There are 76 studentships.
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Advanced Anti-biofilm Surface Coatings Probed by Spatially Resolved Imaging and Microbiology Techniques
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st May 2019
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Rasmita Raval
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Advanced Microscopy Image Analysis for Life Science Applications
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 28th June 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Yalin Zheng
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
AI approaches for NMR analysis of biomolecular mixtures
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 31st July 2019
- Subject area: Maths and Computing
- Supervisors: Dr Alexei Lisitsa Dr Igor Barsukov
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Analysing ECG with deep learning: human supervised analysis versus A.I. (Artificial Intelligence)
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Monday 31st December 2018
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr R Barrett-Jolley Dr C Dart
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
B
Big Data in Collaborative Design - gaining insights into design thinking and the underlying cognitive processes, communication and collaboration patterns that may foster or hinder innovation
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Professor Dirk Schaefer
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
C
Can SAVSNET help improve identification and reporting of adverse drug reactions in veterinary medicine?
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Wednesday 29th August 2018
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr D Killick Dr P-J Noble Dr G Pinchbeck
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Characterisation of cell death mechanisms in cancer: protein interactions in p53/PERP-mediated apoptosis
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 21st February 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor L Paraoan Dr I Prior
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Characterising and repurposing cyanobacterial CO2-fixing organelles for metabolic engineering
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 5th July 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Luning Liu Dr J Hartwell
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Characterization and functional analysis of a novel cancer-associated gene
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 23rd November 2018
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr JP de Magalhaes
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Computational Design of Mechanical Metamaterials for Industrial Design and Engineering Applications
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 17th August 2018
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Dr Pooya Sareh
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Computational Identification of New Inorganic Materials for Automotive Applications
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Tuesday 14th May 2019
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor M J Rosseinsky Dr Matthew Dyer
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Connective Tissue Fibrosis: Understanding basic biological mechanisms and the development of targeted therapies
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 13th September 2018
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor George Bou-Gharios
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Data Driven Discovery of Functional Molecular Co-crystals
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr M Dyer Dr V Kurlin
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Defect and Dielectric Engineering of Transition Metal Dichalcogenides for photovoltaic applications
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Physical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Vin Dhanak Dr Ivona Mitrovic Dr Richard Potter
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Defining Small Fibre Neuropathy & Neuropathic Pain in Idiopathic Fibre Neuropathy & Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Tuesday 28th August 2018
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Uazman Alam Dr Andrew Marshall Dr Bernhard Frank
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Determination of hyper-elasticity, viscoelasticity and anisotropy of ocular tissue
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 8th August 2019
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Professor Ahmed Elsheikh
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Developing co-culture systems to enable the modelling of interactions between cells of the synovial joint
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Tuesday 2nd July 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr S Tew
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Development of Advanced Methods for Biological Signal Analysis
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 22nd February 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Y Zheng
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Development of Aptamer Functionlized ZnO Micro-ring resonators for Bio Sensing
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Dr Harm Van Zalinge Dr Ian Sandall
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Development of Novel Imaging Technologies for Eye Disease
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Monday 31st December 2018
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Yalin Zheng
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Development of treatment for Osteoarthritis by blocking metalloproteinases
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 13th September 2018
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor G Bou-Gharios
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Diagnosis and management of corneal conditions based on its response to dynamic excitation by an external air puff
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 8th August 2019
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Professor Ahmed Elsheikh
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Dielectric laser acceleration of relativistic beams
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Physical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor CP Welsch Dr S Jamison
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Don’t do it: Oculomotor approaches to inhibitory control
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Tuesday 26th February 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Paul Knox
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Effects of co-occurring psychotic experiences and psychopathic tendencies on social cognitive functioning
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 14th September 2018
- Subject area: Social Science and Health
- Supervisors: Dr Steven Gillespie
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Electrical and Optical properties of mid infrared optoelectronic devices containing gallium antimonide-based highly mismatched alloys
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Sunday 30th September 2018
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Dr Ian Sandall Professor Tim Veal
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Elucidation of the role of newly discovered post-translational modification of proteins involved in hypoxia signalling using proteomic analysis and live cell imaging
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 28th June 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr V See Prof C E Eyers
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Endocytosis in joint health and disease
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 12th July 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr K Yamamoto Professor G Bou-Gharios
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Environmental regulation of mRNA decay in adult stem cells
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 31st July 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Simon Tew
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Evolutionary insights for engineering improved globin oxygen carriers
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 28th June 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr M Berenbrink Dr J Madine
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Exploiting advanced methods for protein structure prediction
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 7th December 2018
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr D J Rigden Dr Ronan Keegan
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Exploring Stem Cell Regulation by Heparan Sulphates using Chemical Biology and Glycomics Strategies
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 28th June 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof J E Turnbull
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Exploring the use of Computational Technologies to assist designers in Creative Idea Generation
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Sunday 30th September 2018
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Ji Han
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Formulation of Surface Treatments for Contamination Prevention
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 31st May 2019
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Colin Crick
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Functional and –omics investigation of neutrophil activation in rheumatoid arthritis
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Helen Wright Professor RJ Moots Dr Marie Phelan
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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High-resolution imaging and spectroscopic characterisation of physical and chemical interactions at bio-interfaces
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st May 2019
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Raval
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
I
Identify differentially-expressed microRNAs in alkaptonuria patients
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Saturday 27th July 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr D Barraclough Prof James Gallagher Prof L Ranganath
