PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
Ultra High Strength Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) has been developed which has enhanced homogeneity, enhanced microstructure, and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Cultural Geography
Queen's University Belfast
The project aims to investigate scientific performance and public understandings of space science at Armagh Planetarium, the…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding NBE/NB/2022/01 - GEO-PHD
PhD
Civil Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
The overall aim of this project is to investigate the properties of the fiber reinforced polymer and how these vary along the length of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Structural Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
This project will investigate the seismic performance of the FlexiArch bridge system using data from Structural Health Monitoring (SHM)…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding EPSRC
PhD
Energy Storage
Queen's University Belfast
The EPSRC and BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero (CDT in Net2Zero) is an equal partnership…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding This opportunity is exclusively available to candidates who qualify for Home fees. Candidates must meet one of the following: • Be a UK National or, • Have settled status or, • Have pre-settled status or, • Have indefinite leave to remain or enter, or • Be an Irish National. Contact information For any other enquiries about this project, please contact the Net2Zero CDT team cdt_net2zero@aston.ac.uk Submitting an Expression of Interest When submitting the Expression of Interest, we will need some information from you, we will be asking about: 1. Your personal details for processing the application. 2. A copy of your passport and, where relevant, include evidence of settled or pre-settled status. 3. Your personal characteristics, for monitoring purposes only. 4. Your Academic background. We will require English language copies (or screen captures) of the transcripts and certificates for all your higher education degrees, including any Bachelor degrees. 5. If English is not your first language, you will be required to present evidence that you meet the English Language requirements. You can submit the evidence at a later stage. 6. Your research background and experience. 7. Expression
PhD
Civil Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
The maintenance or even replacement of cracked pavements requires considerable financial resources and puts a large burden on the budgets…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Migration, education, and development in the West of Northern Ireland
Queen's University Belfast
The research will try to answer the above question by considering population flows into and out of the West of NI between 1991 and 2021,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding This funded studentship is open to UK candidates. The value of an award includes the cost of approved fees as well as maintenance support (stipend). As a guide, the stipend rate for 2024/2025 is currently £19,237. This will be specified in the terms and conditions of the relevant funding body.
Dr Estelle Lowry
e.lowry@qub.ac.uk
Research Profile
Full-time: 3 years
PhD
Machine Learning
Queen's University Belfast
This project is a 4-year PhD project with enhanced training and 3+ month placement, which is funded by UKRI BBSRC through the NI Landscape…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding UKRI BBSRC
PhD
Artificial Intelligence in Bioscience
Queen's University Belfast
This project is a 4-year PhD project with enhanced training and 3+ month placement, which is funded by UKRI BBSRC through the NI Landscape…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding UKRI BBSRC
PhD
Health Inequalities
Queen's University Belfast
This studentship is funded by DfE. It is open to Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Republic of Ireland candidates only. International…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship
PhD
Social Policy and Administration
Queen's University Belfast
The project will examine why some parts of Belfast have remained deprived since the 1990s when others have either become more or less…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Artificial Intelligence in Bioscience
Queen's University Belfast
This project is a 4-year PhD project with enhanced training and 3+ month placement, which is funded by UKRI BBSRC through the NI Landscape…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding UKRI BBSRC
PhD
Antimicrobial resistance
Queen's University Belfast
Many biological and non-biological health associated markers can be detected in wastewater, giving an overview of prevalence of these…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Chemical glycoengineering of therapeutic antibodies
Queen's University Belfast
Glycosylation is the most common posttranslational protein modification. Recombinant therapeutic glycoproteins (RTGs) such as monoclonal…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Astronomy
Queen's University Belfast
The project aims to investigate the historical geographies of astronomy at Armagh Observatory, which is the oldest continuously-active…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship
PhD
Microbiology
Queen's University Belfast
This project is a 4-year PhD project with enhanced training and 3+ month placement, which is funded by UKRI BBSRC through the NI Landscape…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding UKRI BBSRC
PhD
Medicines Management
Queen's University Belfast
Medicines management is a complex process for people living with dementia (PLWD), who often have other comorbidities and are frequently…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Respiratory Microbiota
Queen's University Belfast
The use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) are increasing, despite very limited knowledge as to their safety and effect on the lung…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
Ultra High Strength Fibre Reinforced Concrete (UHPFRC) has been developed which has enhanced homogeneity, enhanced microstructure, and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Civil Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD will investigate the benefits of basalt FRP in low energy cellular concrete for the design of marine renewable energy foundations.
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding DfE; £19,237
PhD
Concrete Structures
Queen's University Belfast
Thermal cracking in the structural concrete of foundations, bridges, tunnel linings and other medium-sized elements has become an…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Sustainable Construction
Queen's University Belfast
The development of sustainable products is necessary for the continued success of the precast concrete industry. The project aims to…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Chemical Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
The EPSRC and BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero (CDT in Net2Zero) is an equal partnership…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding EPSRC and BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero (CDT in Net2Zero)
PhD
Environmental Science
Queen's University Belfast
The EPSRC and BBSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero (CDT in Net2Zero) is an equal partnership…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding This opportunity is exclusively available to candidates who qualify for Home fees. Candidates must meet one of the following: • Be a UK National or, • Have settled status or, • Have pre-settled status or, • Have indefinite leave to remain or enter, or • Be an Irish National. Contact information For any enquiries about this project, please contact the Net2Zero CDT team cdt_net2zero@aston.ac.uk Submitting an Expression of Interest When submitting the Expression of Interest, we will need some information from you, we will be asking about: 1. Your personal details for processing the application. 2. A copy of your passport and, where relevant, include evidence of settled or pre-settled status. 3. Your personal characteristics, for monitoring purposes only. 4. Your Academic background. We will require English language copies (or screen captures) of the transcripts and certificates for all your higher education degrees, including any Bachelor degrees. 5. If English is not your first language, you will be required to present evidence that you meet the English Language requirements. You can submit the evidence at a later stage. 6. Your research background and experience. 7. Expressions of i
PhD
Mental Health
Queen's University Belfast
Parental mental illness can impact all aspects of parent’s wellbeing and children’s development yet there is very limited understanding of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 11 December 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Mental Health
Queen's University Belfast
This programme of research considers the mental health and wellbeing of people experiencing pregnancy loss.
