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A-Z of Research Opportunities

Completing a postgraduate research degree at Queen's University offers you the opportunity to develop your research skills and prove yourself as a researcher. During your time here, you will carry out research that has an impact on people across the globe.

For guidance on how to complete your application for postgraduate research follow our Steps to Apply before you submit an application.

If you require any further support, please contact our Faculty Hubs:

Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences – askAHSS@qub.ac.uk
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences – askEPS@qub.ac.uk
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences – askMHLS@qub.ac.uk

Further information on our faculty hubs can be found here.

Project name	School	Funding	Subject	Status	Sort	Timestamp
Jetset Your Degree - Financial Awards for Skill Development - 2024 - 2025 Queen's Business School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 31 August 2025	Queen's Business School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Open	1	1756680900
Queen’s University/China Scholarship Council PhD Scholarships Funding Funded Application deadline 21 January 2025		Funded		Open	1	1737503100
Northern Bridge Consortium Queen's Business School, 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 07 January 2025	Queen's Business School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded		Open	1	1736265600
NINE Northern Ireland and North East of England DTP Queen's Business 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 20 January 2025	Queen's Business 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	1737388800
Queen’s University/China Scholarship Council PhD Scholarships 2020 Funding Funded Application deadline 28 January 2020		Funded		Closed	1	1580212800
County Antrim Grand Jury Bursary School of Law Funding Funded Application deadline 16 August 2024	School of Law	Funded		Closed	1	1723820400
Local Skills Development Award - Financial Awards for Skill Development - 2023 - 2024 Queen's Business School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 01 June 2024	Queen's Business School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1717282500
CITI-GENS MSCA COFUND Doctoral Training Programme Queen's Business 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 Business 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	1594396800
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	1585666800
Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) Enterprise Fellowship School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 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 Pharmacy Funding Funded Application deadline 29 August 2023	School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 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 Pharmacy	Funded		Closed	1	1693293000
Leverhulme Interdisciplinary Network on Algorithmic Solutions (LINAS) Doctoral Training Programme 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 Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2023	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 Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1	1675184400
Faculty DfE International Scholarship School of Biological Sciences, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery Funding Funded Application deadline 14 March 2022	School of Biological Sciences, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Nursing and Midwifery	Funded		Closed	1	1647302340
Commonwealth PhD Scholarships Institute Of Theology, Queen's Business 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 Business 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	1595260800
North South Postgraduate Scholarships Funding Funded Application deadline 13 May 2021		Funded		Closed	1	1620918000
Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund Funding Funded Application deadline 08 March 2020		Funded		Closed	1	1583711940
DAERA Postgraduate Studentships School of Biological Sciences Funding Funded Application deadline 25 February 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded		Closed	1	1582675140
Relativistic attosecond sources from intense multi-colour laser pulses School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD EXPERIMENTAL (primary) / COMPUTATIONAL (secondary) Dr Mark Yeung Supervisor Dr Mark Yeung Funding Funded CAST Studentship Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Mathematical models for cancer invasion School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Anna Zhigun Supervisor Dr Anna Zhigun Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Mathematics	Open	2	1738886400
Synthesizing 3D Light Fields for Manipulating Chiral Matter School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Experimental Dr Jason Greenwood Supervisor Dr Jason Greenwood Funding Funded Royal Society International Exchange Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Graded rings and toric methods in algebra School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Thomas Huettemann Supervisor Dr Thomas Huettemann Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Mathematics	Open	2	1738886400
The Coherent Harmonic Focus - High Harmonic Generation in the Multi-Petawatt Regime. School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Experimental Professor Brendan Dromey Supervisor Professor Brendan Dromey Funding Funded Awaiting funding Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Digital twin for real-time flow management in hospitals School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Laura Boyle Supervisor Dr Laura Boyle Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Mathematics	Open	2	1738886400
High-quality positron and x-ray sources for EuPRAXIA School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Experimental, Computational Professor Gianluca Sarri Supervisor Professor Gianluca Sarri Funding Funded CAST Studentship Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Large language models for data mining in software repositories School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Zhiwei Lin Supervisor Dr Zhiwei Lin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Mathematics	Open	2	1738886400
Femtosecond radiobiology with very high energy electron beams School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Experimental Professor Gianluca Sarri Supervisor Professor Gianluca Sarri Funding Funded CAST Studentship Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Mathematics of infectious diseases School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Gabor Kiss Supervisor Dr Gabor Kiss Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Mathematics	Open	2	1738886400
Carbon ion acceleration for radiotherapy applications School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Experimental Professor Marco Borghesi Supervisor Professor Marco Borghesi Funding Funded EPS DTP Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Statistical Advances in Health Economic Modelling School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Felicity Lamrock Supervisor Dr Felicity Lamrock Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Open	2	1738886400
Spatio-temporal coupling in high intensity lasers School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD EXPERIMENTAL/COMPUTATIONAL Dr Matthew Streeter Supervisor Dr Matthew Streeter Funding Funded TBC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Template-Free MCMC Reconstruction of Single Molecule Imaging Data with Multiple Distinct Structures School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Hannah Mitchell Supervisor Dr Hannah Mitchell Funding Funded CAST Studentship with STFC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Open	2	1738886400
Data-Driven Decisions: Transforming Urgent Care Patient Outcomes and Resource Allocation for the Northern Ireland Ambulance Service School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Laura Boyle Supervisor Dr Laura Boyle Funding Funded CAST Studentship with NI Ambulance Service Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Open	2	1738886400
Hierarchical Spatial-Temporal Modelling of Microglia Patterns: Towards Non-Invasive Diagnostics for Neonatal Hypoxia and Neurodegenerative Disorders School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Hannah Mitchell Supervisor Dr Hannah Mitchell Funding Funded CAST Studentship with STFC, UCL Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Open	2	1738886400
Radiation damage in the wide band gap semiconductor Ga2O3 School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD COMPUTATIONAL/THEORETICAL Dr Lorenzo Stella Supervisor Dr Lorenzo Stella Funding Funded TBC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Probing dipole instabilities in the ultrafast ionization of molecules School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Theoretical/Computational Dr Dan Dundas Supervisor Dr Dan Dundas Funding Funded TBC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Mapping the transition from photo-ionisation to strong-field ionisation. School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD COMPUTATIONAL/THEORETICAL Dr Andrew Brown Supervisor Dr Andrew Brown Funding Funded TBC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Into the Rubinverse: Exploring the Solar System with the First Data from the Vera C. Rubin Observatory School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Megan Schwamb Supervisor Dr Megan Schwamb Funding Unfunded TBC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Investigating exoplanet systems with the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Ernst de Mooij Supervisor Dr Ernst de Mooij Funding Unfunded TBC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Observations of Solar Flares in Lyman-Alpha Emission School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Ryan Milligan Supervisor Dr Ryan Milligan Funding Unfunded TBC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Modelling of neutron star mergers: Fundamental atomic structure, electron-impact excitation and recombination calculations in support of collisional-radiative modelling and radiative transport. School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Connor Ballance Supervisor Professor Connor Ballance Funding Funded ERC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
