Tag: Doctoral Students

Fully funded PhD Studentships available at The Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London (Apply by 12 Jan 2026)

Fully funded PhD Studentships available at The Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, Imperial College London

The Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London is inviting applications for fully funded PhD studentships that support our current priority areas of research in climate and environmental science.

We are interested in supporting PhD students in:

  • pesticides in the environment (projects available in the Departments of Bioengineering, Chemistry, Life Sciences and School of Public Health)
  • climate damage tracker (projects available in the Departments of Earth Science and Engineering and Physics)
  • geothermal energy (project available in the Department of Mechanical Engineering)

In addition, two Grantham lecturers are also currently recruiting for a funded PhD studentship (Dr Adrien Lefauve, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Dr Xiangkun (Elvis) Cao, Department of Mechanical Engineering).

Further project details and information on how to apply are listed here. The deadline for student applications is Monday 12 January.

NetDRIVE Summer Schools

Two fully-funded NetDRIVE summer schools for PhD students, focused around Net-Zero and responsible research when using Digital Research Infrastructure. These will be during the summer of 2026, and spring of 2027.

If you would like to be notified when the application form goes live, please enter your details here.

To apply for a place on the 2026 summer school, please use this form

More details at https://durham.readthedocs.io/en/latest/netdrive/index.html.

The Bioengineering Christmas Seminar (12 Dec)

Naked to the Bone: Advances in Biomedical Imaging

With Professor Mark Lythgoe
Founder and Director of the UCL Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging (CABI), UCL
Co-Director of the UCL Department of Imaging, UCL
Director of Biomedical Imaging Research, The Francis Crick Institute

Our Christmas Seminar is a chance to hear cutting-edge science in a relaxed, end-of-year setting, and this year we are joined by a truly exceptional guest.

Biomedical imaging has changed how we see the body, revealing structures and systems once unimaginable. But what comes next for a field that already lets us look so deeply inside ourselves?

In this special holiday edition of our seminar series, Professor Mark Lythgoe will share some of his most forward-thinking projects, including MRI-guided magnetic thermoseeds and emerging methods for visualising the brain’s glymphatic system.

As the Founder of UCL’s Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging and the current Director of the Cheltenham Science Festival, Mark is known for both scientific innovation and public engagement at the highest level.

Join us for an inspiring and festive look at the future of imaging and the ideas shaping tomorrow’s medicine!

Register to attend

Friday, 12th December 2025, 16:00
U1202, Level 12, Sir Michael Uren Hub
Department of Bioengineering
White City Campus

Event contact: Kemi Aofolaju

Friday Forum – To hide or not to hide: the transparency dilemma of animal facilities (28 Nov)

All early career researchers are invited to an important and timely Friday Forum on the ethics of animal experimentation and on the need to involve the public in discussions in those ethics. We will be considering in particular the age-old question, when should our work be in private, and when should our work be open for the outside world to see? Our discussion, on November 28th, includes a panel discussion, with generous time allotted for audience Q and A.

Friday Forums are congenial in-person discussions, with lunch included, where for a short hour we can step back from our busy lives, consider new perspectives, and meet colleagues from outside our normal circle. More details, and registration link here

Conception X Programme – Turn Your Research into a Start-up (Deadline 16 Dec 2025)

Conception X – Apply now to start in March 2026
UK and Europe’s leading cross-university programme for PhD students interested in starting their own startup from their research.

Apply today to join Conception X, launching in Spring 2026. Whether you’re just starting to explore how to commercialise your research or already building a deeptech venture, we’re here to meet you where you are.

Participants can expect:

  • Part-time, flexible entrepreneurship training for scientists
  • Access to Europe’s largest community of researchers, founders and ecosystem builders
  • Top mentorship, coaching and direct access to industry decision-makers
  • No cost to scientists & no equity taken – we’re a not-for-profit
  • Free legal advice and support from our partner Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • A chance to be considered for up to £250k/ €350k in founder-friendly investment
  • Open to individuals or teams of researchers

Have questions? Come meet the Conception X team on the 9th of December at their offices: Register here
Can’t make that join online instead on the 15th
Ready to apply? Head to the CX website for further details.

Application deadline: 16 December 2025.

If you need any more details, please reach out to hello@conceptionx.org

Take part in the UK Reproducibility Network’s Open Research Survey!

Dear colleagues

I am Imperial College London’s Local Network Lead (LNL) for the UK Reproducibility Network, and I would like to invite you to complete a short survey to identify current awareness and use of Open Research practices. This will take less than 5 minutes.

This survey is being conducted along with LNLs across the country to identify areas for initiatives and training across UK institutions. To take part, you can be a researcher in any discipline or career stage, including academic staff, research staff and doctoral students. We would like to hear from any researcher, even if you are completely unaware of Open Research/Open Science – this is intended to help us identify where there are gaps in knowledge.

Click here to take part in the survey

The study has received approval from the Brunel Research Ethics Office (30088-A-Jan/2025- 53666-1), and all responses will be anonymous and confidential.

Thank you in advance for taking part.

To discuss how you can embed Open Research into your research in a meaningful way – to address challenges like the reproducibility crisis, publication bias, research waste and publish-or-perish culture – get in touch with me via the details in my signature.

Best wishes

Hamid

Dr Hamid Khan

Open Research Manager, Imperial College London

Local Network Lead, UK Reproducibility Network

 

Library Services

Imperial College London

South Kensington Campus

Abdus Salam Library

London SW7 2AZ

E  hamid.khan@imperial.ac.uk

Department of Mechanical Engineering Research Showcase (11 Feb 2026)

The Department of Mechanical Engineering Research Showcase 2026 is taking place on 11 February and the guest speaker will be Alan Newby, Director of Research & Technology at Rolls-Royce plc.

Schedule

15:00 – Lecture Theatre 200, City & Guilds Building: Mechanical Engineering research topics

Talks to be given by Mechanical Engineering staff:

  • Dr Sina Stapelfeldt- “Aeroelastic phenomena in aircraft engines“
  • Dr Paul Hooper– “From data deluge to actionable insights: Enabling Real-Time Quality Assurance in Metal Additive Manufacturing”
  • Dr Matt Eaton– “Nuclear future”

16:00 – Level 2 Concourse, City & Guilds Building : Tea/Coffee and Poster presentations

17:30 – CAGB LT 200: Invited lecture with Alan Newby

18:00 – CAGB Level 2 Concourse: Refreshments

Find out more & Register

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