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 11 December 2026
Funding Research Funding (European Commission)
PhD
Physical activity for children and young people with disabilities
Queen's University Belfast
Feasibility and acceptability of a physical activity intervention for children and young people with disabilities
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 11 December 2026
Funding Research funding from European Commission (Interreg and Horizon 2020) and charities
PhD
Renal disease
Queen's University Belfast
This study aims to explore the delivery of renal replacement therapy that ensures physical, mental and emotional support, leading to…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 11 December 2026
Funding Research funding from European Commission, charities
PhD
Developmental Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
Infants born very preterm are at risk of cognitive difficulties. We plan to use intensive data collection methods to understand how daily…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 12 November 2026
Funding Studentship
PhD
Nursing and Midwifery
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD will investigate barriers and facilitators to the implementation of parenting interventions for families of preterm infants.…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 12 November 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Cerebral Palsy
Queen's University Belfast
This project will evaluate the diagnostic and asssessment framework of Cerebral Palsy through evidence synthesis, expert consensus, and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 12 November 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Palliative Care
Queen's University Belfast
As demand for palliative care increases globally, supporting people to receive care in the community is a growing healthcare priority.…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 12 November 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Nursing
Queen's University Belfast
This project forms a programme of work in nurse education at Queen’s University Belfast to improve digital capability in undergraduate…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 12 November 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Nursing
Queen's University Belfast
This research will identify factors that influence engagement with parental interventions targeting parents or caregivers of children with…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship; Funded
PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
Applications are invited from Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Republic of Ireland candidates only. International candidates should NOT…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Geography
Queen's University Belfast
The project offers a fully funded DfE doctoral studentship, to start in October 2022. The student will join the project's research team…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship; £15,609 (maintenance support)
PhD
Environmental Science
Queen's University Belfast
There has been an increased awareness in recent years of the problems associated with harmful cyanobacteria algal blooms (cyanoHABs) in…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding NBE/2020/04 - GEO-PHD
PhD
Geographic Information Science (GIS)
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD project offers the opportunity to work with the Re-Wind Network and the spin-off company BladeBridge to develop a UK wide…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding PLEASE NOTE: These EPSRC studentships are open to candidates who are classed as Home, UK or Republic of Ireland, and candidates with settled status or ILTR. They are not open to international candidates. The value of an award includes the cost of approved fees as well as maintenance support (stipend). As an indicator, the level for 2023/2024 is currently £18,622. Please note that this research project is one of several advertised projects at Queen’s which are in competition for funding. The selection will be based on the projects which receive the best application.
Professor Jennifer McKinley
More Information
j.mckinley@qub.ac.uk
Research Profile
Full-time: 3.5 years
PhD
Education
Queen's University Belfast
While postdocs are principally hired to carry out research, some teaching experience is likely to benefit their career progression. The…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Postdoctoral Development Centre
Queen's University Belfast
Through being appointed as an Assistant Supervisor, postdoctoral researchers can make a real difference to PhD students’ progress while…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Geology
Queen's University Belfast
This fully funded PhD project is part of the QUARTILES Doctoral Landscape Award, a BBSRC and NERC-funded research and training programme…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded
PhD
Groundwater and environmental systems
Queen's University Belfast
The world’s population likes living by the sea. Currently 53% of people live on the 10% of the earth’s surface that is within 200km of the…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship; 3-year DfE studentship (stipend and fees)
PhD
Environmental Science
Queen's University Belfast
This project will examine the use of testate amoebae (microscopic single-celled organisms) as novel biomonitoring indicators for peatland…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding NBE/2021/GEO/GS - GEO-PHD | Courses | Queen's University Belfast
PhD
Geography
Queen's University Belfast
The Arctic has experienced warming two to three times greater than the long-term global mean trend of 0.87°C since preindustrial times,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship
Postdoc
Research
Queen's University Belfast
Postdoctoral researchers make a vital contribution to the research community at Queen's. Alongside advancing world-leading research, they…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Democracy and Workplace Democracy
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD project will explore the ethical, economic, and political justifications for democratizing workplaces and economic relationships…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Ethics and Philosophy of Work
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD project will explore the realm of work and economic activity more generally in terms of its significance for human freedom along…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Funded Studentship
PhD
Structural health monitoring for bridges
Queen's University Belfast
Managing existing civil infrastructure is a major challenge. For example, a backlog of bridge maintenance works in the UK - identified in…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship
PhD
Climate Change
Queen's University Belfast
Things we take for granted may be greatly affected by climate change in years to come. This includes how we get around, and where we get…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding NBE/2024/RF2 - CIV-PHD
PhD
Environmental Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
Urban agriculture has been widely recognised as one of the most efficient nature-based solutions that can be implemented in an urban or…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship
PhD
Ageing in place: supporting older people to live well at home
Queen's University Belfast
This project will explore the experiences of older people ageing at home, seeking to understand the factors that enable or hinder people…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Ecohydrology
Queen's University Belfast
This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Globally, peatlands contain stored C…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded
PhD
Geography
Queen's University Belfast
The design of the urban environment, noise pollution and air pollution are each hypothesised to negatively impact on cognitive health and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding scholarship
PhD
Structural health monitoring for bridges
Queen's University Belfast
Applications are invited from Northern Ireland, Great Britain and Republic of Ireland candidates only. International candidates should NOT…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship
PhD
Ecosystem services
Queen's University Belfast
Extensive areas of upland blanket peat have been developed for commercial coniferous forestry over the past 70 years. The modification of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship; provided
PhD
Sports Science
Queen's University Belfast
This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. The global sports industry was valued at…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded
PhD
Environmental Science
Queen's University Belfast
Peatlands are globally-important ecosystems, representing >30% of the global soil organic C pool. They provide key ecosystem services…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Environmental Science
Queen's University Belfast
This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. OVERVIEW: The proliferation of harmful…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Geography
Queen's University Belfast
The pathways of glacial meltwater, from surface ablation through to proglacial discharge, are a key component in understanding the role of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship; provided
PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
The project aims to repurpose the fibre reinforced plastic (FRP), the waste from decommissioning wind turbine blades and GRP (glass…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Geography
Queen's University Belfast
The Landscapes of Production project will explore the palaeoenvironmental context of felsite tool quarrying in Neolithic Shetland.…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship; provided; covered
PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
The production of insulating materials for buildings obtained from the valorization of agro-resources is a promising way both in terms of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship; provided
PhD
Environmental Science
Queen's University Belfast
This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. This project offers the opportunity to…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded
PhD
Geology
Queen's University Belfast
Rising global temperatures are likely to lead to an impact on the generation of glacial meltwater, its distribution, and its seasonal…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Ecology
Queen's University Belfast
This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. This research project will enhance our…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded
PhD
Geophysics
Queen's University Belfast
Occupying just 3% of the Earth's land surface, peatlands are our largest carbon store on land. Worldwide they store 550 gigatonnes of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship; Yes, funded by the NERC QUADRAT-DTP; Yes, funding for tuition fees, stipend and a research training and support grant subject to eligibility
PhD
Environmental Science
Queen's University Belfast
Recent reviews of the impact of air pollution on human health have shown scientific evidence for the detrimental effects of air pollutants,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Environmental Science
Queen's University Belfast
Recent reviews of the impact of air pollution on human health have shown scientific evidence for the detrimental effects of air pollutants,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Public Health
Queen's University Belfast
One in two women over the age of 50 will break a bone due to osteoporosis. Protective factors against osteoporosis include achieving a…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Civil Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
This project compliments the work of the EPSRC funded SALINA project, a collaboration between Queens University and Imperial College…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding EPSRC funded
Postdoc
Research Staff
Queen's University Belfast
The Postdoc Society is led by and made up of Postdoctoral Researchers from across Queen's University Belfast. It was established in…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
Postdoc
Parenting in academia
Queen's University Belfast
Established in 2025 by the Postdoctoral Development Centre (PDC), the Postdoc Parents Network is a peer-led community designed to support…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Structural Health Monitoring
Queen's University Belfast
Managing existing civil infrastructure is a major challenge. For example, a backlog of bridge maintenance works in the UK will cost $6.7bn…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Structural Health Monitoring
Queen's University Belfast
Managing existing civil infrastructure is a major challenge. For example, a backlog of bridge maintenance works in the UK - identified in…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
Postdoc
Postdoctoral Development Centre
Queen's University Belfast
The PDC Representatives' Network was established in January 2022 and brings together postdoctoral researchers and academic staff from…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
Postdoc
Postdoctoral research
Queen's University Belfast
Postdoctoral researchers are essential members of the Queen's research community and get involved in multiple aspects of Queen's business…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Geography
Queen's University Belfast
This project will explore the dynamics of neighbourhood ethnic and racial mixing in a ‘post-conflict’ society.
