PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Evolutionary Biology in United Kingdom

The Yorkshire Environmental Sciences Doctoral Training Network (YES-DTN) is recruiting more than 26 fully funded PhD scholars for environmental science research projects in the United Kingdom. Projects are hosted by the University of Leeds and the University of York , bringing together research schools and departments across environmental and natural sciences. The network’s research spans Dynamic Earth and Natural Hazards , Atmosphere and Climate , and Ecology, Evolution and Biodiversity . Parti...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in plant pathology and population genomics Rothamsted Research, with the PhD registered at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom, is offering a doctoral project titled Population Genomics and Evolution of Wheat Take-all Under Diverse Agronomic and Seed Treatment Practices for Integrated Pathogen Management . The research will investigate the population genomics and evolution of the pathogen responsible for wheat take-all disease under different agronomic pract...

The University of Edinburgh’s School of Divinity is accepting applications for September 2027 postgraduate research study in Science and Religion, with full-time PhD and MPhil options and a part-time PhD option. The programme examines how scientific discoveries and religious traditions intersect, challenge and enrich one another. Research may address cosmology and faith, evolution and human distinctiveness, consciousness and the soul, laws of nature, creation, miracles, Islam and science, the Bi...

The University of Exeter is recruiting a full-time Postdoctoral Research Associate or Fellow to study the evolution of intergroup conflict in animal societies. The UKRI-funded ERC Advanced Grant project uses the basal termite Zootermopsis angusticollis as a model system. The successful researcher will investigate how conflict between groups influences individual and colony social behaviour, development and life history through controlled laboratory experiments, fieldwork, advanced tracking techn...

[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 places available with home/international fee difference waived; relocation, visa, and health surcharge costs are not covered.] PhD Studentship: Postreproductive Maternal Care and the Evolution of Sex Differences in Lifespan at the University of East Anglia. This project addresses a major question in evolutionary ecology: why do some ani...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) in collaboration with Forest Research. The project, titled Future-proofing British conifer forests , asks how forests can be made more resilient to Phytophthora ramorum , an important invasive tree pathogen. The research will investigate the biology, ecology, and evolution of this organism and will contribute to sustainable forestry and tree health. This is an interdisciplinary PhD with training across plant path...

[Full funding of fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] University of Exeter is offering a funded PhD studentship on a highly interdisciplinary project that combines modelling, image analysis and experimental biology to understand how, when and where viruses undergo recombination in plants. Plant viruses are a major threat to global food production, and this project focuses on a fundamental question in viral evolution: how distinct viral strains encounter one another inside infect...

PhD Studentship in Social Care, Social Work and Social Policy at Swansea University, United Kingdom. This advert is for a fully funded PhD studentship through the ESRC Welsh Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) in the areas of Social Care, Social Work, and Social Policy . The project sits within Swansea University’s School of Social Sciences and School of Health and Social Care, with links to the Centre for Social Change and the ESRC Administrative Data Research Centre (Wales). Resear...

University of Exeter Centre for Ecology and Conservation is advertising a 2-year NERC-funded postdoctoral research position for a talented theoretical biologist. The project focuses on modelling the co-evolution of learning and social structure , making this a strong fit for researchers interested in evolutionary biology, theoretical biology, and ecological modelling. The post is based in Penryn, Cornwall , at the University of Exeter. The research will be carried out in collaboration with Bram ...