Fully Funded DPhil Studentships in Children’s Mental Health and Neurodiversity University of Oxford in United Kingdom

Up to 4 fully funded DPhil (PhD) studentships are available at the Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research, University of Oxford. The projects are in children and youth mental health , neurodiversity , and wellbeing , making this a strong fit for applicants interested in psychology, public health, neuroscience, and related mental health research. Funding includes a stipend plus UK home fees. To apply, send an expression of interest to [email protected] by 22 September 2026, 12pm UK time ....

PhD opportunity at the University of Sheffield , School of Psychology, on meta-research exploring replication in autism research . The project focuses on how researchers should decide what to replicate, with an emphasis on open research methods , evidence synthesis , and improving the evidence base for autistic people. The PhD candidate would be based in the Sheffield Autism Research Lab and may work on topics such as replication decision-making, open science in autism research, co-production wi...

King's College London is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Associate (internal applicants only) in the Mind-Body Psychoneuroimmunology (MBP) Lab within the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) . The project sits at the intersection of psychoneuroimmunology , mental health , neuroscience , and biological psychiatry . The successful candidate will help investigate the biological mechanisms underlying mental health disorders and physical health comorbidity, with work spannin...

Fully funded 3-year full-time PhD studentships are open at the University of Worcester in the UK. The advertised research areas focus on mental health and rural care , including topics such as suicidality and bereavement pathways , ePROMs in the EMPOWER study , and unpaid carer support in the THRIVE project. This is a strong fit for applicants interested in health-related doctoral research with applied, community, and service-delivery dimensions. Relevant academic backgrounds may include public ...

PhD opportunity at Cardiff University in the Cardiff School of Medicine on shared genetic architecture of neuropsychiatric disorders and novel brain biomarkers . The project sits in the area of imaging genetics and aims to improve the biological specificity of brain phenotypes by implementing novel methods for diffusion weighted imaging in a very large cohort, including UK Biobank data, using the unique Connectome scanner at CUBRIC . The research will generate novel MRI metrics closer to brain b...