The MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences (LMS) is offering several fully funded PhD positions for 2026, focusing on interdisciplinary research in human health. The Team Science PhD programme addresses major challenges such as nucleic acid sensors in ageing-associated inflammation and reproductive health, including fertility, ageing, sex, and environmental factors. Additionally, a core PhD project is available in protein engineering, aiming to design and screen proteins to tackle agricultural...

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is offering a PhD opportunity in Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Mathematical Modelling, supervised by Associate Professor Kath O'Reilly and Marc Bauguellin. The successful applicant will join the modelling HPRU at LSHTM, working across disease specialisms and collaborating with teams in CMMID, HPRU, and LSHTM. Research topics include the development and evaluation of disease surveillance systems for early detection of pandemics, wit...

[UK and International tuition fees covered and an annual tax-free stipend of at least £21,805 per year.] The University of Exeter is offering a fully funded PhD studentship focused on modelling the partially ionised solar chromosphere, supported by the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). This research opportunity is ideal for students interested in solar physics, plasma physics, and computational modelling. The solar chromosphere is a critical layer for understanding energy flow an...

This EngD project, sponsored by Boeing, offers a unique opportunity to advance productivity in manufacturing through the development of automation and autonomy in computer-aided process planning. Manufacturing process planning involves numerous inter-related decisions, often managed manually and varying significantly between manufacturers. The project aims to streamline these processes by integrating multiple manufacturing data sources, enabling more efficient decision-making and reducing repeti...

This PhD project at the University of Bristol, within the Bristol Medical School, offers an exciting opportunity to advance statistical methods for estimating diagnostic test accuracy in clinical settings. As the number of available disease tests grows, understanding their accuracy—especially when no perfect 'gold standard' exists—becomes increasingly important for public health and clinical practice. The project focuses on developing and applying Bayesian modelling techniques to address challen...

This PhD opportunity at the University of Bristol focuses on modelling stroke progression and treatment in the brain, specifically targeting ischaemic stroke—a leading cause of death and disability worldwide. The project aims to advance computational models of stroke development, blood flow, oxygen transport, and fluid dynamics in the human brain. By expanding these models to simulate diverse population groups, the research seeks to help clinicians tailor treatments more effectively and understa...

This PhD project at the University of Bristol investigates the relationship between sleep patterns and the risk of developing brain diseases such as dementia. Despite advances in experimental data collection—including measurements of brain blood flow and electrical activity—the mechanisms by which sleep influences long-term brain health remain poorly understood. The project aims to develop the first multi-scale mathematical model that links daily sleep patterns to whole-life changes in brain phy...

The University of Reading invites applications for a fully funded PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, offered as part of the Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) programme. This unique opportunity allows you to combine advanced research training with practical teaching experience, preparing you for a dynamic academic or industry career. The GTA role involves working part-time (up to 20 hours per week) as a teaching assistant, supporting laboratory sessions and other teaching activities...

[Full coverage of tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of £22,780 for Home, EU and International students.] This PhD studentship at Imperial College London offers an exciting opportunity to advance the prediction of extreme events in turbulent reacting flows using scientific machine learning. The project is motivated by the increasing prevalence of extreme fluid events due to climate change and the global push for decarbonization. These rare events, such as flashback with hydrogen or blow...