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 Do UK universities make money from athletics? Extending the brand of ‘Loughborough Sport’ to the retail marketplace for licensed merchandise
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Effects of nutritional supplement blends on sports performance
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 21 August 2022
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PhD Testing the efficacy and mechanisms of the 'gravitostat' as a tool to support long-term weight loss in people with obesity
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Enhancing digital health engagement to improve health behaviour change intervention effectiveness
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Fast and strong: neural determinants of increases in rate of force development
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Practical real-world optimization of heat acclimation/acclimatization and/or cooling for elite sport training and competition
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD The impact of Covid-19 on physical activity levels in young people from deprived backgrounds
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Impact of dairy food components on biomarkers of cardiometabolic health
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD The impact of the UK Code for Sport Governance on national sport federations
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Sedentary behaviour, physical activity, psychological stress and vascular health - implications for cardiovascular disease
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Influence of exercise and/or nutrition on bone and cartilage metabolism
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Optimising carbohydrate intake for performance and health in endurance athletes
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Understanding inequalities in physical activity, sedentary time, sleep and dietary behaviours and the associations with physical and mental health in young people
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Examining how efforts to promote healthy eating to children can meet the needs of those at risk of food insecurity
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Funded
Application deadline: 16 August 2022
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PhD Exploring ways to promote children’s fruit and vegetable intake at meal and snack times
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD Studying tendinopathy treatments in clinical populations
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing
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PhD The consequences of Brexit for British sport
Campus: Loughborough
Department(s): Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences
Funding status Self-funded
Application deadline: Ongoing