PhD Projects Directory

Many funded PhD projects are available throughout the year. Some of these projects are in competition for funding with the other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be awarded the funding.

EPSRC PhD studentships network – Part of the ERDF Project “Big Energy Upgrade” - 3 PhD studentships

This EPSRC PhD studentships network pulls together a multi disciplinary research team from the Management School, ScHARR, Psychology, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and the Information School, to examine some of the big challenges faced by mankind and the world. The challenges examined in this network span from climate change, fuel poverty, energy and environment, changing face of digital world, to health.

Details at http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/scholarships/bigenergyupgrade

School of Clinical Dentistry Project title Supervisor Type Closing date BBSRC-GSK Case PhD Studentship - Colloidal nanoparticles for remineralisation of dentine Dr Nicolas Martin Fully funded 4 year BBSRC-GlaxoSmithKline CASE PhD studentship 24 June 2011 Identifying adhesion molecules that mediate binding of Candida albicans to the endothelium Dr Craig Murdoch Fully funded studentships 15 July 2011 Department of Cardiovascular Science Project title Supervisor Type Closing date MicroRNA activity in Acute Coronary Syndromes: discovery of novel functional miRs and potential new drug targets using deep sequencing assays Dr Marta Milo and Dr Tim Chico Competitive Project Open Identification of transcriptional biomarkers for Acute Coronary Syndromes Dr Marta Milo and Dr Tim Chico Competitive Project Open Investigation and Optimisation of a Method for Strain Measurement based on Stereoscopy and Image Registration Dr John Fenner Competitive Project Open The role of epithelial membrane proteins in ion channel function Dr Heather Wilson Competitive Project Open Investigation into the RANK/RANKL axis and BMP-R2 interaction in pulmonary arterial hypertension Dr Allan Lawrie Competitive Project Open The prevalence and pathogenesis of inherited thrombocytopenia Dr Martina Daly and Dr Mike Makris Competitive Project Open Developing Disease-Site Specific Vectors For Non-Viral Gene Therapy Professor Paul Hellewell, Dr Chris Newman and Dr Victoria Ridger Competitive Project Open Therapeutic application of carbon monoxide releasing molecules for accelerating vascular healing after stent implantation Dr Tushar Raina and Dr Sheila Francis Competitive Project Open The Effect of Lipids on Neutrophil-Derived Microparticle formation Dr Victoria Ridger, Dr Amanda Burnett and Professor Paul Hellewell Competitive Project Open Direct visualisation of leukocyte/microparticle interactions with atherosclerotic plaques using advanced imaging techniques Dr Victoria Ridger, Dr Colin Gray and Professor Paul Hellewell Competitive Project Open Modulation of platelet-leukocyte interactions Dr Victoria Ridger and Dr Rob Storey Competitive Project Open Inter-disciplinary studentship in Cell Biology and Chemical Engineering Prof Eva Qwarnstrom, Prof Phillip Wright & Dr Caroline Evans Competitive Project 30 May 2011 Department of Human Metabolism Project title Supervisor Type Closing date Role of vasoactive intestinal peptide signalling in bone development Dr Peter Grabowski Competitive Project Open Innate immune activation and implantation failure Dr Alireza Fazeli Competitive Project Open Somatic cell fusion as a driver for heterogeneity in prostate cancer Dr Colby Eaton Competitive Project Open Site-specific control of bone architecture Professor Tim Skerry Competitive Project Open In MRI Physics and Engineering: Measuring gas flow in the airways with Hyperpolarised Helium and Xenon MRI Professor Jim Wild Competitive Project Open Acid sensing proteins in synoviocytes in rheumatoid arthritis Dr Peter Grabowski Competitive Project Open Department of Infection and Immunity Project title Supervisor Type Closing date Elucidating the role of Burkholderia cenocepacia ECF sigma factors in virulence Dr Mark Thomas & Dr Jon Shaw Competitive Project Open Probing the mechanism of bacterial toxin-secreting machines and identification of their substrates Dr Mark Thomas & Dr Jon Shaw Competitive Project Open Consequences of HIV infection on endovascular cells Prof David Dockrell & Prof Ian Sabroe Competitive Project Open Mechanisms of skin barrier breakdown in atopic dermatitis Prof Mike Cork & Dr Simon Danby Competitive Project Open TARGETING THE P2Y11 RECEPTOR: A POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC STRATEGY IN INFLAMMATORY DISEASE Prof Moira Whyte & Prof Ian Sabroe Competitive Project Open Control of inflammation by complement fragment receptor C5L2 Dr Peter Monk & Dr Peter Peachell Competitive Project Open Protein and lipid kinase signaling through primary cilia in polycystic kidney disease Prof Albert Ong & Dr Andrew Streets