The School of Applied Sciences currently has the following scholarship opportunities:
Full details can be found below:
These competitive 100% tuition fee waiver scholarships within the School of Applied Sciences are aimed at the very best UK graduates and are open to home (UK resident) candidates.
These 100% tuition fee waiver scholarships within the School of Applied Sciences are aimed at the very best University of Huddersfield graduates.
We are seeking the very best graduates from across the UK to participate in our Chancellor’s Anniversary Scholarships Scheme, which gives those selected access to a full tuition waiver on their research degree, as well as additional funds to attend national and international conferences to disseminate and publish their research.
To celebrate 200 years of the University of Huddersfield, which in 1825 was established as The Science and Mechanics Institute, we are awarding Chancellor’s Anniversary Scholarships across all PhD disciplines.
These scholarships are available across all academic disciplines for research undertaken on either a full-time or part-time basis.
Our Chancellor’s Anniversary Scholarships Scheme is a competitive application process open to home (UK resident) candidates and to be eligible you must have achieved one of the following:
This scholarship applies to eligible research degrees for 2024/25 and is open to home candidates (UK only).
Research degrees include the following awards; PhD, Professional Doctorates, Master’s of Arts by Research, and Master’s of Science by Research.
The University of Huddersfield reserves the right to vary or withdraw the tuition fee waiver at any point in future academic years.
Please note, that this tuition fee waiver is subject to availability.
Note that the tuition fee waiver only includes tuition fees and does not cover bench fees (consumables and other associated costs).
All scholarship students must successfully complete progression monitoring at the end of each academic year to continue the scholarship award.
If you have any queries or require further information please contact study@hud.ac.uk
To apply, complete our online expression of interest form. Please make clear on your form that you wish to be considered for our Chancellor’s Anniversary Scholarship Scheme.
For more information on applying, please visit our how to apply for a research degree page.
The following deadline dates will apply:
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PGR Start Date |
Application Deadline Date |
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April 2024 |
26 January 2024 |
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Sept/Oct 2024 |
07 June 2024 |
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January 2025 |
18 October 2024 |
All eligible candidates will be subject to interview as part of the selection process. This will be arranged by the relevant academic school.
If you’re a Huddersfield graduate, looking to undertake a full-time or part-time research degree, you may be eligible for a full fee-waiver on your research degree.
The scholarship is open to home and international candidates.
Please note, for international students our Vice-Chancellor's Scholarship Scheme provides a fee waiver of at least 50% on full-time or part-time research degrees, some schools may offer 100%.
Our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme is a competitive application process and to be eligible, you must have achieved one of the following:
- a first-class honours degree
- a distinction at taught Master’s
or
- be recommended based on your Master’s by Research by your supervisor and academic school
and
- graduated from the University of Huddersfield in the last three years.
Any offer will be conditional on your degree outcome if you are graduating in the current academic year.
Available for research undertaken on a full-time or part-time basis including PhD, Master of Arts by Research, and Master of Science by Research.
Scholarship is only available for the standard registration period only,
For doctoral awards, or PhD, the fee waiver will be for 3 years full-time or 6 years part-time
For Master’s by Research awards, the fee-waiver will be for 1-year full time or 2 years part time.
The fee waiver will not apply to any research undertaken outside of this standard registration period, including any write up period.
The University of Huddersfield reserves the right to vary or withdraw the waiver at any point in future academic years.
Please note, that this fee waiver is subject to availability.
If you have any queries or require further information, please contact study@hud.ac.uk.
To apply, complete our expression of interest form. Please make clear on your form that you wish to be considered for our Vice-Chancellor’s Scholarship Scheme.
To be considered for the scheme, ensure you meet the application deadlines:
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Research start date |
Application deadline |
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April 2024 |
26 January 2024 |
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Sept/October 2024 |
07 June 2024 |
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January 2025 |
18 October 2024 |
All eligible candidates will be subject to interview as part of the selection process. This will be arranged by the relevant academic school.
Email the School of Applied Sciences Research Admin team via their email, SASResearchAdmin@hud.ac.uk
In this research, the synthesis of fungi derived pyrrolizidinone alkaloids and plant derived Gelsemium alkaloids will be studied.
This project will involve the synthesis of polydentate N-donor ligands that upon coordination to different dicationic transition metal ions will form a series of self-assembled species.
This project proposes the fabrication of a long-term stable system using a falling film design, instead of the traditional gas-fed designs.
This is an opportunity for a highly motivated and talented student with enthusiasm for research and discovery to unravel the genetic and molecular basis of healthy ageing.
This project will apply computational techniques to screen complex supramolecular architectures with differing therapeutic activity and selectivity towards anion binding.
Explore the mechanism of action of a class of novel serotonin-like compounds against leukaemia cells in an interdisciplinary project at the intersection of bioinformatics, pharmacology, and chemical biology.
This project will develop systems for the delivery of therapeutic cargo to organisms using virus-like particles. You will explore different chemical biology approaches to attach molecules of interest both internally and externally facilitating their delivery to specific cell types.
