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A-Z of Research Opportunities

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

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

Project name	School	Funding	Subject	Status	Sort
DfE PhD Studentship associated with ‘The future and status of Northern Ireland after Brexit’ project School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 01 October 2020	School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Open	1
Commonwealth PhD Scholarships Institute Of Theology, Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 20 July 2020	Institute Of Theology, Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1
CITI-GENS MSCA COFUND Doctoral Training Programme Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of Biological Sciences, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Mathematics and Physics, School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Nursing and Midwifery, School of Pharmacy, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1
QUB - Belfast City Council PhD Research Studentship School of Law Funding Funded Application deadline 05 June 2020	School of Law	Funded		Closed	1
County Antrim Grand Jury Bursary School of Law Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Law	Funded		Closed	1
North South Postgraduate Scholarships Funding Funded Application deadline 14 May 2020		Funded		Closed	1
Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund Funding Funded Application deadline 08 March 2020		Funded		Closed	1
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
DAERA Postgraduate Studentships School of Biological Sciences Funding Funded Application deadline 25 February 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded		Closed	1
Queen’s University/China Scholarship Council PhD Scholarships 2020 Funding Funded Application deadline 28 January 2020		Funded		Closed	1
NINE Northern Ireland and North East of England DTP Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work Funding Funded Application deadline 17 January 2020	Queen's Management School, School of Arts, English and Languages, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, School of Law, School of Natural and Built Environment, School of Psychology, School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work	Funded		Closed	1
High Performance Graph Processing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hans Vandierendonck Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Assessment and Improvement of Software Engineering productivity School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Software Engineering; productivity; personnel economics Dr Vahid Garousi Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2
CITIGEN DTP: Assessment and Improvement of Software Engineering productivity School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Software Engineering; productivity; personnel economics Dr Vahid Garousi Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Precision-Aware Deep Learning School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hans Vandierendonck Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Deep Learning with Limited Labelled Data: theory, algorithm and application to medical data School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Yang Hua Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2
CITIGEN DTP: Deep Learning with Limited Labelled Data: theory, algorithm and application to medical data School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Yang Hua Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
High-Performance Computing, Edge Computing, Aceelerators, Low-power School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Carlos Reano Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Energy-Conscious and Fault-Resilient Autonomous Industrial Robots via Algorithm-Hardware Co-Design School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Robotics, Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Control Engineering, Software-Hardware co-Design, Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2
CITIGEN DTP: Energy-Conscious and Fault-Resilient Autonomous Industrial Robots via Algorithm-Hardware Co-Design School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Robotics, Industry 4.0, Smart Manufacturing, Control Engineering, Software-Hardware co-Design, Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
CLOSER – a Common Language Of Software Evolution in Repositories School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Cutting Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Adaptive Acceleration of Neural-Networks in Resource Constrained Edge and Cloud Environments School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Energy-Efficiency, Artificial-Intelligence, Neural-Networks, Accelerators, Heterogeneous Systems Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2
CITIGENS DTP: Adaptive Acceleration of Neural-Networks in Resource Constrained Edge and Cloud Environments School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Energy-Efficiency, Artificial-Intelligence, Neural-Networks, Accelerators, Heterogeneous Systems Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
A Random Matrix Inference Framework for Big-Data Analytics School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Scalable Heart-Rate-Variability Analysis for Individualized Secure Health Monitoring School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Heath monitoring, ECGs, Heart-Rate-Variability, Energy-Efficient Systems Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2
CITIGEN DTP: Scalable Heart-Rate-Variability Analysis for Individualized Secure Health Monitoring School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Heath monitoring, ECGs, Heart-Rate-Variability, Energy-Efficient Systems Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Robust Signal Processing Methods for 6G wireless communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Biologically-plausible Neural Processors School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Artificial Intelligence, Spiking Neural Networks, Data Science, Neuromorphic, Memristo Dr John McAllister Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2
CITIGEN DTP: Biologically-plausible Neural Processors School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Artificial Intelligence, Spiking Neural Networks, Data Science, Neuromorphic, Memristo Dr John McAllister Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Post Quantum Anonymous Credential School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jinguang Han Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Iterative Approximate Analysis of Graph-Structured Data For Precision Medicine School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Knowledge extraction, scalable algorithms, graph processing, biomedical informatics, Cancer, Coronav Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2
CITIGEN DTP: Iterative Approximate Analysis of Graph-Structured Data For Precision Medicine School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Knowledge extraction, scalable algorithms, graph processing, biomedical informatics, Cancer, Coronav Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Functional Encryption and its Application School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jinguang Han Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Fair AI for the Public Sector: Advancing the Technological Frontier School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Fairness, Public Sector, Machine-Learning, Algorithms Dr Deepak Padmanabhan Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2
CITIGENS DTP: Fair AI for the Public Sector: Advancing the Technological Frontier School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Fairness, Public Sector, Machine-Learning, Algorithms Dr Deepak Padmanabhan Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Model-based testing: Assessing and improving applicability and usefulness in practice School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Vahid Garousi Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Software Testing of AI-based systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Vahid Garousi Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Requirements to Microservices School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Des Greer Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Retrieving Credible online documents School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Austen Rainer Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Software Evolution Prediction from a Social Networks Perspective School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Des Greer Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Brain Inspired Computing for Autonomous Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr John McAllister Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Attack-resistant intelligent network intrusion pervention systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Distributed, collaborative protection against IoT attacks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Sandra Scott-Hayward Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Semantic code analysis using program embedding School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Unsupervised and Interpretable Learning for Electronic Healthcare Records School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Niall McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
GeneRank: A machine learning approach to detect and rank gene signatures from biological repositories with an application in lung cancer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Reza Rafiee Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Quantum Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr John McAllister Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Adversarial deep learning for software and malware analysis: deception and countermeasures School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Deep Pose Estimation and activity recognition in social media videos School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Jesus Martinez Del Rincon Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Software Engineering for Trustworthy AI School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Youcheng Sun Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Quality Assured and Certifiable Software Development for Smart Contracts School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Youcheng Sun Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Story telling from Sensors:From Activities to Stories School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Son T Mai Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Interactive and Intelligent exploration of big complex data School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Son T Mai Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Adaptive Runtime Reconfiguration of Edge Applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Distributed Intelligence in Edge Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Energy Scalable Neural Networks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Empirical Elasticity in the Hybrid Cloud School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Energy-Efficient and Fault Tolerant Cyber-Physical Systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Georgios Karakonstantis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Meaningful Object Processing in Mind and Machine School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Barry Devereux Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Serverless Fog Computing: From Microservices to Nanoservices School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Dionysios Athanasopoulos Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Naturalistic Natural Language Processing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Barry Devereux Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Predictive Analytics in an ICS by processing streams of physiological data in real-time School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Charles Gillan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Researching the use of machine learning tools in marine engineering to enhance green energy generation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Charles Gillan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Artificial Intelligence for Vision Based Navigation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Neil Robertston Funding Unfunded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Fog/Edge Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Funded Application deadline 31 August 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Open	2
