We have 233 MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Filter Results 1

Discipline

Discipline

All disciplines

Location

Location

All locations

Institution

Institution

All Institutions

PhD Type

PhD Type

All PhD Types

Funding

Funding

All Funding

Latest PhDs only

Filter results

Show 233 results

Institution

Department

Show 233 results

Latest PhDs only

Sort by

Reset

MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 233 MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

(MRC NW-DMS) Defining how inflammasomes shape brain injury and disease through live imaging of the mammalian brain

The University of Manchester

Division of Neuroscience

Research Group: Division of Neuroscience

Small blood clots accumulate in the brain throughout life and contribute to stroke, cognitive decline and dementia. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Allan, Dr KM Murray, Dr J Green, Prof D Brough

27 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

(MRC NW-DMS) Characterisation of fear conditioning deficits and their treatment by psilocybin in the scPCP mouse model for schizophrenia.

The University of Manchester

Division of Neuroscience

Cognitive deficits are the most impactful negative consequences of developing schizophrenia (SZ). One example of this is the tendency for patients to over-generalise due to poor discrimination between stimuli or events and their association with either positive, negative or neutral outcomes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Gigg, Dr R Storchi, Dr M Harte, Dr C Lea-Carnall

27 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Developing closed-loop sleep stimulation for motor learning and stroke recovery

University of Oxford

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying the potential for closed-loop auditory stimulation during sleep to be used to improve memory consolidation following stroke. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof M Fleming, Prof A Sharott, Prof A Jackson

1 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Developing and Testing Brain Stimulation Patterns to Promote Half-Harmonic Entrainment for Therapeutic Benefit in Parkinson’s Disease

University of Oxford

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying the synchronisation of brain activity to deep brain stimulation in Parkinson’s disease. Read more

Supervisors: Dr B Duchet, Prof H Tan

1 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Discovering and translating physiological biomarkers for personalised adaptive Deep Brain Stimulation in Parkinson’s disease

University of Oxford

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying how neural, movement and behavioural signals can be used to personalise adaptive deep brain stimulation (DBS) for Parkinson’s disease. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof A Oswal, Prof T Denison, Assoc Prof H Cagnan, Dr B Abdi-Sargezeh

1 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Understanding neural circuit dynamics in models of Parkinson’s

University of Oxford

Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Background. Applications are invited from both Home students and International students to join a multidisciplinary team of researchers studying the links between behaviour and brain circuit dynamics in animal models of Parkinson’s. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P J Magill, Prof A Sharott, Dr J Gallego, Dr H Collins

1 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Precision Medicine DLA – DiscoPET: Multiplexed total-body PET to define cancer immunometabotypes

University of Glasgow

College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Sciences

PET imaging can measure multiple aspects of tumour biology, ranging from energy metabolism pathways, targeted with 18F and 11C labelled small molecules, to surface markers/immune activation, targeted with 89Zr labelled biologics. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Lewis, Dr S Paisey, Dr C Wimberley

11 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Precision Medicine DLA – Virtual Multi-Omics: Decoding the Tumour Microenvironment from H&E Slides using Spatially-Aware AI

University of Glasgow

College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Sciences

Collaborative Project - MRC’s Collaborative awards provide students with experience of collaborative research with a non-academic partner, enabling the student to spend a period of time with the partner (usually no less than three months over the lifetime of the PhD). Read more

Supervisors: Prof J LeQuesne, Dr K yuan, Prof D Chang

11 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Precision Medicine DLA – Advanced Multiomics and Machine Learning for Predicting Treatment Outcomes in Inflammatory diseases

University of Glasgow

College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Infection, Immunity & Inflammation

Collaborative Project - MRC’s Collaborative awards provide students with experience of collaborative research with a non-academic partner, enabling the student to spend a period of time with the partner (usually no less than three months over the lifetime of the PhD). Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Mahony, Prof J Brewer

11 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Developing Precise Mitochondrial DNA Base Editors For Genome Therapy

Medical Research Council (Cambridge)

Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Background. Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are the most common cause of inherited mitochondrial disease and are increasingly implicated in common age-related conditions including neurodegeneration. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Minczuk

8 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Developing Precise Mitochondrial DNA Base Editors For Genome Therapy

University of Cambridge

MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Background. Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are the most common cause of inherited mitochondrial disease and are increasingly implicated in common age-related conditions including neurodegeneration. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Minczuk

8 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Investigating Pathogenic Mechanisms And Therapeutic Targets For mtDNA Mutations

Medical Research Council (Cambridge)

Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are the most common cause of inherited mitochondrial disease and are increasingly implicated in common age-related conditions including neurodegeneration. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A J Whitworth

8 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Investigating Pathogenic Mechanisms And Therapeutic Targets For mtDNA Mutations

University of Cambridge

MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are the most common cause of inherited mitochondrial disease and are increasingly implicated in common age-related conditions including neurodegeneration. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A J Whitworth

8 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Engineering novel miniprotein modulators of calcium channels for neuropathic pain

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Dr Ivan Kadurin, Blizard Institute, SBBS, QMUL. Co-supervisor(s). Dr Alex Clark, Blizard Institute, QMUL. Studentship Funding. Read more

Supervisor: Dr IK Kadurin

27 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Exploiting Mitochondrial Genome Editing to Study Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy

Medical Research Council (Cambridge)

Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Background. Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are the most common cause of inherited mitochondrial disease and are increasingly implicated in common age-related conditions including neurodegeneration. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Minczuk

8 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

PhD Project & Programmes Search for PhDs PhDs by Subject PhDs by Institution PhDs by Email PhDs in the United Kingdom PhDs in Biological Sciences PhDs in Engineering PhDs by supervisor Professional Training and Short Courses

Info for students Postgraduate Open Days PhD Study Guides PhD Study Abroad Funding Your PhD Postgraduate Advice Forum Postgraduate Email Updates

Info for advertisers Advertise your PhD Project & Programmes Testimonials Provider Login Display Advertising Targeted Emails Advertiser Terms

FindAPhD. Copyright 2005-2026
All rights reserved.

FindAPhD is a trading name of FindAUniversity, A Keystone Company.

Registered Address: FindAUniversity Ltd, 77 Sidney St, Sheffield, S1 4RG

Our websites: FindAMasters | FindAPostDoc | Postgraduate Forum | FindCourses

Filtering Results