ARIES DTP PhD Studentship

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, a maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). A limited number of studentships are available for international applicants, with home/international fee difference waived by the registering university; relocation, visa, and health surcharge costs are not covered.] This PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia asks a timely ecological question: how long does it take grassland fungi to recover aft...

[Fully funded for 4 years, including full Home and International tuition fees plus a UKRI stipend at the 2027-28 rate.] PhD Studentship at the University of Plymouth in collaboration with the University of Exeter. This project, Uncovering the impact of multiple anthropogenic stress factors on rhizosphere plant-microbe interactions , investigates how combinations of global change pressures such as warming, drought, soil contaminants and pesticides affect the plant-soil interface. The research foc...

Fully-funded PhD opportunity in Bat Virology and Metagenomics at the University of Essex , in collaboration with the Quadram Institute and the West Yorkshire Bat Group (WYBG) . The project, titled Virome Dynamics and Viral Discovery in Rehabilitated Bats Revealed by Longitudinal Metagenomics , will investigate how viral communities change in bats during rehabilitation. The research uses longitudinal sampling , shotgun metagenomics , and viral genome discovery , with strong links to virology , mi...

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship including tuition fees, an annual stipend of £21,805 (2026/27 rate), and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia: Investigating the ‘cry-for-help’ Effect in Wheat. This project explores how wheat roots respond to pathogen attack by recruiting beneficial soil microbes, a phenomenon known as the ‘cry-for-help’ effect. The successful candidate will ...

[4-year fully funded Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship including payment of tuition fees, a stipend for living expenses (£21,805 for 2026/27), and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia, based within the Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Programme (NRPDTP), investigating how unusual DNA and RNA structures called G-quadruplexes (G4s) regulate fungal growth and infection...