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. Please note there are University and external international scholarships available for some of our programmes.

Opportunities are also available to study on our one year full-time MRes or MSc courses.

Institute for Ageing and Health

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
MRes/PhD Studentship - Determining The Nature, Mechanisms And Potential Therapies For The Neurological Deficits In Patients With Mitochondrial DNA Disease
ia058
MRes/PhD Studentship - Developing Pioneering Methods To Prevent The Transmission Of Mitochondrial DNA Disease
ia057
MRes/PhD Studentship - Identifying The Role Of Mitochondrial DNA Genotype In Common Complex Human Diseases
ia059
MRes/PhD Studentship - Understanding Critical Factors and Pathogenic Defects Underlying Mitochondrial Gene Expression
ia056
BBSRC MRes/PhD studentship - Cell senescence in postmitotic cells: its possible contribution to the ageing process
BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership		 ia060
BBSRC MRes/Phd Studentship - Redox-Dependent Molecular Mechanisms Of Mitophagy
BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership		 ia061
MRes/PhD studentship - Does a senescent-like phenotype in neurons contribute to neurodegeneration?
MRC		 ia062

Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
ERC PhD Studentship to Investigate the Evolution of Endosymbioses between Anaerobic Ciliate Protozoa and Archaebacteria
cb083
MRes/PhD studentship - Comparative study of cyclin B regulation in meiotic and mitotic cell division
cb092
PhD studentship - Telomeres and the DNA damage response
cb087
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship - Recruitment of Condensin to replication origins in Bacillus subtilis
BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership		 cb093
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship - Resistance to copper toxicity in Staphylococcus aureus
BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership		 cb090
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship - The influence of sirtuin-controlled circadian rhythmicity and diet on lifespan in honeybees
BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership		 cb089
BBSRC MRes/PhD studentship - The role of superoxide in DNA damage signalling
BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership		 cb091
BBSRC MRes/PhD studentship - Transport, translation and telomeres
BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership		 cb088
MRes/PhD Studentship - Understanding carbohydrate uptake by members of the human gut microbiota
Faculty of Medical Sciences		 cb086

Institute of Cellular Medicine

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
Action for M.E. PhD Studentship - Understanding Muscle Dysfunction in ME/CFS - developing a drug Pre-Testing System
cl056
EPSRC MRes / PhD Studentship: Development of advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Spectroscopy (MRS) methods for dynamic non-invasive monitoring of tissue metabolite content
cl058
MRC 4-year Integrated MRes/PhD Studentship - Understanding the role of the c-Rel subunit of NF-kappaB in organ fibrosis
MRC		 cl060
MRC 4-year Integrated MRes/PhD Studentship - Can macrophage polarization modulate fibroblast behaviour?
MRC 		cl061

Institute of Health and Society

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
MRC MRes or MSc/PhD Studentship - A Life Course Investigation of Maternal Ethnic Group and Pregnancy Weight in the Development of Short and Long-term Health Outcomes for Women and their Offspring
MRC		 hs015

Institute of Genetic Medicine

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
MRes/PhD studentship-Investigating the reversibility and tissue specificity of mitochondrial translation defects in early childhood
Randerson Foundation		 hg044

Institute of Neuroscience

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship - Hormonal and epigenetic consequences of early-life adversity in the European starling
in055
Wellcome Trust 4 year MRes/PhD Studentship - Systems Neuroscience: From Networks to Behaviour
in054

Northern Institute for Cancer Research

Current Studentships / ScholarshipsCode
MRC MRes/PhD Studentship - Characterisation of A Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Model Of Prostate Differentiation
MRC		 cr059