Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Nottingham, 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 Computer Science
Summary of PhD Program:
Applications are invited from home students only for a fully funded PhD studentship offered by the School of Computer Science, starting on 1st October 2024. The student will be supervised by Dr. Dan Marsden and will conduct research in an area related to his fields of interest, as a member of the Functional Programming Lab. Topics involving category theory, logic, diagrammatic languages, and their applications in theoretical computer science would be particularly appropriate.
Application Deadline: 11 February 2024
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Electrosynthesis
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking to recruit a highly motivated PhD candidate to undertake a fully-funded 3-year PhD studentship in the area of organic electrosynthesis. This exciting project stems from a collaboration between The Lubrizol Corporation and Prof. Prof Darren Walsh at the University of Nottingham. The project involves developing electrosynthetic processes for the production of consumer products. The successful candidate will systematically optimise cell and electrolyte parameters to improve reaction selectivity and conversion, with specific focus on substrate-electrode and electrode-electrolyte interactions.
Application Deadline: 10 January 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Discovery of enzymes for plastic degradation
Summary of PhD Program:
The aim of this PhD project is to address the plastic degradation challenge by investigating the processes and enzymes utilised by the isolated organism in the PE-degradation process. Building up from our previous studies, the successful candidate will identify, express and test the activity of a series of enzyme candidates. Suitable methods for testing the enzymatic activity will be developed over the course of the PhD and the enzymes will be characterised via a variety of analytical methods (e.g. biochemical assays, mass-spectrometry, crystallography, etc.) with the goal of gaining insights into enzymatic plastic degradation.
Application Deadline: 28 January 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Chemistry
Summary of PhD Program:
The Cliffe group at the University of Nottingham are looking to recruit an enthusiastic and talented PhD student to join our research team on a 4 year PhD Scholarship. We are a materials chemistry group working at the University of Nottingham and our research focuses on exploring metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) as quantum materials. We are particularly interested in developing methods to control and characterise disorder in MOFs to generate new and exotic magnetic and electronic behaviour. We work across traditional disciplinary boundaries including chemistry, physics and materials science. As a group, we work together to create an inclusive and supportive research environment for all members.
Application Deadline: 12 March 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in plasticity of insects’ microbiome and the impact of feeding to chickens
Summary of PhD Program:
There is an urgent need to find alternative sustainable protein sources to meet increasing demand. Insects are a rich source of protein that can be grown on low-value feeds and have a low carbon footprint, so have the potential to be used as an alternative feed source. Insects are eaten whole, therefore potentially passing their microbial contents on to the livestock. In this project we will seek to determine whether the microbiome of insects could be manipulated in a positive way, which could then be used in a probiotic approach, in addition to their nutritional value for animal production.
Application Deadline: 16 January 2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Does fertilizer placement play a key role in crop establishment?
Summary of PhD Program:
Polyhalite is the first new mineral fertilizers for crop production in 75 years. It provides a fundamentally different approach because it nourishes crops while enhancing soils. Further, it meets key criteria of climate-smart crop nutrition. For example, in addition to improving crop productivity, it has an ultra-low carbon footprint, no chemical processing, zero water footprint, zero waste, and certification for organic agriculture. Unlocking the full potential of such a promising mineral is an urgent research priority. Preliminary work has shown positive agronomic responses to this fertilizer, although the magnitude of the response can be variable. A key unanswered questions is does the placement of polyhalite in the soil affect the nutrient uptake to the crop plant, therefore offering potential to optimize nutrient delivery and performance in the field.
Application Deadline: 16 January 2024
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Evaluating impacts of elevated CO2 and temperature on yield and grain quality in cereals
Summary of PhD Program:
Rising atmospheric CO2 concentration and temperature are two main components of global climate change. Future food production might benefit from increasing levels of atmospheric CO2 if it can capitalize from the additional CO2. Since phenology, physiological responses, biomass accumulation, yield and grain quality are dependent on genetic factors, environmental variations and their interactions, identifying CO2-responsive traits would provide plant breeders with information to target traits to maximize the positive effects of elevated CO2, such as yield increases, and to minimize the negative impacts. This project focuses on exploring the genetic diversity in barley, rye and wheat in order to improve traits of interest in the context of a climate change.
