Are you a Master’s graduate looking for fully funded PhD opportunities? Explore the range of funded PhD programs available at the University of Nottingham, England. Apply online now and kickstart your doctoral journey!
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Health economic evaluation of community acquired pneumonia in the UK
Summary of PhD Program:
The first stage of the project will be a study of the economic burden of community acquired pneumonia within the UK. The student will analyse large datasets such as the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) and Hospital Episode Statistics to identify activity related to the treatment of community acquired pneumonia. This will require identifying relevant treatments and their associated Health Resource Group (HRG) codes to link hospital care provided with NHS Reference Costs, as well as linking any primary care activity with Unit Costs of Health and Social Care, and British National Formulae (BNF).
Application Deadline: 01 December 2024
2. 03 Fully Funded PhD Position in Engineering
Summary of PhD Program:
The EPSRC and BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero (CDT in Net2Zero) is an equal partnership between Aston University (lead partner), University of Nottingham, Queen’s University Belfast, and University of Warwick. Through cutting-edge research and interdisciplinary collaboration, this CDT aims to tackle global challenges related to climate change and sustainability. Our four-year doctoral programme is training the next generation of research leaders tasked to remove greenhouse gases from the environment.
Application Deadline: 15 Nov 2024
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) Interactions
Summary of PhD Program:
The aerospace industry is committed to moving towards environmentally friendly solutions using space-age materials like CMCs, mainly made of silicon carbide (SiC) fibre in a SiC matrix. The CMCs only have a density of 3.21 g/cc, significantly improving weight and performance to reach NetZero in Aviation and hydrogen economy; however, CMCs rely extensively on a multi-layered coating system called EBC: a bottom layer of silicon and a top layer of ytterbium disilicate to protect them from steam.
Application Deadline: 08 December 2024
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Developing a Net Zero Energy Framework for Difficult-to-Retrofit Buildings in Nottinghamshire
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD project aims to develop a framework to improve the energy efficiency of difficult-to-retrofit buildings within Nottinghamshire and raise awareness of NottsCC’s Net Zero activities. Different classes of CLASP buildings within the NottsCC portfolio will be reviewed to identify opportunities for energy efficiency interventions. Furthermore, an evidence-based guide on heating control systems for different building types will be developed to inform future heating system upgrades and new builds. The project will work with Inspire to raise awareness about NottsCC’s Net Zero work and to identify how local communities can contribute to the Net Zero journey.
Application Deadline: 08 December 2024
5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Synthesis and characterisation and/or computational modelling and validation of next generation hydrogen storage materials
Summary of PhD Program:
Efficient energy storage by hydrogen and hydrogen rich carriers is growing in importance and there is an exciting opportunity to join the hydrogen research team to investigate solid state energy hydrogen storage materials mainly for the compact storage and/or compression of hydrogen. Based in the Advanced Materials Research Group within the Faculty of Engineering, the successful candidates will work closely with Professors Martin Dornheim, David Grant, Sanliang Ling, and the hydrogen storage team at Nottingham.
Application Deadline: 11 December 2024
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Using self-supervised machine learning to better understand the role of garden plants in tackling environmental challenges
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will explore the use of modern deep learning approaches to train models that distinguish important plant traits, aiding researchers exploring the large RHS image datasets. A particular challenge of this project is that many of the images are the images are only partially labelled, perhaps with only the broad species known but no other information. During the PhD you will develop new self-supervised learning techniques that require no expert labelling, training models to recognise what is different and similar about plants in general. These models can be built into tools that can search large datasets for new candidate species or traits based on features of interest. These approaches will be developed in collaboration with scientists at the Royal Horticultural Society.
Application Deadline: 20 November 2024
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7. 03 Fully Funded PhD Position in Creative AI, Soft robotics and Human-Robot Interaction
Summary of PhD Program:
We are recruiting three fully-funded PhD students to work alongside our new UKRI-funded £6.5M research programme in Somabotics: Creatively Embodying Artificial Intelligence led by Professor Steve Benford. Somabotics will explore new kinds of creative interaction between humans and AI, especially robots. You will join a multidisciplinary team of twelve researchers and work with renowned artists to create, tour, and study high-profile artworks that will demonstrate how humans can interact with robots in more meaningful ways. Through this, you will contribute novel foundational concepts, methods and tools for artificial intelligence.
Application Deadline: 30 November 2024
8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Revealing how plant roots adapt to compacted soil environments
Summary of PhD Program:
Soil compaction represents a modern farming challenge that profoundly influences the physical, chemical and biological properties of the soil. The alterations in soil structure leads to reduced water infiltration, gaseous exchange and biological activity in soils. One prominent feature of soil compaction is the enhanced mechanical impedance of the soil, which hinders root growth, thereby limiting the nutrient and water foraging capacity of the plants. Climate change exacerbates soil compaction, with reduced rainfall increasing soil strength and heavy rainfall leading to flash flood conditions in compacted soils. However, how roots navigate the complex stress of soil compaction in heterogeneous soil conditions remains largely unknown.
Application Deadline: 15 November 2024
