EPS Scholarships 2024

EPS Scholarships for PhD Research 2024

Heriot-Watt University has now created scholarship opportunities in the School of Engineering & Physical Sciences for 2024/25.  Please note that these advertised projects will update regularly.

Requirements

All applicants must have or expect to have a 1st class MChem, MPhys, MSci, MEng or equivalent degree by Autumn 2024. Selection will be based on academic excellence and research potential, and all short-listed applicants will be interviewed (in person or via Microsoft Teams). Most of these scholarships are only open to UK applicants. For some projects, applications may be accepted for exceptional overseas applicants.

Level of award

There are a number of scholarships available. Most of these offer an annual stipend payment of at least £18,622 per year for full time students and cover tuition fees for 3.5 years, however some funding amounts and period will differ.

How to apply

1. Important information before you apply

When applying through the Heriot-Watt on-line system please ensure you provide the following information:

(a) in 'Study Option' - You will need to select 'Edinburgh' and 'Postgraduate Research'. 'Programme' presents you with a drop-down menu. Choose Chemistry PhD, Physics PhD, Chemical Engineering PhD, Mechanical Engineering PhD, Bio-science & Bio-Engineering PhD or Electrical PhD as appropriate and select September 2024 for study option (this can be updated at a later date if required)

(b) in 'Research Project Information' - You will be provided with a free text box for details of your research project. Enter Title and Reference number of the project for which you are applying and also enter the potential supervisor's name.

This information will greatly assist us in tracking your application.  Please note that once you have submitted your application, it will not be considered until you have uploaded your CV and transcripts.

2. Applications

Applications must be made through the Heriot-Watt online application system

3. Closing date

Closing dates will vary depending on the project.  All successful candidates will usually be expected to commence their studies in September/October 2024, although some projects may require an earlier start.

Scholarship opportunities

EPS scholarship opportunities
Project Closing date Supervisor

Laser welding of Glass to Highly Dissimilar Materials

29 February 2024

Dr Richard Carter

Ultrafast light sources for advanced metrology based on hollow-core fibers

29 February 2024 Dr Federico Belli

Laser-Material Interactions with 3D Laser Beam-Shaping

29 February 2024 Dr Richard Carter

Ultrashort pulsed lasers for high precision cancer treatment

29 February 2024 Prof. J D Shephard

Diode-pumped frequency combs for classical and quantum applications

31 March 2024 Prof. Derryck Reid

Laser welding of Glass for application to Vacuum Insulated Glazing

29 February 2024 Prof. Duncan Hand
Understanding the skin barrier through molecular simulation 31 January 2024

Prof. C McCabe,  Prof. P Cummings

A new method to probe the surface structures of liquids relevant to multiphase catalysis

2 February 2024 Prof. K G McKendrick, Prof. M Costen

Assembly of porous organic crystalline materials for sustainable separation technologies

  Dr Marc Little, Dr Filipe Vilela

Astrocatalysis at Near-ambient Pressure – Transition Metal Clusters

2 February 2024 Prof. MRS McCoustra

Co-delivery of inorganic and organic antibiotics for tackling AMR bacteria

2 February 2024 Dr Humphrey Yiu

Combined multi-scale modelling and experimental studies of polymer nanocomposites used in subsea connectors – Industrial CASE Studentship

2 February 2024 Prof. D G Bucknall

Csp3-H Zincation: Functional Group Tolerant Modifications of Pharmaceutical Moieties

2 February 2024 Dr G Barker

Developing and understanding organometallic late transition metal complexes for C-H and C-C activation

2 February 2024 Dr Stephen Mansell, Prof. D Townsend

Dynamic Bonding – A versatile platform for composite recycling

2 February 2024 Prof. D G Bucknall

Dynamics of atmospherically relevant gas-liquid surface reactions of the OH radical

2 February 2024 Prof. K G McKendrick, Prof. M Costen

Dynamics of molecule-molecule inelastic scattering: Experiment and theory to study correlated rotational excitation in collisions of NO and CO with small molecules

2 February 2024 Prof. K G McKendrick, Prof. M Costen

Excited electronic states in Photomedicine

2 February 2024 Prof. Martin Paterson

Probing the dynamics of atmospherically relevant gas-liquid surface reactions using velocity-map imaging

2 February 2024 Dr SJ Greaves, Prof. K G McKendrick

Revealing the Mystery of Scotch Whisky – Process Monitoring of Scotch Whisky Production

2 February 2024 Dr David Ellis, Dr R.D McIntosh
Laser welding of Glass for application to Vacuum Insulated Glazing 29 February 2024 Prof. Duncan Hand, Dr Richard Carter

Theoretical and Computational Chemistry of Photo-excited States

2 February 2024 Prof. Martin Paterson
Expanding the capabilities of the Molecular Simulation Design Framework (MoSDeF)   Prof. P Cummings, Prof. C McCabe
Enabling CO2 Capture and Storage Using AI   Prof. P Cummings, Prof. C McCabe

Embedding physical models into deep neural networks for sonar detection (co-funded by SeeByte Ltd)

  Dr Joao Mota

Model Based Deep Learning for Low-light Computational Imaging: Application to Robust Multimodal 3D Imaging

  Dr A Halimi

MultiModal Subsea Cable Tracking (MuST)

  Prof. Y Pettilot, Dr Ignacio Carlucho

Robust Computational Methods for High-Dimensional Imaging

  Dr A Halimi, Prof. S McLaughlin

PhD Scholarship in deep learning for computational imaging in astronomy and/or medicine

  Prof. Yves Wiaux

Robust Computational Methods for High-Dimensional Imaging

 

Dr A Halimi, Prof. S McLaughlin

Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing) of Metals:
Overcoming Challenges for Industrial Adoption

10 January 2024 Prof. Andrew Moore
Laser Based Manufacturing of Precision Optical Systems 31 March 2024 Prof. Daniel Esser
Ultra-Precision Robotic Manufacturing 31 March 2024

Dr M Koskinopoulou,   Dr Ignacio Carlucho

Laser System Design for Digital Manufacturing

31 March 2024 Prof. Daniel Esser
New Materials and Structures for CTE Management of Laser Systems 31 March 2024 Prof Jonathan Corey, Dr Sam Tammas-Williams
Robot-Human Collaboration in Manufacturing Environments 31 March 2024 Dr M Koskinopoulou,   Dr FA Auat
Machine Learning and AI for Optical System Optimization 31 March 2024 Dr R Carter,                  Dr M Koskinopoulou
Smart Factory 31 March 2024 Prof Jonathan Corey,    Dr Matjaz Vidmar
Compressed/low SWAP-C sensing 31 March 2024 Dr Yoann Altmann
Sensor Fusion and management in Autonomous Airborne Platforms 31 March 2024 Dr J Hopgood

Data-Driven Computational Sensing and Imaging

31 March 2024 Prof. M Davies