Application Deadline: 16 January 2024
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Understanding the sensory perception of topically applied products
Summary of PhD Program:
The cosmetics industry relies on consumer’s evaluation of their products to understand if they are desirable. However, little research exists systematically exploring relationships between sensory perception of tactile properties, consumer liking, emotional response and physical rheology. The aim of this PhD research is to investigate sensorial properties of topically applied skin creams in relation to their consumer liking, consumer emotional response and rheological properties. Predictive models will be generated from resulting data to inform industry regarding the practical feasibility of various formulations.
Application Deadline: 24 February 2024
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in ring-fenced for applicants from BAME backgrounds
Summary of PhD Program:
The Faculty of Arts is committed to undertaking initiatives which support under-represented groups to study with us. One initiative of this is the Faculty-funded studentship, open to candidates who:
- identify as being from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background
- hold an offer of a PhD place in the School of Humanities, the School of English, or the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies (current PhD students are not eligible to apply)
- have a Home tuition fee status
Application Deadline: 01 March 2024
10. Fully Funded PhD Position in 3D printing of low dimensional materials for sensing
Summary of PhD Program:
We seek to use 3D printing to create novel multimaterial functional structures capable of new ways of sensing underlying material properties. We will use low dimensional materials, including graphene, perovskites and nanodiamonds incorporated into polymers, ceramics and glasses and we will use 3D printing to form them into geometrically complex structures. We will explore how low dimensional materials behave when included within a 3D printed matrix, and we will use their functionality to design and create sensors that can be used for, e.g., examining tissue health or failure in structures under load.
Application Deadline: 26 February 2024
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Data-driven reaction optimisation
Summary of PhD Program:
This 36-month funded PhD studentship will contribute to cutting-edge advancements in reaction optimisation through the integration of high data-density reaction techniques, laboratory automation and kinetic/machine learning modelling. This exciting project involves the application of innovative methods such as flow chemistry ramping and high-throughput experimentation to expediate reaction optimisation in the syntheses of life-saving pharmaceuticals, whilst saving precious reaction material overall. The subsequent data will then be used to populate chemical reaction models to simulate and optimise reactions for the highest yields and purities.
Application Deadline: 28 February 2024
12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Functional Devices and Structures through 3D Multi-material Printing Scale-Up
Summary of PhD Program:
In this PhD studentship, you will develop the materials, methods, and designs necessary to 3D-print never-before created devices. You will investigate how to control the 3D distribution of differing functional materials, aiming to create graded properties, graded chemistries, and 3D-integrated components. In this role, you will develop new engineering solutions only possible through multi-material additive manufacturing. You will have access to the equipment and expertise of the Centre for Additive Manufacturing (CfAM), one of the largest 3D printing research groups in the world. Here, you will take advantage of unique leading-edge multi-material inkjet 3D printing equipment, only available at CfAM, which will open new opportunities to scale up your research of designs and materials.
Application Deadline: 01 March 2024
13. Fully Funded PhD Position in Failure prognostics approaches in wind energy applications
Summary of PhD Program:
The goal of this project is to construct a failure prognostics framework that integrates both physics-based and data-driven models. This developed framework will facilitate predictions related to the progression of various defects and the performance of wind turbines, such as how erosion damage growth affects annual energy production, or forecasting the overall life-expectancy of wind turbine components, for example. The integration will potentially be based on the utilization of failure data from periodic inspection and condition monitoring of wind turbines and the usage in asset management models.
Application Deadline: 05 March 2024
14. Fully Funded PhD Position in Novel ingredients from wheat bran for improved sustainability of the wheat value chain
Summary of PhD Program:
As a successful PhD candidate, you will be part of a larger cohort of students with the opportunity to form strong links to industry and be part of a supportive network of peers, academic supervisors, industrial supervisors, and training partners. Business facing training will include concept development, cost/opportunity analysis and issues to consider when commercialising early-stage science and technology, using tools to help evaluate innovation and commercialisation strategies.
Application Deadline: 05 March 2024
15. Fully Funded PhD Position in Functional Structural Colour Devices through 3D Printing
Summary of PhD Program:
Small, repetitive structures with spacings on the nanometre scale can refract and reflect light to create structural colours, which are being explored to produce anti-counterfeit markings, dye-free colour images, humidity and chemical sensors, anti-glare coatings and optical filters. This project will develop additive manufacturing of devices with actively controlled structural colour. You will develop the materials, methods, and designs necessary to 3D-print the next generation of structural colour devices, integrating optically and electronically active materials, including 0D and 2D nanomaterials.