A Dirac R-matrix approach to the determination of opacities. School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Connor Ballance Supervisor Professor Connor Ballance Funding Unfunded TBC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Rapid astrophysical explosions from neutron star and black hole interactions School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Matt Nicholl Supervisor Dr Matt Nicholl Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Supernovae: theoretical modelling of light curves and spectra School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Stuart Sim Supervisor Dr Stuart Sim Funding Unfunded TBC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
2D Materials Enhanced Surface Plasmon Resonance School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Fumin Huang Supervisor Dr Fumin Huang Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Disrupting Magnons Using Ferroelectric Domains School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Marty Gregg Supervisor Professor Marty Gregg Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
“Hard” metals: Looking for alternative material for high temperature applications School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Lorenzo Stella Supervisor Dr Lorenzo Stella Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Combined First-Principles and Machine-Learning Approach to Real-Time Nonlinear Spectroscopies School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Myrta Gruening Supervisor Dr Myrta Gruening Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Rediscovering the Fundamental Science of the Archetypal Antiferroelectrics at small scales School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Amit Kumar Supervisor Dr Amit Kumar Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Exploring domain continuity in polycrystalline ferroics School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Miryam Arredondo Supervisor Dr Miryam Arredondo Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Simulating Linear and Nonlinear Spectroscopies of Aqueous Systems School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr David Wilkins Supervisor Dr David Wilkins Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Twistronics: electronic transport with a twist School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Marty Gregg Supervisor Professor Marty Gregg Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Micromagnetic simulations and direct visualisation of artificial spin ice School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Solveig Felton Supervisor Dr Solveig Felton Funding Unfunded TBC Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Evaluating thermal stability of near-field transducer materials School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Miryam Arredondo Supervisor Dr Miryam Arredondo Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Vacancy Centres in Nanomaterials for Next-Generation Quantum Applications School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Hamidreza Siampour Ashkavandi Supervisor Dr Hamidreza Siampour Ashkavandi Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2	1738886400
Are children’s intuitions about ownership impacted by concerns for human flourishing? School of Psychology \| PHD Ownership; development; children; human flourishing; ownership obligations Professor Aidan Feeney Supervisor Professor Aidan Feeney Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Lost in Thought: Exploring Children's Awareness of Mind Wandering School of Psychology \| PHD attention, mind wandering, metacognition, cognitive development, academic achievement Dr Agnieszka Graham Supervisor Dr Agnieszka Graham Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Words for Feelings: Exploring the Development of Emotional Granularity in Children and Adolescents School of Psychology \| PHD emotional granularity, child and adolescent development, child and adolescent mental health Dr Agnieszka Graham Supervisor Dr Agnieszka Graham Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Collective victimhood, imagined futures, and the constitutional status of Northern Ireland School of Psychology \| PHD Psychology ; Social psychology; Political psychology; qualitative Dr Andrew McNeill Supervisor Dr Andrew McNeill Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Remembering the baby’s first year: Do new parents forget negative experiences more than positive ones? School of Psychology \| PHD Parenting, parents, caregivers, neuroscience, cognitive science, memory, forgetfulness, emotional va Dr Anna Truzzi Supervisor Dr Anna Truzzi Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
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 health, well-being, trauma Professor Cherie Armour Supervisor Professor Cherie Armour Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Identifying psychological mechanisms which promote resilience post-trauma. School of Psychology \| PHD trauma, PTSD, mental health, resilience Professor Cherie Armour Supervisor Professor Cherie Armour Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Nanocrystals-in-nanofibres as a promising strategy for the delivery of poorly soluble actives School of Pharmacy \| PHD Nanocrystals, nanotechnology, drug delivery, pharmaceutics Dr Alejandro J. Paredes (CAST) Supervisor Dr Alejandro J. Paredes (CAST) Funding Funded Department of the Economy (DfE) CAST award Application deadline 22 November 2024	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Closed	2	1732233600
Microneedle delivery of non-ribosomal antimicrobial peptides to treat multidrug-resistant Gram-negative infections School of Pharmacy \| PHD Antibiotics; peptide synthesis; antimicrobial peptides; microneedles; organic synthesis Professor Ryan Donnelly. Supervisor Professor Ryan Donnelly. Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Chemical Tools to Tackle Antimicrobial Resistance School of Pharmacy \| PHD Antibiotics; peptide synthesis; chemical probes; organic synthesis; chemical biology Professor Gerd Wagner. Supervisor Professor Gerd Wagner. Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
ENERGY - Enhanced Nanoparticles Engineered fRom Gold for multi-modal therapY School of Pharmacy \| PHD Nanomedicine, Cancer, SERS, radiotherapy, photothermal therapy Professor Jonathan Coulter. Supervisor Professor Jonathan Coulter. Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
High resolution solid state NMR as a tool for analysis of polymeric controlled release drug delivery systems School of Pharmacy \| PHD Drug delivery, materials science, analytical chemistry, polymers, solid state NMR Professor Karl Malcolm. Supervisor Professor Karl Malcolm. Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Algorithmic Warfare and Civilian Harm School of Law \| PHD AI, warfare, armed conflict, civilian harm Professor Luke Moffett Supervisor Professor Luke Moffett Funding Funded Department for the Economy (DfE) Application deadline 30 January 2025	School of Law	Funded	Law	Open	2	1738195200
Cohesive and Ecologically Coherent EU-UK fisheries management after Brexit School of Law \| PHD marine fisheries Brexit Professor Richard Collins Supervisor Professor Richard Collins Funding Funded Marine Institute Application deadline 14 June 2024	School of Law	Funded	Law	Closed	2	1718319600
The mediating role of trauma appraisals following potentially traumatic life events School of Psychology \| PHD Trauma Appraisal, Trauma, Resilience, Posttraumatic Growth Professor Donncha Hanna Supervisor Professor Donncha Hanna Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Developing Trauma Informed Care principles for Health Professionals School of Psychology \| PHD Trauma, Trauma Informed Care, Health Care Professionals Professor Donncha Hanna Supervisor Professor Donncha Hanna Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Retrodirective antenna technology for fast tracking of supersonic platforms School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Microwave antennas, Phased arrays, Projectiles, Microwave communication Dr Neil Buchanan Supervisor Dr Neil Buchanan Funding Funded EPSRC iCASE Application deadline 2 December 2024	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1733097600