Deep Evidential Reasoning for Semantic Vulnerability Analysis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Paul Miller Funding Funded Application deadline 31 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Fog/Edge Computing (fully funded international studentship) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Funded Application deadline 11 September 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Fog/Edge Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Funded Application deadline 30 June 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
Fog/Edge Computing (one fully funded UK/EU studentship School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Blesson Varghese Funding Funded Application deadline 11 September 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
DTP: GPU acceleration of discrete-event simulations of digital twins School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Carlos Reano Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
DTP: Fault-Tolerant Monitoring and Control in Industrial Internet-of-Things School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
DTP:Transprecise computing meets multi-physics simulation: adapting computation to precision requirements School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Hans Vandierendonck Funding Funded Application deadline 15 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Computer Science	Closed	2
DTP: AI and real-time predictive modelling of manufacturing pipeline state of health School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Roger Woods Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Resource Allocation and Control co-design in the cloud using the IOT School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Human-Robot Collaboration in Disassembly for Future Remanufacturing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Mien Van Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Soft Sensing for in-process optimal quality control for remote laser welding processes School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Mien Van Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Dynamic Bayesian Modelling of Disk Drive Manufacturing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Roger Woods Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Real-time and non-restrictive safety enforcement for robots living in dynamic environments; the factory of the future challenge School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Personalized Dynamic Learning and Skill Delivery for Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Information Centric Networking - A new approach towards Secure and Resilient Industry 4.0 Communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Kieran McLaughlin Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Precision Location of Tooling Using Wireless Methods School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Vincent Fusco Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Optimising adaptive skill delivery systems for human users and learners in Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Nikolaos Athanasopoulos Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: ML-Driven Millimetre-wave Industrial Wireless School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Simon Cotton Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Embedding intentions in robot motion patterns: capitalizing on human perceptual skills School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Deep learning-enabled video -based motion tracking for human-robot interaction in assembly tasks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Embedded systems security using Approximate Computing for Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Maire O'Neill Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Hardware-based authentication for Industrial IoT School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Maire O'Neill Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Making STRIDES in Cyber Physical System Security: Improving Threat Analysis for Industry 4.0 School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Kieran McLaughlin Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Semi-supervised learning for advanced manufacturing applications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
DTP: Condition-based maintenance using hidden semi-Markov models School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Self-steered antennas for wireless power transfer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Neil Buchanan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Finite element modelling for resonant power converter design and packaging School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Finite element modelling, power converter, packaging. Dr Ahmad Elkateb Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2
CITGEN DTP: Finite element modelling for resonant power converter design and packaging School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Finite element modelling, power converter, packaging. Dr Ahmad Elkateb Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Design and Analysis of Dual Axis MEMS Micro-mirrors for LiDAR System School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hamza Shakeel Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
UNlocking thE PoTential of THz Communications for FUture CoNnected SociEties (NEPTUNE) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Wireless communications; 6G networks; THz communications; information theory; advanced signal proces Dr Michalis Matthaiou Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2
CITIGEN DTP: UNlocking thE PoTential of THz Communications for FUture CoNnected SociEties (NEPTUNE) School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Wireless communications; 6G networks; THz communications; information theory; advanced signal proces Dr Michalis Matthaiou Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
A Self-Calibrating Internet of Things (IOT) based Pollution Monitoring Sensor Network School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hamza Shakeel Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Data-driven risk-averse control of offshore floating wind turbines with embedded GPUs School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD High-performance computing, Floating offshore wind turbines, Data-driven control Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2
CITIGEN DTP: Data-driven risk-averse control of offshore floating wind turbines with embedded GPUs School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD High-performance computing, Floating offshore wind turbines, Data-driven control Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Deep learning for automated visual inspection of carpet defects School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Deep learning enhanced inference of human motor intentions for human-robot collaboration School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Machine learning, movement control, decoding intentions, biological motion Professor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Open	2
CITIGEN DTP: Deep learning enhanced inference of human motor intentions for human-robot collaboration School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Machine learning, movement control, decoding intentions, biological motion Professor Sean McLoone Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Intelligent systems techniques for improving manufacturing competiveness School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Sean McLoone Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Information Centric Networking: A New Approach to Securing Critical Infrastructure School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Kieran McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Making STRIDES in Cyber Physical System Security: Improving Threat Analysis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Kieran McLaughlin Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Novel RF/Microwave Transceivers for RFID and Healthcare School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Neil Buchanan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Battery Energy Storage to Enhance Thermal Power Plant Flexibility School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Robert Best Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Provision of Distribution System Services from Battery Energy Storage School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Robert Best Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Secure Measurement and Control Information Systems for Smart Grids School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Laverty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Cloud Based Electrical Utility Infrastructure Montitoring and Analysis School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Laverty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Clouds' Effect on Solar Power Generation School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Xueqin Liu Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Investing Security Vulnerablilities of Approximate Computing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Chongyan Gu Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Secure IoT devices Using Digital Fingerprint School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Chongyan Gu Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Robotic Vision and Tactile Sensing for Wire-Terminal Insertion Tasks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Mien Van Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Impedance Control with Human Intent Estimation for Human-Robot Collaboration School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Mien Van Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Super-directive antenna arrays for future wireless systems School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Michalis Matthaiou Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Massive MIMO at THz communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Michalis Matthaiou Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Ambient Backscatter and Energy Autonomous Wireless Sensing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Stylianos Assimonis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Stylianos Assimonis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Multi-Element Resonant Converter for Enhanced Wireless Power Transfer for On-board EV Chargers School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ahmad Elkateb Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Wireless Power Transfer System for Electric Vehicles Charging School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ahmad Elkateb Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Nonlinear model predictive control for safe proactive collaborative robots School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Risk-averse predictive control for autonomous vehicles School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Pantelis Sopasakis Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Practical and Post-Quantum IoT Security School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ciara Rafferty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Practical Privacy-preserving homomorphic analytics School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Ciara Rafferty Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
