Applications are now closed for 2023 entry
The School of Physics and Astronomy offer PhD projects funded by The Sciences and Technology Facilities Research Council (STFC) for September 2023 entry shortly.
- Visit our research group pages, and be sure to state your broad area of interest (Astrophysics, Planetary Science, Space Physics, Instrumentation, etc.) in the Proposal Section.
- Select your preferred projects and list in ranked order on your application. (up to 3 projects)
- Refer to the How to Apply section below.
Professor Martin Barstow: White dwarfs, planetary debris and fundamental physics
Professor Andrew Blain*: James Webb Space Telescope and the most luminous galaxies
Professor Emma Bunce*: Magnetosphere-surface Interactions at Mercury
Dr Matthew Burleigh: Characterising eclipsing binaries from NGTS and TESS
Dr Sarah Casewell: Investigating young variable stars in Orion with NGTS
Dr Charly Feldman: X-ray optic development for studying moons in the outer solar system
Professor Leigh Fletcher: Exploring Giant Planet Systems with the James Webb Space Telescope
Dr Michael Goad: Testing the standard model for accretion in Active Galactic Nuclei
Professor Steve Milan: Electrodynamics of the solar wind-magnetosphere-ionosphere-atmosphere coupled system
Professor Paul O'Brien*: The physics of Gamma-Ray Bursts and multi-messenger sources unveiled by the SVOM and Einstein Probe satellites
Dr Rhaana Starling: Lighting up the dust: the effect of energetic flares on galactic environments
Professor Nial Tanvir: Multi-messenger astrophysics
* STFC projects for Professor Blain, Professor Bunce and Prof O'Brien will also be advertised for Future 50 funding. If you would like to be considered for both funding streams you only need to submit one application but state STFC / F50 on the funding section of your application.