Deep Learning for Enhanced Neural Decoding in Real-Time Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCIs) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Brain-computer interface, BCI, deep learning, machine learning, signal processing Dr Alain Desire Bigirimana Supervisor Dr Alain Desire Bigirimana Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Predicting User Performance for Enhanced Brain-Computer Interfaces School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Algorithm, Brain-Computer Interface, Data Analysis, Engineering, Machine Learning, Predictive Model Dr Alain Desire Bigirimana Supervisor Dr Alain Desire Bigirimana Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Virtual-Reality Enhanced BCI Neurofeedback for Stress Management School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Brain-computer interface, BCI, EEG, neurofeedback, stress, signal processing, virtual reality Dr Alain Desire Bigirimana Supervisor Dr Alain Desire Bigirimana Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Hybrid Energy Storage Systems for Wind Energy in Medium Voltage DC Applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Hybrid Energy Storage, Wind Energy, Medium Voltage DC, Adaptive Control, Energy Management Dr Ahmad Elkhateb Supervisor Dr Ahmad Elkhateb Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Adaptive Modular Converter-Based Energy Storage for Grid-Optimal Virtual Synchronous Generators School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Modular multilevel converter, energy storage system, virtual synchronous generator, adaptive control Dr Ahmad Elkhateb Supervisor Dr Ahmad Elkhateb Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Addressing Challenges of Multi-Modal Data Analysis in Application to Precision Medicine School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD AI for precision medicine, multi-modal data analysis Dr Anna Jurek-Loughrey Supervisor Dr Anna Jurek-Loughrey Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Advanced AI Methods for Analysing Nutritional Influences on Cognitive and Mental Health School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD AI for health, patterns detection, mental health Dr Anna Jurek-Loughrey Supervisor Dr Anna Jurek-Loughrey Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Hardware assisted homomorphic encryption (HE) acceleration. School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD CKKS, Homomorphic Encryption, Hardware Accelerator, FPGA, ASIC, FHE, SHE, Privacy-Preserving Dr Ayesha Khalid Supervisor Dr Ayesha Khalid Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Fault tolerant post quantum cryptography systems for satellite communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD ost quantum cryptography (PQC), Hardware security, IoT security, Space security, fault tolerance Dr Ayesha Khalid Supervisor Dr Ayesha Khalid Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Zero Trust Power Management for On-Chip Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Zero trust, On-chip Power management, Controller design, Machine learning. Dr Arnab Kumar Biswas Supervisor Dr Arnab Kumar Biswas Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Decentralized Trust Zone for Remote Health Monitoring School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Remote health monitoring, AI model, Blockchain, Trust zone. Dr Arnab Kumar Biswas Supervisor Dr Arnab Kumar Biswas Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Enhancing Arithmetic Efficiency in Lattice-Based Post-Quantum Cryptography Hardware Accelerators School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Post-Quantum Cryptography, Computer Arithmetic, Hardware Accelerators, FPGA, PQC, RNS. Amir Sabbagh Molahosseini Supervisor Amir Sabbagh Molahosseini Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Software-Defined FHE: Rethinking Homomorphic Encryption Libraries via Software-Defined Arithmetic Optimizations School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Computing systems, Software-Defined Computer Arithmetic, Fully Homomorphic Encryption. Amir Sabbagh Molahosseini Supervisor Amir Sabbagh Molahosseini Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Side-channel analysis countermeasure of Quantum Safe implementations on hardware (aims to FPGA) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Post Quantum Cryptographic, Quantum Safe crypto, Side-channel analysis, SCA, SCA countermeasure Anh-Tuan Hoang Supervisor Anh-Tuan Hoang Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Effectiveness of micro shuffling to Side-channel analysis in Quantum Safe implementations on microcontroller for light-weighted crypto implementation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Post Quantum Cryptographic, Quantum Safe crypto, Side-channel analysis, SCA, SCA countermeasure Anh-Tuan Hoang Supervisor Anh-Tuan Hoang Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Side-channel analysis countermeasure of Quantum Safe implementations on microcontroller School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Post Quantum Cryptographic, Quantum Safe crypto, Side-channel analysis, SCA, SCA countermeasure Anh-Tuan Hoang Supervisor Anh-Tuan Hoang Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Explainable machine learning (ML) models for side-channel analysis (SCA) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Side-channel analysis, SCA, SCA countermeasure, Explainable machine learning, Post Quantum Anh-Tuan Hoang Supervisor Anh-Tuan Hoang Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Dual-Functional Millimeter-Wave Antennas for Integrated Sensing and Communication in 6G Networks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD 6G, Millimeter-Wave Antennas, MIMO, Integrated Sensing and Communication, Radar, RIS, Beam-steering Dr Chao Gu Supervisor Dr Chao Gu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Hardware Security for Approximate Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Hardware security, approximate computing, machine learning, fault injection Dr Chongyan Gu Supervisor Dr Chongyan Gu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Sub-Terahertz Antennas for 3D Heterogeneous Integration School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Sub-Terahertz, 3D Heterogeneous Packaging, Phased Array, Antenna-in Package, III-V, Silicon RF Front Dr Chao Gu Supervisor Dr Chao Gu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Anti-counterfeiting Techniques Design and Analysis for IoTs School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Hardware security, Physical unclonable function, machine learning, anti-counterfeiting Dr Chongyan Gu Supervisor Dr Chongyan Gu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Sub-Millimeter Wave Antennas for High-Resolution Terahertz Imaging Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Terahertz Imaging, Lens Antenna, Reflectarray Antenna, Metasurface, Waveguide, FMCW, Leaky Wave Dr Chao Gu Supervisor Dr Chao Gu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Advancing Future Post-Quantum Digital Signatures School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Digital signatures, cryptography, hardware design, authentication Dr Ciara Rafferty Supervisor Dr Ciara Rafferty Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Secure computation with advanced cryptography School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Encryption, privacy, cryptography, hardware design, encrypted data analysis Dr Ciara Rafferty Supervisor Dr Ciara Rafferty Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Digital Twins for Empirical Elasticity between the Edge and Cloud School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Edge and Cloud computing, elasticity, Digital Twins, service deployment, Kubernetes and KubeEdge. Dionysios Athanasopoulos Supervisor Dionysios Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Chatbot for Dynamic Data-Oriented Serverless Edge Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Edge computing, nanoservices, chatbot, serverless computing. Dionysios Athanasopoulos Supervisor Dionysios Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Managing Technical Debt in Research Software School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Research Software Engineering; Technical debt; reproducible research; Software Quality Dr Domhnall Carlin Supervisor Dr Domhnall Carlin Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Secure Synchronised Measurements for Smart Grids School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Electrical Power, Power Systems, Cyber Security, Synchrophasors, Synchronised Measurements Dr David Laverty Supervisor Dr David Laverty Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Machine Learning for Secure 6G Cell-Free Massive MIMO School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD 6G, Beyond 5G, cell-free massive MIMO, machine learning, physical layer security, signal processing. Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Supervisor Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Machine Learning for Integrated Sensing and Communication School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD 6G, Beyond 5G, integrated sensing and communication, massive MIMO, machine learning, sensing, Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Supervisor Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Enhancing the Parallel Scalability of Molecular Dynamics Simulations with Machine Learning-Based Prediction School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Molecular dynamics, parallel scalability, machine learning, LAMMPS Prof Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Prof Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
