Inorganic Chemistry
University of St Andrews
About the Project Are you passionate about sustainable chemistry and cutting-edge catalysis? Join the Kumar Research Group ( https://kumarresearchlab.com/ ) to work at the intersection of catalysis, polymer modification, and plastic recycling in collaboration with a leading PPE company, Polyco Healthline ( https://www.polycohealthline.com/ ).
- Location
- St Andrews, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Inorganic Chemistry
University of Birmingham
Applications are sought for a fully funded PhD 3-year studentship position in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham (UoB) in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl).
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 10 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
Inorganic Chemistry
University of York
About the Project The generation of transition-metal complexes that are low coordinate and of low-electron count, is a central concept in organometallic chemistry. They are important both in the synthesis of complexes that push at the boundaries of what is possible in synthesis, and catalysis – where the binding and activation of substrates requires vacant sites at the metal.
- Location
- York, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 23 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Inorganic Chemistry
University College London
About the Project Supervisor: Prof Jawwad A. Darr Start Date: 1 st February 2027 Application deadline: 30 th October 2026 Duration: 3 years £23,805 per annum for the academic year 2026/2027. The studentship value will be reviewed annually in line with inflation. UCL Chemistry is offering a fully funded three-year industrial PhD studentship in collaboration with Carbolite.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 30 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
Inorganic Chemistry
Lancaster University
About the Project Background The energy crisis and climate emergency demand novel ways to store energy from renewable sources and achieve net-zero carbon emissions. We need better battery materials for the next generation of mobile transport and energy storage, and to understand in depth how these materials behave to optimise them for industrial applications. This challenge motivates the research of Dr. Michael Mercer’s and Prof.
- Location
- Lancaster, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 31 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Inorganic Chemistry
University of Warwick
About the Project The organometallic chemistry of the precious metals is well established and underpins important contemporary applications in synthetic organic chemistry and the chemical industry. This chemistry is dominated by complexes with closed shell electronic configurations, which are characterised by predictable coordination environments and two-electron redox behaviour that can be interrogated using routine spectroscopic techniques.
- Location
- Coventry, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 12 November 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Inorganic Chemistry
University of Nottingham
An investigation into the interface material layer created during linear friction welding of Titanium alloys.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 18 December 2026
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students; £25,000 per annum.
Inorganic Chemistry
Loughborough University
About the Project This PhD research project focuses on the design, synthesis, and self-assembly of supramolecular materials for applications in next-generation electronics and solar energy technologies. The project will explore how molecular-level control over structure and selfassembly can be used to tune electronic and photophysical properties.
- Location
- Loughborough, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 July 2027
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Inorganic Chemistry
University of Glasgow
About the Project At the Glasgow Energy Conversion On Solids (GECOS) group, our research is unified by a focus on the global energy challenge and the need for efficient, scalable and sustainable technologies. We invite exceptional and ambitious candidates to join the team led by Alexey Ganin in the School of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow.
- Location
- Glasgow, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Inorganic Chemistry
University of Liverpool
About the Project The experimental discovery of new inorganic materials shows us how crystal structure and chemical composition control physical and chemical properties. It is therefore critical for our ability to design functional materials with the properties we will need for the next zero transition.
- Location
- Liverpool, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Inorganic Chemistry
University of St Andrews
About the Project Research activities in Kilian group are centred on the design and synthesis of novel organophosphorus and heavier Group 15 (As, Sb, Bi) organoelement compounds. We synthesize new compounds for various practical applications, such as molecular switches, or catalysis. Our research has recently been directed towards a new class of molecular switches, which show reversible change of molecular geometry by the action of light.
- Location
- St Andrews, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Inorganic Chemistry
University of St Andrews
About the Project The chemistry of the main group elements has seen some remarkable advances in the past years. A range of highly unusually bonded main group compounds from the s- and p-block of the periodic table has been prepared in recent years that has led to some surprising reactivity being discovered including unusual activation reactions of organic molecules and relatively inert industrially relevant small molecules.
- Location
- St Andrews, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Inorganic Chemistry
University of Birmingham
About the Project This position is a fully funded 3.5 year PhD studentship (UK home fees only) in the group of Dr Georgia Orton ( https://ortonlab.uk/ ). This PhD research project will explore how molecular-level organisation and self-assembly can be harnessed to provide new synthetic routes to otherwise inaccessible materials.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Inorganic Chemistry
University of Aberdeen
About the Project These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Please consider this before applying. Ensuring reliable, clean energy sources is one of the greatest challenges facing society today.
- Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only