Research opportunities
Find out about the Doctoral Researcher studentships currently open for applications across the School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences.
We frequently advertise a diverse range of opportunities to engage in a variety of funded and unfunded research projects across the School. These Doctoral Researchers already have a topic and supervisor allocated to them – browse the list below for our latest studentships.
PhD opportunities
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PhD Behavioural Sleep Dysfunction as a Mechanistic Driver of Long COVID Symptom Severity: An Integrative Psychophysiological Investigation
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: April 2026, July 2026, October 2026, February 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 18 December 2026
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PhD Community and Lifestyle Health
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 July 2026
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PhD Examining the impact of RAFAKidz on the Social Connectedness and Mental Health of Serving Royal Air Force Personnel and their families
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: July 2026
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 10 April 2026
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PhD Governance in British Basketball: Funding Precarity, Structural Deficiencies, and Organisational Instability
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 1 August 2026
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PhD Psychology of Human Performance and Health
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027 or July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 July 2026
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PhD Rehabilitation and Health
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 July 2026
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PhD Sport Performance
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 July 2026
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PhD Sports Integrity
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 31 July 2026
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PhD Unravelling Sex-Specific Mechanisms Underpinning Long COVID: An Integrative Epidemiological and Biomarker-Based Investigation of Women’s Disproportionate Burden
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Study mode: Full-timePart-time
Start date: October 2026, February 2027, July 2027
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: 18 December 2026