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding DfE-funded studentship; Yes
Postdoc
Postdoctoral Development Centre
Queen's University Belfast
National Postdoc Appreciation Week (NPAW) is an annual celebration of postdoctoral researchers and the vital contributions they make to…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Ethnicity
Queen's University Belfast
This project will compare and contrast the treatment and perception of South Asian British and Black British people with type 2 Diabetes…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding AHRC Northern Bridge Consortium
PhD
Hydrology
Queen's University Belfast
Upland areas, covered by blanket bog, form the principal source of water for many towns and cities across Britain and Ireland, with…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding NBE/2024/RF3 - CIV-PHD
PhD
Healthcare Education
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD will explore how simulation-based education can help turn conflict into collaboration to prepare healthcare professionals to…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding NAM-BJR-OCT27 - NAM-PHD
PhD
Complex systems
Queen's University Belfast
Traditional approaches for the certification of complex systems typically require physical testing of finished products. This can be…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding This studentship will cover tuition fees, includes a maintenance stipend of £26,910 per annum, and is open to UK Nationals Only. An industry gross salary (pre-tax, student loan repayment, pension (3%) and national insurance contributions) of £34,000 results in an approximately equivalent take home pay.
Dr Joe Butterfield
Research Profile
Full-time: Full Time
PhD
Complex systems
Queen's University Belfast
Traditional approaches for the certification of complex systems typically require physical testing of finished products. This can be…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding This studentship will cover tuition fees, includes a maintenance stipend of £26,910 per annum, and is open to UK Nationals Only. An industry gross salary (pre-tax, student loan repayment, pension (3%) and national insurance contributions) of £34,000 results in an approximately equivalent take home pay.
Dr Joe Butterfield
Research Profile
Full-time: Full Time
PhD
Fluid Dynamics
Queen's University Belfast
Bed scour at bridges, and in particular scour at short span masonry arch bridges, has recently come to the fore due to an increase in the…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship; 3-year studentship with a stipend
PhD
Geography
Queen's University Belfast
This exciting PhD opportunity is a collaborative studentship between Queen's University Belfast and the Office for National Statistics.…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship
PhD
Biodiversity conservation
Queen's University Belfast
Biodiversity loss is occurring at a phenomenal rate on a global scale. By 2100 more than half of the planet’s marine species may face…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship
PhD
Healthcare
Queen's University Belfast
There appears to be particularly little research examining a coherent, trauma-informed and interprofessional simulation approach to…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Nursing
Queen's University Belfast
Remote care is expanding, but face-to-face nursing skills do not automatically transfer to virtual practice. This project will design,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Civil Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
Further growth of offshore wind to provide “enough electricity to power every home in the UK within a decade”, as PM Boris Johnson has…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship; yes
PhD
Researcher Development
Queen's University Belfast
All research staff (AC1-AC3) at Queen’s University Belfast, including postdoctoral researchers, are entitled to up to 10 Career…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
Postdoc
Public Health
Queen's University Belfast
Lesley used her Career Development Days to take a more intentional approach to her professional growth - combining staff coaching,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Geophysics
Queen's University Belfast
The growth in windfarm planning to meet net-zero sustainability targets means that large swaths of continental shelf offshore the UK are…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding PLEASE NOTE: These EPSRC studentships are open to candidates who are classed as Home, UK or Republic of Ireland, and candidates with settled status or ILTR. They are not open to international candidates. The value of an award includes the cost of approved fees as well as maintenance support (stipend). As an indicator, the level for 2023/2024 is currently £18,622. Please note that this research project is one of several advertised projects at Queen’s which are in competition for funding. The selection will be based on the projects which receive the best application.
