Robotic automation of microfluidics for nanomaterials discovery Type Project Microfluidic platforms are miniaturized systems that enable experiments to be conducted at the scale that is orders of magnitude smaller tha... Application deadline | Friday 17 April 2020 | Competition funded
Bioengineering and evaluation of artificial ovaries for fertility preservation. Type Project In recent years the improvement in the diagnosis, management and treatment of a range of solid and haematological malignancies has lead to a... Application deadline | Ongoing | Non-funded
Nanoparticle-based Therapeutics to Combat Multidrug Resistance and Biofilms in Chronic Wound Infections Type Project Chronic wound infections are a significant and fast-growing global healthcare problem compounded by the widespread occurrence of antibiotic-... Application deadline | Ongoing | Competition funded
A novel human 3D in vitro dynamic model with integrated sensors for studying neurovasculature inflammation Type Project The brain microvasculature is composed of endothelial cells, pericytes and astrocytes. The endothelium forms the barrier between the blood a... Application deadline | Thursday 30 April 2020 | Funded
Switchable molecules for information processing Type Project In this project you will develop fundamental understanding of how arrays of electrodes can be used to switch molecules controllably and ther... Application deadline | Friday 17 April 2020 | Funded
Software-Defined Quantum Key Distribution Networks Type Project This project will address the design of SDN-based QKD networks. In particular, the centralized control plane paradigm of SDN is perceived to... Application deadline | Thursday 30 April 2020 | Part-funded
Mobility Data Management, Analysis and Visualisation Type Project There are currently many people in the UK and around the world suffering from issues which have directly affected their mobility functions. ... Application deadline | Friday 17 April 2020 | Competition funded
Quantum Key Distribution at Terahertz Frequencies Type Project The possibility of developing quantum computing machines that can break the widely used public-key cryptosystems has required us to look for... Application deadline | Ongoing | Part-funded
Optimising the gold nanorod platform for effective cancer theranostics Type Project Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for 9.6 million deaths in 2018 and >US$1.16 trillion annual economic cost[1]. Th... Application deadline | Friday 17 April 2020 | Competition funded
Advanced signal processing and data-mining techniques for proactive railway track maintenance Type Project The functional requirements of railway tracks are to allow the safe movement of rail traffic while maximising social and economic benefits. ... Application deadline | Friday 17 April 2020 | Competition funded
Design and control of magnetic soft robot for surgical applications Type Project The candidate will join the multi-disciplinary research team in the Science and Technology of Robotics in Medicine (STORM) Lab at the Univer... Application deadline | Ongoing | Funded
2 x PhD Funded Scholarships in Magnetically-driven Soft Continuum Robots in collaboration with Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Germany) Type Project Magnetically-driven Soft Robots are of increasing interest due to the range of new transformative applications they may enable. Within these... Application deadline | Thursday 30 April 2020 | Funded
Stem Cells: Developing pluripotent stem cell models of inherited retinal diseases Type Project Inherited retinal dystrophies are a leading cause of blindness and visual loss in the UK working age population. However, despite the widesp... Application deadline | Ongoing | Non-funded