Application Deadline: 08 March 2024
16. Fully Funded PhD Position in Functional 3D/4D Printing of Responsive Structures
Summary of PhD Program:
3D-printed functional devices interact with their environment, responding to electrical, magnetic, chemical, humidity, temperature, or other signals, including devices that change shape over time, using “4D-printing”. In complex devices, multiple “trigger” stimuli can be encoded, each to its own shape change response; however, these multiple responses are independent of one another. This project will develop new materials and designs for functional 4D-printed devices with fast, self-resetting responses, applicable to biomedical, micromechanical, or optoelectronic applications. The goal will be to build a functional demonstrator device that performs basic comparisons of inputs to select output shape-change responses.
Application Deadline: 08 March 2024
17. Fully Funded PhD Position in 3D-Printed Micro-Robots for Medical Applications
Summary of PhD Program:
The field of medical therapeutics has valuable applications for mobile devices for efficient drug delivery, called micro-robots. Recently, 3D printing has been used to manufacture such devices with functional features that enabled them to respond to environmental cues, including temperature, pH, light, magnetic fields, and ultrasound. This project will develop the materials, methods, and designs necessary to 3D-print the next generation of medical micro-robots, exploiting combinations of functions to achieve advanced control necessary for complex and customisable micro-robots to provide personalised healthcare solutions.
Application Deadline: 08 March 2024
18. Fully Funded PhD Position in 3D printing next-generation actuators for soft robots and devices
Summary of PhD Program:
3D-printing of soft robotics is a growing field, with many applications in biomedical devices, electronics, and autonomous machines. Actuators to drive these robots utilise electronic, chemical, pressure, magnetic, or thermal mechanisms, with the current generation having significant drawbacks, including low energy efficiency, high operating voltage or temperature. This project will develop the materials, methods, and designs necessary to 3D-print the next generation of soft-actuators. The overall aim is to develop and exploit new designs or new materials to attain large, fast, high-efficiency actuation responses comparable to living muscles.
Application Deadline: 08 March 2024
19. Fully Funded PhD Position in Technology Development for Laser Processing of Challenging Materials
Summary of PhD Program:
This project is an exciting opportunity to undertake industrially linked research in partnership with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC). It is based within the world-leading Advanced Materials Research Group at the University of Nottingham. This is 3-year fully funded studentship is only open to UK home students. The successful applicant will receive a generous tax-free annual stipend of £26,658 plus payment of their full-time home tuition fees. Due to funding restrictions this PhD position is only available to UK nationals. As this position is sponsored by the MTC, any successful candidate would need to pass the sponsors own security checks prior to the commencement of the PhD.
Application Deadline: 10 March 2024
20. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing Multi-Material Structures using Additive Manufacturing
Summary of PhD Program:
The objective of this PhD project is to address the knowledge gap around metallic FMs and establish new methods for multi-metal AM. This requires the identification of suitable material combinations for laser-based AM and the determination of appropriate design guidelines for the interfaces formed between dissimilar materials. For the success of metallic FM, there is a critical need to understand how different metals can be combined in AM to achieve desired properties. To achieve this, the project will focus on determining the structural and thermal behaviour of the interface regions of the printed component, where dissimilar materials are in contact. This will be done by studying the printing laser parameters’ effect on these regions.
Application Deadline: 10 March 2024
21. Fully Funded PhD Position in A continual learning approach for the development of robust robotic control systems
Summary of PhD Program:
We are seeking for a highly motivated PhD student to conduct cutting edge research of the AI techniques that will power future resilient, flexible and reconfigurable manufacturing systems. Together, we will make technological advances in more efficient and resilient manufacturing systems which are key for delivering cleaner, more localised and sustainable production. We will also make advances towards the scalability and robustness of AI in complex environments which is a major step towards the digital transformation of the manufacturing industry.