Main supervisor: Dr Karl Hemming
Co-supervisors: Chris Gabbutt
Plants and fungi produce a very wide range of organic molecules, many of which have interesting biological roles and properties giving them potential uses as medicines. These natural products typically occur in very small amounts, and their identification and a study of their properties often depends upon the supply of sensible amounts by synthetic chemists. In this research, the synthesis of fungi derived pyrrolizidinone alkaloids and plant derived Gelsemium alkaloids will be studied. It is expected that new synthetic routes to these high value materials will be established via an exploration of new chemical reactions utilising cyclopropenones, the smallest member of the aromatic ring series, and molecules of fundamental importance in their own right. The project will also explore new directions in heterocyclic ring synthesis and will exploit some fascinating and novel pericyclic rearrangement reactions.
Fully funded PhD research studentship for an October 2024 start in the Department of Physical and Life Sciences within the School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield.
The studentships are open to home students only (UK residents, and EU students with (pre)settled status, pending residency requirements), and cover the full cost of tuition fees and an annual tax-free bursary in line with the RCUK rates (it was £18,622 for 23/24). Successful applicants should have a first or upper second undergraduate degree or Master’s degree in a relevant subject.
To apply for this Studentship please email the following to sasresearchadmin@hud.ac.uk by 19 March 2024 (end of the day):
Shortlisted candidates will attend an interview either on the University campus or online on the week commencing Monday 8 April 2024.
Main supervisor: Dr Martina Whitehead
Co-supervisors: Prof. Craig Rice
This project will involve the synthesis of polydentate N-donor ligands that upon coordination to different dicationic transition metal ions will form a series of self-assembled species such as helicates, cages, clusters, and grids. These species will be investigated for both their in vitro anti-cancer and antimicrobial activity.
Fully funded PhD research studentship for an October 2024 start in the Department of Physical and Life Sciences within the School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield.
The studentships are open to home students only (UK residents, and EU students with (pre)settled status, pending residency requirements), and cover the full cost of tuition fees and an annual tax-free bursary in line with the RCUK rates (it was £18,622 for 23/24). Successful applicants should have a first or upper second undergraduate degree or Master’s degree in a relevant subject.
To apply for this Studentship please email the following to sasresearchadmin@hud.ac.uk by 19 March 2024 (end of the day):
Shortlisted candidates will attend an interview either on the University campus or online on the week commencing Monday 8 April 2024.
Main supervisor: Dr Sandra Hernandez Aldave
Co-supervisors: Dr Sulaiman Fadlallah
Burning fossil fuels releases greenhouse gases which increase global temperatures. The latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report showed that if the global average temperature is not limited to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, the world will face catastrophic climate change consequences such as extreme heat, floods, and wildfires. Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) technologies are projected to be key in the UK’s net zero goal. These technologies not only remove the Carbon Dioxide gas from industries, but also converts them into value-added products such as ethylene, making these systems industrially attractive. The current CU technologies lack selectivity and stability, which makes them industrially unviable. This project proposes the fabrication of a long-term stable system using a falling film design, instead of the traditional gas-fed designs. Moreover, the project proposes the synthesis of a self-supported metal gas diffusion electrode leading to better overall stability and selectivity.
Fully funded PhD research studentship for an October 2024 start in the Department of Physical and Life Sciences within the School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield.
The studentships are open to home students only (UK residents, and EU students with (pre)settled status, pending residency requirements), and cover the full cost of tuition fees and an annual tax-free bursary in line with the RCUK rates (it was £18,622 for 23/24). Successful applicants should have a first or upper second undergraduate degree or Master’s degree in a relevant subject.
To apply for this Studentship please email the following to sasresearchadmin@hud.ac.uk by 19 March 2024 (end of the day):
Shortlisted candidates will attend an interview either on the University campus or online on the week commencing Monday 8 April 2024.
Main supervisor: Tarja Kinnunen
This is an opportunity for a highly motivated and talented student with enthusiasm for research and discovery to unravel the genetic and molecular basis of healthy ageing. Organismal ageing is characterized by a general decline of cell and tissue function associated with increased risk of disease. Several key cell signalling pathways have been shown to either positively or negatively influence ageing and age-related organismal decline, including insulin/insulin-like growth factor receptor signalling, mechanistic target of rapamycin (mTOR) protein kinase signalling and others. How alterations in these signalling pathways alter the overall organismal gene expression profile is still not fully understood.
This project will aim to identify molecular changes that occur in long-lived mutants of the nematode C. elegans to gain further understanding what happens as the organism ages. Methods will involve whole organism (C. elegans) genetics, gene expression profiling, various molecular biology methods, visible light and fluorescence microscopy and physiological approaches.
Fully funded PhD research studentship for a January 2025 start in the Department of Physical and Life Sciences within the School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield.
The studentships are open to home students only (UK residents, and EU students with (pre)settled status, pending residency requirements), and cover the full cost of tuition fees and an annual tax-free bursary in line with the RCUK rates (it was £18,622 for 23/24). Successful applicants should have a first or upper second class undergraduate degree or Master’s degree in a relevant subject.
