PhD in Gut Microbiome, Animal Welfare, and Resilience in African Guinea Fowl University of St Andrews in United Kingdom

Harper Adams University is advertising two PhD projects in insect behaviour and sustainable pest management through the BBSRC-funded Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) , with a start date in October 2027 . The first project, Who chooses the mummy’s microclimate? , asks whether a developing parasitoid wasp can influence where its aphid host moves. It combines behavioural tracking and microclimate experiments to test whether these movements improve parasitoid survival un...

PhD opportunity at Cranfield University in legume nitrogen dynamics, greenhouse-gas mitigation, regenerative agriculture, and sustainable cropping . This fully funded PhD is hosted by Cranfield University in the Cranfield Environment Centre (United Kingdom) and is supported by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award . Funding includes Home fees and a £24,500 annual tax-free stipend for three years. The project investigates how legumes influence nitrogen cycling , crop performance , nitrogen-use effic...

Earlham Institute in the UK is advertising 9 PhD studentships for an October 2027 start. The advertised research themes include plant gene regulation , genome language models , and fisheries pangenomics , making this a strong opportunity for students interested in the intersection of AI, biology, genomics, and computational life sciences . This is a PhD-level opening rather than a postdoctoral or master's call. The post does not provide detailed eligibility criteria, but the topics suggest a fit...

[Fully funded ARIES studentship covering Home fees, a maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026-27, and a £2,500 research training and support grant. Limited international applicants may receive a fee waiver for the difference between Home and International fees; relocation and UK living costs are not covered.] PhD opportunity at the University of Essex focused on virome dynamics and viral discovery in rehabilitated bats using longitudinal metagenomics. This fully funded ARIES studentship exa...

MIBTP is recruiting for fully funded 4-year PhD studentships in the biosciences across a major Midlands training partnership in the UK. Partner institutions include Aston University, the University of Birmingham, Coventry University, Harper Adams University, the University of Leicester, and the University of Warwick. Research projects span several interdisciplinary themes: sustainable agriculture and food , renewable resources and clean growth , understanding the rules of life , and integrated u...