Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? Cranfield University, England 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 UK Digital Ecological Landscapes
Summary of PhD Program:
This is an exciting PhD opportunity in collaboration with the Peak District National Park, the first in the established in 1951. This research aims to automate the production of high-resolution habitat maps for diversity monitoring across UK landscapes for the first time. Accurate, scale dependant, information on habit location and condition is essential for understanding species distribution and movement, and to effectively target resources for nature recovery. This is urgent as there is a significant loss of biodiversity within the UK, with a 60% decline in the abundance of UK priority species since 1970.
Application Deadline: 08 Jan 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Three-dimensional hybrid composites for repair and recycling
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD research opportunity focuses on the development of self-healing three-dimensional metal-composite hybrid materials. These will use through-thickness reinforcement to embed metallic elements, acting as a means of targeted heat introduction, to activate re-processable matrices like thermoplastics or vitrimers. This project is funded by EPSRC and Cranfield University and will support the Royal Academy of Engineering Research Fellowship project entitled multifunctional z-direction hybridisation of composites, working in collaboration with the University of Southampton, Laser Additive Solutions, and the National Composites Centre.
Application Deadline: 27 Nov 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The South and East Network for Social Sciences (SENSS) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) is a consortium of 8 leading universities (of which Cranfield University is one) across the south and east of the UK promoting inventive and inclusive social science research training and collaboration. It is one of 15 doctoral training partnerships funded by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). SENSS offers world-class opportunities for social science research, training and collaboration.
Application Deadline: 22 Jan 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Sensing wastewater for real-time public health
Summary of PhD Program:
The exciting PhD opportunity was funded by 5-year Leverhulme Trust Leadership Award, which aims on sensing wastewater for real-time public health, particularly on the development of novel low-cost and rapid sensors for rapid and on-site wastewater surveillance. We are offering two fully funded national PhD studentship covering tuition fees, competitive stipend, research and consumables, and travel for international conference. The candidate will be working with a highly interdisciplinary and international team to develop the advanced sensors technology for wastewater surveillance (wastewater-based epidemiology) to provide new understanding for real-time public health by monitoring of chemical and biological biomarkers in wastewater and advancing sample preparation method for complex matrix.
Application Deadline: 11 Dec 2024
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Optimise and automate pre-production for wire based Directed Energy Deposition (w-DEDAM) production
Summary of PhD Program:
This 4-year, fully funded PhD project centres on the automation and optimisation of the pre-production process for wire-based Directed Energy Deposition Additive Manufacturing (w-DEDAM). It is supported by EPSRC Industrial Cooperative Awards in Science & Technology (CASE) training grants and WAAM3D Ltd, our industry partner. Additionally, the industrial partner offers a 3-month placement annually during the project. The project aims to explore cutting-edge digital technologies for w-DEDAM pre-production, including machine learning, deep learning, Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM), and advanced optimisation algorithms.
Application Deadline: 12 Feb 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in High Energy Propagation and Energy Transfer in poor weather
Summary of PhD Program:
The project will be concerned with studying the effects of high energy propagation in poor weather and investigate methods for increasing energy transfer on an intended object. The project will allow the student to acquire expertise in electro-magnetic propagation and sensing with electro-optical (EO), infrared (IR) and radar systems.
Application Deadline: 27 Nov 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in High Deposition Rate and High-Fidelity Process For Repair and Remanufacturing Applications
Summary of PhD Program:
Cranfield University is offering an exciting opportunity for a fully-funded PhD studentship in the field of repair and remanufacturing for engineering components. This project aims to develop a high deposition rate and high fidelity wire-based process for repair and remanufacturing applications based on hybrid laser and arc, which enables a steady deposition process with independent control of thermal cycle and bead shape, ensuring the achievement of desired properties of the repaired parts.
Application Deadline: 11 Dec 2024
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Gene editing to improve salt tolerance in legumes
Summary of PhD Program:
Soil salinization, occurring either naturally (through rainfall salt deposition or weathering of parent rock material) or as a result of anthropogenic activity (poor irrigation and land management practices, rising sea levels) poses a global challenge for crop production and is expected to intensify with projected climate change scenarios. Leguminous crops provide a valuable source of dietary fibre and protein for human and animal consumption and apart from being a staple in many parts of the developing world, they also provide key environmental and socioeconomic benefits.