High-Performance Graph Processing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD High-performance computing, graph analytics Prof Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Prof Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Causal Network Analysis for Compliance Management School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Compliance management, Causal network analysis, Compliance explanation, Root cause analysis Prof Hui Wang Supervisor Prof Hui Wang Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Signature Learning for Object Detection Using Attention Mechanisms School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Object detection, signature learning, image segmentation, attention mechanism. Prof Hui Wang Supervisor Prof Hui Wang Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Exploring Security and Privacy Risks of Large Language Models School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Large Language Models, LLM, Security, Privacy, Jailbreaks, Safeguard Evasion, Data Privacy Attacks, Ihsen Alouani Supervisor Ihsen Alouani Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Exploring Generative AI for Offensive and Defensive Cybersecurity: Risks and Opportunities in Malware Detection and Exploitation Generation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Large Language Models, LLM, Security, Malware, Responsible AI. Ihsen Alouani Supervisor Ihsen Alouani Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Precomputation Attack Resilient Password based Authentication System Design School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD private set intersection, mutable trapdoor PEKS, privacy preserving searching Dr Indranil Ghosh Ray Supervisor Dr Indranil Ghosh Ray Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Secure Record Linkage School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD private set intersection, mutable trapdoor PEKS, privacy preserving searching Dr Indranil Ghosh Ray Supervisor Dr Indranil Ghosh Ray Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Secure searching over sensitive data in a multi-client setting School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Indranil Ghosh Ray Supervisor Dr Indranil Ghosh Ray Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Self-supervised summarisation of hyperspectral image data School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Deep learning, machine learning, self-supervised learning, computer vision, hyperspectral imaging Prof Iain Styles Supervisor Prof Iain Styles Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Learning to engineer drugs School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD machine learning, drug discovery, GPCR, receptor, graph neural network Prof Iain Styles Supervisor Prof Iain Styles Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Retinomorphic Event-Driven Computer Vision School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Approximate computing, event-based processing, programmable hardware, digital design. Prof John McAllister Supervisor Prof John McAllister Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
TinyML for UAV Inference School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Artificial intelligence, machine learning programmable hardware, computer architecture Prof John McAllister Supervisor Prof John McAllister Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Edge Intelligence: Neuro-Optimisers on the Edge School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Edge and Cloud Computing, AI, ML, Algorithms, Resource Scheduling Prof Javid Taheri Supervisor Prof Javid Taheri Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Neuro Combinatory Optimisers (NCOs) for Cloud Computing Platforms School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Edge and Cloud Computing, AI, ML, Algorithms, Content Caching Prof Javid Taheri Supervisor Prof Javid Taheri Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
3D human activity recognition and understanding using mmWave radar School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Human activity recognition, mmWave radar, point cloud, deep learning Jie Zhang Supervisor Jie Zhang Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
AI-enhanced next-generation health sensing using mmWave radar School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD AI, mmWave radar, healthcare monitoring, wireless sensing Jie Zhang Supervisor Jie Zhang Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Contactless healthcare monitoring for multi-environment adaptability School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Machine/deep learning, commodity Wi-Fi, domain adaptation Jie Zhang Supervisor Jie Zhang Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Scalable Wi-Fi-based localization and trajectory tracking with AI School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Localization, tracking, Wi-Fi, AI Jie Zhang Supervisor Jie Zhang Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Creating Synthetic Data and Data Augmentation for Cyber Security Applications using AI School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Cyber security, network security, critical infrastructure, generative AI, synthetic data Dr Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Kieran McLaughlin Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Autonomous Security for PLC Networks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Cyber security, Programmable Logic Controllers, PLC, Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Dr Kieran McLaughlin Supervisor Dr Kieran McLaughlin Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Enhancing Chronic Disease Prediction Through AI-Driven Clinical Information Extraction from Electronic Health Records School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Deep learning, electronic health records, natural language processing, artificial intelligence. Lu Bai Supervisor Lu Bai Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Utilising Vision-Language Models for Remote Sensing Analysis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Deep learning, remote sensing, CLIP, vision-language models, artificial intelligence. Lu Bai Supervisor Lu Bai Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Advanced Reconfigurable Beamforming Hardware at Millimeter-waves School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Antenna, antenna array, B5G, beamformer, beamforming, multi-antenna, and mmWave. Dr Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi Supervisor Dr Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Active Polarisation Agile Spherical Retrodirective Antenna School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Antenna Array, Retrodirective Antenna, Antenna Measurement, Microprocessor Control Dr Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi Supervisor Dr Muhammad Ali Babar Abbasi Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
AI for Adaptation and Evaluation of Quantum Positioning Systems for Autonomous Vehicles School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Autonomous Vehicle Technology; Next generation AI; Quantum Positioning Technology Prof Mehrdad Dianati Supervisor Prof Mehrdad Dianati Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Citizen-Led Gen Ai Governance: Models, Tools and Practice School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Generative AI, Software Engineering, Digital Democracy, Values Studies; Computer Ethics Dr Maria Angela Ferrario Supervisor Dr Maria Angela Ferrario Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Transforming Healthcare: A Vision-Language Model for Medical Image Analysis and Report Generation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Generative AI, Large language models, Medical image analysis Dr Muhammad Fahim Supervisor Dr Muhammad Fahim Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
A light-weight deep learning model for detecting heart abnormalities School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Deep Learning, Time-series analysis Dr Muhammad Fahim Supervisor Dr Muhammad Fahim Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Empowering Mothers: AI-Enhanced Personalized Management of Gestational Diabetes School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Artificial Intelligence (AI), Deep Learning, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM), e-Health Mohammed Hasanuzzaman Supervisor Mohammed Hasanuzzaman Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Breaking Barriers: AI-Powered Sign Language Translation for Enhanced Healthcare Access for the Deaf School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Artificial Intelligence (AI), Natural Language Processing (NLP), Deep Learning, Computer Vision (CV) Mohammed Hasanuzzaman Supervisor Mohammed Hasanuzzaman Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Novel array designs for 6G communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Prof Michalis Matthaiou Supervisor Prof Michalis Matthaiou Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Integrated Sensing and Communication for 6G Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC), artificial intelligent (AI) Mohammadali Mohammadi Supervisor Mohammadali Mohammadi Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Holographic MIMO beamforming School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Prof Michalis Matthaiou Supervisor Prof Michalis Matthaiou Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Localization and sensing using holographic/XL-MIMO antennas School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Integrated sensing and communication (ISAC), localization, near-field communication Mohammadali Mohammadi Supervisor Mohammadali Mohammadi Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Space-Time Coded Arrays for THz Communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Terahertz, Metasurface, Communication, Sensing, Beam steering, Time-modulated array Mohammad Neshat Supervisor Mohammad Neshat Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
