Potential PhD Topics

Advice on choosing a PhD (see Next Steps for more information)

Find a general area of research that excites you, and where you have the necessary skills and enthusiasm. The examples below will give you ideas of the type of project that interest staff in the Zeeman Institute, but we are always exploring new ideas.
Contact the member of staff, arrange a visit to Warwick (if possible) and talk to other students about their experiences.
Together with your potential supervisor, find the best way to enter the Warwick PhD system and obtain funding (see below).

Funding Your PhD

Staff in SBIDER are always keen to take on new PhD students. However, funding your PhD is not straightforward and the rules change on a regular basis. Suitable sources of funding (depending on your interests and background) may include:

Maths CDT. An open PhD training programme led by the Mathematics Department.
Statistics CDT. An open PhD training programme led by the Statistics Department.
Computer Science CDT. An open PhD training programme led by the Computer Science Department.
MRC DTP (Medical School). A 4-year fully funded MRC DTP programme in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research.
MIBTP (Life Sciences). This BBSRC-funded programme focuses on cross-disciplinary approaches to biological questions, including: sustainable agriculture and food; renewable resources; and integrated understanding of health.
TRANSFORM (Life Sciences). A Leverhulme funded programme focused on climate resilience and socio-environmental justice and sustainable urbanisation for health and wellbeing.
IGPP. A donor funder programme that is focused on Global Pandemic Planning, bringing together public health, behavioural science and mathematically epidemiology.

The University also offers a number of bespoke PhD scholarships including the Chancellors Scholarships (focused towards interdisciplinary research), Sanctunary Scholarships (for asylum seekers, refugees and others at-risk), Pathway scholarships (for those identiying at Black or of Black heritage), China Scholarship Council (for individuals who hold a Peoples Republic of China passport).