Fully funded PhD studentship in ketogenic diets, exercise, and Type 1 Diabetes University of Exeter in United Kingdom

[Doctoral stipend matching the UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum for 2026/27, updated each year), plus UK/Home tuition fees and up to £5,000 per annum for research training and support costs.] The University of Exeter is offering a PhD studentship through the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme on metabolic adaptation to a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet and its effects on exercise fuel use and glucose management in physically active people with Type 1 diabetes . T...

PhD opportunity in women’s cardiovascular health, menopause, and exercise physiology at Liverpool John Moores University . The HEaR-ME project (Heart, Exercise and Reproductive Transition – Menopause & Exercise) has progressed to the next stage of the NIHR ARC North West Coast Doctoral Award . The project aims to develop more equitable, evidence-based cardiovascular prevention and exercise guidance for women through menopause and beyond. This doctoral opening is especially relevant for candidate...

PhD Studentship at the University of Bath in the Centre for Nutrition, Exercise and Metabolism (CNEM) , delivered as part of the GW4 BioMed MRC Doctoral Training Partnership and in collaboration with the University of Exeter . The project focuses on extreme muscle disuse and its effects on whole-body health , with particular attention to metabolic health and glycemic control . The research also explores potential strategies to help maintain health during periods of muscle disuse. This is a stron...

Edge Hill University Research Office is sharing fully funded PhD opportunities through the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North West Coast (ARC NWC), in partnership with five leading universities across the North West Coast. These doctoral projects are focused on applied health and care research , with themes that connect to health research, social care research, and public health . Successful candidates will join NIHR-funded research environments and work on projects designed to address re...

PhD studentship opportunity at the University of Exeter in collaboration with the University of Bath . The project is titled Understanding Muscle Metabolism Responses to Feeding in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia . It focuses on whether adult survivors of childhood ALL experience anabolic resistance —a reduced skeletal muscle response to dietary protein—and whether inflammation contributes to this effect. The successful PhD student will work with adult survivors of chi...