Competitive Project Open Structure-function analysis of a natural small molecule modulator of the polycystin-2 channel Prof Albert Ong & Dr Andrew Streets Competitive Project Open The role of pluncs in Otitis Media Dr Colin Bingle (Infection and Immunity), Dr Lynne Bingle (Clinical Dentistry), Dr Mike Cheeseman (MRC Harwell) Competitive Project Open The roles of NDPK in Neutrophilic Inflammation Dr R Muimo (Infection and Immunity) & Prof MK Whyte (Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine) Competitive Project Open Endonucleases as novel targets for anti-cancer and antimicrobial drug therapy Prof Jon Sayers Competitive Project Open Secreted bacterial proteins as potential vaccines or tools for biotechnology Prof Jon Sayers Competitive Project Open Department of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Project title Supervisor Type Closing date NMR investigations of protein structure, molecular recognition, protein folding and self-assembly, prion diseases Professor J P Waltho, Dr C J Craven BBSRC Fully Funded Project Early applications advisable Molecular and Biochemical Analysis of DNA Repair During Meiosis Dr Alastair Goldman BBSRC Fully Funded Project Early applications advisable Structure and assembly of anthrax spores and those of other pathogens by a cryo-electron microscopy Professor Per Bullough BBSRC Fully Funded Project Early applications advisable Department of Neuroscience Project title Supervisor Type Closing date PTEN modulation effects on motoneuron axonal growth and neuromuscular junction size in spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) Dr Ke Ning and Prof Mimoun Azzouz Competitive Project Open Regulation of protein aggregation by Arfaptin 2 in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis Dr Ke Ning and Prof Mimoun Azzouz Competitive Project Open Gene therapy for Parkinson's Disease Dr Oliver Bandmann and Prof Mimoun Azzouz Competitive Project Open Mitochondrial DNA damage in Parkinson's Disease Dr Oliver Bandmann and Prof Magnus Rattray Competitive Project Open Anxiety and epilepsy: Description and treatment Dr Markus Reuber and Prof Paschal Sheeran (Dept. of Psychology) Competitive Project Open Elucidating functional brain networks: a combined theoretical and experimental study Dr J R Terry and Dr Kwang Hyuk Lee Competitive Project Open Further PhD opportunities in the Department of Neuroscience Various See department web pages Open Department of Oncology Project Title Supervisor Type Closing date The identification and characterisation of aggressive uveal melanoma cells Dr Karen Sisley Competitive Project Open Molecular analysis of the role of VEGF splice variants on tumour blood vessel ‘maturation’ and responsiveness to vascular disrupting agents Dr Chryso Kanthou and Professor Gillian Tozer Competitive Project Open Oncogenic mutation analysis of the novel pseudokinase PSKH2 Dr Patrick Eyers Competitive Project Open Systems Biology modelling of the metabolic effects of HDAC inhibitors Dr Bernard Corfe and Dr Steve Wilkinson Competitive Project Open Systems biology modelling of potential anti-cancer drugs on keratin function Dr Bernard Corfe and Dr Steve Wilkinson Competitive Project Open The genetic study of clinically relevant chromosome changes in primary uveal melanoma Dr Karen Sisley Competitive Project Open Department of Psychology Project title Supervisor Type Closing date Latest PhD opportunities in Psychology Various Various Various Department of Architecture Project title Supervisor Type Closing date AHRC Collaborative PhD Studentship in community led design Prue Chiles Fully funded studentship 15 July 2011 School of Mathematics and Statistics Project title Supervisor Type Closing date Funded Studentships and Graduate Teaching Assistantships in the School of Mathematics and Statistics various Two fully-funded PhD Studentships, two fully-funded Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) and a number of partially funded PhD Studentships See link Department of Geography Project title Supervisor Type Closing date The Consequences of Past and Future Climate Change for State Formation and Security in Southern Africa Dr. Julie Jones & Professor Grant Bigg (Geography); Profs Martial Staub and Ian Phimister (History) Funded studentship 8 July 2011 School of Nursing and Midwifery Project title Supervisor Type Closing date Receiving end of life care at home: experiences of the bereaved carers of cancer patients cared for by health care assistants Christine Ingleton Unfunded project Open Improving hospital environments for the end of life care of older people Christine Ingleton Unfunded project Open The ecological validity of the Edinburgh Feeding Evaluation in Dementia (EdFED) scale Professor Roger Watson Unfunded project Open Stress in the transition between being a nursing student to being a staff nurse Professor Roger Watson Unfunded project Open The embodied