True Time Delay Gradient Metasurfaces for Terahertz Pulse Waves School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Terahertz, Metasurface, Imaging, True time delay, Pulse wave, spatio-temporal manipulation Mohammad Neshat Supervisor Mohammad Neshat Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Retroreflecting metasurface mirrors for THz range School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Terahertz, Metasurface, Imaging, Retroreflector, THz Mirror Mohammad Neshat Supervisor Mohammad Neshat Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Learning-based Adaptation for Unmanned Autonomous Vehicles using Visual Foundation Models School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Autonomous Vehicles, Visual Foundation Models, Reinforcement Learning/Meta learning Dr Mien Van Supervisor Dr Mien Van Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Learning-based Resilient Risk-Aware Autonomy for Quadrupedal Robots School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Legged robot, Quarupedal robot, Robotics Control, Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Dr Mien Van Supervisor Dr Mien Van Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Non-Iterative Schemes for Simulation of Nonlinear Musical Instrument Dynamics School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD non-iterative schemes, musical instruments, Hamiltonian and Lagrangian methods Dr Maarten Van Walstijn Supervisor Dr Maarten Van Walstijn Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Impact Metrics and Resilient Control for Cyber-physical Control Systems under Attack School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD cybersecurity, control, cyber-physical systems, safety, resilience, reachability Dr Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Dr Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Reachability-driven safe planning in robotics School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Robotics, planning, control, set-based methods, constraints, reachability, formal methods. Dr Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Dr Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
A paradigm shift in RIS for 6G School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Antennas, Antenna Arrays, Ultra wideband antennas, 5G mobile communication, 6G mobile communication Dr Neil Buchanan Supervisor Dr Neil Buchanan Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Real time distributed wireless power transfer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Antennas, Antenna Arrays, Wireless Power Transfer Dr Neil Buchanan Supervisor Dr Neil Buchanan Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Calibrated Machine Learning for Reliability in Advanced Wireless Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD 6G, advanced wireless system, wireless communication reliability, machine learning, ML calibration. Dr Nidhi Simmons Supervisor Dr Nidhi Simmons Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Machine Learning Solutions for Optimising Advanced Wireless Systems Performance School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD 6G, advanced wireless systems, communication reliability, machine learning, wireless communications. Dr Nidhi Simmons Supervisor Dr Nidhi Simmons Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
New robotic sensing enabled by the electromagnetic spectrum School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Electromagnetic sensing, robotics, autonomy, localisation, e-skins, smart robots. Dr Oleksandr Malyuskin Supervisor Dr Oleksandr Malyuskin Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Connecting Privacy and Security Regulations with Software Engineering – Requirements, Specifications and Applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Requirements Engineering; Legal Compliance; Natural Language Processing; Machine Learning Dr Oluwafemi Olukoya Supervisor Dr Oluwafemi Olukoya Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Modelling Attack Scenarios for Proactive Defense in Space Cybersecurity School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Attack Prediction, Space Security, Threat Intelligence, Attack Path Analysis, Cyber Analytics Dr Oluwafemi Olukoya Supervisor Dr Oluwafemi Olukoya Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Orbital Angular Momentum Antennas for Microwave Imaging School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Orbital angular momentum, microwave imaging, metasurface, antennas, lenses, 3D printing Dr Okan Yurduseven Supervisor Dr Okan Yurduseven Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Space-Time coded Holographic Metasurface Antennas School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Reconfigurable antennas, metamaterials, metasurfaces, imaging, communications, information encoding. Dr Okan Yurduseven Supervisor Dr Okan Yurduseven Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Estimation and exploration of wind fields with unmanned aerial vehicles School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Wind field estimation; Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Supervisor Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Development of a digital twin and model predictive control schemes for farms of floating wind turbines School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Farms of Floating Wind Turbines; Renewable Energy; Digital Twin; Model Predictive Control Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Supervisor Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Data Driven Resilient Enhancement for Cyber Physical Active Distribution Network School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Resilience Enhancement, Cyber Physical System, Active Distribution System, 5G Network Qiuwei Wu Supervisor Qiuwei Wu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Strategic Pathway Decisions for Green Hydrogen in Low Carbon Energy System School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Resilience Enhancement, Cyber Physical System, Active Distribution System, 5G Network Qiuwei Wu Supervisor Qiuwei Wu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Data Driven Optimal Pricing and Operation of Low Carbon Integrated Energy Systems with Enhanced Privacy Preservation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Resilience Enhancement, Cyber Physical System, Active Distribution System, 5G Network Qiuwei Wu Supervisor Qiuwei Wu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Provision of Dynamic Distribution System Services from Battery Energy Storage School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Distribution System Operation, Power System Services, Battery Energy Storage Dr Robert Best Supervisor Dr Robert Best Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Synchronous Inertia Response from Inverter Connected Energy Sources School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Power System Inertia, Power System Stability, Battery Energy Storage Dr Robert Best Supervisor Dr Robert Best Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Developing true gigapixel analysis of whole slide histopathology images using deep learning School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Computer Vision, AI, Deep learning, HPC Dr Richard Gault Supervisor Dr Richard Gault Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
AI-Driven Identification of Tumour-Specific Enhancer Networks for Precision Oncology School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD AI, Machine Learning, Enhancers, Tumour-Specific, Cancer, Precision Oncology, Genomics Dr Reza Rafiee Supervisor Dr Reza Rafiee Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Leveraging Transformer Models for Tumour-Specific Enhancer Prediction and Analysis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD AI, Machine Learning, Enhancers, Tumour-Specific, Cancer, Precision Oncology, Genomics Dr Reza Rafiee Supervisor Dr Reza Rafiee Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
AI-Driven Multimodal Framework for Medical Imaging and Diagnostic Reasoning School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Medical imaging, deep learning, AI Dr Shuyan Li Supervisor Dr Shuyan Li Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Multimodal Hashing for scalable video retrieval School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Hashing learning, multimodal, video retrieval Dr Shuyan Li Supervisor Dr Shuyan Li Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
