Fully Funded PhD in Biosciences: Animal Health, Pathogens, Plant Health, Food and Agriculture NorthWest Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership in United Kingdom

Harper Adams University’s Animals in Education research team is recruiting for two PhD opportunities advertised through the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) . The first project, “Improving animal welfare practices in Veterinary Education: an evidence-based approach” , focuses on how live animals are used in veterinary education and aims to build an evidence base for better practice. The second project, “Balancing education and welfare: Quantifying the impact of farm ...

Postgraduate research opportunities in Biological Sciences are available at the University of Edinburgh for PhD , MScR , and MPhil study. The School of Biological Sciences is based at King's Buildings campus and offers a broad, interdisciplinary research environment spanning cell biology, ecology and evolution, molecular plant sciences, immunology and infection, stem cell research, and quantitative biology/biochemistry/biotechnology. Students work with two supervisors and a thesis committee, wit...

PhD position available in the Mort lab at Lancaster University on cattle genetics , with a focus on pigmentation genetics in dairy cattle and how this research can help build resilience to climate change . This opportunity is described as an exciting collaboration with Davina Hill at the University of Glasgow and Barbara Shih at Lancaster University . The post is aimed at students interested in animal genetics, livestock biology, and applied research with agricultural relevance. No funding detai...

Our NRPDTP Doctoral Training Partnership PhD projects are now open for an October 2027 start , based with leading supervisors at the John Innes Centre and the wider Norwich Research Park network. This is a PhD opportunity in bioscience , with research themes likely spanning plant and microbial biology, molecular bioscience, and related life-science areas. The post highlights a doctoral training partnership environment, which is typically designed for research training with multiple supervisors a...

📢 The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) is inviting prospective PhD students to explore its doctoral opportunities in molecular biology and related biological sciences. Applications are now open for October 2027 entry. The post does not specify funding, supervisor names, or detailed eligibility criteria, but it clearly targets PhD applicants interested in research training at a leading molecular biology institute. Interested candidates should review the linked opportunity page for the fu...