Fully Funded PhD in Nutrition Support, Performance Nutrition, and Athlete Health at GB Taekwondo Manchester Metropolitan University in United Kingdom

Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom is advertising a Post Doctoral Research Assistant position connected to the SAVE Sport Project . The project addresses WADA social science priorities, focusing on the role and influence of athlete support personnel and on clean sport behaviours across the athlete pathway. The role is part-time (0.2 FTE), fixed term for 12 months, and is centered on qualitative data analysis , literature searching and review, manuscript preparation, and disseminatio...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in applied public health , children’s physical activity , physical literacy , and health inequalities at Edge Hill University through the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC). Project 066 is titled: Understanding and preventing persistent physical inactivity: Co-designing equitable movement opportunities and supporting physical literacy for Blackpool's most at-risk children. The project uses child-led co-design to identify which children fac...

Fully funded PhD opportunities are now open through the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC), in partnership with five leading universities across the North West Coast. The post highlights a doctoral project on inequalities in 24-hour movement behaviours , circadian rhythmicity , and associated obesity risk in northwest children and adolescents. This is a strong fit for applicants interested in public health , sports science , biology , and related health research areas...

Funded PhD opportunity at Durham University through the NINE DTP doctoral studentship competition , with an October 2027 start date . The post invites proposals in parasport or physical activity , and highlights supervision in the broader areas of sport and physical activity , disability , qualitative research , social care , co-production , and social work . The opportunity is shared by Professor Brett Smith (Durham University), who asks interested applicants to get in touch by email before the...

PhD opportunity at Cardiff University in Adaptive Virtual-Reality Exergaming for Physical and Cognitive Health in Older Adults . This project sits at the intersection of virtual reality , exergaming , older adult health , biomechanics , physiotherapy , sport technology , gait analysis , cognitive testing , and personalised rehabilitation . The research will develop and test SPIN-VR , an interactive exercise game that combines movement, cognitive challenges, and wearable sensors. The successful P...