AI-Aided Resilience for Agriculture Threatening by Climate Change in The Mekong River Delta School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Salinity intrusion, Climate Change, Drought, Mekong River Delta, Deep Learning, Machine Learning Dr Son Thai Mai Supervisor Dr Son Thai Mai Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Early warning systems for tropical diseases using Artificial Intelligence School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dengue Fever, Diarrhoea, Tropical diseases, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, Time-series prediction Dr Son Thai Mai Supervisor Dr Son Thai Mai Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Generative AI for Digital Twinning in human-robot collaborative systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Human-robot interaction, Computer Vision, Generative AI, Deep Learning, Digital Twin Prof Sean McLoone Supervisor Prof Sean McLoone Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Generative AI to create human-like movements: penalty kicks in football School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Generative AI, Human Movement, Football, Penalty Kicks, Reinforcement Learning, Digital Twin Prof Sean McLoone Supervisor Prof Sean McLoone Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Exploring security protection for machine learning solutions in O-RAN School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Network security; O-RAN; Adversarial Attacks; Machine Learning Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Supervisor Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Uncertainty Quantification in CPS with Quantum Threat Modelling School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Cybersecurity, Cyber-Physical Security, Uncertainty, Risk Assessment, Quantum Computing, Dr Vishal Sharma Supervisor Dr Vishal Sharma Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA) for disaggregated networks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Cybersecurity, Zero Trust Architecture, Edge Computing, Resilience Dr Vishal Sharma Supervisor Dr Vishal Sharma Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Generative AI for Mission Planning and Decision Making in Autonomous Surface Vehicles (ASVs) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Collision Regulations, Autonomous Surface Vehicles, Marine Autonomy, Large Language Models Dr Wasif Naeem Supervisor Dr Wasif Naeem Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Simultaneously Transmitting and Reflecting Surfaces (STARS) for Multi-functional 6G School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD 6G; reconfigurable surface; integrated sensing, communication, and computing. Xidong Mu Supervisor Xidong Mu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Near-field Communications and Sensing for 6G School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD 6G; near-field propagation; communication and sensing. Xidong Mu Supervisor Xidong Mu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Next-Generation Wireless Transmission Technologies School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Supermassive MIMO; reconfigurable intelligent surfaces; continuous-aperture arrays (CAPA); 6G/7G Xidong Mu Supervisor Xidong Mu Funding Funded DFE or EPSRC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Evolutionary learning and its brain-inspired computing implementation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Evolutionary Learning, brain-inspired computing, memristor Xinming Shi Supervisor Xinming Shi Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Trustworthy Brain-inspired Computing System Design School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Trustworthy AI, brain-inspired computing, memristor Xinming Shi Supervisor Xinming Shi Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Efficient brain-inspired LLM algorithm/hardware design School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Large language model (LLM), brain-inspired computing, memristor Xinming Shi Supervisor Xinming Shi Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Brain-inspired Hardware-algorithm Co-design Framework School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Brain-inspired computing, Hardware-algorithm co-design, SNN, memristor Xinming Shi Supervisor Xinming Shi Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Data-efficient deep generative models School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Deep generative models; Deep learning; Data efficiency Dr Yang Hua Supervisor Dr Yang Hua Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
AI-Assisted Accelerator Design for FPGA technologies School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Artificial Intelligence, Eletrcotnic Design Automation, FPGA, Unum Posit Yun Wu Supervisor Yun Wu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Efficient Accelerator for Autonomous Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Autonomous Systems, Convex Optimization, Approximate Computing, FPGA Yun Wu Supervisor Yun Wu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Resilient, Real-Time, Approximate ML&AI Accelerators Design School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Approximate Computing, FPGA Yun Wu Supervisor Yun Wu Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Software Engineering for Artificial Intelligence and/or Machine Learning (SE4AI/ML) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Design Pattern Zheng Li Supervisor Zheng Li Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Intelligent Big Data Management School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Big data analytics, big data management, data gravity, data friction, data transformation Zheng Li Supervisor Zheng Li Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Sociopsychological Software Engineering (Explainable Software Engineering) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Human aspects of software engineering, psychology, sociopsychology, empirical software engineering Zheng Li Supervisor Zheng Li Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
IoT-native Software Engineering School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Software Engineering, Internet of Things, “4+1” View Model Zheng Li Supervisor Zheng Li Funding Funded Funding TBC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Automated Modelling, Scheduling and Control for Manufacturing as a Service School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Control theory, modelling, scheduling, hybrid systems, data-driven methods, formal methods Dr Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Supervisor Dr Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Horizon Europe - Research and Innovation (EU) Application deadline 31 August 2024	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2	1725058800
Using Computer Vision to monitor water quality by analysing complex particulates School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Computer Vision, Artificial Intelligence Dr Richard Gault Supervisor Dr Richard Gault Funding Funded EPSRC CASE Collaborative Studentship Application deadline 31 July 2024	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1722380400
Optimising Speed, Energy, and Quality of Machine Learning Models with Transprecise Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Transprecise computing, distributed machine learning model serving, resource-constrained machine lea Prof Hans Vandierendonck Supervisor Prof Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded DfE through project SWEET (USI 226) Application deadline 31 August 2024	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1725058800
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Open SecuRe NeTworks (CDT-FORT) - Space/Terrestrial Comms and Security School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon Supervisor Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon Funding Funded EPSRC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Open SecuRe NeTworks (CDT-FORT) - Trustworthy AI for Secure Future Open Networks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon Supervisor Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon Funding Funded EPSRC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Open SecuRe NeTworks (CDT-FORT) - Secure and Trustworthy Hardware School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon Supervisor Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon Funding Funded EPSRC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Open SecuRe NeTworks (CDT-FORT) - AI-assisted Physical Layer Security School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon Supervisor Dr Jesus Martinez del Rincon Funding Funded EPSRC Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1740700800
Resilient Cell-Free Massive MIMO School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Wireless Communications; Signal Processing; Cell-free massive MIMO; Optimization Prof Michalis Matthaiou Supervisor Prof Michalis Matthaiou Funding Funded Department for Economy Application deadline 30 November 2024	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1732924800
Behind-the-Meter Generation Forecasting for Grid Visibility School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Behind the Meter; Distributed Energy Resources; Electric Vehicle; Photovoltaic System Dr Amy (Xueqin) Liu Supervisor Dr Amy (Xueqin) Liu Funding Funded DfE, NIE and SONI (CAST Award) Application deadline 28 February 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2	1740700800
Data and Knowledge Dual-Driven Artificial Intelligence in Remote Sensing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Anna Jurek-Loughrey Supervisor Dr Anna Jurek-Loughrey Funding Funded SUSTAIN CDT Application deadline 27 October 2024	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2	1729983600
