Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Cambridge, 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. 04 Fully Funded PhD Position in Mitochondrial Biology
Summary of PhD Program:
Applications are invited for up to four UKRI/MRC PhD studentships, commencing in October 2024, which will be awarded on a competitive basis to eligible students. The studentship pays for Cambridge University and College fees, and each student receives a generous full stipend of £21,122 per year (as at 2023), payable for up to four years. These studentships are available for UK/Irish citizens or UK permanent residents and the closing date for these is 14 March 2024. Applicants must have (or expect to obtain) at least the equivalent of a UK upper second-class Bachelor’s or Integrated Master’s degree in a relevant subject, such as Chemistry or Biochemistry.
Application Deadline: 14 March 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Analysis of Radiological Screening
Summary of PhD Program:
Opportunistic analysis of radiological screening involves the analysis of imaging from abdominal and thoracic examinations that are typically unrelated to the main clinical reason for the scan. Most of this incidental imaging data has been underutilised, yet it holds promise in enhancing patient health by aiding in prevention, risk assessment, and early detection of diseases. Evidence is mounting on the potential benefits of the detailed analysis of such data, particularly those related to body composition, in helping clinicians estimate the biological age of patients and forecasting potential cardiometabolic issues. These capabilities could match or even surpass existing clinical benchmarks. This project will initially utilise existing open-source software for deep learning-based segmentation for the rapid retrospective and prospective analysis of routinely acquired abdominal CT images.
Application Deadline: 10 March 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Dietary modulation of amino acids to improve chemotherapy response in breast cancer
Summary of PhD Program:
An opportunity has arisen for a talented student to join the interdisciplinary laboratory of Professor Greg Hannon located at the CRUK Cambridge Institute, University of Cambridge. The Hannon laboratory has a long-standing interest in RNA biology and cancer research, and a strong history of developing new tools to address cutting-edge questions in these fields. The lab has lead the way in spatial imaging of tumours and established a suite of technologies to interrogate tumour heterogeneity and the tumour microenvironment.
Application Deadline: 12 March 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
Applications are invited for a 4-year PhD studentship based in the Department of Chemistry, supervised by Prof. Robert Phipps, to work on a UKRI-funded project in the field of synthetic organic chemistry. The project will develop new catalytic approaches to enantioselective radical reactions that utilise ion-pairing interactions. For recent articles from the Phipps group that provide background to this, see: Nature Chem., 2020, 12, 990 and J.Am.Chem.Soc., 2022, 144, 18195.
Application Deadline: 29 February 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Synthetic Organic Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
Applications are invited for two 3.5-year PhD studentships, supervised by Dr. Pawel Dydio, to work in the field of synthetic organic chemistry and catalysis. The projects will be focused on (i) developing and understanding new multicatalytic systems embedding cooperative reactions into artificial metabolic-like networks, and, (ii) the mechanistically driven discovery of new valuable catalytic transformations and addressing the limitations of key catalytic processes by elucidating their mechanistic features. For recent articles from the Dydio group that provide background to these, see: Nature Catal. 2019, 2, 114; Chem Catal. 2022, 2, 762; J.Am.Chem.Soc., 2020, 142, 18251; and Angew.Chem.Int.Ed. 2022 (e202116406).
Application Deadline: 29 February 2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Battery Materials
Summary of PhD Program:
Applications are invited for two 4-year PhD studentships, supervised by Dr Svetlana Menkin Bachbut, to work in the field of understanding the surface reactions on battery electrodes and using the insights to enable sustainable, safe, and affordable energy storage solutions, which are essential for climate change mitigation. The projects will involve studying electrochemical processes on calcium metal electrode-electrolyte interface using state-of-the-art experimental methods such as scanning electrochemical microscopy (SECM) and impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to enable calcium metal rechargeable batteries. The interplay between physical and electrochemical properties of calcium electrolytes, charge and mass transport across the solid-liquid interface and its impact on battery performance will be explored.
Application Deadline: 29 February 2024
7. 06 Fully Funded PhD Position in Small Animal Studies
Summary of PhD Program:
Applications are invited for this one-year post-graduate training programme based in the Queen’s Veterinary School Small Animal Hospital. Junior Clinical Training Scholars will receive training and tuition as they rotate through anaesthesia, cardiology, diagnostic imaging, orthopaedics, dermatology, ophthalmology, internal medicine, neurology, oncology, clinical pathology and soft tissue surgery and be supervised by recognised specialists in each field. Scholars will also have responsibility for primary care cases seen at the hospital’s charity clinics, and be involved in supervision and guidance of final year veterinary students. Scholars will be an integral part of the out of hours care of animals within the hospital, especially within the intensive care unit.
Application Deadline: 11 March 2024
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8. iCASE PhD Studentships
Summary of PhD Program:
Embark on a journey of cutting-edge research and innovation with our MRC Industry Partner (iCASE) PhD studentships! We are offering a further two fully funded opportunities to combine academic research and training with industrial experience.
As a Cambridge MRC iCASE student your award includes:
A competitive annual stipend of £21,122 (above the UKRI minimum of £18,622) for four years;
Full payment of University fees and essential research costs;
Membership of the Cambridge MRC Doctoral Training Programme, comprising students across the University linked to the MRC, providing a cohort of peers in allied research areas to broaden your exposure to different fields;
Application Deadline: 4 March 2024
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Human-data interfaces on construction projects
Summary of PhD Program:
This EPSRC iCASE-funded PhD project will develop modern systems of data capture to ensure data quality for the efficient management (and future improvement) of construction projects. This will include consideration of modern data science including ML (machine learning), AI (Augmented Intelligence), LLM (large language models) and design frameworks for human-data interfaces (human centric design, system thinking, UI/UX). The outputs of this project will increase the uptake of digital tools and data-driven processes in industry to facilitate more efficient decisions, ensure safety and reduce wastage.
