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PhD Studentships: Environment, Earth and Ecosystem Sciences
Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
The Open University
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary: Stipend of £20,780 per annum
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 07 Jan
PhD Studentship: Developing viable solutions to reduce ghost fishing and plastic pollution through innovation in fisheries
Marine Institute
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 3.5 years and includes Home or International tuition fees plus a stipend of £20,780 per annum 2025-26 rate (2026-27 rate TBC)
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 02 Feb
PhD Studentship: Can Nanotechnology Help Fight Climate Change?
Marine Institute
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: Funding amount: The studentship is supported for 3.5 years and includes Home or International tuition fees plus a stipend of £20,780 per annum 2025-26 rate (2026-27 rate TBC)
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 02 Feb
PhD Studentship: Developing and evaluating design criteria to end microplastic pollution (End-Microplastic)
International Marine Litter Research Unit
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 3.5 years and includes Home or International tuition fees plus a stipend of £20,780 per annum 2025-26 rate (2026-27 rate TBC)
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 02 Feb
Closes 02 Feb
PhD Studentship - Chemistry: Ocean Biomass Catalysis - Enzyme-Catalyst Hybrids for Renewable Chemical Production from Invasive Seaweed Species (OCEANCAT)
Sustainable Chemistry and Catalysis Group
University of Plymouth
Location: Plymouth
Salary: £20,780 Stipend + Fees
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 02 Feb
PhD Studentship - Marine Sciences: Deep-Sea Vulnerable Marine Ecosystems - Ecology, Function and Management
University of Plymouth
Location: Plymouth
Salary: £19,215 per annum + Fees
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 02 Feb
PhD Studentship:
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 3.5 years and includes Home rate tuition fees plus a stipend of £19,215 per annum 2025-26 rate (2026-27 rate TBC)
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 02 Feb
PhD Studentship: Assessing tipping points in temperate coastal ecosystems: Integrating thermal landscapes, individual physiology, and community-level responses to heatwaves
University of Plymouth
Location: Devon, Plymouth
Salary: The studentship is supported for 3.5 years and includes Home rate tuition fees plus a stipend of £19,215 per annum 2025-26 rate (2026-27 rate TBC)
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 02 Feb
PhD Studentship: Long Range Seasonal Forecasting of North Atlantic Cyclones
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences;
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: A stipend matched to UKRI annual rates (25/26: £20,780), fee waivers (25/26: £5,006)
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 17 Jan
PhD Studentship: Exploring the Use of Short to Long-range Weather Forecasting to Predict Industry Energy Usage and Resilience
School of Geography and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: A stipend matched to UKRI annual rates (25/26: £20,780), fee waivers (25/26: £5,006)
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 17 Jan
PhD Studentship: National Resources and Infrastructure: Mapping the Socio-technical Burden of Energy Transitions
Department of Mechanical Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: This project is jointly funded by the MTC and the University of Birmingham.
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 27 Feb
PhD Studentship: Distributed Radar Synchronisation Techniques in a Maritime Environment
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: The project covers UK tuition fees and the standard UKRI PhD stipend
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 31 Jan
PhD Studentship: Signal Processing Techniques for Quantum-enhanced Distributed Radar Systems
Department of Electronic, Electrical and Systems Engineering
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Funding is awarded on competitive basis
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 31 Jan
PhD Studentship: Non-Abelian Topologies, Quantum Geometry and Quantum Simulations
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Funding is awarded on competitive basis
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 30 Jan
Fully Funded PhD Opportunities – Interdisciplinary STEM Research at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Diversity-Led, Mission-Driven Research (DiveIn CDT)
College of Science and Engineering
University of Glasgow
Location: Glasgow
Salary: £25,383 - please see advert
Date Placed: 28 Nov
Closes 31 Jan
PhD Studentship in Quantum Error Correction for Superconducting Qubit Hardware
The University of Edinburgh
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: £24,780
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 31 Jan
PhD Studentship in Global Sustainable Development: Lived experiences and perceptions of heat of children in Accra
Global Sustainable Development, School for Cross-faculty Studies
University of Warwick
Location: University of Warwick
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 12 Dec
Two PhD studentships in Computational Physics and Chemistry
Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Laboratory
UCL
Location: London
Salary: The studentship will cover university fees at the UK (home) rate and includes funds for maintenance at the standard rate and for participation in international conferences and workshops
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 26 Jan
PhD Studentship: Transforming Antimicrobial Peptides into Medicines via AI-Empowered High-Throughput Nanoparticle Synthesis Platforms
London Centre for Nanotechnology
UCL
Location: London
Salary: Stipend at UKRI rate
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 12 Jan
PhD Studentship: Engineered Self-Assembled Medical Scaffolds: Properties, Modification, and Application Testing
Manchester Metropolitan University
Location: Manchester
Salary: £20,780 stipend plus £5,006 home tuition fees. Please refer to advert for further details.
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 27 Feb
PhD Studentship: Long-distance Continuous Variable Quantum Key Distribution with Amplifiers and Memories
Manchester Metropolitan University
Location: Manchester
Salary: £20,780 stipend plus £5,006 home tuition fees. Please refer to advert for further details.
Date Placed: 27 Nov
Closes 27 Feb
PhD Studentship: Machine Learning-Accelerated NMR Platform for Viral RNA Polymerase Inhibitor Discovery
London Centre for Nanotechnology
UCL
Location: London
Salary: Stipend at UKRI rate
Date Placed: 26 Nov
Closes 12 Jan
PhD Studentship: Nanoengineered Slippery Coatings for Infection-Free Orthopaedic Implants
London Centre for Nanotechnology
UCL
Location: London
Salary: Stipend at UKRI rate
Date Placed: 26 Nov
Closes 12 Jan
PhD Studentship: Novel Ultrasound-Assisted Antimicrobial Strategies for Dental Biofilm Infections
London Centre for Nanotechnology
UCL
Location: London
Salary: Stipend at UKRI rate
Date Placed: 26 Nov
Closes 12 Jan

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