Individual Differences in Depersonalisation-Derealisation (DPDR) School of Psychology \| PHD Derealisation, depersonalisation, personality, mental health, ecological momentary assessment, quant Dr Emanuele Fino Supervisor Dr Emanuele Fino Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Combining and optimising Brain Computer Interfaces and Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation to aid motor rehabilitation. School of Psychology \| PHD ‘BCI’; ‘Brain Computer Interface’; ‘Motor Rehabilitation’; ‘Brain Stimulation’; ‘Stroke’; ‘Dystonia’ Dr Emmet McNickle Supervisor Dr Emmet McNickle Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Bridging Divides: Parental Socialization and Youth Attitudes in Northern Ireland’s Diverse Future School of Psychology \| PHD Northern Ireland; Post-Conflict Society; Community Relations; Ethnic-Racial Diversity; Parental Soci Dr Gülseli Baysu Supervisor Dr Gülseli Baysu Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Democracy and Workplace Democracy School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics \| PHD Work, democracy, workplace democracy, economic democracy, political theory, philosophy Dr Keith Breen Supervisor Dr Keith Breen Funding Unfunded unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics	Unfunded	Politics	Open	2
Work and Freedom: Ethical and Political Perspectives School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics \| PHD Work, ethics, freedom, employment, political theory, philosophy. Dr Keith Breen Supervisor Dr Keith Breen Funding Unfunded unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics	Unfunded	Politics	Open	2
Kenmare Scholarship School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics \| PHD Any topic and project in the disciplines of History, Anthropology, Politics, or Philosophy Dr Eric Morier-Genoud Supervisor Dr Eric Morier-Genoud Funding Funded QUB Foundation Application deadline 21 June 2024	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics	Funded	History	Closed	2	1718924400
How human perceptual and motor abilities shape human-robot interactions School of Psychology \| PHD Human-robot interactions, Movement science, Perception, Virtual Reality Dr Joost Dessing Supervisor Dr Joost Dessing Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Reference frames used for coding target and body information for interception School of Psychology \| PHD Interception, reference frames, reaching, target motion, sensorimotor control. Dr Joost Dessing Supervisor Dr Joost Dessing Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Communicating Truth: Consumption and transmission of polarised information amongst young people in a divided society School of Psychology \| PHD adolescents, beliefs, polarisation, epistemic vigilance, identity, social cognition Dr Jocelyn Dautel Supervisor Dr Jocelyn Dautel Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Developing Belief Network: Cross-cultural research on the development and diversity of religious cognition, beliefs and identities School of Psychology \| PHD Children, beliefs, religion, identity, social cognition Dr Jocelyn Dautel Supervisor Dr Jocelyn Dautel Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2024	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1707264000
Mobilising Death Literacy in Rural and Remote Communities on the Island of Ireland: The Role of Compassionate Communities School of Psychology \| PHD Health psychology; death literacy; compassionate communities; palliative care; end-of-life care Dr Lisa Graham-Wisener Supervisor Dr Lisa Graham-Wisener Funding Funded DfE CAST Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
The Responsible Use of Generative AI When Working With Creative Stories of Lived Experience School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD AI and Humans: Reckoning and Judgement Prof Austen Rainer Supervisor Prof Austen Rainer Funding Funded LINAS DTP Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1738281600
Mental Models of Story Thinking and Computational Thinking School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD AI and Humans: Reckoning and Judgement Prof Austen Rainer Supervisor Prof Austen Rainer Funding Funded LINAS DTP Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1738281600
Can We Have It All? Exploring the Trade-Offs to Achieve Trustworthy AI in Future Networks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Cyber Security, 6G Networks, Machine Learning Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Supervisor Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Funding Funded LINAS DTP Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2	1738281600
Advanced Thermomechanical Modelling for Predictive Deformation Control in Composite Injection Overmoulding School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Composite injection overmoulding, thermomechanical modelling, finite element analysis, computational Dr Ali Aravand Supervisor Dr Ali Aravand Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Advanced Thermomechanical Modelling for Predictive Deformation Control in Composite Injection Overmoulding School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Composite injection overmoulding, thermomechanical modelling, finite element analysis, computational Dr Ali Aravand Supervisor Dr Ali Aravand Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics Methods for the Prediction of Airframe Aerodynamics School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, aircraft, numerical methods, high performance computing, Prof Ben Thornber Supervisor Prof Ben Thornber Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics Methods for the Prediction of Airframe Aerodynamics School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Computational fluid dynamics, aerodynamics, aircraft, numerical methods, high performance computing, Prof Ben Thornber Supervisor Prof Ben Thornber Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
AI-Augmented Engineering Design Process School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Artificial Intelligence, Engineering Design Process, Computational Technologies, Conceptual Design, Dr Christian Obieke Supervisor Dr Christian Obieke Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
AI-Augmented Engineering Design Process School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Artificial Intelligence, Engineering Design Process, Computational Technologies, Conceptual Design, Dr Christian Obieke Supervisor Dr Christian Obieke Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Valorisation of Livestock Waste Streams - Scalability of Material Recovery and Bioavailability of Recovered Compounds School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD This project is funded via QUB’s Scarce Skills Doctoral Training Programme with industrial sponsorsh Dr Eoin Cunningham Supervisor Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Valorisation of Livestock Waste Streams - Scalability of Material Recovery and Bioavailability of Recovered Compounds School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Waste Valorisation Compound Recovery Sustainability Materials Poultry Pork Dr Eoin Cunningham Supervisor Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Multiscale modelling of lithium-ion battery technology School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Lithium-ion battery, multiscale, multi-physics, modelling, numerical simulation, parameterisation. Dr Jie Lin Supervisor Dr Jie Lin Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Multiscale modelling of lithium-ion battery technology School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Lithium-ion battery, multiscale, multi-physics, modelling, numerical simulation, parameterisation. Dr Jie Lin Supervisor Dr Jie Lin Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Capturing complex vascular characteristics in efficient simulation of 3D, human-scale blood vessels School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Computational fluid dynamics, Cardiovascular disease, Simulation and modelling, Blood flow, Lattice Dr Jon McCullough Supervisor Dr Jon McCullough Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Capturing complex vascular characteristics in efficient simulation of 3D, human-scale blood vessels School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Computational fluid dynamics, Cardiovascular disease, Simulation and modelling, Blood flow, Lattice Dr Jon McCullough Supervisor Dr Jon McCullough Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Characterizations of Zn-Al Alloys with Trace Eleme School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Metal Casting, Materials properties, Alloys, Metallurgy, corrosion Dr Mohammed Asmael Supervisor Dr Mohammed Asmael Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Characterizations of Zn-Al Alloys with Trace Element Interactions additions School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Metal Casting, Materials properties, Alloys, Metallurgy, corrosion Dr Mohammed Asmael Supervisor Dr Mohammed Asmael Funding Funded Application deadline 6 January 2025	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Open	2	1736121600
Nanophotonic Interfaces for Solid-State Qubits School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Hamidreza Siampour Ashkavandi Supervisor Dr Hamidreza Siampour Ashkavandi Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 31 October 2024	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2	1730332800
PhD Studentship in Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Gabor Kiss Supervisor Dr Gabor Kiss Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 15 November 2024	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Open	2	1731628800
Individuality in Complex Skill Learning School of Psychology \| PHD Skill learning; individual differences; movement variability; training; rehabilitation Dr Matthew Rodger Supervisor Dr Matthew Rodger Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
