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National Research and Innovation Agency of Uruguay (ANII) Scholarship

Since 2018, ANII and Queen Mary University of London have formally partnered to fund Uruguayan Master's and Doctoral students to study at Queen Mary. This scholarship program supports 1-year Master's programmes and PhD programmes of up to 4 years in strategic areas including Energy, Health, Agriculture, Environment, ICT, and other fields. Prospective scholars must first apply to Queen Mary for their chosen programme. Following acceptance, they can then apply to ANII for a scholarship. The program provides up to USD 50,000 for Master's degrees and up to USD 80,000 for PhD programs with no maximum number of awards.

Nano-assemblies of cyclodextrin complexes at oil-water interfaces as sustainable alternatives to surfactants

This PhD research project aims to investigate the formation and structural characteristics of interfacial films created by cyclodextrin-oil complexes and to correlate these properties with the stability of emulsions. The central hypothesis is that cyclodextrins (CDs) can form robust, structured interfacial films via host-guest interactions with targeted hydrophobic molecules in the oil phase, which can provide a versatile method to build strong interfacial films for a very broad range of oil mixtures. The research will employ advanced experimental techniques including interfacial rheology, confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), cryogenic electron microscopy, and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) to characterize the interfacial films. Emulsion stability will be assessed under varying conditions of pH, ionic strength, and temperature to simulate real-world applications. This research will contribute to the fundamental understanding of cyclodextrin-mediated interfacial phenomena and offer insights into designing novel, biocompatible emulsifiers for applications in foods, pharmaceuticals, and cosmetics.

Sustainable High-Throughput Synthesis for Next-Generation Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

A highly competitive PhD studentship focusing on improving the sustainability of pharmaceutical production. The project involves developing and applying batch high-throughput experimentation (HTE) methods and synthetic chemistry workflows to support the transition from batch to continuous flow processes. This PhD project will work alongside a £10M+ project funded by Innovate UK and will involve collaboration with industry partners including AstraZeneca, Labman and Britest. The research will focus on designing and executing high-throughput synthetic experiments to generate datasets for machine learning-driven optimisation, developing robust synthetic routes for pharmaceutically relevant compounds, collaborating with a postdoctoral researcher to integrate HTE data into autonomous flow reactor platforms, and embedding sustainability metrics into synthetic route selection and optimisation. The studentship provides full academic fees together with a tax-free maintenance grant at the standard UKRI rate of £20,780 per year for 3.5 years, with access to state-of-the-art facilities in the Institute of Process Research and Development and opportunities to collaborate with leading industrial partners.