Centre for Enzyme Innovation PhD projects

PhDs and postgraduate research

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Fully-funded Centre for Enzyme Innovation PhD projects

Apply for a funded PhD at our Centre for Enzyme Innovation, and help us find solutions to the existential threat of plastic pollution

Applications are now CLOSED for the 3 fully-funded PhD projects at our Centre for Enzyme Innovation (CEI) – for more information about the work we're doing, visit the CEI page.

We were recently awarded £5.8 million in funding by the Research England Expanding Excellence Fund, and coupled with significant investment by the University, we're transforming our knowledge and expertise into action, and delivering transformative enzyme-enabled solutions for the circular recycling of plastics.

We've also won a 2019 Times Higher Education Award for 'Best Research Project (STEM)' for our work on plastic-eating enzymes.

Discover our unique, end-to-end, integrated and transformative research pipeline

The Centre for Enzyme Innovations' research pipeline

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Other ways to fund your PhD

There are many different ways to cover the cost of your PhD – including postgraduate doctoral loans from the UK government.

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Find out what areas we specialise in, and get in contact with the PhD supervisors within our various subject areas.

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If you've already got your own research idea, start looking for a supervisor whose research interests match yours at our Find a PhD Supervisor page.

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