Dr Andrew Newton
More Information
a.newton@qub.ac.uk
Research Profile
Full-time: 3.5 years
PhD
Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED FOLLOWING THE PROCESS DETAILED AT: https://www.sustain-cdt.ai/apply Deadline for…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Full PhD studentship
PhD
Astrophysics
Queen's University Belfast
Despite the discovery of thousands of exoplanets over the past 30 years, we have yet to find a planetary system like our own solar-system,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Research Studentship
PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
The accurate description of the structural and thermodynamic properties of ferroelectrics has been one of the most remarkable achievements…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
Postdoc
Postdoctoral Development
Queen's University Belfast
We provide a variety of resources to support your development in ways that will suit your schedule, location, and learning preferences.…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Research Policy
Queen's University Belfast
The Concordat to Support the Career Development of Researchers (also known as the Researcher Development Concordat) is a UK-wide agreement…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Research Dissemination
Queen's University Belfast
As a researcher, you need to "get your research out there", so that it can impact and influence other researchers and the public. Those…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Immersive Technologies
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD project investigates how immersive technologies can foster inclusion, belonging, and skills development for marginalised groups…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Funded Studentship
PhD
Social history
Queen's University Belfast
Queen’s University Belfast (School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy, and Politics (HAPP)), in partnership with National Museums NI,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) studentship
PhD
Irish Language
Queen's University Belfast
This opportunity is for a fully-funded full-time doctoral project, to be supervised by Dr Marcas Mac Coinnigh and Professor Mícheál Ó…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully-funded
PhD
Machine Learning
Queen's University Belfast
Heusler alloys have long been proposed as the building blocks of spintronic devices due to the possibility to "select" their properties…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding EPS DTP Enhanced Postgraduate Skills Doctoral Training Programme; £21,805 per annum + £5,000 top-up; Home studentships only - cover tuition fees
PhD
Physics
Queen's University Belfast
BACKGROUND: During a solar flare, the Sun suddenly releases bursts of radiation that disturb the Earth’s ionosphere. These disturbances…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
High intensity lasers
Queen's University Belfast
By focusing ultra-short pulse length lasers to micron-scale spot sizes it is possible to achieve such high electromagnetic field strengths…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Vibrational Spectroscopy
Queen's University Belfast
A lot of research in modern environmental science is not about preventing future harm, but in reckoning with and mitigating against harm…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Creative Writing
Queen's University Belfast
Cultural texts shape people’s attitudes to and understandings of violence and abuse. Representations of violence against women and girls…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding English offers pathways in Literary Studies, Creative Writing or Language and Linguistics
PhD
Anthropology
Queen's University Belfast
This project ethnographically explores early-years care among migrant and minority ethnic families in Northern Ireland. It looks at…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding PHD
Postdoc
Research-intensive universities
Queen's University Belfast
Queen’s University Belfast is a member of the Russell Group of UK research-intensive universities, with an established international…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding External funders
PhD
Theoretical many-body physics
Queen's University Belfast
The project will contribute to Prof Green's ERC Consolidator Grant project, by developing state-of-the-art methods in theoretical and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding ERC-funded research group; International fees and stipend covered for international applicants; International fees covered
Postdoc
Research Support
Queen's University Belfast
"The theory of the postdoc evolution" is the podcast from the PDC. It aims at providing postdocs with information that helps them plan…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Research Skills
Queen's University Belfast
This series of 9 online training videos have been designed to help postdocs understand fellowships and start their application.
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
Postdoc
Postdoctoral Research
Queen's University Belfast
Starting a new position, sometimes in a new city or country can be very unsettling. On this page, you will find some resources and support…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Physics
Queen's University Belfast
Soccer has long been one of the most popular and financially lucrative sports in the world. The formation of the Premier League in 1992,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Leadership
Queen's University Belfast
Leadership involves coming up with ideas, a "vision" of what you want to achieve and a strategy to get there, as well as inspiring others…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Particle Acceleration
Queen's University Belfast
Laser-driven particle accelerators can drive a wide range of secondary radiation and particle beams with spatiotemporal properties…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding EPSRC-funded PhD project
Postdoc
Research Staff Development
Queen's University Belfast
The 'Postdoc Life' series of information sessions was introduced in January 2023 following the September 2022 Research Staff Survey, which…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
Postdoc
Postdoctoral Research
Queen's University Belfast
Postdoctoral researchers often work across multiple projects while balancing a wide range of responsibilities. In this context, it can be…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Research Impact and Engagement
Queen's University Belfast
The impact of your research is the effect it has on the world we live in. Whatever it is developing new products, practices, or ways of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Internal funding (Agility Fund)
PhD
Games Technology
Queen's University Belfast
The objective of this project is to investigate the suitability of games technology as a means of intervention/ regulative therapy for…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Funded Studentship
PhD
Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
This project is funded under “QUB Collaborative Studentships” program. This is a collaborative project between Queen’s and Thales. The…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Home DfE Studentship; £21,805 per annum; Yes
PhD
Migration history
Queen's University Belfast
Migration history plays an important role in the shaping of identity for departure and receiving countries. How these histories are…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding The School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics at Queen’s University Belfast is offering a CAST Department for the Economy Studentship for October 2025 entry. The studentship will cover tuition fees and stipend. The current stipend for 24/25 academic year is £19,237 but 25/26 has yet to be determined but this tends to go up each year in line with inflation. Student fees can be found at this link: https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/postgraduate/tuition-fees/ To be eligible for consideration for a DfE Studentship (covering tuition fees and maintenance stipend), a candidate must satisfy all the eligibility criteria based on nationality, residency, and academic qualifications. The Studentship is open to UK and ROI nationals, and to EU nationals with settled status in the UK, subject to meeting the specific DfE nationality and residency criteria. Full eligibility information can be viewed at https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/sites/default/files/publications/economy/postgraduate-studentships-terms-conditions.pdf
Dr Sophie Cooper
More Information
s.cooper@qub.ac.uk
Research Profile
Full-time: 3 years
PhD
Research Development
Queen's University Belfast
Fellowships are personal awards which include the salary of the fellow as well as, most of the time, a budget for research (consumables,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fellowship
PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
Polycrystalline ferroelectrics belong to a strong and well-defined class of advanced functional materials, with remarkable piezoelectric,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Astronomy
Queen's University Belfast
The small bodies in the Solar System are the bricks and mortar left over after the construction of planets. Their compositions, shapes,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Condensed Matter Physics
Queen's University Belfast
Background Normally, ferroelectric microstructures are characterised by the formation of distinct domains, in which local electrical…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
Nucleation is the first step that occurs when a new phase of material grows from a supercooled or supersaturated phase. This phenomena is…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
Postdoc
Research integrity, ethics and data management
Queen's University Belfast
A postdoctoral position provides valuable opportunities to develop both your research expertise and the wider skills needed for long-term…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Physics
Queen's University Belfast
Second Harmonic Generation (SHG) is a nonlinear spectroscopic technique which measures the response of a material at twice the incident…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Politics
Queen's University Belfast
Governments often find obtaining citizens’ consent for infrastructure projects challenging. This PhD project will contribute to our…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Carbohydrate Chemistry
Queen's University Belfast
Carbohydrates and sugars are biological molecules, which adopt various geometrices. In cells, carbohydrates change conformation when they…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Atomic Physics