Application Deadline: 15 March 2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physics-enhanced velocimetry of Flow-MRI images
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a PhD student to work with Prof. Matthew Juniper and Dr. Alexandros Kontogiannis (EPSRC post-doctoral Fellow) on Physics-enhanced velocimetry of Flow Magnetic Resonance Imaging (Flow-MRI). Flow-MRI simultaneously measures all three velocity components of a flow in three spatial dimensions and one time dimension. This data contains high quality information about the flow but suffers from a low signal-to-noise ratio and the need for time-consuming post-processing. We will enhance the spatial and temporal resolution of Flow-MRI images by combining high quality Flow-MRI data with high quality prior information: that the flow obeys conservation of mass and momentum.
Application Deadline: 20 February 2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Physics-enhanced machine learning strategies for applied mechanics
Summary of PhD Program:
This exciting project will focus on addressing two fundamental challenges in physics-enhanced machine learning strategies in applied mechanics: (i) Overcoming poor generalisation performance and physically inconsistent or implausible predictions of machine learning models in applied mechanics by developing approaches integrating physics (first principles) knowledge through biases within Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to inform physics (e,g. identification of unknown constitutive laws and nonlinearities from measurements and physics-knowledge). (ii) Identification of incorrect prior physics assumption (e.g. wrong constitutive model) in the physics-enhanced machine learning algorithm.
Application Deadline: 29 February 2024
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Neural control of body homeostasis and pain: an information engineering approach
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project uses an information engineering approach to unravel the dynamic neural mechanisms orchestrating the maintenance of body homeostasis and endogenous pain regulation. Endogenous pain regulation refers to the intrinsic ability of the central nervous system to modulate the intensity and perception of pain. Unlike exogenous interventions such as medications, endogenous regulation involves the body’s internal mechanisms for controlling and mitigating harm. This intricate process encompasses a network of neural circuits and neurotransmitter systems that dynamically interact to either enhance or suppress the transmission of bodily signals.
Application Deadline: 17 March 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Inference, networks, and complex systems
Summary of PhD Program:
Understanding the structure and function of networks is central to our understanding of complex systems. This project will work on the development of both models and inference techniques for the principled statistical analysis of large-scale complex networks. Data may be drawn from a variety of domains, such as epidemiology, ecology, neuroscience, economics, and the social sciences. Likewise, methods will be drawn from across statistics, machine learning, physics, and applied mathematics. The goal will be to create algorithms to analyse disparate systems, along with an understanding of their theoretical limits.
Application Deadline: 23 February 2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Energy and material requirements of desalination: a global assessment
Summary of PhD Program:
Climate change and human demands are threatening water supplies worldwide. To respond to water scarcity, countries around the world are increasingly investing in desalination. Over the last decade, the costs of desalination have dropped, making this technology affordable for a broader range of contexts and uses. Global installed desalination capacity reached 61.8 million m3/day in 2020 (equivalent to 4.5 percent of global domestic water use). In the next two years, scenarios suggest that an additional capacity of 26.1 million m3/day (equivalent to 42 percent of current capacity) will be contracted out. Moreover, interest in green hydrogen is expected to further boost the demand for desalination.
Application Deadline: 18 March 2024
15. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
The progress in fundamental science and technology has allowed researchers to explore intriguing, but often elusive, quantum effects in atoms, ions and semiconductor nanostructures. Cryogenic temperatures and complex trapping techniques are often required to be able to access these fragile quantum states. Surprisingly, despite the requirement of relatively high temperatures and condensed-phase operation, there is growing evidence that some biological molecules could host superpositions of quantum states. For instance, there is currently a debate on whether quantum effects might be at the basis of the almost unitary efficiency in the energy transfer of the light absorbed from the sun, that has been observed in natural photosynthetic light harvesters.
Application Deadline: 15 March 2024
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
We have funding for a number of 4-year PhDs, in collaboration with industry, on net zero infrastructure and built environment under the four following themes:
-Current and disruptive technologies
-Circularity and whole life approach
-AI, digitalisation and data
-Risk-based systems thinking and connectivity
Studentships are fully-funded (fees and maintenance) for eligible UK students.
Application Deadline: 15 March 2024
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in Therapeutic Target In Squamous Cell Carcinoma
Summary of PhD Program:
Squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) are common malignancies that arise at sites including the skin, aero-digestive tract and genitourinary tract. Despite different SCCs being associated with at least one carcinogenic insult (e.g. tobacco, human papillomavirus infection and UV damage), the drivers of SCC carcinogenesis remain largely elusive. Our lab is testing the hypothesis that aberrant RNA splicing is a central mechanism of carcinogenesis in SCCs. We have recently shown that splicing dysregulation in SCCs is not a passenger phenomenon, but likely constitutes a critical driver of oncogenesis, reflected by splicing aberrations in hallmark-related genes across SCC subtypes and a difference in splicing regulation compared with healthy tissues and other tumour types.
Application Deadline: 23 February 2024
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in Molecular technologies in human health
Summary of PhD Program:
The projects are highly interdisciplinary and an interest in working on major biomedical problems through approaches that bring together biological and physical chemistry is required. The projects are suitable both for biological chemists or students with a biology background wishing to apply their expertise to biophysical technologies, and for students with a background in physical chemistry or physics, wishing to apply physical approaches to important problems in the biomedical sciences.