User-Centric Cell-Free Massive MIMO for Ultra-Dense Networks School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Massive MIMO in Machine-Type Communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hien Quoc Ngo Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
A Random Matrix Inference Framework for Big-Data Analytics School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Robust Signal Processing Methods for 6G wireless communications School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David Morales Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
UK Quantum Communications Hub PhD Students on Practical Post Quantum Cryptography School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Professor Maire O'Neill Funding Funded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Smart Manufactured Nanostructured Plasmonic arrays for biosensing School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr David McNeill Funding Unfunded Application deadline 13 March 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Unfunded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Opto-electronics based gas sensors for detecting volatile organic compounds School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Hamza Shakeel Funding Funded Application deadline 31 August 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Tackling Productivity Questions: A Long-Run Perspective Queen's Management School \| PHD Advanced manufacturing, productivity, technology, innovation, monetary policy, institutions Dr Philip T. Fliers Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	Queen's Management School	Funded	Finance	Closed	2
Tackling Productivity Questions: A Long-Run Perspective Queen's Management School \| PHD Advanced manufacturing, productivity, technology, innovation, monetary policy, institutions Professor John D. Turner Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	Queen's Management School	Funded	Finance	Closed	2
Surviving or thriving?: old age, poverty and welfare in Ulster 1850-1939 School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics \| PHD social history, Ireland, poverty, welfare, charity, institutions, old age, urban Olwen Purdue Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics	Unfunded	History	Open	2
Work and freedom: ethical and political perspectives School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics \| PHD work, freedom, meaningful work, ethics, political theory, philosophy Keith Breen Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics	Unfunded	Politics	Open	2
Democracy and Workplace Democracy School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics \| PHD democracy, workplace democracy, political theory, ethics, philosophy, worker cooperatives Keith Breen Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics	Unfunded	Politics	Open	2
The role of oil and gas companies in the global energy transition School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics \| PHD Oil; fossil fuels; energy; energy transition; political economy; environmental politics; Global Sout Stefan Andreasson Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics	Unfunded	Politics	Open	2
CITI-GENS DTP Robert Hart and Sino-Foreign Networks in Late Qing China School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics \| PHD Digital humanities, Qing China, social networks, China Maritime Customs, Robert Hart, digital histor Emma Reisz Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics	Funded	History	Open	2
CITI-GENS DTP - Dealing with the Past in a Digital Age: Oral History in Transition School of Law \| PHD Oral history; transitional justice; technology; ethics; post-conflict Dr Anna Bryson Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Law	Funded	Law	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP - The Governance and Management of Data in the Smart City School of Law \| PHD Smart Cities, data governance, law and the GDPR, regulation and governance Professor John Morison Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Law	Funded	Law	Closed	2
Exploring legal and ethical dimensions in Belfast’s planned Digital Innovation Ecosystem School of Law \| PHD legal, policy, ethics Professor Daithi MacSithigh Funding Funded Application deadline 5 June 2020	School of Law	Funded	Law	Closed	2
Leverhulme Trust: Real-time Signal Processing Algorithms for Computational Millimetre-wave Radars School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Okan Yurduseven Funding Funded Application deadline 18 September 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
Leverhulme Trust: Compressive Millimetre-wave Antennas for Computational Security-Screening Radars School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science \| PHD Dr Okan Yurduseven Funding Funded Application deadline 18 September 2020	School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science	Funded	Electrical & Electronic Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Ion beam modification of surface properties of additive manufacturing components for biomedical applications. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Bioengineering, finite element, additive manufacturing, microstructure evolution, phase field Dr Gasser Abdelal Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Ion beam modification of surface properties of additive manufacturing components for biomedical applications. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Bioengineering – finite element – additive manufacturing – microstructure evolution – phase field – Dr Gasser Abdelal Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Biobased Polymers of the Future - Poultry Industry Waste valorisation. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Petroleum polymer alternatives, packaging innovation, carbon footprint, energy, waste valorisation Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Biobased Polymers of the Future - Poultry Industry Waste valorisation. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Petroleum polymer alternatives, packaging innovation, carbon footprint, energy, waste valorisation Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Compostable Feather Based Biopolymer Lidding Films. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Feather based biopolymers, Compostable Packaging, packaging innovation, carbon footprint, energy Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Compostable Feather Based Biopolymer Lidding Films. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Feather based biopolymers, Compostable Packaging, packaging innovation, carbon footprint, energy Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Moving to a Plastic Packaging Free Society – Feasibility, Consumer Psychology and Environmental Impact. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Plastic free society, packaging innovation, carbon footprint, energy, consumer psychology Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Moving to a Plastic Packaging Free Society – Feasibility, Consumer Psychology and Environmental Impact. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Plastic free society, packaging innovation, carbon footprint, energy, consumer psychology Dr Eoin Cunningham Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Socio-Technical Transition Analysis of MaaS in Northern Ireland. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Mobility as a Service, Mobility as a Right, Low Carbon Transitions, Socio-Technical Transitions Dr Juliana Early Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Socio-Technical Transition Analysis of MaaS in Northern Ireland. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Mobility as a Service, Mobility as a Right, Low Carbon Transitions, Socio-Technical Transitions Dr Juliana Early Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Training demand response behaviour in the India power grid to optimise embedded solar energy usage. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD This project is one of those advertised under the CITI-GENS programme. For more information on the p Dr Aoife Foley Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Training demand response behaviour in the India power grid to optimise embedded solar energy usage School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Demand response, Decarbonisation, Bayesian, Tariff, India, Solar, Consumer, Controller Dr Aoife Foley Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Inline measurement of container properties using Raman Spectroscopy. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Raman Spectroscopy, Stretch Blow Moulding, Process Monitoring Dr Gary Menary Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Inline measurement of container properties using Raman Spectroscopy. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Raman Spectroscopy, Stretch Blow Moulding, Process Monitoring Dr Gary Menary Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Innovative Energy Saving Process for Advanced Manufacturing. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Advanced Manufacturing, Rotational Moulding, Process Optimisation, Energy Reduction, Data Analytics Dr Peter Martin Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Aerospace Engineering	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP: Innovative Energy Saving Process for Advanced Manufacturing. School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering \| PHD Advanced Manufacturing, Rotational Moulding, Process Optimisation, Energy Reduction, Data Analytics Dr Peter Martin Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering	Funded	Mechanical Engineering	Closed	2
Faint signals from bright sources: identifying high-frequency waves in the Sun School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Solar Physics Dr David Jess Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
