President’s PhD Scholarships

York St John University (UK), in partnership with the Institute of AI Education and AI Education Group Ltd, is advertising a PhD Studentship in AI Literacy in Education . This opportunity supports doctoral research focused on how AI literacy can be developed and studied in educational settings. The post is aimed at candidates interested in education research with an AI / artificial intelligence angle, and it is open to both full-time and part-time PhD study. Funding: the post is described as a f...

Applications are open for a PhD opportunity at Adelaide University through a National Industry PhD project titled “Data-efficient transformers: Effective training from small datasets” . The project is offered by Adelaide University in partnership with Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CommBank) and will be based at the CommBank Centre for Foundational AI Research at AIML . The research focuses on machine learning , artificial intelligence , transformers , and data-efficient training —specifically,...

PhD Studentship at the University of Salford, United Kingdom in Modelling Dialogue Understandability in Media Using Listener Types and AI . This fully funded doctoral project investigates why dialogue in film, television, and streaming media can be difficult to understand even when it is audible. The research moves beyond traditional speech intelligibility measures to focus on dialogue understandability —how well listeners comprehend narrative content without excessive effort. The project combin...

[100% home fees covered plus a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £21,805 (2026-27 UKRI rates). International applicants must cover the difference between Home and International fees.] PhD Studentship in Computer Science: Policy-Compliant Secure AI at Newcastle University This PhD studentship explores how to build AI services that stay useful while obeying legal, regulatory, contractual, or organisational constraints on data use and disclosure. The project is set in the Cryptography and...

Call for PhD applicants in Applied Statistics / Statistical Methodology at Northumbria University , UK, under the Commonwealth PhD Scholarships for Least Developed Countries and Vulnerable States (2027/28) . The opportunity is aimed at strong and motivated candidates with a background in Statistics , Mathematics , Data Science , or a closely related discipline. The research focus is on developing statistical methodologies with meaningful applications to real-world and societal challenges. Fundin...