Applied Mathematics: Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Agent-Based Infection Modelling for HIV Tr[...]

Swansea University; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 21,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent educational institution in the UK is offering a PhD position in Mathematics focused on simulating HIV infection dynamics. This role involves collaboration with GSK experts and offers full funding including tuition fees and annual stipend (currently £20,780 for 2025/26). Candidates must hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level or a master's degree with 'Merit' grade. International applicants should verify their qualifications meet Swansea's entry requirements.

Benefits

Full tuition coverage

Annual stipend

Research expenses up to £1,000 per year

Qualifications

• Must hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level or master’s degree with minimum ‘Merit’ grade.
• International qualifications must meet Swansea University entry requirements.

Responsibilities

• Develop tools to simulate HIV infection dynamics using multiscale agent-based modelling.
• Collaborate with GSK experts on the research project.

Education

Undergraduate degree at 2.1 level

Master’s degree with a minimum overall grade at ‘Merit’

Job description

Organisation/Company Swansea University Department Central Research Field Mathematics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Country United Kingdom Application Deadline 5 Jan 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/London) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 1 Apr 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

HIV remains one of the most persistent and challenging infections to cure due to its ability to lie dormant in reservoirs within the body: T-cells that are infected but no actively replicating virus. This allows the virus to evade standard treatment approaches. Despite years of antiretroviral therapy (ART), complete eradication of the virus is hindered by the presence of these reservoirs, which require continuous lifetime treatment. Recent efforts to cure HIV infection have focused on developing latency reversing agents as a first step to eradicate the latent reservoir and animal models are being studied to understand these dynamics.

This project proposes a novel pipeline of ideas to generate tools and techniques to simulate HIV infection dynamics using a multiscale agent-based modelling technique (cells, viruses, drugs, antibodies, human lymph system, seconds, days, years).

This project is in collaboration with GSK and we will work closely with experts from GSK.

The Departments of Mathematics is part of the Computational Foundry, a world-class centre for computational research, part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund through Welsh Government. The brand-new building of the Computational Foundry provides an ideal environment for doing a PhD.

Note for international and European applicants: details of how your qualification compares to the published academic entry requirements can be found on our Country Specific Entry Requirements page.

PhD: Applicants for PhD must hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level or master’s degree with a minimum overall grade at ‘Merit’ (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University).

Additional Information

This scholarship covers the full cost of tuition fees and an annual stipend at UKRI rate (currently £20,780 for 2025/26).

Additional research expenses of up to £1,000 per year will also be available.

Eligibility criteria

Note for international and European applicants: details of how your qualification compares to the published academic entry requirements can be found on our Country Specific Entry Requirements page.

PhD: Applicants for PhD must hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level or master’s degree with a minimum overall grade at ‘Merit’ (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University).

Selection process

Please see our website for further information