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Royal Society Industry Fellowships – deadline 18 Sept 2025

The Royal Society’s Industry Fellowship scheme is open to UK-based academic and industrial researchers from early to senior career stages. The scheme aims to: Support the mobility of excellent researchers between the two sectors in the UK across the natural sciences Enable the Industry Fellow to develop and establish collaborative …

Cranfield PhD opportunities in Nature-based solutions – closing soon!

Deadline: 6 August 2025 Don’t miss these funded PhD studentships at Cranfield University which are closing soon: Unveiling and enhancing nature-based solutions for mitigating emerging micropollutants Establishing the potential for improved management of intermittent sewage discharges with nature-based solutions These topics build on the work carried out by Dr Tao …

UKWIR Project Manager role – last chance to apply (closing 20 July 2025)

Closing date: Midnight on Sunday 20 July 2025. UKWIR is seeking a Project Manager to oversee delivery of a subset of projects from its research programme, of relevance and value to its members which comprise 18 water companies in the UK and Ireland. The role requires a level of leadership …

PhD opportunity in MIC

Deadline: 15 June 2025 Location: University of Liverpool This PhD project brings together expertise in nanoscale surface science and local scale electrochemistry, cell-surface interaction probes, microbiology and imaging across physical and biological sciences to study the electrochemical process that occurs both at the local site and single cell level and …

PhD Opportunity: Continuous-flow Dark Fermentation of Wheat Straw by Anaerobic Fungi to Produce Hydrogen Gas and Organic Acids

Deadline: 3 February 2025. This is a competition funded PhD Project (UK Students Only). Based at the Department of Biology, University of York. Supervisors: Dr. Matthew Reilly (Biology), Prof. James Chong (Biology) and Prof. Alison Parkin (Chemistry). Based in the internationally recognised Centre of Excellence for Anaerobic Digestion (CEAD) the …

Last Chance! PhD opportunity on Bio-engineering of Biochar. Deadline: 15 January 2025

PhD opportunity: Bio-engineering of biochar for enhanced remediation of contaminated environments, Heriot-Watt University. Deadline: Wednesday, January 15, 2025. This is a funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only) based in the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences at Heriot-Watt University with Dr Tony Gutierrez. This project proposes an innovative systematic approach …

3 x PhD Studentships on Exploring Economic Viability and Market Development of Products from Anaerobic Digestion. Deadline: 24 January 2025

The University College Cork, Ireland has 3 PhD Studentships in MaREI’s Circular Economy Energy and Environmental Systems Research Group available – apply by 24th January 2025. PhD 1: Optimal pathways for valorisation of digestate derived from agricultural feedstocks PhD 2: : Optimal pathways for biogenic CO2 conversion to biochemicals or …

London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Programme (LIDo). Application deadline: 11 December 2024

The BBSRC-funded London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Programme (LIDo) is an exciting collaboration between eight of London’s world-class universities and specialist institutions, working closely with a constellation of external partners from industry, government, and charities. Since 2012, LIDo has been providing fully-funded PhD studentships to pursue innovative interdisciplinary research projects. Research opportunities …

Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership – multiple PhD opportunities. Deadline: 25 November 2025

The Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NRPDTP) offers fully funded PhD studentships at one of the largest, successful centres for biological and biotechnological research and training in Europe. The NRPDTP is unique in bringing together the resources of five world-class research institutions on a single site – the …

PhD position – “Bio-engineering of biochar for enhanced remediation of contaminated environments”, apply by 15 January, 2025.

This PhD position is available at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, to start next year either in May/June or Sep/Oct 2025. The project is on “Bio-engineering of biochar for enhanced remediation of contaminated environments”. This project proposes an innovative systematic approach that will marry specific physicochemical properties of biochar with selected bacterial …

Exciting PhD project opportunity on “Bio-engineering of biochar for enhanced remediation of contaminated environments” at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh

Application deadline: 15th January 2025 (17:00 UK time) This PhD opportunity will be in the Gutierrez Lab research group at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland. All applications must include a CV and the names and contact details of 2-3 referees.  About the project: Based on a 2016 House of Commons report, there are …

Royal Academy of Engineering: Green Future Fellowships

The Green Future Fellowship is a unique new programme supporting scientists, researchers and innovators to develop and scale up their breakthrough climate solutions. This programme aims to nurture climate innovation by providing those working across academia and industry with the space, time and support they need to accelerate their critical …

NBIC Collaborative Training Partnership Project Proposals: Call Now Open

The NBIC Industrial Advisory Board Collaborative Training Partnership (CTP) PhD programme is a doctoral training programme directed at industrial research challenges and delivered by NBIC industry partners in collaboration with NBIC member research organisations. The proposed PhD projects will be assessed against criteria related to how well they address NBIC’s interventional themes of …

Call for Applications – Position of IEA Bioenergy Technical Coordinator

The IEA Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme (IEA Bioenergy TCP) is seeking applications for the position of Technical Coordinator of the IEA Bioenergy TCP. Applicants would need a strong technical background in bioenergy technologies and systems. The contract would commence on the 1st January 2025 and the period for the service …