Application Deadline: 10 March 2024
22. Fully Funded PhD Position in Green Production of Ammonia
Summary of PhD Program:
As an essential ingredient for most food fertilisers, ammonia is helping to feed over half of the world’s population. With a growing population to reach nearly 10 billion by 2050, the demand for ammonia is expected to increase by nearly 50%. Alternatively, ammonia plays a significant role in the transition towards a hydrogen economy, as it is a carrier for hydrogen. The current manufacturing of ammonia via Haber-Bosch process (N2 +H2 -> NH3) is almost exclusively relying on fossil fuels to provide hydrogen. This directly produces 2% of global carbon emissions. To sustain human life without exacerbating climate change, cleaner production of ammonia must be urgently implemented. This PhD project will investigate next generation ammonia production technology directly from N2 and water.
Application Deadline: 12 March 2024
23. Fully Funded PhD Position in Processing Amorphous Inorganic Materials for Biotechnology Applications
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project will aim to develop bioactive glasses with controlled ion release profiles and investigate how certain microbes uptake the ions and determine the underlying mechanisms of action associated with the processes involved. As a PhD researcher, you will be responsible for developing new glass formulations and optimising ion release profiles from bioactive glasses as well as for designing and conducting the microbiological experiments. You will work closely with experienced team of researchers to develop innovative strategies to optimise the experiments along with in-depth characterisation protocols. You will also aim to publish your research findings in high-impact scientific journals and present your work at national and international conferences.
Application Deadline: 12 March 2024
24. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing Resorbable Inorganic Materials for Biosensing Applications
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will seek to develop manufacturing processes to produce biosensors in varying structures (fibres, microspheres etc) from phosphate-based glasses. This will involve understanding of glass formulations, manufacture and characterisation, including glass fibre and microsphere production processes. The Advanced Materials Research Group (AMRG) has both melt-draw and pre-form draw fibre manufacturing systems along with microsphere manufacturing lab.
Application Deadline: 12 March 2024
25. Fully Funded PhD Position in 3D microstructural imaging of aerospace alloys
Summary of PhD Program:
Most metals are made up of many small crystals and the size, shape, orientation, and distribution of the crystals that make up the microstructure has a significant impact on the material’s performance. Measuring the properties of the grains inside a component – without destroying the sample – is currently not possible. The project will combine ultrasonic measurements from different instruments using both information at the surfaces and from inside the material, with powerful wave propagation models to “un-peel” the sample, first revealing its surface microstructure and elasticity and then progressively tomographically reconstructing the inner layers using a unique set of measurements adapted to remove and see-through the outer layers.
Application Deadline: 30 March 2024
26. Fully Funded PhD Position in ZERO CARBON – Solar forecasting and future sustainable power systems
Summary of PhD Program:
To tackle this issue, the newly established Prediction and Optimisation of Solar Energy Systems Lab (POSES lab) at the University of Nottingham (supported by the University of Nottingham, EPSRC and industry) will provide a multi-disciplinary approach to training researchers in new technologies that can significantly improve the incorporation of solar farms into future sustainable power systems. You will join a large group of postgraduate students in the Faculty of Engineering, working on many aspects of solar energy and zero carbon technologies. The team of potential PhD supervisors spans five departments at University of Nottingham including Architecture and Built Environment, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mathematics, Physics and Social Sciences.
Application Deadline: 31 March 2024
27. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ultra-thin opto-acoustic fibre optic probe for cancer characterisation
Summary of PhD Program:
Develop an ultra-thin, bio-compatible, fibre optic ultrasound instrument and a model to predict the mechanical properties of soft matter. This novel device, based on the interaction between acoustic interface waves with the sample will provide mechanical property information across a range of length scales allowing measurements on cells through to tissue. The devices will be compatible with fibre optic delivery and proof of concept experiments in vitro on micro-tumours will be demonstrated, paving the way for development of currently unmet clinical applications.
Application Deadline: 01 June 2024
28. Fully Funded PhD Position in Structural Performance of High Strength Steel Members and Connections
Summary of PhD Program:
In this project, CFHSS tubular members and joints made of S700 and higher steel grades will be experimentally and numerically investigated for their ultimate resistances under axial loads. Circular, square and rectangular hollow sections will be used as brace and chord members. Tests will be conducted on specimens under static loads. Test results will be used to meticulously develop finite element models of the investigated members and joints. Detailed numerical parametric studies will then be performed to analyse the influence of governing parameters on the static behaviour of these members and joints.
