PhD Opportunities

 

Global Challenges PhD Studentships

Supervisor: Various - see advert

Deadline: Contact supervisors by 5th January 2026

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide) 

 

Dynamic regulation of activity-regulated genes in the Drosophila mushroom body

Supervisor: Dr Vincent Croset

Deadline: Friday 12th December 2025

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide) or Self-funded students

 

New methodologies to study protein-carbon dioxide interactions in sustainable industry

Supervisor: Prof Martin Cann

Deadline: Monday 15th December 2025

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

New enzymes for carbon capture from Loki’s Castle

Supervisor: Prof Ehmke Pohl

Deadline: Monday 15th December 2025

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

Designed protein nanowires interfacing with single cells

Supervisor: Prof Jonathan Heddle

Deadline: Saturday 20th December 2025

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

How do copper-binding metallochaperones break the rules of metal homeostasis in cells?

Supervisor: Dr Karrera Djoko

Deadline: Monday 5th January 2026

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

What drives aggression? Linking Ecology, Evolution, and Genes

Supervisor: Dr Eleanor Bath

Deadline: Monday 5th January 2026 (midday)

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

A beneficial plant-microbial interaction: the ecology of flax retting

Supervisor: Dr Adrian Brennan

Deadline: Monday 5th January 2026 (midday)

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

Origin and evolutionary dynamics of rainforest assembly in the Fiji Islands

Supervisor: Prof Guillaume Chomicki

Deadline: Monday 5th January 2026 (midday)

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

The evolution of reproductive isolation in rubyspot damselflies

Supervisor: Dr Jonathan Drury

Deadline: Monday 5th January 2026 (midday)

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

When nutrients turn toxic: how metals shape microbial coexistence

Supervisor: Dr Karrera Djoko

Deadline: Monday 5th January 2026 (midday)

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

Adapting to the Urban Night: Behavioural and Genomic Responses in Nocturnal Predators

Supervisor: Dr Andreanna Welch

Deadline: Monday 5th January 2026 (midday)

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

Can microclimate refugia save an iconic floral assemblage under climate change?

Supervisor: Dr Rebecca Senior

Deadline: Monday 5th January 2026 (midday)

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

AI-powered system to monitor biodiversity and study behaviour of key wild pollinators

Supervisor: Dr Lena Riabinina

Deadline: Monday 5th January 2026 (midday)

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

Characterisation of interdomain communication in the endoplasmic reticulum stress sensor Ire1

Supervisor: Dr Martin Schroeder

Deadline: Monday 5th January 2026 (midday)

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

Integrating Metagenomics and Microfluidics for Rapid Discovery of Novel Enzymes from Extreme Environments

Supervisor: Dr Jose Munoz 

Deadline: Monday 5th January 2026 (midday)

Funding: Competition funded project (Students worldwide)

 

Identifying climate-proof mechanisms of plant acclimation to freezing temperatures

Supervisor: Prof Heather Knight

Deadline: Applications accepted all year round

Funding: Self-funded students only

 

Development of chemical genetic tools to characterise the response to perturbation of protein folding homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum

Supervisor: Dr Martin Schroeder

Deadline: Applications accepted all year round

Funding: Self-funded students only