Psychological Outcomes Following Early Pregnancy Loss School of Psychology \| PHD Trauma, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Miscarriage Dr Martin Robinson Supervisor Dr Martin Robinson Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 7 February 2025	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Open	2	1738886400
The Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing Needs of Women and Men Experiencing Recurrent Pregnancy Loss School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Pregnancy Loss, Maternal Health, Mental Health, Reproductive Health, Mixed-Methods Dr Áine Aventin Supervisor Dr Áine Aventin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
Eating Together: Exploring the social eating experiences and family dynamics for patients living with a chronic illness School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Cancer; social eating; survivorship; quality-of-life; sociology of health Dr Mark Dornan Supervisor Dr Mark Dornan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
The Impact of Co-occurring Substance Misuse and Intimate Partner Violence in the Recovery of Mothers with Perinatal Mental ill Health School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Perinatal mental health Substance misuse Intimate partner violence Maternal recovery Trauma-informed Dr Aideen Gildea Supervisor Dr Aideen Gildea Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
What about the Children? The experiences and needs of children who live with parents with mental illness. School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Parental mental illness, young carer, needs and experiences. Dr Anne Grant Supervisor Dr Anne Grant Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Closed	2	1738281600
Exploring the role of digital health technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) in nurse education to support people living with chronic health conditions School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Digital health Artificial Intelligence (AI) Digital capabilities Nursing Education Nursing practic Professor Christine Brown-Wilson Supervisor Professor Christine Brown-Wilson Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
Medication use during pregnancy and adverse neurodevelopmental outcomes for children. School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Pregnancy, medication, outcomes, neurodevelopment, cerebral palsy Dr Claire Kerr Supervisor Dr Claire Kerr Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
Mindfulness as a psychosocial PALLiative care intervention for military VETerans with a life-limiting condition: the PALLVET Study. School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Palliative care, Mindfulness, Military Veterans Dr Clare Mc Veigh Supervisor Dr Clare Mc Veigh Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
Development of an educational intervention to engage NURSing and Paramedic students in Palliative Simulation: the NURSPALS study. School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Palliative care, Nursing, Paramedicine, Simulation DR CLARE MCVEIGH Supervisor DR CLARE MCVEIGH Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
Co-designing a digital educational resource to support people living with Rheumatoid Arthritis to improve adherence with medication. School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Rheumatoid Arthritis, medication adherence, co-design, chronic illness Dr Gillian Carter Supervisor Dr Gillian Carter Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
Adapting and Evaluating a Restrictive Practice Reduction Intervention in Hospital Settings: A Mixed-Methods Study School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Older People, Restrictive Practice, Intervention Adaption, Mixed Methods Dr Gary Mitchell Supervisor Dr Gary Mitchell Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
Virtual reality music for dialysis patients School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Virtual Reality Music Nephrology Technology Professor Helen Noble Supervisor Professor Helen Noble Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
DfE - Hearing women's voices in the design of services School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Midwifery, women’s voices, co-production, service design, maternity care Professor Kenda Crozier Supervisor Professor Kenda Crozier Funding Funded Department for the Economy Application deadline 3 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Funded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1735862400
Lived experiences of women and midwives in relation to maternal critical care: a qualitative study School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Maternity care Critical care Lived experience Qualitative DR LORNA LAWTHER Supervisor DR LORNA LAWTHER Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
Co-design of a midwifery specific patient/family-initiated escalation of care intervention with women, family members and healthcare professionals School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Maternity care Patient and family-initiated escalation of care Martha’s Rule Co-design Dr Lorna Lawthor Supervisor Dr Lorna Lawthor Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
The influence of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and mental health on young people’s involvement with the criminal justice system. School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Traumatic brain injury, mental health, criminal justice, adolescents, mixed methods. Professor Mark Linden Supervisor Professor Mark Linden Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
CAST DfE - Development of a relationships and sexuality measurement tool for children and young people with intellectual disability School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Questionnaire, development, intellectual disability, relationship and sexuality PROFESSOR MARK LINDEN Supervisor PROFESSOR MARK LINDEN Funding Funded CAST DfE Application deadline 10 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Funded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1736467200
Early learning support interventions for caregivers of children with Cerebral Palsy: A feasibility study. School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Cerebral Palsy; Child Disability; Development; Early Learning Support; Parenting Dr Oliver Perra Supervisor Dr Oliver Perra Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
Supporting cognitive development of preterm infants through caregivers’ interventions. School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Preterm Birth; Infancy; Development; Early Learning Support; Parenting DR OLIVER PERRA Supervisor DR OLIVER PERRA Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
Codesigning a community education intervention to reduce cancer related stigma in Vietnam. School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Vietnam, cancer, stigma, interventions Dr Olinda Santin Supervisor Dr Olinda Santin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2025	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2	1738281600
INTERNATIONAL DFE - What works to mobilise boys’ engagement in sex education and gender equality? A comparison of implementation in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Implementation science; qualitative research sustainable development goals gender equality Professor Maria Lohan Supervisor Professor Maria Lohan Funding Funded Department for the Economy (Int DfE) Application deadline 1 November 2024	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Funded	Nursing & Midwifery	Closed	2	1730419200
Torture and its aftermaths in Northern Ireland School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD human geography, political geography social geography; historical geography; politics; criminology; Dr Merav Amir Supervisor Dr Merav Amir Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 31 March 2022	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2	1648681200
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 NERC QUADRAT-DTP Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2	1585609200
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 NERC QUADRAT-DTP 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 Prof Helen Roe Supervisor Prof Helen Roe Funding Funded NERC QUADRAT-DTP 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 NERC QUADRAT-DTP 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 NERC QUADRAT-DTP Application deadline 22 January 2019	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Civil Engineering	Closed	2	1548115200
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 NERC QUADRAT-DTP Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Civil Engineering	Closed	2	1579651200
Decision Support Framework for Reliable and Cost-effective Repowering of Bottom-fixed Offshore Wind Farms School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Marine, Mechanical, structural, offshore Dr Madjid Karimirad Supervisor Dr Madjid Karimirad Funding Funded DfE Application deadline 31 March 2021	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Civil Engineering	Closed	2	1617145200
Transforming waste glass cullet to sodium silicate: a bulk chemical for the production of low-carbon concrete, surfactants and wood pulp School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Professor Marios Soutsos Supervisor Professor Marios Soutsos