PhD Studentship: The Role of Adaptive Evolution in the Microbial Sensing of Anthropogenic Molecules The University of Manchester in United Kingdom

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, maintenance stipend (£21,805 p.a. for 2026/27), and a research training and support grant (RTSG). Limited support is available for international applicants via waived home/international fee difference; relocation, visa, and health surcharge costs are not covered.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia focusing on how bacterial hosts control domesticated viral machines to drive horizontal gene transfer in marine environments. This project explor...

PhD opportunity in sustainable biocatalysis, lignin valorisation, chemistry, biochemistry, enzymology, and microbial biotransformations at the Net2Zero Centre for Doctoral Training . The project is titled “Sustainable biocatalytic routes from lignin to substituted pyridine building blocks” and focuses on converting lignin, an aromatic heteropolymer from plant biomass, into pyridine chemicals for agrochemical applications in collaboration with Syngenta . The research will build on prior work from...

[Funded through the CENTA3 DLA by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). Funding covers an annual stipend, tuition fees at home-fee level, and a Research Training Support Grant. International students are eligible up to 30% of the cohort, but funding does not cover additional costs of moving or residing in the UK.] This PhD studentship focuses on the microbial cycling of lipids in the ocean, combining laboratory and field-based approaches to understand how marine lipid compounds are tr...

China Scholarship Council – University of Leeds Scholarships 2027 are available for up to 13 international fee-paying applicants who are nationals of the People’s Republic of China. This is a fully funded PhD research scholarship at the University of Leeds, open across all Faculties and subject areas. The award supports full-time postgraduate research study leading to the degree of PhD for 3 years. Funding includes full international tuition fees from the University of Leeds, while the China Sch...

[Fully funded studentship for eligible UKRI candidates 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 the difference between home and international fees waived by the university; relocation costs, visa costs, and the health surcharge are not covered.] This PhD studentship focuses on how climate change is altering the Antarctic coastal ocean carbon...