Queen's University Belfast
Opacities are key ingredients in any domain where radiative transfer is important. In particular, Rosseland mean opacities play an…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
This project will focus on the emerging use of ultrafast pulses of laser driven ions to initiate damage cascades in technologically and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Atomic and Molecular Physics
Queen's University Belfast
The internal mechanics of atomic and molecular electronic systems operate on a timescale of attoseconds (10-18s) which require sources of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Atomic Physics
Queen's University Belfast
This project investigates the application of computational techniques for the description of ultra-fast atomic processes to atoms in…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Astrophysics
Queen's University Belfast
All-sky imaging surveys are discovering a wide variety of rare and extreme stellar explosions. One of our most powerful tools for…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Quantum Mechanics
Queen's University Belfast
With recent improvements in laser technology, experimentalists are routinely able to measure electron dynamics in atoms and molecules on…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Biology
Queen's University Belfast
PLEASE NOTE THAT CANDIDATES MUST NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO QUEEN'S. INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO APPLY ARE AVAILABLE AT:…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding CASE Studentship
PhD
Chemistry
Queen's University Belfast
Pancreatic cancer, in particular, pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), is one of the most lethal human cancers with an overall median…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Industry Partner UK Candidates Only
PhD
Automation of high repetition rate high-power lasers for industrial applications
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Mathematics and Physics is building the first facility in the UK that will provide a high-power (10 TeraWatt) and high…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship; £20,780 per annum (maintenance stipend) + £5,000 per year (top-up stipend); Tuition fees covered
PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
Wide band gap semiconductors are required for power electronics, as silicon-based components are less robust and face serious challenges.…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Artificial Intelligence
Queen's University Belfast
Recent advances in artificial intelligence, particularly transformer-based deep learning architectures, have revolutionised fields from…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Physics
Queen's University Belfast
Beyond the recent demonstration of indirect-drive target-gain at US’s National Ignition Facility, further progress towards Inertial Fusion…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Particle Acceleration
Queen's University Belfast
Recent advances in ultra-intense, high-repetition-rate laser systems are opening a new frontier in compact particle accelerators—an…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Environmental Science
Queen's University Belfast
This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. In the last century the global average…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded
PhD
Physics
Queen's University Belfast
Inertial confinement fusion (ICF) reactors must ultimately operate at multi-hertz repetition rates with minimal downtime to deliver viable…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding This project is part of the Enhanced Postgraduate Skills Doctoral Training Project. This project is available to Home studentships – and the studentship will cover tuition fees and include a maintenance stipend of £20,780 per annum. The duration of this studentship is 3.5 years. This project offers an additional top-up stipend of £5,000 per year, and together with the maintenance stipend will give a take home pay of £25,780 per annum. An industry gross salary (pre-tax, student loan repayment, pension (3%) and national insurance contributions) of £33,000 results in an approximately equivalent take home pay. A Home studentship is open to UK and ROI nationals, and to EU nationals with settled status in the UK, subject to meeting specific nationality and residency criteria. DfE studentship eligibility information can be viewed at: https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/publications/student-finance-postgraduate-studentships-terms-and-conditions As part of the EPS DTP you will also receive a £5000 per year (first 3 years) of Research Training Support Grant to help support your research.
Dr Charlotte Palmer
More Information
c.palmer@qub.ac.uk
Research Profile
Full-time: 3 years
PhD
Computational Chemistry
Queen's University Belfast
The energy deposited when molecules interact with radiation sources can initiate a range of electronic and ionic processes in the…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
History
Queen's University Belfast
Any project in History, Politics, Anthropology, or Philosophy Please consult our website for information about the School School of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding scholarship; maintenance stipend; 3.5 years (covering tuition fees and maintenance stipend)
PhD
Solar Physics
Queen's University Belfast
The Sun is one of the most important astronomical objects for humankind, with solar activity driving “space weather” and having a profound…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Environmental Science
Queen's University Belfast
There is increasing focus on the long-term effects of large infrastructure projects on the physical, biological and social environment.…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship; £14,777; Home/EU fees
PhD
Optics
Queen's University Belfast
Light is a transverse wave and normally we think of its polarisation states as being linear, elliptical or circular. Controlling the…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Biology
Queen's University Belfast
PLEASE NOTE THAT CANDIDATES MUST NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO QUEEN'S. INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO APPLY ARE AVAILABLE AT:…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding CASE Studentship
PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
Project in Collaboration with Kyocera AVX and the University of Sheffield. Periods of human history are often defined in terms of the…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship; £20,780 per annum (maintenance stipend) + £5,000 per year (top-up stipend); Yes
PhD
Translation
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Arts English and Languages invites applications for fully-funded PhD studentships in 8 thematic areas, each generously…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully funded; Maintenance stipend for a maximum duration of three years; Full tuition fees
PhD
Spanish
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Arts English and Languages invites applications for fully-funded PhD studentships in 8 thematic areas, each generously…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully funded; Maintenance stipend for a maximum duration of three years; Full tuition fees
PhD
Media and Broadcast
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Arts English and Languages invites applications for fully-funded PhD studentships in 8 thematic areas, each generously…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded; Maintenance Stipend; Full Tuition Fees
PhD
Lusophone Studies
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Arts English and Languages invites applications for fully-funded PhD studentships in 8 thematic areas, each generously…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded; Maintenance stipend for a maximum duration of three years; Full tuition fees
PhD
Linguistics
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Arts English and Languages invites applications for fully-funded PhD studentships in 8 thematic areas, each generously…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded; Maintenance stipend for a maximum duration of three years; Full tuition fees
PhD
Irish and Celtic Studies
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Arts English and Languages invites applications for fully-funded PhD studentships in 8 thematic areas, each generously…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully funded; Maintenance stipend for a maximum duration of three years; Full tuition fees
PhD
Interpreting
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Arts English and Languages invites applications for fully-funded PhD studentships in 8 thematic areas, each generously…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully funded; Maintenance stipend for a maximum duration of three years; Full tuition fees
PhD
French and Francophone Studies
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Arts English and Languages invites applications for fully-funded PhD studentships in 8 thematic areas, each generously…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded PhD Studentships; Maintenance stipend for a maximum duration of three years; Full tuition fees
PhD
Film Studies
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Arts English and Languages invites applications for fully-funded PhD studentships in 8 thematic areas, each generously…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded; Maintenance Stipend; Full Tuition Fees
PhD
Literary Studies
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Arts English and Languages invites applications for fully-funded PhD studentships in 8 thematic areas, each generously…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded PhD Studentships; Maintenance stipend for a maximum duration of three years; Full tuition fees
PhD
Drama
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Arts English and Languages invites applications for fully-funded PhD studentships in 8 thematic areas, each generously…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully Funded; Maintenance Stipend; Full Tuition Fees
PhD
Mathematics
Queen's University Belfast
The Northern Ireland Ambulance Service (NIAS) is geographically the largest of six Health and Social Care Trusts in NI, serving a diverse…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Home DfE (tuition fees and maintenance stipend); £19,237 per annum; Yes
PhD
Physics
Queen's University Belfast
Neutrons serve as powerful tools for studying the structure and dynamics of matter, offering unique insights that cannot be achieved with…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Studentship
