PhD Opportunities in Cognitive Science

The International Centre for Neuromorphic Systems at The University of Manchester is offering a PhD project on neuromorphic systems for low-latency and efficient multimodal processing, with a particular focus on speech and language technologies. Working with Luca Peres, Oliver Rhodes, and Patrycja Strycharczuk , the doctoral researcher will investigate how brain-inspired computing approaches can transform the way machines process and understand speech. The project combines neuromorphic audio and...

Politecnico di Torino is seeking a PhD candidate to join its Multi-Scale Modeling Laboratory (SMaLL) through the newly funded EIC Pathfinder Open project IONFLUX. The project explores whether artificial intelligence and molecular-level understanding can be combined to discover entirely new energy-storage materials. The doctoral researcher will focus on adaptive materials for next-generation sodium batteries, working at the intersection of molecular simulations, machine learning, and materials sc...

The Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language (BCBL) is recruiting a PhD researcher to join Nicola Molinaro’s Brain Rhythms and Cognition group in Donostia–San Sebastián, Spain. The PRO-LISTEN project examines how the adult brain adapts to learning and understanding an additional language. The research focuses on Spanish and Basque and uses naturalistic speech, longitudinal magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings and computational modelling to investigate language-related brain dynamics ove...

Simon Fraser University is inviting applications to its research-focused PhD programme in Linguistics for the Fall 2027 intake in Canada. The programme is designed for scholars pursuing advanced research on how language is structured, acquired, used and varied across communities. Potential research directions include language acquisition and cognition , linguistic diversity and variation, meaning and language use, phonetics and phonology, linguistic theory, and computational approaches to langua...

The University of Granada is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join IMIS-Lab in Spain. The project focuses on intelligent structural health monitoring and the assessment of infrastructure through advanced digital technologies. The research combines artificial intelligence , digital twins , and structural monitoring to support improved understanding and evaluation of infrastructure. The work is suited to candidates interested in applying computational and data-driven approaches to struc...

This UNSW Scientia PhD project investigates federated artificial intelligence for standardising head and neck radiotherapy data and modelling contour variation across hospitals. The research will use large, diverse and international radiotherapy imaging, anatomical structure and radiation-dose datasets to examine differences in clinical practice and develop AI models for more personalised cancer treatment. The project focuses on federated learning, allowing raw data to remain at local institutio...

The University of Sussex is offering a funded full-time PhD in LGBTQ+ health and wellbeing inequalities , based in the School of Psychology within the Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine at Falmer, UK. The project is supervised by Dr Ellen Thompson and sits within an interdisciplinary Wellcome Discovery Award focused on pathways to health equity for LGBTQ+ populations. The research will investigate the social, structural and individual determinants of health and health inequalities amon...

Emory University's Rollins School of Public Health is inviting applications for a Fall 2027 PhD in Biostatistics. The program offers advanced training in biostatistics and statistical methodology within a public-health research environment. Students can pursue research across artificial intelligence and machine learning, epidemiology and infectious disease modelling, Bayesian statistics, causal inference, spatial statistics, longitudinal data analysis, statistical genetics and genomics, clinical...

Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal is offering a full-time PhD opportunity through a Joint Doctoral Degree Program with the Indian Institute of Technology Jammu for the 2026–27 academic session. The project, “Exploring the Neural Mechanisms of Indian Classical Performing Arts: An Integrative Investigation,” examines the relationship between ancient Indian artistic traditions and modern science. The research will use neurophysiological methods and tools such as functional near-i...