Quantum-data analysis for quantum technologies School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Quantum information processing, Quantum mechanics, Quantum machine learning Professor Mauro Paternostro Funding Funded Application deadline 21 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
Universal resources for quantum information processing School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Quantum information processing, Quantum mechanics, Quantum optics Professor Mauro Paternostro Funding Funded Application deadline 21 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
Positron binding and annihilation in molecules School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Quantum physics, Positronic physics, Quantum chemistry Professor Mauro Paternostro Funding Funded Application deadline 21 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
Multi-Wavelength Observations of Solar Flares School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Solar flares, Solar Cycle, Dr Ryan Milligan Funding Unfunded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2
From the Centaurs to the Inner Oort Cloud: Exploring the Kuiper belt Connection School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Solar System, Kuiper belt, astronomy, astrophysics, comets, telescopes Dr Megan Schwamb Funding Unfunded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2
Radiative transfer in supernovae (theory) School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Supernovae, Computational Algorithms Dr Stuart Sim Funding Unfunded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2
Investigating exoplanet systems with the Rossiter-McLaughlin effect School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD transmission, exoplanets Dr Ernst de Mooij Funding Unfunded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2
Terra Hunting - extreme precision mass-measurements of Earth-like worlds School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Doppler wobble Dr Chris Watson Funding Unfunded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2
Ultrabright Sources of Attosecond Pulses School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Attosecond pulses, femtosecond laser interactions Dr Mark Yeung Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2
Diagnostics and targetry for laser-plasma interaction experiments at high-repetition rate School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD laser-plasma interaction Dr Daniele Margarone Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Open	2
Laser-driven generation of muons for material inspection and radiography School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Gianluca Sarri Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
Proton radiography investigations of laser-plasma interaction dynamics in high-intensity regimes School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Marco Borghesi Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
Moveable Domain Wall Electronics in Single Crystal Ferroelectric Sheets School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Marty Gregg Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2
Machine-Learning for Aqueous Interfaces School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Aqueous interfaces Dr Gareth Tribello Funding Funded Application deadline 7 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
2D materials based ultra-thin memory storage: efficient energy conversion and novel device platforms School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Elton Santos Funding Funded Application deadline 7 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
Modelling energy deposition in biomolecules on ultrafast timescales School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Biomolecules Dr Daniel Dundas Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2
Quantum interactions in nanostructures School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Quantum interactions Dr Myrta Gruening Funding Unfunded Application deadline 7 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Unfunded	Physics	Closed	2
Equivariant orthogonal calculus School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr David Barnes Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
Delayed feedback mechanisms School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Gabor Kiss Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
Deep Learning Approaches for Genetic Based Cancer Healthcare Modelling, for use in Cost-Effectiveness Analyses to Aid Decision Makers School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Felicity Lamrock Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
Predicting Patient Response to New Drugs - Applications to Cost-Effectiveness Models School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Felicity Lamrock Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
Statistical analysis of point patterns School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Hannah Mitchell Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
Modelling Disease Misclassification using hidden Markov models. School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Hannah Mitchell Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
Condition-based maintenance using hidden semi-Markov models School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Hannah Mitchell Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
A framework for an effective traffic congestion management in road networks School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Salissou Moutari Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
Analysis of time series data via topological data analysis School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Florian Pausinger Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
Strongly damped systems School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Petr Siegl Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
Mathematical models for cancer invasion School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Anna Zhigun Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
Using real-time survival modelling of patient characteristics to prevent unplanned admissions to hospital and support patients staying at home longer School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Adele Marshall Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Open	2
Engineering and mapping entropy changes (local disorder) at the nanoscale in oxide materials School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD physics, materials, ferroelectrics, nanomaterials, scanning probe microscopy, electrocalorics Dr Raymond McQuaid Funding Funded Application deadline 7 February 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
Artificial Intelligence as a health intervention for managing patient discharge decision processes School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Professor Adele Marshall Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Open	2
CITI-GENS DTP Ultrafast cellular irradiation studies towards novel radiotherapy School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Particle acceleration, laser-matter interaction, radiobiology, cancer therapy Professor Marco Borghesi Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP Complex nanophotonics for a quantum internet School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Quantum information processing and technologies Quantum machine learning Quantum nanophotonics Professor Mauro Paternostro Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP Employing Data Analytics to inform the development of innovative Cost-Effectiveness Cancer Screening Models in the COVID-19 era School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Data Analytics; Cancer; Screening; Health Economics; Inequalities, Decision Modelling, Interdiscipli Dr Felicity Lamrock Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Mathematics	Closed	2
Laboratory astrophysics at high repetition rate School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Laboratory astrophysics ; High-power laser plasma interactions ; High-repetition rate lasers ; Machi Dr Charlotte Palmer Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Closed	2
Compact, high brightness neutron beamline using intense lasers School of Mathematics and Physics \| PHD Dr Satyabrata Kar Funding Funded Application deadline None specified	School of Mathematics and Physics	Funded	Physics	Open	2
How effective is behavioural activation in reducing depression in people with heart failure? School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Behavioural activation, depression, heart failure Professor David Thompson Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
A mixed methods study to determine the key reasons for individuals with dementia attending the Emergency Department, and recommendations for a best practice approach School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Dementia; nursing home; care home; emergency department; GPs; Out of hours; dementia carers; inappro Dr Gillian Carter Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
Experiences and needs of grandparents in families when parents have mental illness School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Parental mental illness, family focused practice, grandparents’ needs and experiences Dr Anne Grant Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
Suicide bereavement support School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Suicide Prevention Suicide Bereavement Mental Health Promotion Dr Karen Galway Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
A mindfulness mobile application to promote psychological health in patients receiving unit haemodialysis School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Mindfulness, kidney, feasibility. Dr Helen Noble Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
The development of a cancer action plan to respond to the health inequities faced by LGBT patients and their families: School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Supportive Cancer Care, Psychononcology , Families, LGBT Dr Olinda Santin Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
Developing and validating eye-tracking based Executive Functions tests for children with Cerebral Palsy School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Cerebral Palsy; Executive functions; Neurodevelopmental disorder; Cognitive development; Motor impai Dr Oliver Perra Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
Relationships and sexuality Education (RSE) for young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Professor Michael Brown Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
Improving health outcomes in acute coronary syndrome via mindfulness School of Nursing and Midwifery \| PHD Acute coronary syndrome, Depression, Mindfulness Dr Chantal Ski Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Nursing and Midwifery	Unfunded	Nursing & Midwifery	Open	2
QUADRAT DTP: Source-to-sink dynamics and palaeo-environment reconstruction from a dynamically evolving glacial foreland School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Climatology and Climate Change, Geography, Geology, Geophysics, Environmental Science, Hydrology Dr Alastair Ruffell Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: PALLADIA: Paraíba do Sul Delta Sedimentary Dynamics School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Agricultural Sciences, Climatology, Climate Change, Environmental Engineering Dr Rory Flood Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2