PhD
Infrastructure engineering
Queen's University Belfast
The conflict between government approval and community approval for infrastructure projects remains unresolved, resulting in protest,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding SNBE-2024-HM1
PhD
Irish-English
Queen's University Belfast
Queen’s University Belfast (School of Arts, English and Languages) in partnership with National Museums NI, invites applications from…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding studentship; £21,805 (UKRI National Minimum Doctoral Stipend) + £600/year (CDP maintenance payment); up to the value of the full-time home UKRI rate for PhD degrees
PhD
Peace and Reconciliation
Queen's University Belfast
The Funding & Scholarship Finder helps prospective and current students find funding to help cover costs towards a whole range of study…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 29 January 2027
Funding Scholarship; Full Tuition Fee Waiver
PhD
Nursing & Midwifery
Queen's University Belfast
You’ll be part of a dynamic doctoral research environment and will study alongside students from across the world undertaking research in…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 11 December 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Algebra
Queen's University Belfast
The Mathematical Research Centre conducts world-class research in the following areas: Algebra, Analysis, Operator Algebras, Algebraic…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 December 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Aerospace Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
Our society needs exceptional engineers who can understand, create and harness technology to address our shared global challenges. Without…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 30 November 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Design
Queen's University Belfast
Our society needs exceptional engineers who can understand, create and harness technology to address our shared global challenges. Without…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 30 November 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Electrical & Electronic Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS) aims to enhance the way we use technology in communication,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 11 November 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Translation
Queen's University Belfast
The Centre for Translation and Interpreting provides a vibrant environment for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship.…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Music
Queen's University Belfast
SARC: Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Sound and Music is established as a broad research environment supporting work in all areas…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Criminology
Queen's University Belfast
Studying a PhD in Criminology in the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work allows students to take an interdisciplinary…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Computer Science
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EEECS) aims to enhance the way we use technology in communication,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Cognition and Culture
Queen's University Belfast
The Institute of Cognition and Culture (ICC) is one of the world's first centres for research in the cognitive science of culture. This is…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Public Policy
Queen's University Belfast
The PhD in Public Policy at Queen’s University provides an exciting and rewarding programme of independent research with an established…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Scholarships
PhD
Spanish
Queen's University Belfast
Spanish at Queen’s has a long tradition and history with 2026 marking 100 years of Spanish at the University. Spanish is part of the…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Anthropological Studies
Queen's University Belfast
Anthropology at Queen's is internationally renowned and a long established and rapidly expanding centre for postgraduate teaching and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Sociological and Anthropological approaches to religion
Queen's University Belfast
Trillions of bacteria comprise the gut microbiome and contribute to human health by producing metabolites that travel to distant tissues…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Politics
Queen's University Belfast
Research and education in the School are driven by a concern to encourage innovative and critically incisive ways of thinking about a wide…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding NINE DTP – Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership, AHRC Landscape Awards, DfE Studentship – Department for the Economy Postgraduate Studentship scheme
PhD
Film Studies
Queen's University Belfast
We offer graduate research programmes in both creative and critical practice. These are designed for students who are interested in…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Arts Management and Cultural Policy
Queen's University Belfast
You will be part of a growing doctoral research environment and will study alongside students from Northern Ireland and abroad.
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Accounting and reporting, accounting change, governance and performance management in not-for-profit organisations
Queen's University Belfast
The Department of Accounting at Queen's Business School brings together expertise in accounting, accounting change, budgeting, governance,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Architecture
Queen's University Belfast
Architecture at Queen’s addresses issues of architecture and urbanism in an increasingly globalised world, where factors such as…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Physics
Queen's University Belfast
The scientific research within the School of Mathematics and Physics was highly rated in the 2021 REF peer-review exercise, with 90% of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
International Business, Entrepreneurship and Marketing
Queen's University Belfast
The PhD in Business and Management at Queen’s Business School offers an intellectually rigorous and supportive environment for doctoral…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Pharmacy
Queen's University Belfast
Apply for your research degree in a university where 99% of our research is internationally recognised. As a research student at Queen's,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Fully-Funded Studentships
PhD
Interpreting
Queen's University Belfast
The Centre for Translation and Interpreting provides a vibrant environment for both disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship.…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Accounting
Queen's University Belfast
Completing a postgraduate research degree at Queen's University offers you the opportunity to develop your research skills and prove…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
International
Queen's University Belfast
We offer prestigious, competitive scholarships of up to 50% off tuition fees to new international students. You must have an offer to…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding Tuition Fee Reductions and Living Expenses; Up to 50% off tuition fees
PhD
Applied Ethics
Queen's University Belfast
Philosophy has a strong international reputation for innovative research, across a wide range of specialist research strengths. These…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
History
Queen's University Belfast
History at Queen’s is the largest group of historians at any university on the island of Ireland. It is a dynamic research area, with…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Social Policy
Queen's University Belfast
You'll be a social scientist committed to multidisciplinary research that builds knowledge and capacities in the communities around us,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
International Relations
Queen's University Belfast
International Relations at Queen’s assembles one of the largest and most diverse group of scholars in the UK covering almost all areas of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Law
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Law has over 100 years of achievement in both education and research. We are ranked as a leading centre for legal research…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Social Work
Queen's University Belfast
You'll be a social scientist committed to multidisciplinary research that builds knowledge and capacities in the communities around us,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Sociology
Queen's University Belfast
You'll be a social scientist committed to multidisciplinary research that builds knowledge and capacities in the communities around us,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Drama
Queen's University Belfast
Drama at Queen’s offers supervisory expertise in both critical and practice-based methods of research. Proposals are welcome in all areas…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Pharmaceutical sciences
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Pharmacy (SoP) focuses its research activities on key areas of the pharmaceutical sciences, clinical and primary care…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Lusophone Studies
Queen's University Belfast
Lusophone Studies is part of the Modern Languages research cluster, which provides a vibrant environment for both disciplinary and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Archaeology
Queen's University Belfast
By joining Archaeology & Palaeoecology you will become part of a dynamic group of researchers in one of two interdisciplinary Research…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline See university guidance
Funding QUARTILES Doctoral Landscape Award
PhD
Literary Studies
Queen's University Belfast
English offers pathways in Literary Studies, Creative Writing or Language and Linguistics. Proposals are welcomed in all areas from…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 31 August 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Planning
Queen's University Belfast
The discipline of Planning is located in the School of Natural and Built Environment. In recent years the performance of the discipline…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 31 August 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Linguistics
Queen's University Belfast
The study of language is fundamental to the research environment across the School of Arts, English and Languages, where various…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 31 August 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Civil Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
