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MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 233 MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Cell-free assembly and engineering of programmable protein nanocages for mRNA vaccine delivery

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Vaccine mRNA can only work if it reaches the part of the cell where proteins are made. Can engineered protein shells protect vaccine mRNA and release it inside cells to produce an antigen, while avoiding excessive inflammation?. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof LN Liu, Prof N Liptrott
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Harnessing cross reactive T-cell responses to prevent future pandemics

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Pandemics always arrive without sufficient warning. When a new virus emerges, there is no vaccine ready and no time to build one from scratch. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof L Turtle, Dr K Subramaniam, Prof J Stewart
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Targeting the senescence associated secretory phenotype (SASP) as a strategy to ameliorate the burden of age-related fibrotic disease

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
This project will investigate how ageing cells contribute directly to fibrosis, a major feature of many age-related diseases. Senescent cells accumulate with age because they are no longer efficiently removed by the immune system. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Laird, Prof R Medina-Benavente
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Mechanistic investigation into covalent kinase inhibitor-induced liver injury following checkpoint inhibitor treatment

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Despite years of intensive research, cancer has poor patient outcomes largely due to late-stage diagnosis, limited treatment options, and lack of biomarkers for early detection. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Naisbitt, Dr X Meng, Dr S Bates
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Integrated assessment of Immune Fitness in Patients with lung cancer: AI-enabled Immune Phenotyping and CT-based Assessment of Sarcopenia

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Lung cancer is the cause of most cancer related death worldwide. Patients with lung cancer exhibit striking differences in clinical outcome despite apparently similar tumour stage and treatment. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Ottensmeier, Dr S Chee, Prof Y Zheng
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Decoding pneumolysin-specifc T cell fate in pneumococcal infection

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is the leading bacterial cause of pneumonia and remains a major global health challenge despite the availability of vaccines and antibiotics. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Kadioglu, Dr RX Xu
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Smart Multimodal AI for Refining Thalamic Targeting and Tremor Outcome Prediction

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Essential tremor (ET) is the most common movement disorder, affecting millions of people worldwide and causing uncontrollable shaking that can make everyday activities such as writing, eating and dressing difficult. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Macerollo, Prof Y Zheng, Mr JO Farah
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Agentic AI to drive functional annotation and drug discovery in a priority fungal pathogen

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Fungal disease kills an estimated 3.75 million people a year worldwide — six times more than malaria and three times more than tuberculosis. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A R Jones, Dr M Bromley, Dr P Kritsiligkou
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: How does pancreatic injury trigger life-threatening organ failure?

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Acute pancreatitis is one of the most common gastrointestinal causes of emergency hospital admission. While the disease begins in the pancreas, the most severely affected patients develop inflammation and failure of distant organs, most commonly in the lungs. Read more
 Supervisors: Mr R Mukherjee, Prof R Sutton, Prof P O'Neill
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Beyond the peak: Detecting cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in diabetes using Taylor-Fourier analysis of wearable photoplethysmography

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy (CAN) damages the nerves that control heart rate and blood-pressure. It affects about one in three people with diabetes, and is linked to substantially higher risks of cardiovascular disease and early death. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr U Alam, Dr R Ferrero, Dr S Azmi, Prof Y Zheng
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Decoding why gingivitis may lead to noma: characterising the oral microbiome and immunology of children at risk of noma

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Noma is a devastating orofacial disease that mainly affects children aged 2–6 years living in conditions of extreme poverty, particularly where chronic malnutrition and poor oral health are common. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Ainsworth, Dr W Thompson
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Rebuilding trust in vaccination: a Large Epidemic Model to predict immunity gaps and power trustworthy public health communication

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Can AI help rebuild trust in public health, and stop preventable diseases from coming back?. Measles is returning. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Chen, Prof AJ Jorgensen
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Developing multiplexed point-of-care biosensors to guide surgical and antimicrobial decisions in the acute abdomen

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
A surgeon opens the abdomen of an emergency patient and has minutes to decide whether a length of bowel will survive. Get it right and the patient keeps their gut. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Sharma , Mr A Chan, Prof C Halloran, Dr D Cocker, Mr C Macutkiewicz
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Cardiac Ion Channels and Immune Signalling in Ischaemic Heart Disease: New Opportunities for Cardioprotection and Arrhythmia Prevention

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Cardiovascular disease remains one of the leading causes of death worldwide and is frequently associated with myocardial ischaemia (reduced blood flow to the heart) and life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Rainbow, Prof N Liptrott
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Enhancing Cancer Immunotherapy While Protecting the Heart: The Dual Function of SGLT2 Inhibitors

University of Liverpool
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) have revolutionised cancer treatment by harnessing the body's immune system to attack tumours. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Sharma, Prof A Olsson-Brown, Prof D Naisbitt
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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