University of Birmingham Home PhD Studentship

[Funded studentship with fees covered and a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD Studentship at the University of Exeter: Beyond Pilots — De-Risking the Scale-Up of Artificial Intelligence in Digitally Enabled Circular Supply Chains. This funded PhD studentship examines why AI systems that perform well in pilot settings often struggle to deliver sustained value when scaled into complex, high-throughput operations. The project is situated at the intersection of artificial intelligence, s...

The Royal Academy of Engineering’s Research Fellowships and Engineering for Development Research Fellowships support outstanding early-career researchers in engineering as they develop toward future research leadership. This is a recurring fellowship scheme run by the Royal Academy of Engineering in the United Kingdom, open to applicants worldwide. The award is designed to help researchers establish and strengthen an independent engineering research profile within a host institution, with suppor...

[Full coverage of tuition fees, a generous travel budget, and an annual tax-free stipend of £23,805.] This PhD studentship sits within Imperial College London’s Brahmal Institute and its October 2027 Doctoral Programme in Sustainable Aviation (DPSA). The programme is framed around a system-wide sustainability theme, bringing together students working across aviation’s interconnected stakeholders, including airports, airlines, air traffic management, aircraft and passengers. The project focuses o...

University of Cambridge is advertising PhD Studentships in the Institute for Energy and Environmental Flows (Fixed Term), based in the Department of Earth Sciences . The studentships support PhD research related to energy, environment, and fluid mechanics . The call is especially relevant for applicants with backgrounds in Applied Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Chemical Engineering, or broader Engineering . Funding covers living expenses and graduate fees at a level comparable ...

[Full award: course fees covered for Home and overseas students plus a tax-free stipend of c. £21,805 per annum for the first year and at least this amount for a further two and a half years.] Research Studentship on Sustainable and Circular AI Systems at the University of Oxford is a 3.5-year DPhil studentship in the Department of Engineering Science. The project explores how the rapid growth of artificial intelligence can be supported by more sustainable and circular hardware and infrastructur...