Funded opportunities

Available to UK/EU applicants

• Department: Leicester Diabetes Centre /Health Sciences
• Supervisors: Dr Francesco Zaccardi and Professor Kamlesh Khunti
• Deadline: 17th December 2019  (February 2020 start)

• Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
• Supervisors: Professor Peter Moody and Dr Jaswir Basran
• Deadline: Open until filled

CENTA:  Central England NERC Training Allicance 

• Projects available within Chemistry, Genetics, Geography, Geology, Physics and Astronomy
• Application deadline 12 noon 10th January 2020

Available to UK/EU and International applicants

• Research: Genomic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics - range of projects
• Subject Areas: Health Sciences, Law, Genetics and Genome Biology, Cardiovascular Sciences.
• Deadline: 5th December 2020

Available to UK/EU and International applicants

3 Year IFPRI Funded Project: Adhesion of powders to metal surfaces during compaction

• Department: School of Engineering
• Supervisor Prof I.C. Sinka
• Deadline 1 December 2019

3.5 year CSE Project:  Unlocking Western Tropical Indian Ocean temperature and hydroclimate back to the Little Ice Age and the Holocene, reconstructed from coral geochemistry

• Department: School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
• Supervisors: Professor Jens Zinke and Dr Arnoud Boom
• Deadline: 21st November 2019

3.5 year CSE Project: Bioinspired worm-like nanoparticles for the delivery of anti-cancer stem cell agents

• Department: School of Chemistry
• Supervisors: Dr Kogularamanan (Rama) Suntharalingam and Dr Robert Britton
• Deadline: 21st November 2019

3.5 year CSE Project: Efficient Evolution for Intelligent Autonomous Systems

• Department: School of Informatics
• Supervisors: Dr Jan Oliver Ringert and Dr Ivan Tyukin
• Deadline: 21st November 2019

3.5 year CSE Project: Taphonomy of the exceptionally-preserved Cambrian Chengjiang biota, Yunnan Province, China: how fossilization affects ecological and evolutionary interpretations

• Department: School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
• Supervisors: Professor Sarah Gabbott and Professor Mark Williams
• Deadline: 21st November 2019

3.5 year CSE Project: Assembling a toolbox to study protein molecular glue kinetics.

• Department: School of Chemistry
• Supervisors: Dr Richard Doveston and Dr Andrew Hudson
• Deadline: 21st November 2019

3.5 year CSE Project: Discovering rare brown dwarf companions to white dwarfs

• Department: School of Physics and Astronomy
• Supervisors: Dr Sarah Casewell and Professor Graham Wynn
• Deadline: 21st November 2019

3.5 year CSE Project: Constraining CO2 emission of cities with sensor networks

• Department: School of Physics and Astronomy
• Supervisors: Professor Hartmut Boesch adn Dr Josh Vande Hey
• Deadline: 21st November 2019

3.5 year CSE Project: The first supermassive black holes

• Department: School of Physics and Astronomy
• Supervisors: Dr James Aird and Professor Julian Osborne
• Deadline:  21st November 2019

2 x 3.5 year ERC UpTrop project: A big data virtual investigation of chemistry in the upper troposphere

• Department: School of Physics and Astronomy
• Supervisor: Dr Eloise Marais
• Deadline: 29th February 2020

Available to UK/EU applicants

3.5 year CENTA Project: Emissions of Greenhouse Gases from Extensive Agriculture in the Indio-Gangetic Plain

• Department: School of Physics and Astronomy
• Supervisors: Professor Hartmut Boesch and Dr Harjinder Sembi
• Deadline: 8th November 2019 (12 noon UK time) 

Project: Mathematical Models and Algorithms for Allocating Scarce Airport Resources

• Department: School of Informatics
• Supervisor: Dr John Drake and Professor Edmund Burke
• Deadline: 1st January 2020

MPhil Projects available to UK/EU applicants

ERDF LIH018 Project: To develop an advanced battery monitoring system for single or multi-cell batteries used in standby or emergency power systems

• Department: Engineering
• Supervisors: Dr Paul Lefley, Dr Jose Miguel Rojas Siles
• Deadline: Open until filled

ERDF LIH169 Project: To build an innovative service designed to securely store and monitor electronic awards in a blockchain technology

• Department: Informatics
• Supervisor: Prof Reiko Heckel
• Deadline: Open until filled

Research Council Funding available to UK/EU applicants

• Subject areas: Archaeology and Ancient History, Criminology, English, History, History of Art and Film, Human Geography, Law, Modern Languages, Media and Communication, Museum Studies
• Deadline: 14th January 2020 (this includes receipt of references)

• Projects available within Chemistry, Genetics, Geography, Geology, Physics and Astronomy
• Deadline:  12 noon 10th January 2020

• Projects available in Physics and Astronomy 
• Deadline: 29th January 2020 

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Studentships - not yet available for 2020.

• Departments: Chemistry, Engineering, Informatics, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy 

• ESRC Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Midlands Graduate School Training Partnership
• Pathways: Communication and Media, History, Health Sciences, Geography, Museum Studies 
• Deadline: Wednesday 22nd January 2020

• AHRC Midlands4Cities (M4C)  Open Doctoral Awards
• Subject areas: Archaeology and Ancient History, Criminology, English, History, History of Art and Film, Human Geography, Law, Modern Languages, Media and Communication, Museum Studies, 
• Deadline: 14th January 2020 (this includes receipt of references)

• AHRC Midlands4Cities Collabroative Doctoral Awards
• History: Global Leicester: The Dryad Craftwork Collection at New Walk Museum and Art Gallery
• Musteum Studies: Pathways to Wellbeing: exploring the role of museums in supporting mental health
• Deadline: 14th January 2020 (this includes receipt of references)

• Wellcome Trust Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Programme
• Research: Genomic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics - range of projects
• Subject Areas: Health Sciences, Law, Genetics and Genome Biology, Cardiovascular Sciences.
• Deadline: 5th December 2019

Applications open for 2020/1 entry

• Pathways: Communication and Media,Geography, History, Health Sciences, Museum Studies
• Deadline: Wednesday 22 January 2020

• Subject areas: Archaeology and Ancient History, Criminology,  English, History, History of Art and Film, Human Geography, Law, Modern Languages, Media and Communication, Museum Studies
• Deadline: 14th January 2020 (Includes receipt of references)

• Projects:
• History: Global Leicester: The Dryad Craftwork Collection at New Walk Museum and Art Gallery
• Museum Studies: Pathways to Wellbeing: exploring the role of museums in supporting mental health
Deadline: 14th January 2020 (Includes receipt of references)

• Research: Genomic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics - range of projects
• Subject Areas: Health Sciences, Law, Genetics and Genome Biology, Cardiovascular Sciences.
• Deadline: 5th December 2019

CENTA: Central England NERC Training Alliance

• Projects available within Chemistry, Genetics, Geography, Geology, Physics and Astronomy
• Application: deadline 12 noon 10th January 2020

STFC: Science and Technology Facilities Council

• Projects available within Physics and Astronomy
• Deadline: 29th January 2020

Applications for 2020/1 will be open shortly

MRC IMPACT Doctoral Training Programme

BBSRC Midlands Innovative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP)

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Studentships