Each year, we have three scholarships available for our projects, two for Overseas students, one for Home.

In order to apply for this funding, please submit your PhD application and list the project name. Full details of the PhD application process are available here. 

Once the deadline has passed, we will shortlist for the successful three candidates and award the funding in February 2026. Please note that all successful awardees must start their PhD from between 01 August 2026 and 31 July 2027.

The deadline for applications is 09 January 2026. 

Our 2026/27 projects are as follows: 

   
Woven connections: designing smart textiles for social interaction

Dr Weston Baxter
Design and implementation of red-teaming evaluations of Conversational Artificial Intelligence

Prof Rafael Calvo
Strategic Engineering for Future Sustainable Space Resource Economy

Dr Michel-Alexandre Cardin 
Circular Economy Design for Orbital Debris Collection and Recycling

Dr Michel-Alexandre Cardin 
Resilient Infrastructure for In-space Manufacturing Ecosystems

Dr Michel-Alexandre Cardin 
How Can AI Deployment Boost Eco-Innovations in Emission-intensive Sectors?

Dr Pelin Demirel
Biohybrids: Programmable Cellulose 

Dr Elena Dieckmann
Polymer.ai – AI-driven Material Discovery Using Biomateriomics and Polymer Informatics

Dr Elena Dieckman
Democratising AI through Decentralization: Governance and Incentives

Dr Pietro Ferraro
Democratising AI through Decentralization: Governance: P2P Learning and Incentives

Dr Pietro Ferraro
Sunlight Rechargeable Hybrid Batteries

Dr Chandramohan George
Machine Learning for Advancing the Robot Intelligence

Dr Petar Kormushev
Development of a Smart Production System for Forming High-Performance Vehicle Components from Recycled Materials

Dr Nan Li
Design for Sustainable Forming utilising Recycled Materials for Lightweight Structural Components

Dr Nan Li
Creating Inclusive Healthcare through AI Driven Design for Mass-Customised Medical Devices

Dr Connor Myant
Perceptually-informed Design and Validation of Spatial Audio for Virtual Acoustics

Prof Lorenzo Picinali
Exploring the Impact of Generative AI on Health Decision Making and Wellbeing

Dr Talya Porat
Digital interventions to support people with multiple health conditions

Dr Talya Porat
Future Centred Design Psychology

Dr Leila Sheldrick and Dr Nejra van Zalk
Designing for Future Heritage: Reframing Sustainability through Cultural and Temporal Value

Dr Leila Sheldrick
Data-enabled Design Science for Strategic Futures

Dr Leila Sheldrick
Neuro-symbolic Artificial Intelligence for life and death decision making

Prof Rupert Shute
Overcoming Fit Across a Population for E-Textile Clothing

Dr Rebecca Stewart
Co-Evolving Minds: Understanding Human Cognition in the Age Of AI-Mediated Information

Dr Nejra van Zalk
Sensing the Mind: Designing Wearable Systems for Emotional Insight and Anxiety Understanding

Dr Nejra van Zalk

 

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design.engineering@imperial.ac.uk
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