University of St Andrews Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) PGR Scholarship

[4-year EPSRC Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award studentship with annual tax-free stipend of £20,780 for 2025/26 (subject to annual uplift), full tuition fees paid, and substantial extra maintenance from the industrial sponsor.] The University of Manchester is offering a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship in the Department of Materials, in collaboration with Constellium, on the optimisation of thermomechanical ageing processing of high-strength 6xxx aluminium alloys. This project focuses on ho...

Applications are open for the Humboldt Research Fellowship 2026 in Germany, a prestigious postdoctoral / experienced researcher fellowship offered by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation . The opportunity is open to researchers from all academic fields and supports independent research at a German university or research institute of the applicant’s choice. The fellowship is designed for strong researchers who already hold a PhD. Postdoctoral applicants must have completed the PhD within the las...

[Covers full tuition, £21,805 stipend for 2026/27, plus an enhanced stipend of £5,000 above the UKRI basic rate; 4 years duration with generous research funds and a research training grant.] A PhD studentship is available at Swansea University for the project Characterisation and Metrology of Next Generation Ultra-Wide Bandgap Semiconductors and Devices . The position begins between October 2026 and January 2027 as part of the first cohort of a new EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in UK Semico...

[Full tuition fees plus a tax-free stipend of £21,805 for 3.5 years at the prevailing UKRI rate.] A fully funded PhD studentship is available at the University of Warwick within the Quantum Device Modelling Group . The project sits at the intersection of quantum physics, materials engineering, and nanoelectronics, with a strong emphasis on understanding and designing electronic transport in molecular-scale systems for energy conversion applications. The research aims to exploit the electronic pr...

[Fully funded PhD position with £42,702.19 per annum, plus mobility allowance of £5,926.92 per annum and potential family allowance of £5,509.56 per annum subject to criteria.] Newcastle University is offering a fully funded Pre Doctoral Fellow (Marie Curie) position within UNVEIL (Unified Nondestructive Evaluation of Historical Artifacts), a European Doctoral Network supported by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) under Horizon Europe . This PhD opportunity sits at the intersection of he...