To apply for this Studentship please email the following to sasresearchadmin@hud.ac.uk by 31 August 2024 (end of the day):
Keywords: healthy ageing, C. elegans, cell signalling, gene expression, longevity, whole organism
Main supervisor: Dr David J. Cooke
Co-supervisors: Dr Marco Molinari
Receptors based on self-assembled ligands with metal ions act as host to a large variety of anions. Alongside their promise in environmental remediation of anionic pollutants where the assembly can effectively extract anions from aqueous media into organic solvents, these cryptands have been shown to act as potent and selective anticancer agents. However, this branch of supramolecular chemistry is largely underdeveloped. Here, we will apply computational techniques to screen complex supramolecular architectures with differing therapeutic activity and selectivity towards anion binding. Controlling the process of self-assembly will allow for these compounds to simultaneously target multiple key pathways of cancer development which shows great promise in the treatment of cancers. Here, we will explore the configurational space of ligand-metal assembly to understand the functionalized selectivity towards anions, and we will investigate the structure – activity relationship of such cryptands.
Fully funded PhD research studentship for an October 2024 start in the Department of Physical and Life Sciences within the School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield.
The studentships are open to home students only (UK residents, and EU students with (pre)settled status, pending residency requirements), and cover the full cost of tuition fees and an annual tax-free bursary in line with the RCUK rates (it was £18,622 for 23/24). Successful applicants should have a first or upper second undergraduate degree or Master’s degree in a relevant subject.
To apply for this Studentship please email the following to sasresearchadmin@hud.ac.uk by 19 March 2024 (end of the day):
Shortlisted candidates will attend an interview either on the University campus or online on the week commencing Monday 8 April 2024.
Main supervisor: Dr Yun Wah Lam
Co-supervisors: Dr Farideh Javid
Summary:
Serotonin, predominantly known for its neurological functions, has recently been identified to be implicated in cancer biology. Our lab has recently discovered a novel molecule, GALOM1, that specifically inhibits acute T cell and myeloid leukaemia cells without affecting other cancer and non-cancer cell lines. GALOM1 is structurally similar to serotonin receptor ligands. The overarching aim of this project is to elucidate the role of GALOM1 in regulating leukaemia cell growth, its potential interactions with serotonin receptors, and understand the broader implications of serotonin signalling in leukaemia.
Research Focus:
Seeking:
A dedicated graduate in Molecular Biology or Pharmacology, with hands-on experience in molecular cell biology techniques.
What we offer:
Fully funded PhD research studentship for an October 2024 start in the Department of Physical and Life Sciences within the School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield.
The studentships are open to home students only (UK residents, and EU students with (pre)settled status, pending residency requirements), and cover the full cost of tuition fees and an annual tax-free bursary in line with the RCUK rates (it was £18,622 for 23/24). Successful applicants should have a first or upper second class undergraduate degree or Master’s degree in a relevant subject.
To apply for this Studentship please email the following to sasresearchadmin@hud.ac.uk by 5 April 2024 (end of the day):
Shortlisted candidates will attend an interview either on the University campus or online in the week commencing 22 April 2024.
For further information about the studentship please email y.lam@hud.ac.uk.
Keywords: Cancer pharmacology, Drug discovery, Serotonin, Leukaemia, Molecular mechanism of drugs
Main supervisor: Nicholas McCaul
Co-supervisors: Anke Brüning-Richardson
Summary:
Targeted delivery of therapeutics – ensuring that the correct cells receive the correct molecules at the correct time is key to lessening the side effects associated with many major therapies. Virus-like particles (VLPs) – which contain viral structures but importantly lack any replicative or infectious ability – are a potential tool for such delivery. Different viruses exhibit preferences for certain cells (trophism) by virtue of their spike proteins – as such by using modifying the spike used it should be possible to infect a variety of cells specifically.
The major challenge with using VLPs is ensuring that they carry the drug of choice. This project will explore the use of peptide ligases such as sortase A to covalently attach molecules of interest to the interior and exterior of VLPs.
Familiarity with mammalian cell culture and molecular biology techniques is desirable but not essential.
Fully funded PhD research studentship for an October 2024 start in the Department of Physical and Life Sciences within the School of Applied Sciences, University of Huddersfield.
The studentships are open to home students only (UK residents, and EU students with (pre)settled status, pending residency requirements), and cover the full cost of tuition fees and an annual tax-free bursary in line with the RCUK rates (it was £18,622 for 23/24). Successful applicants should have a first or upper second class undergraduate degree or Master’s degree in a relevant subject.
To apply for this Studentship please email the following to sasresearchadmin@hud.ac.uk by 5 April 2024 (end of the day):
Shortlisted candidates will attend an interview either on the University campus or online in the week commencing 22 April 2024.
For further information about the studentship please email n.mccaul@hud.ac.uk.
Keywords: virus-like particle, drug delivery, virus-drug conjugate, therapy