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 Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Archaeology & Palaeoecology	Closed	2
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 Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: The impacts of climate change and extreme weather events on cyanobacteria blooms in lakes School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Climatology and Climate Change, Ecotoxicology and Pollution, Environmental Chemistry Dr Helen Roe Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2
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 Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Civil Engineering	Closed	2
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 Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2019	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Civil Engineering	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Dynamics of carbon capture in Scottish and Irish peatlands over the past centuries School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Botany, Plant Science, Climatology, Climate Change, Environmental Science, Geography, Geology Dr Maarten Blaauw Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Archaeology & Palaeoecology	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP CASE: Geotechnical Properties of Glacial Tills: Engineering and Environmental Applications School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Environmental Engineering, Geography, Geology Dr David Hughes Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Civil Engineering	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Investigating the timing and causes of nitrogen cycle changes in Bronze Age Ireland School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Environmental Science, Palaeobiology, Archaeology, Geography and Environmental Chemistry. Dr Gill Plunkett Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Archaeology & Palaeoecology	Closed	2
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 Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Civil Engineering	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Medical Geology: The Impact of the Natural Environment on Health in Past Populations from Ireland and Scotland School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Forensic Science, Geology, Palaeobiology Professor Eileen Murphy Funding Funded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Archaeology & Palaeoecology	Closed	2
Crack-inducing thermal stresses in safety-critical concrete structures School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Thermal stresses, safety critical structures, cement hydration, supplementary cementitious materials Professor Marios Soutsos Funding Unfunded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Unfunded	Civil Engineering	Open	2
Impact Resistance of Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Ultra-high performance fibre reinforced concrete (UHPFRC), impact and blast resistance, Professor Marios Soutsos Funding Unfunded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Unfunded	Civil Engineering	Open	2
Structural Behaviour of Concrete Block Pavements: Finite Element Modelling of the effect of construction pattern and unit interlock School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Structural behaviour, concrete block pavements, construction pattern, unit interlock Professor Marios Soutsos Funding Unfunded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Unfunded	Civil Engineering	Open	2
Ultra High Performance Fibre Reinforced Concrete for Access Floor Tiles School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Professor Marios Soutsos Funding Unfunded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Unfunded	Civil Engineering	Open	2
Cementless “Geopolymer” Concrete for Sustainable Construction School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Alkali-activated binders (AABs), geopolymer concrete, supplementary cementitious materials Professor Marios Soutsos Funding Unfunded Application deadline 22 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Unfunded	Civil Engineering	Open	2
Placing Astronomy: Landscape, Space and Science at Armagh Observatory, 1790-1916 School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Dr Oliver Dunnett Funding Funded Application deadline 13 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Geography	Closed	2
Feeding Medieval Carrickfergus- A Multi-proxy Study of Livestock Husbandry in a Frontier Town School of Natural and Built Environment \| PHD Professor Eileen Murphy Funding Funded Application deadline 13 January 2020	School of Natural and Built Environment	Funded	Archaeology & Palaeoecology	Closed	2
Enhancing intracellular delivery of antibiotics using cold atmospheric plasma School of Pharmacy \| PHD Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Antibiotics, AMR, Plasma Medicine, Cold plasma, Intracellular infection Dr Padrig Flynn Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Closed	2
Enhancing Macrophage-Biofilm Interaction using Non-Thermal Plasma School of Pharmacy \| PHD Pharmaceutical Microbiology, Biofilm Microbiology, Molecular Microbiology, Plasma Physics, Macrophag Professor Brendan Gilmore Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Closed	2
Long-Acting Microneedle Delivery Systems School of Pharmacy \| PHD Microneedles, long-acting drug delivery Professor Ryan Donnelly Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Relationship between antibiotic therapy and development of antimicrobial resistance in patients with bronchiectasis School of Pharmacy \| PHD Infection, antimicrobial resistance, PCR, next-generation sequencing, metagenomics, clinical pharmac Professor Michael Tunney Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Long-acting drug delivery from intravaginal rings for treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia School of Pharmacy \| PHD vaginal drug delivery; vaginal ring technology; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; pre-cancer Professor Karl Malcolm Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Long-acting drug delivery from intravaginal rings for treatment of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia School of Pharmacy \| PHD vaginal drug delivery; vaginal ring technology; cervical intraepithelial neoplasia; pre-cancer Dr Pete Boyd Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Development of next-generation vaginal gels containing multiple active agents for improved treatment of bacterial vaginosis School of Pharmacy \| PHD Vaginal gels; drug delivery; bacterial vaginosis; formulation; Professor Karl Malcolm Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Novel sustained-release formulation strategies for vaginal administration of drug-loaded nanoparticles School of Pharmacy \| PHD Professor Karl Malcolm Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Novel sustained-release formulation strategies for vaginal administration of drug-loaded nanoparticles School of Pharmacy \| PHD Pharmaceutics; drug delivery; vaginal rings; nanoparticles; formulation; HIV prevention; antiretrovi Dr Pete Boyd Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Nano-engineered Delivery Systems for the Targeted Delivery of Oncology Drugs for Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD Nanomedicine, Personalised Medicine, Industry Partnership, Drug Delivery Professor Helen McCarthy Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Self-triggered smart biomaterials School of Pharmacy \| PHD Drug delivery, antimicrobial, AMR, polymer, materials science, surface modification, surface chemist Professor Colin McCoy Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
A randomised pilot study of a theory-based intervention to improve appropriate polypharmacy in older people in primary care (PolyPrime) School of Pharmacy \| PHD Polypharmacy, primary care, randomised controlled trial, older people, behaviour change Professor Carmel Hughes Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Design and realisation of nanomedicine using computer simulation and smart nanofracturing method School of Pharmacy \| PHD Computer simulation, molecular dynamics, metadynamics, thermodynamic modelling, continuous manufactu Dr Yiwei Tian Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
SMART Cancer Nanomedicines School of Pharmacy \| PHD Responsive nanoparticles, targeted drug delivery, cancer nanomedicine. Dr Wafa Al-Jamal Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Nanoparticle delivery of antibiotics for treatment of pulmonary infection School of Pharmacy \| PHD Liposomes; Cystic Fibrosis; infection; pulmonary delivery; inhalation; antibiotic; pharmaceutics Dr Vicky Kett Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Investigation of the role of microplastics-associated microorganisms in the spread of antimicrobial-resistant genes in aquatic environments School of Pharmacy \| PHD Bacteriophage, enzymes, molecular microbiology, genomics, genetic engineering, pathogenic bacteria, Dr Timofey Skvortsov Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Computational prospecting of bacteriophage genomes and prophages for biotechnologically and pharmaceutically relevant enzymes School of Pharmacy \| PHD Bacteriophage, enzymes, molecular microbiology, genomics, genetic engineering, pathogenic bacteria, Dr Timofey Skvortsov Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Investigation of horizontal gene transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes by bacteriophages in aquatic environments School of Pharmacy \| PHD Bacteriophage, enzymes, molecular microbiology, genomics, genetic engineering, pathogenic bacteria, Dr Timofey Skvortsov Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Investigation of horizontal gene transfer of antimicrobial resistance genes by bacteriophages in aquatic environments School of Pharmacy \| PHD Bacteriophage, enzymes, molecular microbiology, genomics, genetic engineering, pathogenic bacteria, Dr Laura Sherrard Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Dissecting novel mechanisms of cysteine protease biology in tumourigenesis. School of Pharmacy \| PHD Protease, cathepsin, cancer, mechanism, microenvironment, epigenetics Dr Roberta Burden Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Microfabricated Engineered Systems for Sustained Ocular Drug Delivery School of Pharmacy \| PHD Ocular drug delivery, drug deliver, polymer implants, biologics, protein delivery Dr Raj Thakur Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
3D printing of drug delivery implants School of Pharmacy \| PHD 3D printing; fused deposition modelling; additive manufacturing; drug formulation; drug product deve Dr Pete Boyd Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Responsive hydrogel platforms towards the prevention of medical device-associated infections School of Pharmacy \| PHD Polymers, hydrogels, infection, responsive, drug delivery, biomaterials, medical device-associated i Dr Nicola Irwin Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Responsive hydrogel platforms towards the prevention of medical device-associated infections School of Pharmacy \| PHD Polymers, hydrogels, infection, responsive, drug delivery, biomaterials, medical device-associated i Professor Colin McCoy Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Responsive hydrogel platforms towards the prevention of medical device-associated infections School of Pharmacy \| PHD Polymers, hydrogels, infection, responsive, drug delivery, biomaterials, medical device-associated i Dr Nicola Irwin Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Personalised Medicine for Breast and Ovarian Cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cancer, biomarkers, targeted treatment, drug development Professor Helen McCarthy Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Personalised Medicine for Breast and Ovarian Cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cancer, biomarkers, targeted treatment, drug development Dr Niamh Buckley Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Surface Treatment for Improved Performance of Implantable Medical Devices School of Pharmacy \| PHD Biomaterials, Anti-infective, Biocompatibility, Materials Science, Engineering, Orthopaedic Implant, Dr Louise Carson Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Surface-modified silicone elastomer for medical and drug delivery devices with reduced bacterial adherence and biofilm formation School of Pharmacy \| PHD drug delivery; medical device; drug formulation; silicone elastomer; biofilm formation Professor Karl Malcolm Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Surface-modified silicone elastomer for medical and drug delivery devices with reduced bacterial adherence and biofilm formation School of Pharmacy \| PHD drug delivery; medical device; drug formulation; silicone elastomer; biofilm formation Dr Louise Carson Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in people with bronchiectasis during chronic inhaled treatment School of Pharmacy \| PHD Antibiotics, infection, respiratory, lung diseases Professor Michael Tunney Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in people with bronchiectasis during chronic inhaled treatment School of Pharmacy \| PHD Antibiotics, infection, respiratory, lung diseases Dr Laura Sherrard Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Peptide hydrogels as novel nanotherapeutic delivery agents enhancing the anti-tumour efficacy of radiotherapy. School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cancer; Radiotherapy; Gold Nanoparticles; Drug Delivery; Peptides; HIV; Hydrogels; Controlled Releas Dr Jonathan Coulter Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
USP17 as a cancer therapeutic target School of Pharmacy \| PHD Protease, ubiquitin, deubiquitinase, cancer, NSCLC, USP17 Dr James Burrows Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Computer Simulations of G protein-coupled Receptors School of Pharmacy \| PHD Chemistry, biochemistry, computational biology, medicinal computational chemistry, drug design Dr Irina Tikhonova Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Optimising pharmacological treatment of non-cognitive symptoms in people with dementia School of Pharmacy \| PHD Older people, dementia, primary care, healthcare professionals, medicines optimisation Professor Carmel Hughes Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Optimising pharmacological treatment of non-cognitive symptoms in people with dementia School of Pharmacy \| PHD Older people, dementia, primary care, healthcare professionals, medicines optimisation Dr Heather Barry Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Peptide hydrogels as a long-acting multipurpose drug delivery platform for combined contraception and HIV prevention School of Pharmacy \| PHD Drug Delivery; Peptides; HIV; Hydrogels; Controlled Release Dr Garry Laverty Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
To investigate the pharmacological response of senolytics in ovarian cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cancer; cell biology; cell signalling; pharmacology; drug action Dr Fiona Furlong Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
To develop an allosteric inhibitor of HDAC6 inhibition in cancer School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cancer; cell biology; cell signalling; pharmacology; drug action; Dr Fiona Furlong Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Development of 3D Printed drug-eluting mesh implants School of Pharmacy \| PHD 3D Printing, Drug Delivery, Meshes, Scaffolds Dr Dimitrios Lamprou Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Microfluidic Synthesis of Nanomedicines for the Delivery of Biologic Drugs School of Pharmacy \| PHD Drug Delivery, Microfluidics, Nanomedicine, Biopharmaceutics Dr Dimitrios Lamprou Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Determining the microbiome of the homes of people with chronic respiratory diseases. School of Pharmacy \| PHD Microbiology, respiratory disease, antibiotic resistance Dr Deirdre Gilpin Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Investigating the impact of electronic cigarette vapour on respiratory microbiota and inflammation School of Pharmacy \| PHD Electronic cigarette, immune, next generation sequencing, respiratory, microbiome, transcriptome Dr Deirdre Gilpin Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Antimicrobial prescribing in hospice and palliative care School of Pharmacy \| PHD Hospice, palliative care, prescribing, antimicrobial, antibiotic Dr Carole Parsons Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Pharmacy	Unfunded	Pharmacy	Open	2
Enhancing intracellular delivery of antibiotics using cold atmospheric plasma School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cold plasma, Intracellular infections, AMR, Antibiotics Professor Brendan Gilmore Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP Blood-free, microneedle-mediated, early diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection School of Pharmacy \| PHD Covid-19, SARS-CoV-2, microneedles, PCR antigen testing Professor Ryan Donnelly Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP Microfluidic approach for Continuous biopharmaceutical crystallisation School of Pharmacy \| PHD Microfluidic devices, protein crystallisation, advanced characterisation, biopharmaceuticals, 3D pri Dr Dimitrios Lamprou Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP 3D printing and bioprinting strategies to treat coronary heart disease School of Pharmacy \| PHD 3D-printing, material science, tissue engineering, cardiovascular, organoids, drug delivery, nanotec Dr Eneko Larrañeta Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP Understanding allosteric and biased GPCR signalling from computer simulations and mutagenesis School of Pharmacy \| PHD Molecular simulations, cheminformatics, drug design, allosteric ligand, biased signalling, mutagenes Dr Irina Tikhonova Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP Use of sputum rheology to predict disease progression and efficacy of treatment in people with cystic fibrosis (PWCF) School of Pharmacy \| PHD Cystic fibrosis, infection, sputum rheology, microbiota, inflammation Professor Michael Tunney Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP Novel Molecular Tools to Tackle the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Emergency School of Pharmacy \| PHD antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics, glycosylation, inhibitor, molecular tools Professor Gerd Wagner Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Pharmacy	Funded	Pharmacy	Closed	2
Two halves make a whole: Exploring the role of the families in caring for police officers with occupational related psychological distress School of Psychology \| PHD Professor Cherie Armour Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2
To Be Confirmed School of Psychology \| PHD Professor Emma Flynn Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2
Mind wandering in children and its impact on learning School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Agnieszka Jaroslawska Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2
Judgments of facial expressions of emotion School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Magda Rychlowska Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2
Chronic pain rehabilitation School of Psychology \| PHD Professor Kevin E. Vowles Funding Funded Application deadline 22 May 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2
Improving attitudes towards gender equality initiatives: Designing game-based training resources School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Ioana Latu Funding Funded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2
Optimising adaptive skill delivery systems for human users and learners in Industry 4.0 School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Matthew Rodger Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2
Embedding intentions in robot motion patterns: capitalizing on human perceptual skills School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Joost Dessing Funding Funded Application deadline 31 March 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2
Measuring effects of ageing on cortical activity during sensory integration and posture-cognitive multitasking using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS). School of Psychology \| PHD Dr Mihalis Doumas Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 January 2020	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP Measuring effects of ageing on cortical activity during posture cognitive multi-tasking using fNIRS and EEG School of Psychology \| PHD Postural control; ageing; cognitive; multitasking; brain activity; EEG; fNIRS Dr Mihalis Doumas Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Psychology	Funded	Psychology	Closed	2
Understanding military veteran family well-being School of Psychology \| PHD Military; veteran; family; spouse; qualitative Professor Cherie Armour Funding Unfunded Application deadline 31 July 2020	School of Psychology	Unfunded	Psychology	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP Immersive Technologies to drive inclusion of disabled musicians School of Arts, English and Languages \| PHD Immersive technologies, disability, social inclusion, music, digital media, locative media Dr Franziska Schroeder Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Arts, English and Languages	Funded	Music	Closed	2
CITI-GENS DTP Visual Voices: A User Interface - how online resources aid educational and community development School of Arts, English and Languages \| PHD Transitional Justice, web resources, community and educational development, storytelling, filmmaking Professor Cahal McLaughlin Funding Funded Application deadline 10 July 2020	School of Arts, English and Languages	Funded	Film Studies	Closed	2
Adaptive management of stochastic parasite challenge in animals under climate change School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, climate change, parasitology, veterinary medicine Professor Eric Morgan Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Archaeal polyphosphate cycling: novel enzymes to drive new technologies School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, biochemistry, bioinformatics, environmental, geochemistry, microbiology, molecular Dr Jason Chin Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Diet mediated metabolic-inflammation – mechanistic insights School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biochemistry, food science, health sciences, immunology, molecular biology, public health Professor Helen Roche Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Emerging Infectious Diseases – Surveillance and Biosecurity School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, health sciences, microbiology, molecular biology, pathology, public health, veterinary Dr Nikki Marks Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Enhancing young people’s cooking and food skills to investigate impact on food engagement, knowledge, skill confidence and diet quality School of Biological Sciences \| PHD data analysis, food science, health sciences, public health, statistics Professor Moira Dean Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Explore novel feeding strategies to reduce ammonia emissions from ruminants and improve their productivity School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, environmental science, food science, statistics, zoology, animal science Dr Katerina Theodoridou Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Exposing drivers for parasite growth and virulence at the single cell level School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, health sciences, microbiology, parasitology, public health, virology Professor Aaron Maule Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Flavonoid metabolism and cardiometabolic health School of Biological Sciences \| PHD data analysis, food science, health sciences, medical, public health Professor Aedin Cassidy Funding Funded Application deadline 13 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Food fraud risks in UK supply chain networks School of Biological Sciences \| PHD data analysis, food science, law Professor Saskia van Ruth Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Gene mining useful biocatalysts from paleosols School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, genetics, geochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology Professor Chris Allen Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Genome scale evolution of biofilm contained Klebsiella pneumoniae in response to sub-lethal antibacterial stress exposure - development of novel biomarkers for near-patient testing School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, genetics, health sciences, medical science, microbiology, molecular, public health Professor Seamus Fanning Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
How does biodiversity contribute to multiple forms of stability in stressed marine invertebrate communities? School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, data analysis, ecology, environmental science, microbiology, molecular, statistics Professor Mark Emmerson Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
How does Clostridium difficile control the gut microbiome? Molecular dissection of nutrient control strategies School of Biological Sciences \| PHD health sciences, microbiology, molecular biology, pathology, public health, virology Professor Geoff McMullan Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Innovative Diagnostics for Helminth Parasite Infections School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agricultural, molecular biology, parasitology, veterinary medicine Dr Paul McVeigh Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Influence of farm hygiene standards and management practices on Johne’s disease progression in selected NI dairy herds School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, data analysis, microbiology Professor Irene Grant Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Investigating how the levels of queuine, a novel micronutrient, are associated with human ageing and brain health School of Biological Sciences \| PHD cell biology, food chemistry, food science, health sciences, medical science, public health Dr Brian Green Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Investigation and exploration of health and therapeutic benefits of plant-derived secondary metabolites School of Biological Sciences \| PHD analytical chemistry, biochemistry, biotechnology, botany, health sciences, microbiology Dr Chen Situ Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Low-cost and rapid paper-based microfluidics for the detection of irradiated foods School of Biological Sciences \| PHD food chemistry, food science, health sciences, molecular biology, public health Dr Cuong Cao Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Mast cell dysregulation? Understanding the development of mastocytosis School of Biological Sciences \| PHD health sciences, medical science, molecular biology, public health Dr Ciaren Graham Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Microbial interactions in unique chemosynthetic ecosystems –an integrated ‘Omic approach School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, ecology, environmental, evolution, geochemistry, microbiology, molecular Dr Deepak Kumaresan Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
MicroRNAs in the Pathogenesis Adverse Cardiomyocyte and Endothelial Cell Remodelling in Insulin Resistance School of Biological Sciences \| PHD food science, health sciences, medical science, molecular biology, pharmacy, public health Dr Qiaozhu Su Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Mosquito control using native predators and other novel environmentally friendly methodologies School of Biological Sciences \| PHD public health, zoology, animal science Professor Jaimie Dick Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Optimising behaviour change initiatives for food waste prevention School of Biological Sciences \| PHD data analysis, ecology, economics, statistics Professor Alberto Longo Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Quantifying the effects of environmental change using multi-level phylogenetically controlled meta-analyses School of Biological Sciences \| PHD data analysis, ecology, conservation, statistics, zoology Dr Hansjoerg Kunc Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Rewiring of host cell protein complexes by pathogen effectors - mass spectrometry-based methods and applications in infection biology School of Biological Sciences \| PHD cell biology, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, pathology, pharmacology, toxicology Dr Ben Collins Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
SAFENUT: Cold plasma as an Intervention technology to ensure a safe and nutritious groundnut supply School of Biological Sciences \| PHD analytical chemistry, food science, health sciences, microbiology, public health Professor Paula Bourke Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Schistosome blood flukes and bacteria: How pathogens interact with other pathogens, and the host School of Biological Sciences \| PHD health sciences, microbiology, molecular biology, parasitology, public health Dr Geoff Gobert Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Sleep in the wild: reproductive benefits and health costs of natural sleep deprivation in fallow deer School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, conservation, animal science, evolution, zoology, animal science Dr Isabella Capellini Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Sustainable Wildlife Management: Socio-Economics Drivers & Implications of Conservation School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, data analysis, ecology, economics, environmental science, statistics, animal science Dr Martina Bozzola Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Systems analysis of the impact of microplastics in the marine environment School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biotechnology, data analysis, pollution, food science, health sciences, molecular, statistics Professor Gary Hardiman Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Targeting yeast epigenetics to combat anti-fungal resistance School of Biological Sciences \| PHD health sciences, microbiology, molecular biology, public health Dr Edel Hyland Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Temperature regulation of non-coding RNA and crop - rhizosphere interactions School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biochemistry, bioinformatics, biotechnology, botany, climate, microbiology, molecular, parasitology Dr Johnathan Dalzell Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
The effects of maternal stress on offspring survival in the fallow deer School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, conservation, endocrinology, evolution, zoology, animal science Dr Domhnall Jennings Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
The extinction of the sexier? A global investigation of the role of sexual selection in modern amphibian declines School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, conservation, environmental science, evolution, zoology, animal science Dr Daniel Pincheira-Donoso Funding Funded Application deadline 13 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
The marine phosphorus cycle and the methane paradox School of Biological Sciences \| PHD analytical chemistry, biochemistry, geochemistry, microbiology, molecular biology Professor John McGrath Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
The relative importance of different species traits for predicting invasion success and impact - a sensitivity analysis approach School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, computer science, data analysis, ecology, environmental, mathematics Dr Keith Farnsworth Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
The rice paddy microbiome and its impact on plant mineral nutrition School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, bioinformatics, data analysis, food science, health sciences, public health, statistics Dr Caroline Meharg Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
The role of epigenetic mechanisms in the control of post-stress recovery of cancer cells School of Biological Sciences \| PHD cancer, cell biology, genetics, health sciences, medical science, public health Dr Konstantin Panov Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Uncovering the Hidden Human Milk Microbiome School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biochemistry, immunology, microbiology, statistics Dr Simon Cameron Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Understanding Biofilm Formation in the Domain Archaea School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biotechnology, cell biology, microbiology Dr Julianne Megaw Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Use of remote sensing data to develop behavioural profiles for global change scenarios School of Biological Sciences \| PHD climate change, data analysis, ecology, environmental science, statistics, zoology, animal science Dr Mike Scantlebury Funding Funded Application deadline 16 December 2019	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Using data analytics to identify best practices across the food supply chain that drive nutrition quality School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, computer science, data analysis, food science, health sciences, public health Dr Danielle McCarthy Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
What drives early-life “programming” in the rumen microbiome? School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, computer science, data analysis, genetics, microbiology, zoology Professor Chris Creevey Funding Funded Application deadline 14 February 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP CASE: The role of biodiversity in mitigating parasite impacts in farmed landscapes School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, climate change, ecology, environmental science, parasitology, zoology, animal science Professor Mark Emmerson Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Understanding and predicting the success of alien freshwater fish School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, conservation, animal science, evolution, zoology, animal science Dr Isabella Capellini Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
QUADRAT DTP CASE: Understanding and predicting the success of alien freshwater fish School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, conservation, animal science, evolution, zoology, animal science Dr Isabella Capellini Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Can pollutant transfer through benthic elasmobranch food-chains be related to their feeding ecology? School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, conservation, pollution, environmental chemistry, geochemistry, marine biology Professor Andy Meharg Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Energetics and survival of an apex predator - the African lion - in a rapidly changing environment School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, conservation, evolution, zoology, animal science Dr Mike Scantlebury Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Genomics approaches to explore the secrets of remarkable plants: Soil/root microbiome interaction and edaphic stress adaptation School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bioinformatics, botany, plant science, ecology, conservation, environmental science, evolution Dr Caroline Meharg Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Global profiles of species declines and success in the era of climate change School of Biological Sciences \| PHD climatology, climate change, ecology, conservation, environmental science, evolution, animal science Dr Daniel Pincheira-Donoso Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Greening cities: how do street trees contribute to urban biodiversity and ecosystem functions? School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, conservation, environmental science Dr Paul Caplat Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Identifying Environmental Factors for Soil Transmitted and Food Borne Helminth Diseases in Border Regions of Northern Thailand School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agriculture, agronomy, soil science, ecology, food science, microbiology, parasitology Dr Geoff Gobert Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Microbial social lives: A multi-scale systems approach to decode microbial metabolic networks School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biochemistry, bioinformatics, climate change, ecology, environmental science, geochemistry Dr Deepak Kumaresan Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Temperature regulation of crop - rhizosphere ecology School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biochemistry, bioinformatics, biotechnology, botany, climate, microbiology, molecular, parasitology Dr Johnathan Dalzell Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: The effects of maternal stress on offspring survival in the fallow deer School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, conservation, endocrinology, evolution, zoology, animal science Dr Domhnall Jennings Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Tropical Marine Biodiversity: Solving the taxonomic bottlenecks to environmental impact assessments School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, conservation, evolution, marine biology, zoology, animal science Dr Julia Sigwart Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
QUADRAT DTP: Unravelling the freshwater microbial phosphorus cycle School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biochemistry, bioinformatics, climate, ecology, environmental, geochemistry, hydrology, molecular Professor John McGrath Funding Funded Application deadline 29 January 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Valuing ecosystem services School of Biological Sciences \| PHD valuation, environmental economics, experimental economics, behavioural economics Professor Alberto Longo Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
The evolution of vertebrate parental care diversity School of Biological Sciences \| PHD parental care, life history theory, phylogeny, vertebrates, behaviour, evolution Dr Isabella Capellini Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
The evolution of placental diversity: between cooperation and conflict School of Biological Sciences \| PHD parental care, life history theory, phylogeny, vertebrates, behaviour, evolution Dr Isabella Capellini Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
A human body map of bisphenol-A (BPA) exposure: Systems level analysis of genomic and epigenomic alterations in primary human cells School of Biological Sciences \| PHD bisphenol-A, systems level analysis, genomics, cells Professor Gary Hardiman Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Genome-wide analysis of genetic alterations in prostate cells in response to soy chemicals School of Biological Sciences \| PHD genomics, genetics, cells, soy Professor Gary Hardiman Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
A Novel Data Integration Framework for Modeling the Adverse Outcome Pathway School of Biological Sciences \| PHD endocrine disruptors, biostatistics, computational biiology, toxicology, systems biology Professor Gary Hardiman Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Investigate the nutritional potential, for ruminants, of different by-products as an alternative feed supplement for incorporation into animal feed School of Biological Sciences \| PHD by-product, ruminant, tannin, methane, ammonia Dr Katerina Theodoridou Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Making the most of product code pattern recognition for food fraud prevention School of Biological Sciences \| PHD food, fraud, integrity, criminal, criminology, machine learning, algorithms Professor Saskia van Ruth Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Vibrio species in Irish waters School of Biological Sciences \| PHD molecular epidemiology, whole genome sequencing, human health risk factors Professor Seamus Fanning Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
A study of the emergence of Clostridium difficile from across the farm-to-fork continuum School of Biological Sciences \| PHD molecular epidemiology, whole genome sequencing, human health risk factors, toxin genes Professor Seamus Fanning Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Phenotypic & molecular characterization of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) markers; dissemination mechanisms of AMR in bacteria of food-animal origin; whole genome & plasmid sequencing; bioinformatics School of Biological Sciences \| PHD molecular epidemiology, whole genome sequencing, human health risk factors Professor Seamus Fanning Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
A study of the transcriptomic responses elicited by Salmonella to humectants used in food production - do bacteria have a memory? School of Biological Sciences \| PHD low-moisture conditions, RNA-seq, flow cytometry Professor Seamus Fanning Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
The role of the histone lysine demethylase KDM4A in post-stress recovery and its utility as a target in breast and prostate cancer School of Biological Sciences \| PHD epigenetics, cancer, BCa, PCa, transcriptome, NGS, transcription Dr Konstantin Panov Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Development of novel approaches to study changes in chromatin structure and investigation of the role of rDNA chromatin in malignant transformation School of Biological Sciences \| PHD epigenetics, cancer, histones, rDNA, chromatin, NGS, transcription Dr Konstantin Panov Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Investigation of the mechanism of accrued resistance to Pol I inhibitors in blood cancers School of Biological Sciences \| PHD blood cancer, Pol I inhibitor, topoisomerase, transcription, drug resistance Dr Konstantin Panov Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Evaluation of natural plant based botanicals as alternative to therapeutic antibiotics School of Biological Sciences \| PHD botanicals, antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics, medicinal plants, microbiology, biochemistry Dr Chen Situ Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
Bovine TB: Reconstructing the molecular evolution of Mycobacterium bovis School of Biological Sciences \| PHD agicultural sciences, bioinformatics, data analysis, molecular biology, epidemiology, statistics Professor Paulo Prodohl Funding Funded Application deadline 29 May 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
Understanding the ecology and coevolution of aphids and parasitoids to improve natural biocontrol measures in field crops School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, parasitoids, agriculture, phylogeny, climate change Dr Isabella Capellini Funding Unfunded Application deadline None specified	School of Biological Sciences	Unfunded	Biological Sciences	Open	2
FOODBIOSYSTEMS - Understanding the ecology and coevolution of aphids and parasitoids to improve natural biocontrol measures in field crops School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ecology, parasitoids, agriculture, phylogeny, climate change Dr Isabella Capellini Funding Funded Application deadline 6 March 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
FOODBIOSYSTEMS - Willow (Salix spp): The potential of a tannin-rich tree fodder to reduce ammonia emissions and improve productivity of dairy cattle School of Biological Sciences \| PHD ammonia, dairy, agriculture, animal nutrition, microbiology, metagenomics, metabolomics Dr Katerina Theodoridou Funding Funded Application deadline 6 March 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
FOODBIOSYSTEMS - Can many biomarkers make light work of liver fluke parasite diagnostics? School of Biological Sciences \| PHD biomarkers, liver fluke, parasitology, omics, bioinformatics, molecular biology, biochemistry Dr Paul McVeigh Funding Funded Application deadline 6 March 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
FOODBIOSYSTEMS - Nitrosamine formation and colorectal cancer (CRC) risk in processed meats: investigating the role of nitrites, extraneous nitrates and possible nitrite replacers School of Biological Sciences \| PHD nitrites, cancer, processed meats, food science, nutrition, health Dr Brian Green Funding Funded Application deadline 6 March 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
FOODBIOSYSTEMS - Temperature regulation of microRNAs and crop - rhizosphere interactions School of Biological Sciences \| PHD microRNAs, agriculture, rhizosphere, plant science, microbiology, biotechnology, bioinformatics Dr Johnathan Dalzell Funding Funded Application deadline 6 March 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biological Sciences	Closed	2
FOODBIOSYSTEMS - Integrating plant and animal responses to parasite infection under climate change School of Biological Sciences \| PHD climate change, parasitology, epidemiology, agriculture, plant science, food security Professor Eric Morgan Funding Funded Application deadline 6 March 2020	School of Biological Sciences	Funded	Biolo

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