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wellcome PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 30 wellcome PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Wellcome Sanger Institute Four-Year PhD Studentships

The Wellcome Sanger Institute is a world leader in genomics research. Our Faculty apply and explore genomic technologies at scale to advance understanding of biology and improve health. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme
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BioSCaPe PhD programme

Bioscience South Cambridge doctoral training Partnership (BioSCaPe) is a transformative PhD programme designed to create the bioscience leaders of tomorrow. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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BioSCaPe PhD programme

Bioscience South Cambridge doctoral training Partnership (BioSCaPe) is a transformative PhD programme designed to create the bioscience leaders of tomorrow. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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BioSCaPe PhD programme

Bioscience South Cambridge doctoral training Partnership (BioSCaPe) is a transformative PhD programme designed to create the bioscience leaders of tomorrow. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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BioSCaPe PhD programme

Bioscience South Cambridge doctoral training Partnership (BioSCaPe) is a transformative PhD programme designed to create the bioscience leaders of tomorrow. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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Unorthodox health activism in Britain after 1948

Apply for this opportunity here >>. Alternative approaches to health, and the communities and activists who promote them, grew in prominence during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they have always been an important aspect of health in Britain. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr HE Elizabeth
 30 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Design, synthesis and evaluation of novel polysialyltransferase inhibitors as anti- metastatic agents

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics
Polysialic acid plays an essential role in neuronal development, but by adulthood is absent from the human body. Its biosynthesis is regulated by two polysialyltransferases (polySTs). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Falconer, Dr S Shnyder
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Polysialyltransferases as a target in metastatic cancer

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics
Polysialic acid plays an essential role in neuronal development, but by adulthood is absent from the human body. Its biosynthesis is regulated by two polysialyltransferases. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Falconer, Dr S Shnyder
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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T cell signalling in fibrotic feedback loops

Project Title. T cell signalling in fibrotic feedback loops. Fibrosis is a pathological feature of many chronic inflammatory diseases, characterized by extracellular matrix (ECM) dysregulation, connective tissue accumulation, and complex immune-stromal feedback loops. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Richard
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cross-Species determinants of stress susceptibility in PSC-derived Neural Progenitors and Spinal Motor Neurons

Project Title. Cross-Species determinants of stress susceptibility in PSC-derived Neural Progenitors and Spinal Motor Neurons. Life unfolds at remarkably different speeds across species, yet the molecular mechanisms that regulate developmental tempo remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Rayon
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The dark side of DNA

Project Title. The dark side of DNA. Project Outline. We think of DNA as a stable information source compartmentalised to the nucleus and mitochondria. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Houseley
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The evolution and development of animal neuroglia

Primary Supervisor. Chema Martin. Co-Supervisor. Roman Arguello. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr JM Martin
 27 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How Hematopoietic Transcription Factors and Epigenetic Coregulators Shape Gene Regulatory Networks in Immune Cell Development

This is a 4-year PhD studentship to join the group of Dr Tianyi Zhang in the Department of Cancer and Genomics Sciences at the University of Birmingham. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr TZ Zhang
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – From cohort to clinic: co-designing cognitive interventions for anxiety with young people in the UK and Brazil

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental-health conditions worldwide, usually emerge in adolescence, and respond incompletely to current treatments. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I Penton-Voak, Dr A Shakeshaft, Dr HJ Jones
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Predicting the next pandemic by enhancing viral surveillance

Are you driven to tackle global health challenges at the intersection of AI, computational biology, and wet-lab innovation? This PhD project offers a rare opportunity to bridge computational science, evolutionary biology, and advanced laboratory assays to forecast dangerous viral variants before they trigger global outbreaks. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Jeffares, Prof GJ Wright, Dr J Agirre
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)