use of contraception: implications for sexual health nursing Dr Mark Hayter Unfunded project Open Young people with epilepsy: supporting transition from paediatric to adult services Dr Penny Curtis (School of Nursing and Midwifery) and Dr Henry Smithson (Academic Unit of Primary Care) Unfunded project Open Fathers, food and family eating practices: a focus on the prenatal, antenatal and postnatal periods Dr Penny Curtis Unfunded project Open Exploring the reasons for South Asian patients´ attendance and non-attendance at cardiac rehabilitation Dr Paul Galdas Unfunded project Open How does gender inform men´s and women´s help-seeking behaviour for an acute cardiac event? Dr Paul Galdas Unfunded project Open School of Law Project title Supervisor Type Closing date COUNTER-TERRORISM, PERCEPTION AND INSECURITY Dr Maggie Wykes, School of Law, University of Sheffield; Dr Adam White, Department of Politics, University of York White Rose Fully Funded Studentship 14 March 2011 School of Health and Related Research Project title Supervisor Type Closing date MRC Funded PhD Studentship in the School of Health and Related Research - various projects various Fully funded MRC Studentship 24 June 2011 Department of Health Policy Research Unit in Economic Evaluation of Health and Care Interventions (EEPRU) Studentship Professor John Brazier, Dr Donna Rowen Fully Funded Studentship 9 May 2011 Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care, South Yorkshire (CLAHRC SY) PhD Studentship – Improving Quality and Effectiveness of Services Therapies and Self-management of long-term depression (IQuESTS) Professor Glenys Parry Fully Funded Studentship 9 May 2011 Department of Computer Science Project title Supervisor Type Closing date Remote clinical consultations using Superfast Broadband connectivity Dr Nicolas Martin, School of Clinical Dentistry, and Dr Daniela Romano, Dept of Computer Science EPSRC Fully Funded Project 15 June 2011 Department of Mechanical Engineering Project title Supervisor Type Closing date Developing new ways to measure lubrication and oil films in automotive engines Professor Rob Dwyer-Joyce, Dr Matt Marshall Industrial CASE funded studentship Open Functionality of Abradable Linings in Aero-Engines Dr Matt Marshall Funded studentship in collaboration with Rolls Royce Open Understanding train-track interaction and rail metallurgical response leading to 'Squat Type Rail Defects' on urban rail Dr David Fletcher EPSRC Industrial CASE funded studentship 31 July 2011 Exploring the Nano-World of Cleaning and Abrasion Professor Rob Dwyer-Joyce, Dr Beverley Inkson Funded studentship Open Studies of turbulence in unsteady flow Professor Shuisheng He Funded studentship 3 June 2011 Microbubble cloud generation from fluidic oscillation: underpinning fluid dynamics Dr RJ Howell, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Will Zimmerman, Dept of Chemical and Biological Engineering. EPSRC Fully Funded studentship Open Doctoral Training in Machining Science - Industrial Doctoral Centre various Fully sponsored Engineering Doctorate (EngD) studentships 31 July 2011 Multi-Physics Modelling of Human Skin Dr Jen Rowson, Dr Roger Lewis Fully funded studentship in collaboration with Philips Research Open School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics Project title Supervisor Type Closing date The End of Letter Writing? Correspondence from 1900 to the Present Day Dr Jonathan Ellis (School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics) and Ms Helen Broderick (British Library) British Library Scholarship 21 April 2011 Department of History Project title Supervisor Type Closing date Propaganda in France during the First World War Dr Timothy Baycroft (Department of History), Ms Teresa Vernon (British Library) British Library Scholarship 21 April 2011 Chemical and Biological Engineering Project title Supervisor Type Closing date Inter-disciplinary studentship in Cell Biology and Chemical Engineering Prof Eva Qwarnstrom, Prof Phillip Wright & Dr Caroline Evans Competitive Projects 30 May 2011 Department of Civil and Structural Engineering Project title Supervisor Type Closing date EPSRC DTG Studentships in Civil and Structural Engineering various EPSRC funded studentships 31 May 2011 Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering Project title Supervisor Type Closing date STFC Funded Studentship various STFC Funded Studentship 15 June 2011 Real-time Ray Tracing Professor Dave Allerton and Professor Visakan Kadirkamanathan EPSRC Funded Studentship 31 May 2011 EPSRC DTA for a PhD in Modelling and Control of Turbulent Flows Dr Bryn Jones, Dr Ati Sharma EPSRC Funded Studentship 30 June 2011 Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award (DHPA) for a PhD in Systems Health Monitoring Professor Visakan Kadirkamanathan Fully Funded Studentship for Overseas applicants 30 June 2011

Last updated: 20 June 2011