Leverhulme Doctoral Programme

Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) PhD opportunity at Harper Adams University in the United Kingdom . This post advertises access to a doctoral research degree programme starting in October 2027 and directs applicants to an approved research project on the MIBTP website. Applicants are expected to apply for a PhD project in the biosciences area and include the project title and supervisor in the application. The application requires an eligibility check , an ED&I form ...

NEW PhD opportunity in molecular plant biology , plant cell engineering , and weed control at Royal Holloway University of London , in collaboration with University College London and Syngenta Jealott’s Hill . The project is titled “Engineering plant cells circuitries for multiparametric high-throughput platforms for weed control (EngCiWeCo)” and is advertised as a 4-year ICASE PhD studentship funded by the London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium (LIDo) . This is a research-intensive doc...

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). Limited support is available for international applicants, with the difference between home and international fees waived by the university; relocation, visa, and health surcharge costs are not covered.] PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia on Good Vibrations: Evidencing the Links Between Soil Acoustics and Soil Health . This project explores an ...

[3-year funded PhD studentship with stipend covering maintenance and fee costs; immigration health surcharge and visa fees covered for non-UK citizens; fieldwork costs and selected conference attendance covered; maintenance payments also covered during parental leave.] This 3-year PhD studentship is part of the Zambezian Entanglements in the South-Central African Iron Age (ZAMBEZI) project, an ERC Advanced Grant project led from the University of Cambridge and carried out in collaboration with t...

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). Limited international fee waivers available; does not cover relocation, visa costs, or the health surcharge.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia: Balancing Wheat Rust Resilience and Soil Microbial Diversity This PhD project investigates how disrupting wheat disease susceptibility genes changes root exudation and shapes the wheat rhizosphere mic...