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Immobilisation of Radioactive Graphite
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Professor K Whittle
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
In-situ TEM Observations of Atomic Scale Dynamics at Solid-Liquid Interfaces
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Physical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor N Browning
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Influence of underlying matrix on induced pluripotent stem cell differentiation and integration of trabecular meshwork cells
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 13th February 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr CM Sheridan Dr R Oldershaw
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Inner ear development and evolution - investigating prenatal development of the inner ear region at the micro and macro-anatomical level
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Sunday 30th June 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Nathan Jeffery
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Investigating the molecular mechanisms and consequences of ANP aggregation for cardiovascular disease; a computational and experimental approach
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 28th June 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Jill Madine Dr D J Rigden
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Investigating the role of mesenchymal stem cell populations in the pathogenesis of systemic idiopathic juvenile arthritis
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Tuesday 26th February 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr R Oldershaw
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Investigation of Lithium Transport in Ionic Conductors with Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr. Frédéric Blanc Prof. Matthew J. Rosseinsky
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Investigation of the PCMs nucleation mechanism both in bulk and confined environment
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Monday 10th September 2018
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof D Shchukin
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
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Mathematical modelling of plant circadian clocks - addressing the question of how the clock oscillators are coordinated in plants
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Thursday 23rd May 2019
- Subject area: Maths and Computing
- Supervisors: Dr Mirela Domijan
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Mechano-culture of stem cells for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 28th June 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr JR Henstock
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
microRNAs as tools to regulate senescence of musculoskeletal cells during ageing
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 22nd November 2018
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr K Whysall Prof P Clegg
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Microstructure engineering of hypercrosslinked polymers for rechargeable batteries beyond lithium-ion batteries
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Laurence Hardwick Prof Chi-Chang Hu
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Modelling the Structure and Properties of Flexible Porous Materials
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Matthew Rosseinsky Dr George Darling
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Models and Algorithms for Systems of Programmable Particles
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Sunday 26th August 2018
- Subject area: Maths and Computing
- Supervisors: Dr. Othon Michail
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Molecular analysis of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs) in rheumatoid arthritis
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 23rd January 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Helen Wright Prof RJ Moots
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Novel core-shell catalysts for the conversion of CO2 to value-added fuels and chemicals\n\n
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 24th August 2018
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Dr Xin Tu
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
O
Optimisation of techniques for improving the storage of osteochondral allograft tissue
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 13th February 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Rachel Oldershaw Dr PI Milner Dr Marie Phelan
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Particle Filters for Real-Time Autonomous Search of Chemical Synthesis Parameters (Reference Maskell LRC122)
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Professor S Maskell Dr A Slater
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Physical Crystallography and Materials Discovery
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor M J Rosseinsky Dr Claridge
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
R
Regional variation of biomechanical stiffness across the surface of the cornea using a non-contact method
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 8th August 2019
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Professor Ahmed Elsheikh
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Risk taking as a skill-based measure and relation to reward seeking and promotive development in youths and adults
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 14th September 2018
- Subject area: Social Science and Health
- Supervisors: Dr Luna Centifanti
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Robotic discovery of new inorganic materials
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Matthew Rosseinsky Dr John Claridge
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
S
Spatially Resolved Spectroscopy and Imaging at Surfaces and Bio-interfaces
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Sunday 30th June 2019
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof R Raval
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
T
Targeting ageing: Genes and compounds with pro-longevity, health-preserving effects
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Sunday 3rd February 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr JP 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: Friday 28th June 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr A Vasilaki Dr K Whysall Dr Iannis Kanakis
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
The genomics of sperm killing gene drive
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Saturday 29th June 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr T Price Professor G Hurst Professor S Paterson
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
The Impact of Health Qigong/Tai Chi Exercises on Healthy Living and Healthy Ageing
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 17th July 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Dong Barraclough Prof Malcolm Jackson
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
The molecular biology of back pain: identifying determinants of spine health amenable for therapeutic intervention
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Friday 26th July 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Prof G Bou-Gharios
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
The role of modified microRNAs in fibrosis during ageing
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 22nd November 2018
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr K Whysall Professor G Bou-Gharios
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
The role of neuromuscular junction (NMJ) degeneration in age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Thursday 21st February 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor MJ Jackson Professor A McArdle Dr Aphrodite Vasilaki
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Tissue Engineering of Functional Cardiac Tissue using a Newly Characterised Cardiac Stem Cell Population
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 13th February 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Rachel Oldershaw Dr R Barrett-Jolley Dr A P Meeson
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Towards a Cognitive Assistant for Computational Chemistry: Investigating automatable methods to analyse the output of simulations (iCase joint with IBM Research UK)
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Friday 31st August 2018
- Subject area: Chemical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Andy Cooper
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Towards a Taxonomy of Design Exclusion; Psychosocial Inclusive and Human Centred Design Criteria for Neuro-diversity
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Wednesday 15th August 2018
- Subject area: Engineering
- Supervisors: Dr Nickpour
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
Translation of Cardiovascular Control Models: Are ‘resistant hypertension’ patients truly drug resistant and does neuronal dysregulation contribute?
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Wednesday 17th July 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr R Barrett-Jolley
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Universal ecological responses to climate change: understanding impacts on zooplankton
- Funding: Funded studentship
- Application deadline: Wednesday 15th August 2018
- Subject area: Earth Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Andrew Hirst
- Eligibility: Open to EU/UK applicants
Using synthetic biology to develop natural sunscreen compounds from algae
- Funding: Self-funded project
- Application deadline: Saturday 29th June 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor M X Caddick
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide
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Vascular health in the obese heart: A mechanism for the ‘obesity paradox’ for cardiovascular disease
- Application deadline: Thursday 1st August 2019
- Subject area: Biological and Medical Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Gregory Lip Dr VS Sprung Dr Alena Shantsila
- Eligibility: Open to students worldwide