Category: <span>PhD</span>

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 …

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 …

PhD opportunity – “Understanding microbial processes in the deep Pacific” at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh.

Very short deadline: Tuesday 28 February 2023. To apply, please email Dr. Tony Gutierrez (tony.gutierrez@hw.ac.uk), and include a CV and the names and contact details of at least 3 references. This is a James-Watt PhD studentship which is open to UK and also Overseas students – stipend and fees are …

PhD Opportunity on “Tracking the fate of plastic biodegradation in ocean systems under environmentally relevant conditions”

Application deadline:  Sunday 14th February 2022 This project aims to identify the biological and geochemical/physical processes involved in controlling the fate of plastics (of different polymer types) under different environmental settings. It will utilise sophisticated techniques in microbial ecology, such as DNA-based stable-isotope probing (DNA-SIP), to trace the fate of isotopically-labelled …

PhD Opportunity: Tracking the fate of plastic biodegradation

DEADLINE: Sun 14 Feb 21 This EPSRC-funded project aims to identify the biological and geochemical/physical processes involved in controlling the fate of plastics (of different polymer types) under different environmental settings. Applicants must have or expect to have a 1st class MSc degree in a relevant field by Autumn 2021. …