The research centre will address the topical grand challenges in the civil engineering field, building on existing and developing new…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 31 August 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Education
Queen's University Belfast
You’ll be part of a dynamic doctoral research environment and will study alongside students from over 25 different countries; we supervise…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 31 August 2026
Funding Funded by The Department for Education (DfE) Northern Ireland
PhD
Architecture
Queen's University Belfast
Architecture at Queen’s addresses the issues of architecture and urbanism in an increasingly globalised world, where factors such as…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 31 August 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Games Technologies
Queen's University Belfast
The PhD in Games Technologies is a research-intensive programme that combines independent doctoral research with structured training in…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 31 August 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Media and Broadcast
Queen's University Belfast
The doctoral programme in media and broadcast offers opportunities for both critical and creative practice. Doctoral candidates can focus…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 31 August 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Irish & Celtic Studies
Queen's University Belfast
In Irish and Celtic Studies you will be part of a vibrant research area that is internationally recognised as a centre of excellence in…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 31 August 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
French
Queen's University Belfast
French and Francophone Studies forms part of the Modern Languages Core Disciplinary Research Group (CDRG) which provides a vibrant,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 31 August 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Research
Queen's University Belfast
Winners were announced at the Postdoc Showcase on Friday 25 September in celebration of National Postdoc Appreciation Week (21- 25…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 29 June 2026
Funding Award
PhD
Materials Science
Queen's University Belfast
This CAST studentship offers a distinctive opportunity to work at the forefront of industry‑aligned research through a close partnership…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 12 June 2026
Funding CAST studentship
PhD
Natural and Built Environment
Queen's University Belfast
Completing a postgraduate research degree at Queen's University offers you the opportunity to develop your research skills and prove…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 15 May 2026
Funding Funded
PhD
Politics
Queen's University Belfast
This project explores the role of housing as it impacts the wider politics of belonging for asylum seekers and refugees in Northern…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding DfE funding
PhD
Public Consultation and Policy-Making
Queen's University Belfast
Public consultation plays an established role in policy-making, providing citizens with the opportunity to express their views in between…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding DfE funding
PhD
Global drivers of fossil fuel demand in the Net Zero transition
Queen's University Belfast
Local energy transitions are shaped by global drivers of energy supply and demand. This project enables policymakers and industry to…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding DfE funding
PhD
Online Misogyny and Radicalisation: Ending Violence against Women and Girls
Queen's University Belfast
It is increasingly recognised that online misogyny contributes to and facilitates violence and women and girls (VAWG). With rising numbers…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding DfE funding
PhD
Philosophy
Queen's University Belfast
The last couple of decades have seen deepening polarisation, declining trust, and a distortion of the ‘epistemic commons’ in plural,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding studentship
PhD
Gender and social history
Queen's University Belfast
To explore the history of childcare provision in the late twentieth century, through the lens of gender and social history, as well as…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding DfE funding
PhD
Creative Practices and Processes for Building Safer Communities
Queen's University Belfast
This project will look at the power of art, music and theatre in building safety, peace and inclusivity through socially engaged…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding DfE funding
PhD
Migrants, Refugees and Housing
Queen's University Belfast
This project ethnographically examines migrant and refugee access to housing in Northern Ireland as a key issue in migrant integration and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding DfE funding
PhD
Art
Queen's University Belfast
Developing more effective modes of engaging communities and increasing their understanding and support for the Net Zero energy transition.
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding DfE funding
PhD
History
Queen's University Belfast
This project will employ innovative approaches (such as Participatory Action Research) to explore the potential of community engaged…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding AHRC Nort
PhD
Astronomy
Queen's University Belfast
To explore the history of Irish astronomical activity, 1640-1830, and reveal a community of star-gazers on the island before the so-called…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding Studentship
PhD
Political Philosophy
Queen's University Belfast
This project involves a political philosophical analysis of misogynistic and/or sexist speech, exploring: i) The harm of such speech; and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding DfE funding
PhD
Gender Studies
Queen's University Belfast
This history PhD focuses on the lives of Irish girls and women who entered the Salvation Army Belfast Rescue Home in the nineteenth and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 May 2026
Funding AHRC Nort
PhD
Developmental Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD project investigates how and why polarized beliefs emerge, persist, or change across middle childhood. Building on the global…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Social and Political Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
This project maps the diverse justice landscape in post-conflict Northern Ireland and analyses the socio-psychological meanings and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Child to parent violence
Queen's University Belfast
Child to parent violence (CPA) has become an increasingly significant problem over the past decade (Dahouri, et al., 2025). Rates of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Home DfE Studentship; £20,780 per annum; Yes
PhD
Trauma and Stress
Queen's University Belfast
This project will focus on trauma appraisals as a possible mediator between potential outcomes of posttraumatic stress, resilience or…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Social Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
This project examines the contested role of single-identity work in Northern Ireland. Building on a novel psychological pathway, we posit…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding PhD Studentship
PhD
Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
Several international consensus and position statements on mental health in sport have been published by academics, international…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Sports Science
Queen's University Belfast
Penalties and free kicks are important components of football matches. In this project we will use virtual reality to examine how…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Social Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
Recent work has theorised, using a social identity framework, the role of group memberships and social identity processes in predicting…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Sensory Integration and Motor Control
Queen's University Belfast
Manual interception (such as catching and hitting) involves the continuous processing of information about the target (e.g., ball) and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Cognitive Development
Queen's University Belfast
This project will investigate how children develop awareness of their own attentional states and learn to recognise moments when their…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding PhD Studentship
PhD
Trauma-Informed Care
Queen's University Belfast
Trauma Informed Care services acknowledge the impact of trauma, aiming to promote recovery and to limit the potential for…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Child Development
Queen's University Belfast
This project examines how children understand and use emotion words, and how emotional vocabulary shapes their emotional development and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
How are children’s intuitions about the ownership of property affected by their understanding of the potential impact of ownership on…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Human-robot interactions
Queen's University Belfast
With the advent of robot and AI technologies, many industries (including manufacturing) are starting embed robotic systems into the…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD Project aims to develop a framework for considering compassionate pedagogy in higher education, which focuses on facilitating…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Coaching Identity and Mental Health Guidelines in Community Sport
Queen's University Belfast
Sport coaches are among the most trusted and influential figures in young people's lives, yet many feel ill-equipped when it comes to…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Fully Funded PhD Studentship; PhD stipend in line with QUB/DfE rates; Full tuition fees covered
PhD
Developmental Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
This project will investigate how children and adolescents develop emotional granularity—the ability to differentiate and label emotions…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Studentship
PhD
Collective victimhood, imagined futures, and the constitutional status of Northern Ireland
Queen's University Belfast
The role of collective victimhood, both past and future, on how different groups perceive the future of Northern Ireland.
