelling the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying chemoresistance in cancer
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 30th July 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Varadarajan
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Validating NMR metabolomics as a novel technology for measuring drug safety using human induced pluripotent stem cell-cardiomyocytes
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Saturday 4th December 2021
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Oldershaw Dr Amy Chadwick Dr Marie Phelan
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Zeolite and Zeotype synthesis and modification for biomass-derived chemical feedstock transformation
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Thursday 27th January 2022
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof M J Rosseinsky Dr J Claridge
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide