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A-Z of Research Opportunities

A research degree offers you the opportunity to develop your research skills and prove yourself as a researcher. Queen’s is committed to the enhancement of research training and teaching and offers postgraduate research opportunities across all fields of study.

This is not an exhaustive list of Postgraduate Research Opportunities. If you cannot find a project you are interested in, please use the Subjects Search tab or the Find A PhD Supervisor tab.

Project name	School	Funding	Subject	Status	Sort	Timestamp
Developing and testing a low cost immersive 360 video platform for the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 11 December 2020	School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Open	1	1607644800
Adult Safeguarding in Northern Ireland: a study of the relationship between social deprivation and adult protection referrals in Northern Ireland School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 27 November 2020	School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1606478400
DfE PhD Studentship associated with ‘The future and status of Northern Ireland after Brexit’ project School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 06 November 2020	School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1604707140
Northern Bridge Consortium School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Natural and Built Environment Funding Funded Application deadline 13 January 2020	School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded		Closed	1	1578931200
NINE Northern Ireland and North East of England DTP Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2021	Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Open	1	1611331200
Commonwealth PhD Scholarships Institute Of Theology, Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 20 July 2020	Institute Of Theology, Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1595264400
CITI-GENS MSCA COFUND Doctoral Training Programme Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1594400400
QUB - Belfast City Council PhD Research Studentship School of Law Funding Funded Application deadline 05 June 2020	School of Law	Funded		Closed	1	1591372800
County Antrim Grand Jury Bursary School of Law Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Law	Funded		Closed	1	1594396800
North South Postgraduate Scholarships Funding Funded Application deadline 14 May 2020		Funded		Closed	1	1589472000
Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund Funding Funded Application deadline 08 March 2020		Funded		Closed	1	1583711940
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Photonic Integration & Advanced Data Storage (PIADS) School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Mathematics and Physics Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded		Closed	1	1585670400
DAERA Postgraduate Studentships School of Biological Sciences Funding Funded Application deadline 25 February 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded		Closed	1	1582675140
Queen’s University/China Scholarship Council PhD Scholarships 2020 Funding Funded Application deadline 28 January 2020		Funded		Closed	1	1580212800
High Performance Graph Processing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Dr Hans Vandierendonck Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Assessment and Improvement of Software Engineering productivity School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Software Engineering; productivity; personnel economics Dr Vahid Garousi Supervisor Dr Vahid Garousi Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
Precision-Aware Deep Learning School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Dr Hans Vandierendonck Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Deep Learning with Limited Labelled Data: theory, algorithm and application to medical data School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Yang Hua Supervisor Dr Yang Hua Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
High-Performance Computing, Edge Computing, Aceelerators, Low-power School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Carlos Reano Supervisor Dr Carlos Reano Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Energy-Conscious and Fault-Resilient Autonomous Industrial Robots via Algorithm-Hardware Co-Design School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Robotics, Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Control Engineering, Software-Hardware co-Design, Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Supervisor Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
CLOSER – a Common Language Of Software Evolution in Repositories School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Cutting Supervisor Dr David Cutting Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGENS DTP: Adaptive Acceleration of Neural-Networks in Resource Constrained Edge and Cloud Environments School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Energy-Efficiency, Artificial-Intelligence, Neural-Networks, Accelerators, Heterogeneous Systems Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Supervisor Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
A Random Matrix Inference Framework for Big-Data Analytics School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Supervisor Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Scalable Heart-Rate-Variability Analysis for Individualized Secure Health Monitoring School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Heath monitoring, ECGs, Heart-Rate-Variability, Energy-Efficient Systems Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Supervisor Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
Robust Signal Processing Methods for 6G wireless communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Supervisor Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Biologically-plausible Neural Processors School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Artificial Intelligence, Spiking Neural Networks, Data Science, Neuromorphic, Memristo Dr John McAllister Supervisor Dr John McAllister Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
Post Quantum Anonymous Credential School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jinguang Han Supervisor Dr Jinguang Han Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGEN DTP: Iterative Approximate Analysis of Graph-Structured Data For Precision Medicine School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Knowledge extraction, scalable algorithms, graph processing, biomedical informatics, Cancer, Coronav Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
Functional Encryption and its Application School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jinguang Han Supervisor Dr Jinguang Han Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
CITIGENS DTP: Fair AI for the Public Sector: Advancing the Technological Frontier School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Fairness, Public Sector, Machine-Learning, Algorithms Dr Deepak Padmanabhan Supervisor Dr Deepak Padmanabhan Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1594335600
Model-based testing: Assessing and improving applicability and usefulness in practice School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Vahid Garousi Supervisor Dr Vahid Garousi Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Software Testing of AI-based systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Vahid Garousi Supervisor Dr Vahid Garousi Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Requirements to Microservices School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Des Greer Supervisor Dr Des Greer Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Retrieving Credible online documents School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Austen Rainer Supervisor Dr Austen Rainer Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Software Evolution Prediction from a Social Networks Perspective School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Des Greer Supervisor Dr Des Greer Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Brain Inspired Computing for Autonomous Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr John McAllister Supervisor Dr John McAllister Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Attack-resistant intelligent network intrusion pervention systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Supervisor Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Distributed, collaborative protection against IoT attacks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Supervisor Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Semantic code analysis using program embedding School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Niall McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Unsupervised and Interpretable Learning for Electronic Healthcare Records School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Niall McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584057600
GeneRank: A machine learning approach to detect and rank gene signatures from biological repositories with an application in lung cancer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Reza Rafiee Supervisor Dr Reza Rafiee Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Quantum Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr John McAllister Supervisor Dr John McAllister Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Adversarial deep learning for software and malware analysis: deception and countermeasures School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon Supervisor Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Deep Pose Estimation and activity recognition in social media videos School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon Supervisor Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Software Engineering for Trustworthy AI School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Youcheng Sun Supervisor Dr Youcheng Sun Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Quality Assured and Certifiable Software Development for Smart Contracts School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Youcheng Sun Supervisor Dr Youcheng Sun Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Story telling from Sensors:From Activities to Stories School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Son T Mai Supervisor Dr Son T Mai Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Interactive and Intelligent exploration of big complex data School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Son T Mai Supervisor Dr Son T Mai Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584057600
Adaptive Runtime Reconfiguration of Edge Applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Distributed Intelligence in Edge Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Energy Scalable Neural Networks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Supervisor Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Energy-Efficient and Fault Tolerant Cyber-Physical Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Supervisor Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Empirical Elasticity in the Hybrid Cloud School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos Supervisor Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Meaningful Object Processing in Mind and Machine School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Barry Devereux Supervisor Dr Barry Devereux Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Serverless Fog Computing: From Microservices to Nanoservices School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos Supervisor Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Naturalistic Natural Language Processing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Barry Devereux Supervisor Dr Barry Devereux Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Predictive Analytics in an ICS by processing streams of physiological data in real-time School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Charles Gillan Supervisor Dr Charles Gillan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Researching the use of machine learning tools in marine engineering to enhance green energy generation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Charles Gillan Supervisor Dr Charles Gillan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584057600
Artificial Intelligence for Vision Based Navigation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Neil Robertston Supervisor Professor Neil Robertston Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
Fog/Edge Computing (fully funded international studentship) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Funded Application deadline 11 September 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1599778800
Deep Evidential Reasoning for Semantic Vulnerability Analysis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Paul Miller Supervisor Dr Paul Miller Funding Funded Application deadline 31 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1596150000
Fog/Edge Computing (one fully funded UK/EU studentship School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Funded Application deadline 11 September 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1599778800
Edge or Fog Computing for Next Generation Distributed Systems (One International PhD Studentship) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Funded Application deadline 26 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1614297600
Edge or Fog Computing for Next Generation Distributed Systems (UK/EU PhD Studentship School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Supervisor Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Unfunded Application deadline 26 February 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Open	2	1614297600
DTP: GPU acceleration of discrete-event simulations of digital twins School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Carlos Reano Supervisor Carlos Reano Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Fault-Tolerant Monitoring and Control in Industrial Internet-of-Things School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP:Transprecise computing meets multi-physics simulation: adapting computation to precision requirements School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1584230400
DTP: AI and real-time predictive modelling of manufacturing pipeline state of health School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Roger Woods Supervisor Roger Woods Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Resource Allocation and Control co-design in the cloud using the IOT School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Human-Robot Collaboration in Disassembly for Future Remanufacturing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Mien Van Supervisor Mien Van Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Soft Sensing for in-process optimal quality control for remote laser welding processes School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Mien Van Supervisor Mien Van Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Dynamic Bayesian Modelling of Disk Drive Manufacturing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Roger Woods Supervisor Roger Woods Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Real-time and non-restrictive safety enforcement for robots living in dynamic environments; the factory of the future challenge School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Personalized Dynamic Learning and Skill Delivery for Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Information Centric Networking - A new approach towards Secure and Resilient Industry 4.0 Communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Kieran McLaughlin Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Precision Location of Tooling Using Wireless Methods School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Vincent Fusco Supervisor Vincent Fusco Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Optimising adaptive skill delivery systems for human users and learners in Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: ML-Driven Millimetre-wave Industrial Wireless School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Simon Cotton Supervisor Simon Cotton Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Embedding intentions in robot motion patterns: capitalizing on human perceptual skills School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Sean McLoone Supervisor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Deep learning-enabled video -based motion tracking for human-robot interaction in assembly tasks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Sean McLoone Supervisor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Embedded systems security using Approximate Computing for Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Maire O'Neill Supervisor Maire O'Neill Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Hardware-based authentication for Industrial IoT School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Maire O'Neill Supervisor Maire O'Neill Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Making STRIDES in Cyber Physical System Security: Improving Threat Analysis for Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Kieran McLaughlin Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Semi-supervised learning for advanced manufacturing applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Supervisor Professor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
DTP: Condition-based maintenance using hidden semi-Markov models School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Supervisor Professor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
Self-steered antennas for wireless power transfer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Neil Buchanan Supervisor Dr Neil Buchanan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
CITGEN DTP: Finite element modelling for resonant power converter design and packaging School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Finite element modelling, power converter, packaging. Dr Ahmad Elkateb Supervisor Dr Ahmad Elkateb Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1594335600
Design and Analysis of Dual Axis MEMS Micro-mirrors for LiDAR System School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hamza Shakeel Supervisor Dr Hamza Shakeel Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
CITIGEN DTP: UNlocking thE PoTential of THz Communications for FUture CoNnected SociEties (NEPTUNE) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Wireless communications; 6G networks; THz communications; information theory; advanced signal proces Dr Michalis Matthaiou Supervisor Dr Michalis Matthaiou Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1594335600
A Self-Calibrating Internet of Things (IOT) based Pollution Monitoring Sensor Network School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hamza Shakeel Supervisor Dr Hamza Shakeel Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
CITIGEN DTP: Data-driven risk-averse control of offshore floating wind turbines with embedded GPUs School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD High-performance computing, Floating offshore wind turbines, Data-driven control Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Supervisor Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1594335600
Deep learning for automated visual inspection of carpet defects School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Supervisor Professor Sean McLoone Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
CITIGEN DTP: Deep learning enhanced inference of human motor intentions for human-robot collaboration School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Machine learning, movement control, decoding intentions, biological motion Professor Sean McLoone Supervisor Professor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1594335600
Intelligent systems techniques for improving manufacturing competiveness School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Supervisor Professor Sean McLoone Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1585609200
Information Centric Networking: A New Approach to Securing Critical Infrastructure School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Kieran McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Making STRIDES in Cyber Physical System Security: Improving Threat Analysis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Kieran McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Novel RF/Microwave Transceivers for RFID and Healthcare School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Neil Buchanan Supervisor Dr Neil Buchanan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Battery Energy Storage to Enhance Thermal Power Plant Flexibility School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Robert Best Supervisor Dr Robert Best Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Provision of Distribution System Services from Battery Energy Storage School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Robert Best Supervisor Dr Robert Best Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Secure Measurement and Control Information Systems for Smart Grids School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Laverty Supervisor Dr David Laverty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Cloud Based Electrical Utility Infrastructure Montitoring and Analysis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Laverty Supervisor Dr David Laverty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Clouds' Effect on Solar Power Generation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Xueqin Liu Supervisor Dr Xueqin Liu Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Investing Security Vulnerablilities of Approximate Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Chongyan Gu Supervisor Dr Chongyan Gu Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Secure IoT devices Using Digital Fingerprint School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Chongyan Gu Supervisor Dr Chongyan Gu Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Robotic Vision and Tactile Sensing for Wire-Terminal Insertion Tasks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Mien Van Supervisor Dr Mien Van Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Impedance Control with Human Intent Estimation for Human-Robot Collaboration School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Mien Van Supervisor Dr Mien Van Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Super-directive antenna arrays for future wireless systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Michalis Matthaiou Supervisor Dr Michalis Matthaiou Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Massive MIMO at THz communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Michalis Matthaiou Supervisor Dr Michalis Matthaiou Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Ambient Backscatter and Energy Autonomous Wireless Sensing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Stylianos Assimonis Supervisor Dr Stylianos Assimonis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Stylianos Assimonis Supervisor Dr Stylianos Assimonis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Multi-Element Resonant Converter for Enhanced Wireless Power Transfer for On-board EV Chargers School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ahmad Elkateb Supervisor Dr Ahmad Elkateb Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicles Charging School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ahmad Elkateb Supervisor Dr Ahmad Elkateb Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Nonlinear model predictive control for safe proactive collaborative robots School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Supervisor Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Risk-averse predictive control for autonomous vehicles School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Supervisor Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Practical and Post-Quantum IoT Security School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ciara Rafferty Supervisor Dr Ciara Rafferty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Practical Privacy-preserving homomorphic analytics School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ciara Rafferty Supervisor Dr Ciara Rafferty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO for Ultra-Dense Networks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Supervisor Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Massive MIMO in Machine-Type Communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Supervisor Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
A Random Matrix Inference Framework for Big-Data Analytics School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Supervisor Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Robust Signal Processing Methods for 6G wireless communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Supervisor Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
UK Quantum Communications Hub PhD Students on Practical Post Quantum Cryptography School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Maire O'Neill Supervisor Professor Maire O'Neill Funding Funded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Smart Manufactured Nanostructured Plasmonic arrays for biosensing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David McNeill Supervisor Dr David McNeill Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1584057600
Opto-electronics based gas sensors for detecting volatile organic compounds School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hamza Shakeel Supervisor Dr Hamza Shakeel Funding Funded Application deadline 31 August 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1598828400
Self-Healing Network against Cyber Attacks (EPSRC ICASE with BT) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Supervisor Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Funding Funded Application deadline 11 January 2021	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1610323200
Tackling Productivity Questions: A Long-Run Perspective Queen's Management School \| PHD Advanced manufacturing, productivity, technology, innovation, monetary policy, institutions Dr Philip T. Fliers Supervisor Dr Philip T. Fliers Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	Queen's Management School	Funded	Finance	Closed	2	1594335600
Tackling Productivity Questions: A Long-Run Perspective Queen's Management School \| PHD Advanced manufacturing, productivity, technology, innovation, monetary policy, institutions Professor John D. Turner Supervisor Professor John D. Turner Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	Queen's Management School	Funded	Finance	Closed	2	1594335600
CITI-GENS DTP Robert Hart and Sino-Foreign Networks in Late Qing China School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics \| PHD Digital humanities, Qing China, social networks, China Maritime Customs, Robert Hart, digital histor Emma Reisz Supervisor Emma Reisz Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics	Funded	History	Open	2
Leverhulme Trust: Real-time Signal Processing Algorithms for Computational Millimetre-wave Radars School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Okan Yurduseven Supervisor Dr Okan Yurduseven Funding Funded Application deadline 18 September 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1600383600
Leverhulme Trust: Compressive Millimetre-wave Antennas for Computational Security-Screening Radars School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Okan Yurduseven Supervisor Dr Okan Yurduseven Funding Funded Application deadline 18 September 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1600383600
Faint signals from bright sources: identifying high-frequency waves in the Sun School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Solar Physics Dr David Jess Supervisor Dr David Jess Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1581638400
Quantum-data analysis for quantum technologies School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Quantum information processing, Quantum mechanics, Quantum machine learning Professor Mauro Paternostro Supervisor Professor Mauro Paternostro Funding Funded Application deadline 21 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1582243200
Universal resources for quantum information processing School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Quantum information processing, Quantum mechanics, Quantum optics Professor Mauro Paternostro Supervisor Professor Mauro Paternostro Funding Funded Application deadline 21 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1582243200
Positron binding and annihilation in molecules School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Quantum physics, Positronic physics, Quantum chemistry Professor Mauro Paternostro Supervisor Professor Mauro Paternostro Funding Funded Application deadline 21 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1582243200
Multi-Wavelength Observations of Solar Flares School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Solar flares, Solar Cycle, Dr Ryan Milligan Supervisor Dr Ryan Milligan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2	1581638400
From the Centaurs to the Inner Oort Cloud: Exploring the Kuiper belt Connection School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Solar System, Kuiper belt, astronomy, astrophysics, comets, telescopes Dr Megan Schwamb Supervisor Dr Megan Schwamb Funding Unfunded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2	1581638400
Radiative transfer in supernovae (theory) School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Supernovae, Computational Algorithms Dr Stuart Sim Supervisor Dr Stuart Sim Funding Unfunded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2	1581638400
Investigating exoplanet systems with the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD transmission, exoplanets Dr Ernst de Mooij Supervisor Dr Ernst de Mooij Funding Unfunded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2	1581638400
Terra Hunting - extreme precision mass-measurements of Earth-like worlds School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Doppler wobble Dr Chris Watson Supervisor Dr Chris Watson Funding Unfunded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2	1581638400
Ultrabright Sources of Attosecond Pulses School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Attosecond pulses, femtosecond laser interactions Dr Mark Yeung Supervisor Dr Mark Yeung Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2
Diagnostics and targetry for laser-plasma interaction experiments at high-repetition rate School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD laser-plasma interaction Dr Daniele Margarone Supervisor Dr Daniele Margarone Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2
Laser-driven generation of muons for material inspection and radiography School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Gianluca Sarri Supervisor Dr Gianluca Sarri Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1581638400
Proton radiography investigations of laser-plasma interaction dynamics in high-intensity regimes School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Marco Borghesi Supervisor Professor Marco Borghesi Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1581638400
Moveable Domain Wall Electronics in Single Crystal Ferroelectric Sheets School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Marty Gregg Supervisor Professor Marty Gregg Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2
Machine-Learning for Aqueous Interfaces School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Aqueous interfaces Dr Gareth Tribello Supervisor Dr Gareth Tribello Funding Funded Application deadline 7 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1581033600
2D materials based ultra-thin memory storage: efficient energy conversion and novel device platforms School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Elton Santos Supervisor Dr Elton Santos Funding Funded Application deadline 7 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1581033600
Modelling energy deposition in biomolecules on ultrafast timescales School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Biomolecules Dr Daniel Dundas Supervisor Dr Daniel Dundas Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2	1581033600
Quantum interactions in nanostructures School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Quantum interactions Dr Myrta Gruening Supervisor Dr Myrta Gruening Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2	1581033600
Equivariant orthogonal calculus School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr David Barnes Supervisor Dr David Barnes Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1581638400
Delayed feedback mechanisms School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Gabor Kiss Supervisor Dr Gabor Kiss Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1581638400
Deep Learning Approaches for Genetic Based Cancer Healthcare Modelling, for use in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses to Aid Decision Makers School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Felicity Lamrock Supervisor Dr Felicity Lamrock Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1581638400
Predicting Patient Response to New Drugs - Applications to Cost-Effectiveness Models School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Felicity Lamrock Supervisor Dr Felicity Lamrock Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1581638400
Statistical analysis of point patterns School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Hannah Mitchell Supervisor Dr Hannah Mitchell Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1581638400
Modelling Disease Misclassification using hidden Markov models. School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Hannah Mitchell Supervisor Dr Hannah Mitchell Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1581638400
Condition-based maintenance using hidden semi-Markov models School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Hannah Mitchell Supervisor Dr Hannah Mitchell Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1581638400
A framework for an effective traffic congestion management in road networks School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Salissou Moutari Supervisor Dr Salissou Moutari Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1581638400
Analysis of time series data via topological data analysis School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Florian Pausinger Supervisor Dr Florian Pausinger Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1581638400
Strongly damped systems School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Petr Siegl Supervisor Dr Petr Siegl Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1581638400
Mathematical models for cancer invasion School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Anna Zhigun Supervisor Dr Anna Zhigun Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1581638400
Using real-time survival modelling of patient characteristics to prevent unplanned admissions to hospital and support patients staying at home longer School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Adele Marshall Supervisor Professor Adele Marshall Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Open	2
Engineering and mapping entropy changes (local disorder) at the nanoscale in oxide materials School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD physics, materials, ferroelectrics, nanomaterials, scanning probe microscopy, electrocalorics Dr Raymond McQuaid Supervisor Dr Raymond McQuaid Funding Funded Application deadline 7 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1581033600
Artificial Intelligence as a health intervention for managing patient discharge decision processes School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Adele Marshall Supervisor Professor Adele Marshall Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Open	2
CITI-GENS DTP Ultrafast cellular irradiation studies towards novel radiotherapy School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Particle acceleration, laser-matter interaction, radiobiology, cancer therapy Professor Marco Borghesi Supervisor Professor Marco Borghesi Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1594335600
CITI-GENS DTP Complex nanophotonics for a quantum internet School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Quantum information processing and technologies Quantum machine learning Quantum nanophotonics Professor Mauro Paternostro Supervisor Professor Mauro Paternostro Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1594335600
CITI-GENS DTP Employing Data Analytics to inform the development of innovative Cost-Effectiveness Cancer Screening Models in the COVID-19 era School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Data Analytics; Cancer; Screening; Health Economics; Inequalities, Decision Modelling, Interdiscipli Dr Felicity Lamrock Supervisor Dr Felicity Lamrock Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2	1594335600
Laboratory astrophysics at high repetition rate School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Laboratory astrophysics ; High-power laser plasma interactions ; High-repetition rate lasers ; Machi Dr Charlotte Palmer Supervisor Dr Charlotte Palmer Funding Funded Application deadline 26 June 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1593126000
Compact, high brightness neutron beamline using intense lasers School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Satyabrata Kar Supervisor Dr Satyabrata Kar Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2
Using data analytics to maximise the benefits of adopting remote care technologies in the provision of care Queen's Management School \| PHD Health, Healthcare, Demand, Health System, Hospital, Analytics, Data Analytics, Business Analytics, Dr Sara Melo Supervisor Dr Sara Melo Funding Funded Application deadline 2 November 2020	Queen's Management School	Funded	Management	Closed	2	1604275200
How effective is behavioural activation in reducing depression in people with heart failure? School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Behavioural activation, depression, heart failure Professor David Thompson Supervisor Professor David Thompson Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
A mixed methods study to determine the key reasons for individuals with dementia attending the Emergency Department, and recommendations for a best practice approach School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Dementia; nursing home; care home; emergency department; GPs; Out of hours; dementia carers; inappro Dr Gillian Carter Supervisor Dr Gillian Carter Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
Suicide bereavement support School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Suicide Prevention Suicide Bereavement Mental Health Promotion Dr Karen Galway Supervisor Dr Karen Galway Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
A mindfulness mobile application to promote psychological health in patients receiving unit haemodialysis School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Mindfulness, kidney, feasibility. Dr Helen Noble Supervisor Dr Helen Noble Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
The development of a cancer action plan to respond to the health inequities faced by LGBT patients and their families: School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Supportive Cancer Care, Psychononcology , Families, LGBT Dr Olinda Santin Supervisor Dr Olinda Santin Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
Developing and validating eye-tracking based Executive Functions tests for children with Cerebral Palsy School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Cerebral Palsy; Executive functions; Neurodevelopmental disorder; Cognitive development; Motor impai Dr Oliver Perra Supervisor Dr Oliver Perra Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
Relationships and sexuality Education (RSE) for young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Professor Michael Brown Supervisor Professor Michael Brown Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
Improving health outcomes in acute coronary syndrome via mindfulness School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Acute coronary syndrome, Depression, Mindfulness Dr Chantal Ski Supervisor Dr Chantal Ski Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
QUADRAT DTP: Source-to-sink dynamics and palaeo-environment reconstruction from a dynamically evolving glacial foreland School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Climatology and Climate Change, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Environmental Science, Hydrology Dr Alastair Ruffell Supervisor Dr Alastair Ruffell Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2	1579651200
QUADRAT DTP: PALLADIA: Paraíba do Sul Delta Sedimentary Dynamics School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Agricultural Sciences, Climatology, Climate Change, Environmental Engineering Dr Rory Flood Supervisor Dr Rory Flood Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2	1579651200
QUADRAT DTP: Landscapes of Production: Exploring the Palaeaoenvironmental Context of Stone Tool Quarrying, Manufacture, Use and Deposition on Neolithic Shetland School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Botany, Plant Science, Climatology, Climate Change, Ecology, Conservation, Environmental Science Dr William Megarry Supervisor Dr William Megarry Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2	1579651200
QUADRAT DTP: The impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on cyanobacteria blooms in lakes School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Climatology and Climate Change, Ecotoxicology and Pollution, Environmental Chemistry Dr Helen Roe Supervisor Dr Helen Roe Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2	1579651200
QUADRAT DTP: Investigation of the growth of molds (fungi and bacteria) in bio-based materials made from agro-waste food School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Agronomy, Soil Science, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Hydrology Dr Mohammed Sonebi Supervisor Dr Mohammed Sonebi Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Civil Engineering	Closed	2	1579651200
QUADRAT DTP: Assessing the restoration of UK Carbon sinks using geophysics and microbiology School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Agronomy, Soil Science, Bioinformatics, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Hydrology Dr Rory Doherty Supervisor Dr Rory Doherty Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2019	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Civil Engineering	Closed	2	1548115200
QUADRAT DTP CASE: Geotechnical Properties of Glacial Tills: Engineering and Environmental Applications School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Environmental Engineering, Geography, Geology Dr David Hughes Supervisor Dr David Hughes Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Civil Engineering	Closed	2	1579651200
QUADRAT: Multidisciplinary Quantification Ecosystem Services to Streams, Provided by Formerly Afforested Blanket Bog. School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Agricultural Sciences, Ecology, Conservation, Environmental Chemistry, Environmental Engineering Dr Raymond Flynn Supervisor Dr Raymond Flynn Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Civil Engineering	Closed	2	1579651200
Crack-inducing thermal stresses in safety-critical concrete structures School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Thermal stresses, safety critical structures, cement hydration, supplementary cementitious materials Professor Marios Soutsos Supervisor Professor Marios Soutsos Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Natural and Built Environment	Unfunded	Civil Engineering	Open	2
Impact Resistance of Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC), impact and blast resistance, Professor Marios Soutsos Supervisor Professor Marios Soutsos Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Natural and Built Environment	Unfunded	Civil Engineering	Open	2
Structural Behaviour of Concrete Block Pavements: Finite Element Modelling of the effect of construction pattern and unit interlock School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Structural behaviour, concrete block pavements, construction pattern, unit interlock Professor Marios Soutsos Supervisor Professor Marios Soutsos Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Natural and Built Environment	Unfunded	Civil Engineering	Open	2
Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete for Access Floor Tiles School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Professor Marios Soutsos Supervisor Professor Marios Soutsos Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Natural and Built Environment	Unfunded	Civil Engineering	Open	2
Cementless “Geopolymer” Concrete for Sustainable Construction School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Alkali-activated binders (AABs), geopolymer concrete, supplementary cementitious materials Professor Marios Soutsos Supervisor Professor Marios Soutsos Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Natural and Built Environment	Unfunded	Civil Engineering	Open	2
Placing Astronomy: Landscape, Space and Science at Armagh Observatory, 1790-1916 School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Dr Oliver Dunnett Supervisor Dr Oliver Dunnett Funding Funded Application deadline 13 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2	1578873600
Long-acting drug delivery from intravaginal rings for treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia School of Pharmacy \| PHD vaginal drug delivery; vaginal ring technology; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; pre-cancer Professor Karl Malcolm Supervisor Professor Karl Malcolm Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Long-acting drug delivery from intravaginal rings for treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia School of Pharmacy \| PHD vaginal drug delivery; vaginal ring technology; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; pre-cancer Dr Peter Boyd Supervisor Dr Peter Boyd Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Development of next-generation vaginal gels containing multiple active agents for improved treatment of bacterial vaginosis School of Pharmacy \| PHD Vaginal gels; drug delivery; bacterial vaginosis; formulation; Professor Karl Malcolm Supervisor Professor Karl Malcolm Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Novel sustained-release formulation strategies for vaginal administration of drug-loaded nanoparticles School of Pharmacy \| PHD Pharmaceutics; drug delivery; vaginal rings; nanoparticles; formulation; HIV prevention; antiretrovi Professor Karl Malcolm Supervisor Professor Karl Malcolm Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Novel sustained-release formulation strategies for vaginal administration of drug-loaded nanoparticles School of Pharmacy \| PHD Pharmaceutics; drug delivery; vaginal rings; nanoparticles; formulation; HIV prevention; antiretrovi Dr Peter Boyd Supervisor Dr Peter Boyd Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Nano-engineered Delivery Systems for the Targeted Delivery of Oncology Drugs for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD Nanomedicine, Personalised Medicine, Industry Partnership, Drug Delivery Professor Helen McCarthy Supervisor Professor Helen McCarthy Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Self-triggered smart biomaterials School of Pharmacy \| PHD Drug delivery, antimicrobial, AMR, polymer, materials science, surface modification, surface chem Professor Colin McCoy Supervisor Professor Colin McCoy Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
A randomised pilot study of a theory-based intervention to improve appropriate polypharmacy in older people in primary care (PolyPrime) School of Pharmacy \| PHD Polypharmacy, primary care, randomised controlled trial, older people, behaviour change Professor Carmel Hughes Supervisor Professor Carmel Hughes Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Design and realisation of nanomedicine using computer simulation and smart nanofracturing method School of Pharmacy \| PHD Computer simulation, molecular dynamics, metadynamics, thermodynamic modelling, continuous manufa Dr Yiwei Tian Supervisor Dr Yiwei Tian Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
SMART Cancer Nanomedicines School of Pharmacy \| PHD Responsive nanoparticles, targeted drug delivery, cancer nanomedicine. Dr Wafa Al-Jamal Supervisor Dr Wafa Al-Jamal Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Investigation of the role of microplastics-associated microorganisms in the spread of antimicrobial-resistant genes in aquatic environments School of Pharmacy \| PHD Bacteriophage, enzymes, molecular microbiology, genomics, genetic engineering, pathogenic bacteria, Dr Timofey Skvortsov Supervisor Dr Timofey Skvortsov Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Computational prospecting of bacteriophage genomes and prophages for biotechnologically and pharmaceutically relevant enzymes School of Pharmacy \| PHD Bacteriophage, enzymes, molecular microbiology, genomics, genetic engineering, pathogenic bacteria Dr Timofey Skvortsov Supervisor Dr Timofey Skvortsov Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Investigation of horizontal gene transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes by bacteriophages in aquatic environments School of Pharmacy \| PHD Bacteriophage, enzymes, molecular microbiology, genomics, genetic engineering, pathogenic bacteria, Dr Timofey Skvortsov Supervisor Dr Timofey Skvortsov Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Investigation of horizontal gene transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes by bacteriophages in aquatic environments School of Pharmacy \| PHD Bacteriophage, enzymes, molecular microbiology, genomics, genetic engineering, pathogenic bacteri Dr Laura Sherrard Supervisor Dr Laura Sherrard Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Dissecting novel mechanisms of cysteine protease biology in tumourigenesis School of Pharmacy \| PHD Protease, cathepsin, cancer, mechanism, microenvironment, epigenetics Dr Roberta Burden Supervisor Dr Roberta Burden Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Microfabricated Engineered Systems for Sustained Ocular Drug Delivery School of Pharmacy \| PHD Ocular drug delivery, drug deliver, polymer implants, biologics, protein delivery Dr Raj Thakur Supervisor Dr Raj Thakur Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
3D printing of drug delivery implants School of Pharmacy \| PHD 3D printing; fused deposition modelling; additive manufacturing; drug formulation; drug product deve Dr Peter Boyd Supervisor Dr Peter Boyd Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Responsive hydrogel platforms towards the prevention of medical device-associated infections School of Pharmacy \| PHD Polymers, hydrogels, infection, responsive, drug delivery, biomaterials, medical device-associated i Dr Nicola Irwin Supervisor Dr Nicola Irwin Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Responsive hydrogel platforms towards the prevention of medical device-associated infections School of Pharmacy \| PHD Polymers, hydrogels, infection, responsive, drug delivery, biomaterials, medical device-associate Dr Nicola Irwin Supervisor Dr Nicola Irwin Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Responsive hydrogel platforms towards the prevention of medical device-associated infections School of Pharmacy \| PHD Polymers, hydrogels, infection, responsive, drug delivery, biomaterials, medical device-associate Professor Colin McCoy Supervisor Professor Colin McCoy Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Personalised Medicine for Breast and Ovarian Cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cancer, biomarkers, targeted treatment, drug development Professor Helen McCarthy Supervisor Professor Helen McCarthy Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Surface Treatment for Improved Performance of Implantable Medical Devices School of Pharmacy \| PHD Biomaterials, Anti-infective, Biocompatibility, Materials Science, Engineering, Orthopaedic Impla Dr Louise Carson Supervisor Dr Louise Carson Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Surface-modified silicone elastomer for medical and drug delivery devices with reduced bacterial adherence and biofilm formation School of Pharmacy \| PHD drug delivery; medical device; drug formulation; silicone elastomer; biofilm formation Professor Karl Malcolm Supervisor Professor Karl Malcolm Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Surface-modified silicone elastomer for medical and drug delivery devices with reduced bacterial adherence and biofilm formation School of Pharmacy \| PHD drug delivery; medical device; drug formulation; silicone elastomer; biofilm formation Dr Louise Carson Supervisor Dr Louise Carson Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in people with bronchiectasis during chronic inhaled treatment School of Pharmacy \| PHD Antibiotics, infection, respiratory, lung diseases Professor Michael Tunney Supervisor Professor Michael Tunney Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in people with bronchiectasis during chronic inhaled treatment School of Pharmacy \| PHD Antibiotics, infection, respiratory, lung diseases Dr Laura Sherrard Supervisor Dr Laura Sherrard Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Peptide hydrogels as novel nanotherapeutic delivery agents enhancing the anti-tumour efficacy of radiotherapy. School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cancer; Radiotherapy; Gold Nanoparticles; Drug Delivery; Peptides; HIV; Hydrogels; Controlled Releas Dr Jonathan Coulter Supervisor Dr Jonathan Coulter Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
USP17 as a cancer therapeutic target School of Pharmacy \| PHD Protease, ubiquitin, deubiquitinase, cancer, NSCLC, USP17 Dr James Burrows Supervisor Dr James Burrows Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Computer Simulations of G protein-coupled Receptors School of Pharmacy \| PHD Chemistry, biochemistry, computational biology, medicinal computational chemistry, drug design Dr Irina Tikhonova Supervisor Dr Irina Tikhonova Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Optimising pharmacological treatment of non-cognitive symptoms in people with dementia School of Pharmacy \| PHD Older people, dementia, primary care, healthcare professionals, medicines optimisation Professor Carmel Hughes Supervisor Professor Carmel Hughes Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Optimising pharmacological treatment of non-cognitive symptoms in people with dementia School of Pharmacy \| PHD Older people, dementia, primary care, healthcare professionals, medicines optimisation Dr Heather Barry Supervisor Dr Heather Barry Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
To develop an allosteric inhibitor of HDAC6 inhibition in cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cancer; cell biology; cell signalling; pharmacology; drug action; Dr Fiona Furlong Supervisor Dr Fiona Furlong Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Development of 3D Printed drug-eluting mesh implants School of Pharmacy \| PHD 3D Printing, Drug Delivery, Meshes, Scaffolds Dr Dimitrios Lamprou Supervisor Dr Dimitrios Lamprou Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Microfluidic Synthesis of Nanomedicines for the Delivery of Biologic Drugs School of Pharmacy \| PHD Drug Delivery, Microfluidics, Nanomedicine, Biopharmaceutics Dr Dimitrios Lamprou Supervisor Dr Dimitrios Lamprou Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Determining the microbiome of the homes of people with chronic respiratory diseases School of Pharmacy \| PHD Microbiology, respiratory disease, antibiotic resistance Dr Deirdre Gilpin Supervisor Dr Deirdre Gilpin Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Investigating the impact of electronic cigarette vapour on respiratory microbiota and inflammation School of Pharmacy \| PHD Electronic cigarette, immune, next generation sequencing, respiratory, microbiome, transcriptome Dr Deirdre Gilpin Supervisor Dr Deirdre Gilpin Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Antimicrobial prescribing in hospice and palliative care School of Pharmacy \| PHD Hospice, palliative care, prescribing, antimicrobial, antibiotic Dr Carole Parsons Supervisor Dr Carole Parsons Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Pain assessment and management for people with advanced dementia in long-term care settings School of Pharmacy \| PHD Dementia, pain, long-term care, nursing homes Dr Carole Parsons Supervisor Dr Carole Parsons Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
3D Printing & Bioprinting in vascular access for haemodialysis School of Pharmacy \| PHD 3D Printing, Bioprinting, Drug Delivery, Medical Devices, Pharmaceutical Technology Dr Dimitrios Lamprou Supervisor Dr Dimitrios Lamprou Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Microfluidics in Nanomedicine School of Pharmacy \| PHD Pharmaceutical Technology, Biopharmaceutics, Nanomedicine Dr Dimitrios Lamprou Supervisor Dr Dimitrios Lamprou Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
To investigate the pharmacological response of senolytics in ovarian cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cancer; cell biology; cell signalling; pharmacology; drug action; Dr Fiona Furlong Supervisor Dr Fiona Furlong Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Peptide hydrogels as a long-acting multipurpose drug delivery platform for combined contraception and HIV prevention School of Pharmacy \| PHD Drug Delivery; Peptides; HIV; Hydrogels; Controlled Release Dr Garry Laverty Supervisor Dr Garry Laverty Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Enhancing effective dementia care provision by pharmacists in primary care School of Pharmacy \| PHD Older people, dementia, primary care, healthcare professionals, person-centred care, education Dr Heather Barry Supervisor Dr Heather Barry Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Developing a controlled release biodegradable platform for nanomedicine delivery School of Pharmacy \| PHD Prostate Cancer, Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery, Radiotherapy Dr Jonathan Coulter Supervisor Dr Jonathan Coulter Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
A microfluidic approach to supressing tumour metabolism and enhancing treatment sensitivity School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cancer biology, Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery, Hypoxia, Microfluidics Dr Jonathan Coulter Supervisor Dr Jonathan Coulter Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Personalised Medicine for Breast and Ovarian Cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cancer, biomarkers, targeted treatment, drug development Dr Niamh Buckley Supervisor Dr Niamh Buckley Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Development of long-acting drug delivery platform (LADDP) to treat chronic disorders School of Pharmacy \| PHD Long-acting drug delivery, controlled release, polymer implants, biologics, protein delivery Dr Raj Thakur Supervisor Dr Raj Thakur Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Nanotherapeutics for Improved Ocular Drug Delivery of Biologics School of Pharmacy \| PHD Ocular drug delivery, drug deliver, polymer implants, biologics, protein delivery Dr Raj Thakur Supervisor Dr Raj Thakur Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Investigation of changes in gut virome composition associated with of administration of antibiotics School of Pharmacy \| PHD Bacteriophage, virus, microbiome, antibiotics, molecular microbiology, pathogenic bacteria Dr Timofey Skvortsov Supervisor Dr Timofey Skvortsov Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Nanoparticle delivery of antibiotics for treatment of pulmonary infection School of Pharmacy \| PHD Liposomes; Cystic Fibrosis; infection; pulmonary delivery; inhalation; antibiotic; pharmaceutics Dr Vicky Kett Supervisor Dr Vicky Kett Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
SMART Nanocarriers for Cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD Responsive nanoparticles, targeted drug delivery, cancer nanomedicine Dr Wafa Al-Jamal Supervisor Dr Wafa Al-Jamal Funding Funded Application deadline 15 January 2021	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Open	2	1610668800
The development of a Core Outcome Set (COS) for trials evaluating interventions focusing on adherence to appropriate polypharmacy School of Pharmacy \| PHD Adherence, core outcome set, interventions, medicines optimisation, polypharmacy Professor Carmel Hughes Supervisor Professor Carmel Hughes Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Development of a saRNA nano-vaccine for Prostate Cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD RNA, Vaccines, Prostate Cancer, Nanomedicine, Drug Delivery Professor Helen McCarthy Supervisor Professor Helen McCarthy Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Relationship between antibiotic therapy and development of antimicrobial resistance in patients with bronchiectasis School of Pharmacy \| PHD Infection, antimicrobial resistance, PCR, next-generation sequencing, metagenomics, clinical pharmac Professor Michael Tunney Supervisor Professor Michael Tunney Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Comparison of SARS-CoV2 detection in saliva and nasopharyngeal and oropharyngeal swabs School of Pharmacy \| PHD SARS-Co-V2, infection, diagnostic Professor Michael Tunney Supervisor Professor Michael Tunney Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Long-Acting Microneedle Delivery Systems School of Pharmacy \| PHD Microneedles, long-acting drug delivery Professor Ryan Donnelly Supervisor Professor Ryan Donnelly Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Microneedle-mediated chemical & electrochemical rapid injection systems School of Pharmacy \| PHD Microneedles, stimuli-responsive drug delivery Professor Ryan Donnelly Supervisor Professor Ryan Donnelly Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Selective targeting of proteases for the treatment of chronic airways disease School of Pharmacy \| PHD lung, respiratory, airways, COPD, proteases, cell biology, molecular biology, biochemistry Professor Lorraine Martin Supervisor Professor Lorraine Martin Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
3D-printing of medical devices to treat cardiovascular disease School of Pharmacy \| PHD 3D printing, drug delivery, tissue engineering, medical devices Dr Eneko Larrañeta Supervisor Dr Eneko Larrañeta Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Electrospun Nanofibers for the Delivery of Biopharmaceuticals School of Pharmacy \| PHD Dr Min Zhao Supervisor Dr Min Zhao Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Novel enzyme inhibitors for chemical biology and drug discovery School of Pharmacy \| PHD organic synthesis, medicinal chemistry, chemical biology, carbohydrate chemistry, glycobiology Professor Gerd Wagner Supervisor Professor Gerd Wagner Funding Funded Application deadline 15 January 2021	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Open	2	1610668800
Development of precisely engineered nanocrystals for selective tissue targeting School of Pharmacy \| PHD Nanocrystals, Targeting, Lymphatic system, media milling Dr Alejandro J. Paredes Supervisor Dr Alejandro J. Paredes Funding Funded Application deadline 15 January 2021	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Open	2	1610668800
Development of lipid-based nanocarriers using melt extrusion for oral peptide delivery School of Pharmacy \| PHD Peptide, biotherapeutics, nanoparticles, hot-melt extrusion, continuous manufacturing, drug delivery Dr Sheiliza Carmali Supervisor Dr Sheiliza Carmali Funding Funded Application deadline 15 January 2021	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Open	2	1610668800
Two halves make a whole: Exploring the role of the families in caring for police officers with occupational related psychological distress School of Psychology \| PHD Professor Cherie Armour Supervisor Professor Cherie Armour Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2	1580428800
To Be Confirmed School of Psychology \| PHD Professor Emma Flynn Supervisor Professor Emma Flynn Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2	1580428800
Mind wandering in children and its impact on learning School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Agnieszka Jaroslawska Supervisor Dr Agnieszka Jaroslawska Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2	1580428800
Judgments of facial expressions of emotion School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Magda Rychlowska Supervisor Dr Magda Rychlowska Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2	1580428800
Chronic pain rehabilitation School of Psychology \| PHD Professor Kevin E. Vowles Supervisor Professor Kevin E. Vowles Funding Funded Application deadline 22 May 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2	1590102000
Optimising adaptive skill delivery systems for human users and learners in Industry 4.0 School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Matthew Rodger Supervisor Dr Matthew Rodger Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2	1585609200
Improving attitudes towards gender equality initiatives: Designing game-based training resources School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Ioana Latu Supervisor Dr Ioana Latu Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2	1580428800
Embedding intentions in robot motion patterns: capitalizing on human perceptual skills School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Joost Dessing Supervisor Dr Joost Dessing Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2	1585609200
Measuring effects of ageing on cortical activity during sensory integration and posture-cognitive multitasking using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS). School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Mihalis Doumas Supervisor Dr Mihalis Doumas Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Closed	2	1580428800
CITI-GENS DTP Measuring effects of ageing on cortical activity during posture cognitive multi-tasking using fNIRS and EEG School of Psychology \| PHD Postural control; ageing; cognitive; multitasking; brain activity; EEG; fNIRS Dr Mihalis Doumas Supervisor Dr Mihalis Doumas Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2	1594335600
Understanding military veteran family well-being School of Psychology \| PHD Military; veteran; family; spouse; qualitative Professor Cherie Armour Supervisor Professor Cherie Armour Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 July 2020	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Closed	2	1596150000
Economics and/or Supply Chain Management with interest into resilience of production and supply chain networks. Queen's Management School \| PHD Business, Global, Strategy, Responsibility, Network, Development, Economics Professor Rob Gilles Supervisor Professor Rob Gilles Funding Funded Application deadline 10 January 2021	Queen's Management School	Funded	Economics	Open	2	1610236800
Diversity and Inclusion Queen's Management School \| PHD Diversity, Inclusion, Strategies, organisations, design and implementation, public, non, profit Dr Denise Currie Supervisor Dr Denise Currie Funding Funded Application deadline 10 January 2021	Queen's Management School	Funded	Management	Open	2	1610236800
International Business/Global Strategy with an interest in the areas of digitisation or social responsibility Queen's Management School \| PHD International, Business, Global, Strategy, Digitisation, Social, Responsibility, Artificial, Dr. Kieran Conroy Supervisor Dr. Kieran Conroy Funding Funded Application deadline 10 January 2021	Queen's Management School	Funded	Management	Open	2	1610236800
CITI-GENS DTP Immersive Technologies to drive inclusion of disabled musicians School of Arts, English and Languages \| PHD Immersive technologies, disability, social inclusion, music, digital media, locative media Dr Franziska Schroeder Supervisor Dr Franziska Schroeder Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Arts, English and Languages	Funded	Music	Closed	2	1594335600
CITI-GENS DTP Visual Voices: A User Interface - how online resources aid educational and community development School of Arts, English and Languages \| PHD Transitional Justice, web resources, community and educational development, storytelling, filmmaking Professor Cahal McLaughlin Supervisor Professor Cahal McLaughlin Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Arts, English and Languages	Funded	Film Studies	Closed	2	1594335600
Adaptive management of stochastic parasite challenge in animals under climate change School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, climate change, parasitology, veterinary medicine Professor Eric Morgan Supervisor Professor Eric Morgan Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Archaeal polyphosphate cycling: novel enzymes to drive new technologies School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, biochemistry, bioinformatics, environmental, geochemistry, microbiology, molecular Dr Jason Chin Supervisor Dr Jason Chin Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Diet mediated metabolic-inflammation – mechanistic insights School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biochemistry, food science, health sciences, immunology, molecular biology, public health Professor Helen Roche Supervisor Professor Helen Roche Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Emerging Infectious Diseases – Surveillance and Biosecurity School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, health sciences, microbiology, molecular biology, pathology, public health, veterinary Professor Nikki Marks Supervisor Professor Nikki Marks Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Enhancing young people’s cooking and food skills to investigate impact on food engagement, knowledge, skill confidence and diet quality School of Biological Sciences \| PHD data analysis, food science, health sciences, public health, statistics Professor Moira Dean Supervisor Professor Moira Dean Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Explore novel feeding strategies to reduce ammonia emissions from ruminants and improve their productivity School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, environmental science, food science, statistics, zoology, animal science Dr Katerina Theodoridou Supervisor Dr Katerina Theodoridou Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Exposing drivers for parasite growth and virulence at the single cell level School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, health sciences, microbiology, parasitology, public health, virology Professor Aaron Maule Supervisor Professor Aaron Maule Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Flavonoid metabolism and cardiometabolic health School of Biological Sciences \| PHD data analysis, food science, health sciences, medical, public health Professor Aedin Cassidy Supervisor Professor Aedin Cassidy Funding Funded Application deadline 13 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1578873600
Food fraud risks in UK supply chain networks School of Biological Sciences \| PHD data analysis, food science, law Professor Saskia van Ruth Supervisor Professor Saskia van Ruth Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Gene mining useful biocatalysts from paleosols School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, genetics, geochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology Professor Chris Allen Supervisor Professor Chris Allen Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Genome scale evolution of biofilm contained Klebsiella pneumoniae in response to sub-lethal antibacterial stress exposure - development of novel biomarkers for near-patient testing School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, genetics, health sciences, medical science, microbiology, molecular, public health Professor Seamus Fanning Supervisor Professor Seamus Fanning Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
How does biodiversity contribute to multiple forms of stability in stressed marine invertebrate communities? School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, data analysis, ecology, environmental science, microbiology, molecular, statistics Professor Mark Emmerson Supervisor Professor Mark Emmerson Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
How does Clostridium difficile control the gut microbiome? Molecular dissection of nutrient control strategies School of Biological Sciences \| PHD health sciences, microbiology, molecular biology, pathology, public health, virology Professor Geoff McMullan Supervisor Professor Geoff McMullan Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Innovative Diagnostics for Helminth Parasite Infections School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agricultural, molecular biology, parasitology, veterinary medicine Dr Paul McVeigh Supervisor Dr Paul McVeigh Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Influence of farm hygiene standards and management practices on Johne’s disease progression in selected NI dairy herds School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, data analysis, microbiology Professor Irene Grant Supervisor Professor Irene Grant Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Investigating how the levels of queuine, a novel micronutrient, are associated with human ageing and brain health School of Biological Sciences \| PHD cell biology, food chemistry, food science, health sciences, medical science, public health Professor Brian Green Supervisor Professor Brian Green Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Investigation and exploration of health and therapeutic benefits of plant-derived secondary metabolites School of Biological Sciences \| PHD analytical chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, health sciences, microbiology Dr Chen Situ Supervisor Dr Chen Situ Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Low-cost and rapid paper-based microfluidics for the detection of irradiated foods School of Biological Sciences \| PHD food chemistry, food science, health sciences, molecular biology, public health Dr Cuong Cao Supervisor Dr Cuong Cao Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Mast cell dysregulation? Understanding the development of mastocytosis School of Biological Sciences \| PHD health sciences, medical science, molecular biology, public health Dr Ciaren Graham Supervisor Dr Ciaren Graham Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Microbial interactions in unique chemosynthetic ecosystems –an integrated ‘Omic approach School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, ecology, environmental, evolution, geochemistry, microbiology, molecular Dr Deepak Kumaresan Supervisor Dr Deepak Kumaresan Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
MicroRNAs in the Pathogenesis Adverse Cardiomyocyte and Endothelial Cell Remodelling in Insulin Resistance School of Biological Sciences \| PHD food science, health sciences, medical science, molecular biology, pharmacy, public health Dr Qiaozhu Su Supervisor Dr Qiaozhu Su Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Mosquito control using native predators and other novel environmentally friendly methodologies School of Biological Sciences \| PHD public health, zoology, animal science Professor Jaimie Dick Supervisor Professor Jaimie Dick Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Optimising behaviour change initiatives for food waste prevention School of Biological Sciences \| PHD data analysis, ecology, economics, statistics Professor Alberto Longo Supervisor Professor Alberto Longo Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Quantifying the effects of environmental change using multi-level phylogenetically controlled meta-analyses School of Biological Sciences \| PHD data analysis, ecology, conservation, statistics, zoology Dr Hansjoerg Kunc Supervisor Dr Hansjoerg Kunc Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Rewiring of host cell protein complexes by pathogen effectors - mass spectrometry-based methods and applications in infection biology School of Biological Sciences \| PHD cell biology, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, pathology, pharmacology, toxicology Dr Ben Collins Supervisor Dr Ben Collins Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
SAFENUT: Cold plasma as an Intervention technology to ensure a safe and nutritious groundnut supply School of Biological Sciences \| PHD analytical chemistry, food science, health sciences, microbiology, public health Professor Paula Bourke Supervisor Professor Paula Bourke Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Schistosome blood flukes and bacteria: How pathogens interact with other pathogens, and the host School of Biological Sciences \| PHD health sciences, microbiology, molecular biology, parasitology, public health Dr Geoff Gobert Supervisor Dr Geoff Gobert Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Sleep in the wild: reproductive benefits and health costs of natural sleep deprivation in fallow deer School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, conservation, animal science, evolution, zoology, animal science Dr Isabella Capellini Supervisor Dr Isabella Capellini Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Sustainable Wildlife Management: Socio-Economics Drivers & Implications of Conservation School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, data analysis, ecology, economics, environmental science, statistics, animal science Dr Martina Bozzola Supervisor Dr Martina Bozzola Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Systems analysis of the impact of microplastics in the marine environment School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biotechnology, data analysis, pollution, food science, health sciences, molecular, statistics Professor Gary Hardiman Supervisor Professor Gary Hardiman Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Targeting yeast epigenetics to combat anti-fungal resistance School of Biological Sciences \| PHD health sciences, microbiology, molecular biology, public health Dr Edel Hyland Supervisor Dr Edel Hyland Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
Temperature regulation of non-coding RNA and crop - rhizosphere interactions School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biochemistry, bioinformatics, biotechnology, botany, climate, microbiology, molecular, parasitology Dr Johnathan Dalzell Supervisor Dr Johnathan Dalzell Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2	1576454400
The effects of maternal stress on offspring survival in th