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Funded by the Department for the Economy (DfE); £19,237; Approved tuition fees and maintenance support
PhD
Human Behaviour Change for Sustainable Dairy Farming
Queen's University Belfast
• PLEASE NOTE THAT CANDIDATES FOR THIS PROJECT MUST NOT APPLY DIRECTLY TO QUEEN’S. APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED VIA A FOODBIOSYSTEMS DTP…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding We welcome applications from candidates with Home/ROI fees and international fees status. This studentship is funded by UKRI and covers stipend, fees at Home/ROI rate, and research costs. The host university will not charge UKRI funded international students the difference between Home/ROI fees and international fees. Costs that must be found from other sources or met by the individual student include: visa fees, healthcare surcharge, relocation costs and guarantor services. For up to date information on funding eligibility, studentship rates and part-time registration, please visit the FoodBioSystems website: https://research.reading.ac.uk/foodbiosystems/
Dr Grace Carroll
More Information
g.carroll@qub.ac.uk
Research Profile
Full-time: 4 years
PhD
Mathematics Education
Queen's University Belfast
Supporting Children’s Early Arithmetic by Teaching the Relational Meaning of “=”
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD project will explore the mechanisms between the trauma and resilience relationship. We are interested in the process of flexible…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Political Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
The PhD student will work with Dr Mengyao Li in one of the following research areas: • Truth and justice in post-conflict societies •…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Cultural and gender-related experiences of Parkinson’s across Ireland
Queen's University Belfast
This project focuses on cultural- and gender-related experiences of PD across Ireland, including unmet needs, as well as culture and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Studentship
PhD
Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD project will focus on spouses / intimate partners who have cared for police officers with occupational related psychological…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Social Cognition
Queen's University Belfast
This programme of research will investigate how young people evaluate the credibility of information in divided societies, including how…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Development
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Psychology has a thriving, well-resourced and engaged PhD community that is central to its research environment. Students…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Mental Health Priorities of People Living with Parkinson’s
Queen's University Belfast
This project will focus on the mental health priorities of people living with Parkinson’s disease using a range of methodologies (which…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Studentship
PhD
Intergroup conflicts and collective trauma
Queen's University Belfast
The PhD student will work with Dr Mengyao Li in one of the following research areas: • Intergroup conflicts and collective trauma •…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Studentship (covering tuition fees and maintenance stipend); £17,668 per annum; Yes
PhD
Cognitive Neuroscience
Queen's University Belfast
This project investigates how the brain reallocates attention to maintain balance when unexpected disturbances occur, a process that…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Home DfE Studentship; £20,780 per annum
PhD
Psychological Outcomes Following Early Pregnancy Loss
Queen's University Belfast
This research will explore how identity, emotion regulation, and relational support may act as key processes influencing risk or…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding studentship; £19,237; Approved tuition fees and maintenance support
PhD
Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
Transgenerational Contact: Exploring how a Child’s Positive Intergroup Relationships Improves Parental Intergroup Attitudes and Behaviours
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Depersonalisation-Derealisation Disorder (DPDR)
Queen's University Belfast
This doctoral project explores individual differences in personality and Depersonalisation-Derealisation Disorder (DPDR), a mental health…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Funded by the Department for the Economy (DfE); £19,237; Approved tuition fees and maintenance support
PhD
Parkinson’s Disease
Queen's University Belfast
Freezing of gait (FoG) is a debilitating symptom of Parkinson’s Disease during which individuals feel like their “feet are glued to the…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Full-time PhD funding
PhD
Death literacy
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD project will work with rural communities across the island of Ireland to understand and mobilise death literacy, strengthening…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding studentship; £19,237; Fees £4,786
PhD
Leadership Studies
Queen's University Belfast
Presenteeism refers to attending work while ill (Lohaus & Habermann, 2019; Johns, 2010). The prevalence of presenteeism has intensified in…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Education
Queen's University Belfast
In collaboration with Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE), the project will provide high-quality evidence of…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding CAST studentship; £18,622; Approved tuition fees and maintenance support
PhD
Social Identity Approach
Queen's University Belfast
Identifying as “Other”: Disidentification with Traditional Identities in a Divided Society
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Neuroscience
Queen's University Belfast
The main objective of the project to investigate the neural basis (using fNIRS) underlying the relation between antagonistic personality…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Cognitive Science
Queen's University Belfast
Learning of movement-based skills has typically been treated in both research and practice as progression towards a single, optimal…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Studentship
PhD
Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD project develops a user-centred mobile app for early detection of postpartum depression. Using brief weekly check-ins and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Home DfE Studentship; £20,780 per annum
PhD
Developmental Science
Queen's University Belfast
Join a cross-cultural, longitudinal project examining the development and diversity of belief and social identity in young children.
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Dance
Queen's University Belfast
Dance offers a creative and empowering way to improve movement, wellbeing, and social connection for people living with Parkinson’s. This…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding studentship
PhD
Neuroscience
Queen's University Belfast
Recent advances in technologies such as Brain Computer Interfaces and Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation provide considerable promise for…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Studentship; £19,237; Approved tuition fees and maintenance support
PhD
Social Psychology
Queen's University Belfast
This PhD project examines how parents and young people in Northern Ireland talk about their own community, the other community, and…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
equality
Queen's University Belfast
This project explores children’s experience of and contribution to community integration, including their social cognition and intuitions,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Artificial Intelligence
Queen's University Belfast
Restrictive practices in mental health inpatient care—such as physical restraint, seclusion in a locked room, and rapid…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Funding Eligibility: To be eligible for consideration for a Home DfE Studentship (covering tuition fees and maintenance stipend of approx. £20,780 per annum), a candidate must satisfy all the eligibility criteria based on nationality, residency and academic qualifications. To be classed as a Home student, candidates must meet the DfE residency requirements and the following criteria: • Be a UK National, or • Have settled status, or • Have pre-settled status, or • Have indefinite leave to remain or enter the UK. Candidates from ROI may also qualify for Home student funding. Previous PhD study MAY make you ineligible to be considered for funding. Please note that other terms and conditions also apply. For further information about the residency and nationality requirements please see: https://www.economy-ni.gov.uk/publications/student-finance-postgraduate-studentships-terms-and-conditions Please note that any available PhD studentships will be allocated on a competitive basis across a number of projects currently being advertised by the School.
Dr Mary Lavelle
More Information
mary.lavelle@qub.ac.uk
Research Profile
Full-time: 3 years
PhD
Child Development
Queen's University Belfast
In 2022 it was estimated that globally more than 1.9 billion adults live with overweight, 650 million live with obesity, and 38.2 million…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Domestic Violence and Abuse
Queen's University Belfast
Domestic violence and abuse (DVA) is a global concern that is related to poor nutritional outcomes for survivors including binge eating…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Personality Disorders
Queen's University Belfast
This project will develop a reliable, valid, and responsive measure and digital app for outcomes in personality disorder treatment,…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 1 February 2026
Funding Studentship
PhD
Cancer Research and Cell Biology
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences trains ~350 postgraduate research students undertaking PhD, MD and MPhil degrees…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 15 December 2025
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Dentistry
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Medicine, Dentistry and Biomedical Sciences trains ~350 postgraduate research students undertaking PhD, MD and MPhil degrees…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 29 September 2025
Funding See university guidance
PhD
Chemical Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering aims to promote sustainable processes and materials to meet the energy and healthcare…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 26 January 2024
Funding Funded
PhD
Catalysis
Queen's University Belfast
The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering aims to promote sustainable processes and materials to meet the energy and healthcare…
Location Belfast, United Kingdom
Deadline 26 January 2024
Funding Funded