Postgraduate Fellowships and Studentships

Funded research student opportunities are listed below, with regular updates. Applications are taken until the studentship is filled, unless a specific closing date is identified: early application is advised. International students are usually NOT eligible for these studentships (fees are normally paid at the UK/EU rate). International students may apply for projects in related areas or for other research available .

Opportunities are also available to study on our one year full-time Masters in Research or MSc courses, with competitive bursaries available supported by ONE North East.

Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
MRes/PhD Studentship: Investigating copper homeostasis in a human fungal pathogen
cb068
MRC MRes/PhD Studentship - Local microenvironment control of epithelial ion transport and innate defence: role in the pathogenesis of chronic airways disease
cb067
PhD studentship to study the origin and diversification of eukaryotes using statistical phylogenetics
cb063
MRC PhD Studentship: Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis and Degradation
cb066
MRC MRes/PhD Studentship: Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection: oestrogen and the epithelial defences of the urinary tract
cb064
BBSRC Studentship - The link between the developmental disorder Treacher Collins syndrome and the regulation of the tumour suppressor p53
cb061
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship - A nascent peptide-ribosome interaction that allows viral protein synthesis
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)		 cb069
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship - Alu repeats, cancer and genetic disease
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)		 cb074
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship - Genes Required for the Response to Reactive Oxygen Species and their Role in Lifespan
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)		 cb072
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship - How to kill non-growing bacterial pathogens
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)		 cb075
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship: Regulation of gene expression through coupling of transcription and translation
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)		 cb073
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship: Structural studies of biofilm-associated proteins from human pathogens
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)		 cb071
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship:Nutrient modulation of gut inflammatory responses to microbial challenges
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)		 cb070
PhD studentship: Novel inhibitors of transcription and mechanisms of their action
Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University		 cb062
MRes/PhD Studentship: Investigating the roles of a novel mRNA quality control enzyme in gene expression and telomere maintenance
Ruth and Lionel Jacobson Trust		 cb065

Institute of Cellular Medicine

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
EPSRC MRes/PhD Studentship - Development of Graphene Biosensors for Medical Diagnostics.
cl051
PhD studentship: Triggers of Innate inflammation by mitochondrial damage in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.
cl046
MRC MRes/PhD studentship: Targeting MEK and VEGF inhibition to prevent melanoma metastasis and angiogenesis
cl049
MRes/PhD studentship: Molecular Genetic and Functional Analysis of Osteoarthritis Genetic Susceptibility
Dr William Edmund Harker Foundation		 cl048
MRes/Phd Studentship: Mechanisms of joint destruction in arthritis
FARNE (Fighting Arthritis in the North East)		 cl052
BBSRC CASE PhD studentship: Role of Cathepsin D and autophagy in regulating epidermal homeostasis and toxicity following AhR activation by dioxin in skin.
In partnership with AstraZeneca 		cl053
MRC MRes/PhD Studentship: Derivation of Human Hepatocytes from Pancreatic Progenitor Cells and their use in a Novel Antioxidant Screening Platform.
Newcastle Biomedicine 		cl050

Institute of Health and Society

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
Health Foundation: PhD Studentships in Health Economics
Newcastle University 		hs009

Institute of Genetic Medicine

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
PhD Studentship- Genetics of Haemolytic Uraemic Syndrome
hg038
Randerson Foundation Role of Rho Kinase in the Developing and Mature Heart Muscle - MRes/PhD Studentship
hg039
MRC MRes/PhD Studentship: Understanding the contribution of miRNAs in the process of direct conversion of human fibroblasts to multilineage blood progenitor cells
hg040
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship: Stem Cells and Arterial Wall Regeneration
Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP)		 hg041

Institute of Neuroscience

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
MRes/PhD Wellcome Trust studentship in Neuroscience
in044
PhD Studentship: Expression of autism susceptibility genes in the earliest stages of human cerebral cortex development.
Anatomical Society of Great Britain and Ireland.		 in046

Northern Institute for Cancer Research

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
MRC MRes/PhD Studentship: Structural and functional characterization of CDK4/6-cyclin D complexes
cr059
MRC MRes/PhD Studentship: Development of Novel Prostate Cancer Therapies
MRC and Astex Therapuetics		 cr062
MRes/PhD Studentship: Targeted therapy for CREBBP-mutated lymphoid disease
Newcastle Cancer Centre		 cr060
MRes/PhD Studentship: The contribution of lysine methylases to androgen receptor function in advanced prostate cancer
Newcastle Cancer Centre		 cr061