Application Deadline: 11 Dec 2024
9. 04 Fully Funded PhD Position in Development of Testbeds for Next Generation Airliners
Summary of PhD Program:
The project aims to design a blended wing body aircraft subscale demonstrator aircraft with particular focus on the low-speed aerodynamics. The work will include vehicle conceptual design, preliminary design of the systems and structure, and how these aircraft will be operated and certified. The scale of the vehicle will be determined early in the project and be minimised to reduce costs while being sufficiency large to enable the validity of the experiments in informing a full-scale vehicle.
Application Deadline: 04 Dec 2024
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Extreme learning to handle ‘Big Data’
Summary of PhD Program:
As aerospace platforms go through their service life, gradual performance degradations and unwarranted system failures can occur. There is certain physical information known a priori in such aerospace platform operations. The main research hypothesis to be tested in this research is that it should be possible to significantly improve the performance of extreme learning and assure safe and reliable maintenance operation by integrating this prior knowledge into the learning mechanism.
Application Deadline: Open until filled
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Determining AI-driven Soil Health Benchmarks for UK agricultural systems
Summary of PhD Program:
This is an exciting NERC PhD opportunity in collaboration with NIAB and BGS to develop, test, and refine, soil health metrics that can offer actionable insights for sustainable land management. By integrating long-term monitoring with AI-driven approaches, this research looks to deliver scalable, data-driven solutions for assessing and improving soil health in arable agriculture.
Application Deadline: 08 Jan 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Design optimization of recoilless disruptor de-armers enabling precise neutralization of Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and Unexploded Bombs (UXBs)
Summary of PhD Program:
This is an exciting fully-funded studentship (with a stipend of £18,800 p.a. plus full tuition covered for a 3 year period) under the ‘Cranfield Industrial Partnership PhD Scholarships Scheme’ (CIPPS). This PhD is designed to investigate a lighter, next generation alternative material to reduce the weight of unloaded stainless-steel disrupters and help improve control and stability performance of the same.
Application Deadline: 02 Apr 2025
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Combinatorial Artificial Intelligence for Defence Applications
Summary of PhD Program:
Fully funded Ph.D. opportunity in Aerospace AI. Sponsored by EPSRC and BAE Systems covering tuition, fees and a bursary of up to £19,569 (tax free) + £7,500 industrial top-up. Combinatory Artificial Intelligence (also known as Third Wave AI as initially described by DARPA) is the term that references the next foreseen advances within Artificial Intelligence. This stems from the two main styles of AI development over the last two decades. This research topic aims to define novel approaches to developing and combining these intelligences, utilizing both 1st and 2nd wave AI approaches, in the context of Defence applications.
Application Deadline: 05 Mar 2025
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Assessing efficient application and emission reduction from using low carbon footprint fertilisers in potato agronomy
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will focus on potatoes as it is a key crop in the UK. Potatoes are grown in ridges which causes a lot of destruction in soil structure. OMF may play a role in not only providing the nutrient requirements but also provide organic matter to better preserve soil structure. The aim of this project will be to assess efficacy of OMF as a low carbon footprint fertiliser for potato production in the UK.
Application Deadline: 05 Jan 2025
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15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advancing semiconductor based environmental sensing technologies for bioaerosols
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD is part of the new Research England-funded Future Biodetection Technologies Hub and offers an exciting opportunity to contribute the advancement of development of new sensor technologies development for real-time detection and characterisation of bioaerosols in contrasting environments. The PhD scholar will be advancing scientific knowledge and the evidence base on the fluorescence characteristics of environmentally relevant biological materials and interferants through lab demonstration of novel sensor technologies to compare with real-world sensor systems.
Application Deadline: 27 Nov 2024
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advancing real-time detection and characterisation for bioaerosols
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD is part of the new Research England-funded Future Biodetection Technologies Hub and offers an exciting opportunity to contribute the advancement of real-time detection and characterisation of bioaerosols in contrasting environments by advancing scientific knowledge and the evidence base on the fluorescence characteristics of environmentally relevant biological materials and interferants through lab and real-world investigations and the development of new data analytic systems.
Application Deadline: 27 Nov 2024
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced Chemical Sensors for Biodetection (ACSB)
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD is part of the new Research England-funded Future Biodetection Technologies Hub and offers an exciting opportunity to contribute the advancement of chemical sensors for biodetection. The project aims to adapt and optimise the handheld Crim-Track sniffer sensor, currently able to detect vapours of illicit substances, to a new detection scenario by enabling fast detection of relevant chemicals in bioaerosols with parts per trillion (ppt) sensitivity and integration of the CRIM-TRACK technology with other advanced biodetection tools to facilitate the development of reliable and easy to operate biodetection units.
