Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Exploring the evolutionary origins of developmental diseases at single-cell resolution
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a highly motivated individual who strives as a team player in an interdisciplinary environment and who favours communication and problem solving with other team members and research groups. In this Royal Society Funded project the successful candidate will harness cutting-edge software solutions developed in our team (myTAI2, Drost et al., 2018 and https://github.com/drostlab/myTAI; orthologR, Drost et al., 2015; DIAMOND2, Buchfink et al., 2021; DIAMOND DeepClust, Buchfink et al., 2023; and GenEra, Barrera-Redondo et al., 2023) to establish a new evolutionary transcriptomics framework for molecular heterochrony research at single-cell resolution.
Application Deadline: 24 August 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in IDP Glue — Capturing disordered protein complexes using sticky small molecules
Summary of PhD Program:
It is currently estimated that 11% of human proteins are considered druggable using conventional drug discovery approaches. This limitation stems from the reliance on well-defined binding pockets or structured surfaces that enable small molecule binding. However, many proteins that drive disease—such as RNA-binding proteins, transcription factors, and scaffolding proteins—lack these biomolecular features. As a result, they are often deemed chemically intractable and classified as “undruggable.”
Application Deadline: 5 September 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced sensing platforms
Summary of PhD Program:
Are you passionate about cutting-edge nanotechnology research and its real-world applications? Join our dynamic research team at the University of Dundee’s School of Science & Engineering for a fully funded PhD project in nanomaterials and advanced sensing technologies. This project focuses on the fabrication of nanomaterial-based substrates using laser-assisted photocatalytic growth of silver and gold nanoparticles. These substrates will be analysed using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)—a highly sensitive optical detection technique capable of identifying molecular structures with extreme precision.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ageing Well with Rheumatoid Arthritis: Exploring online health communities for middle aged and older women in the UK
Summary of PhD Program:
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease that significantly impacts the quality of life of those affected, particularly middle aged and older women. Furthermore, exploring online health communities (OHCs) for women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can shed light on the impact of virtual networks on the wellbeing and self-management of these individuals. Research on online or virtual forums or communities have argued for the benefits that engaging in these sites generate as they may offer a supportive and safe space for disclosing health concerns or providing realistic views and expectations about self-management of chronic conditions or mental health.
Application Deadline: 1 September 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Understanding and addressing loneliness in people living with long-term health conditions
Summary of PhD Program:
Loneliness is increasingly recognised as a serious problem due to its reported: i) prevalence; ii) associations with low wellbeing, poor mental and physical health and premature mortality; iii) economic costs. Living with a long-term physical or mental health condition is acknowledged as a particular risk factor for loneliness.
Application Deadline: 1 September 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Discovery and Investigation of small molecule protein-protein interaction stabilisers
Summary of PhD Program:
This project seeks to achieve breakthroughs in how Central Nervous System diseases, where there is severe unmet medical need, may be addressed with small molecules. Molecular glues are small molecules which can induce the proximity of cellular proteins to modify their function and subsequently impact cell health. This project will seek to develop new approaches for how molecular glues can be prospectively discovered, understand their mechanism of action and produce novel chemical probes to validate new therapeutic concepts.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in The role of shape and form in function of biological systems
Summary of PhD Program:
The PhD student will gain training in cutting edge physics of active matter applied to biological systems and advance computational methods and techniques used to model cell and tissue scale biophysical processes. In addition, they will learn how to work in a cross-disciplinary environment and closely interact with researchers in different disciplines. Computational proficiency and ability to work in a diverse team are all highly transferable skills that would make the student competitive for positions both in academia and industry.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Role and mechanism of the bacterial Type VI secretion system
Summary of PhD Program:
Many species of bacteria use a contractile nanomachine known as the Type VI secretion system (T6SS) to deliver a wide range of toxic proteins, known as ‘effectors’, directly into neighbouring cells. The T6SS plays a key role in the virulence and competitiveness of diverse Gram-negative bacteria, including important human, animal and plant pathogens. In some cases the T6SS can be used to directly attack host cells, as a classical virulence factor.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Intraspecies Interactions In the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis
Summary of PhD Program:
The need to distinguish self from non-self is a requirement spanning the kingdoms from bacteria to plants and humans. Many microbes are highly clonal and frequently restrict cooperative behaviours to their clonal isogenic counterparts (kin). This behaviour means that sophisticated systems of detecting kin and/or responding to non-kin have evolved. As intraspecies competition is a driver of evolutionary change, and a fundamental force that influences community structure during infection and commensal situations, understanding the mechanisms of intraspecies competition is essential to our future ability to engineer and control microbial communities across a myriad of applications.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Investigating the role of two-component signalling systems as mediators of adaptive antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Summary of PhD Program:
Bacteria sense and respond to their environment via intricate networks of signalling systems. Two-component signalling (TCS) systems comprise a sensor kinase that detects environmental signals and a response regulator that alters gene expression to promote adaptive phenotypic change. This ability to detect and respond to a fluctuating environment underpins adaptive antimicrobial resistance, whereby the susceptibility of a microbe to antibiotics changes as a function of its environment.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Discovery of novel mitochondrial and organelle biology underlying Parkinson’s disease
Summary of PhD Program:
Our lab has made a number of groundbreaking discoveries and uncovered mechanisms that explain how PINK1 and Parkin activation lead to the removal of damaged mitochondria by mitophagy. Recent work identified the mechanism by which PINK1 is activated at the mitochondrial TOM complex (Raimi, Ojha et al., Science Advances 2024). Excitingly based on this research there are now Phase I trials for PD patients using molecules that boost PINK1-dependent mitophagy.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cell polarity and mechanical regulation in epithelia – a genetic and biophysical analysis
Summary of PhD Program:
It is well-established now that during development biochemical parameters as well as mechanical cues are important to generate patterning and morphogenesis. In epithelial tissues for instance, cells can control their shape by subcellular alterations of force production. When such changes are locally coordinated across groups of cells, collective cell shape changes drive morphogenesis. During development the level of tension and stress in tissues can affect the proliferation of cells within, the fate of cells and the shape of organs.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Regulation of polarized trafficking amidst change
Summary of PhD Program:
Multicellular organisms must organize their morphology and physical characteristics. Amidst changes to cell function and specialization, cells must maintain spatiotemporal regulation of communication. We aim to determine the molecular mechanisms of trafficking during dynamic responses to cell changes and specialization. We focus on polarized trafficking, a pathway responsible for intracellular and extracellular communication.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Exploring Non-Canonical Ubiquitination and Its Biological Roles
Summary of PhD Program:
Ubiquitination is a fundamental post-translational modification (PTM) crucial for a wide range of cellular processes, including protein degradation, localization, quality control, DNA repair, cell signaling, and immune responses. Traditionally, ubiquitin attaches to lysine residues via isopeptide bonds. However, recent advances have uncovered a novel form of ubiquitination – non-canonical ubiquitination – where ubiquitin binds to serine, threonine, and other hydroxyl-containing biomolecules through ester bonds.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Unravelling the molecular mechanisms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / motor neuron disease
Summary of PhD Program:
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—the commonest type of motor neuron disease (MND)—is a rapidly progressive paralysing illness of mid-adulthood. It has a lifetime risk of ~1 in 400, resulting from the selective neurodegeneration of upper and lower motor neurons (MNs). ~10% of ALS is inherited, and the rest occurs spontaneously. The median survival from symptom onset is 3 years and there are no significant treatments, and no cure. The only globally licensed medication, Riluzole, prolongs survival by a few months on average, and was introduced in the mid 1990s.