Leverhulme Trust

Fully funded PhD studentship at Leeds Beckett University (Carnegie School of Sport) in the UK, focused on brain health , concussion prevention , athlete welfare , and long-term wellbeing in professional rugby league players. The project is part of the PROTECT programme (Player Risk Observation, Testing & Early-Care Targeting) and is funded by the Rugby League Cares Brain Health Fund in collaboration with the University of Sydney, the University of Leeds, and the Rugby Football League. Research t...

Fully funded PhD opportunity with a teaching assistantship at the School of Psychology, University of Birmingham . The project is titled Implicit Theory of Mind in Bilingual Infancy and investigates how bilingual experience shapes the earliest development of social cognition and Theory of Mind. The position is a strong fit for applicants interested in Psychology , Cognitive Science , Neuroscience , developmental research, infant cognition, bilingualism, and EEG-based methods. Supervisors: Prof. ...

Fully funded PhD opportunities are available for 2026 at the Primary Care Research Centre, University of Southampton, supported by the NIHR School for Primary Care Research. This doctoral opportunity is aimed at students interested in primary care research, clinical research, and health services research within a leading research environment. Applicants can either apply for one of the two proposed projects or develop and propose their own primary care research idea, making this a flexible route ...

Come and apply for a fully funded DPhil opportunity at the University of Oxford through the Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research . The post highlights four fully funded DPhil projects for 2027 entry , with one project based in the lab of Alex Lau-Zhu and Jack Andrews . The featured project focuses on trauma , social processes , and teenagers , using a classroom experimental paradigm . This makes it especially relevant for applicants interested in psychology , education , mental health , and...

[Funded PhD studentship covering Home or International tuition fees plus an annual tax-free stipend of at least £21,805 for 3.5 years full-time (pro rata part-time).] The University of Exeter’s Department of Computer Science is offering a funded PhD studentship on simulating person-specific cognitive processes from expressive behaviours for mental health assessment . The project is based in the Faculty of Environment, Science and Economy at the Streatham Campus and is due to start on 21 Septembe...