MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

MRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) CASE Studentships

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

The University of Manchester is one of the largest and most successful centres for biological, medical and health focused research and training in Europe. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) MRC Doctoral Training Partnership

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(MRC DTP CASE) Development of new in vitro infection models to tackle antimicrobial resistance

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most serious global public health threats in this century. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Gago, Dr M Bertuzzi, Dr J Bella

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(MRC DTP CASE) Prediction of substrate binding geometry and strength in promiscuous enzymes: computational chemistry applicable to the design of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

We are often taught about the power of enzymes to select particular substrates from the biological milieu and of their ability to perform highly selective reactions on those substrates. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Leach, Dr S De Visser, Dr C Trujillo

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(MRC DTP CASE) A prototype smart disposable device for ophthalmic point-of-care

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

This project seeks to design and develop a small device which will fit comfortably behind the lower eyelid in order to soak up a small volume of tears such that the biomarkers contained in tears – including some of the thousands or proteins in the human tear film – can be easily removed and analysed. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Morgan, Prof J Gough

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(MRC DTP CASE) Determination of the role of viruses in the microbiome of biofilms formed in the ear of patients with otitis media

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Otitis media (OM) is a very common infection of the middle ear characterised by redness, swelling and build-up of fluid behind the eardrum. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Vallely, Prof P Klapper, Prof S Lovell, Mrs JN Nichani

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(MRC DTP CASE) Multiomic evaluation of differential drug response in metastatic breast cancers

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Breast cancers are the most common cancers in women. Estrogen Receptor (ER) plays a major role in breast cancer growth. To stop the cancer from growing further, clinically successful ER-targeting therapies like Fulvestrant, etc were developed. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Nagarajan, Dr HH Harrison, Prof R Clarke, Dr I Iqbal

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(MRC DTP CASE) The emerging fungal order Mucorales: species-specific pathogenic strategies and new diagnostics

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Mucormycoses are emerging lethal fungal infections, with striking mortality rates of 50-90% depending on the clinical presentation, infection site and underlying host immune status. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Bertuzzi, Dr N.V.R Van Rhijn

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(MRC DTP CASE) Investigating the mechanisms contributing to impaired regulatory function of B cells in autoimmunity

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

The implementation of biological therapies has significantly advanced the management of autoimmune diseases (AIDs). However, the failure to achieve clinical remission in ‘non-responders’ remains a significant and unmet challenge. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MM Mennon, Prof MH Buch

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(MRC DTP CASE) Understanding Disease Management and Outcomes for Myositis Patients: An International Real-World Study Utilising Multiple Data Sources to Investigate Treatment Patterns, Health-Related Quality of Life, Clinical Outcomes, and Burden of Illness for Patients With Rare Autoimmune Disease

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Myositis is a group of rare conditions which present with physical symptoms that can significantly impact a patient’s life. Many patients are permanently disabled due to irreversible muscle damage. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Chinoy, Dr AO Oldroyd

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(MRC DTP CASE) Understanding how tumour associated macrophages control the tumour immune landscape in NF2-Schwannomatosis

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Type 2 Neurofibromatosis (NF2), now referred to as NF2-Schwannomatosis (or NF2-SWN), is a rare autosomal dominant tumour pre-disposition syndrome characterised by growth of typically benign tumours throughout the nervous system. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Brough, Dr K Couper

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(MRC DTP CASE) An Integrative Structural Biology Platform for Drug Discovery

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Solute carriers (SLCs) are the second largest class of membrane-embedded proteins with over 400 members organised into 66 families. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Politis, Dr CP Pliotas

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(MRC DTP CASE) Designing Peptide hydrogels as vehicles for targeted and localised in-vivo therapeutics delivery

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

One of the key engineering challenges in the life-science and biomedical sectors is the design and manufacturing of bespoke hydrogels for 3D cell culture, tissue engineering and cell/drug delivery. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Saiani, Dr K Finegan

13 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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The Contribution of Mitochondrial Dysfunction to Alzheimer's disease

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

Project Summary. Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is associated with increased oxidative stress and mitochondrial dysfunction in the brain. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Smith

1 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Discovering off-target side-effects and drug repurposing candidates using expression perturbation data

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

The MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol is the leading group for the development and application of causal analysis and evidence triangulation in health research to improve lives. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T Gaunt

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Integrative genomics prioritisation of drug targets

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

The MRC Integrative Epidemiology Unit at the University of Bristol is the leading group for the development and application of causal analysis and evidence triangulation in health research to improve lives. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T Gaunt

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Human Genetics, Genomics and Disease: Sequence determinants of mRNA fate in neuronal differentiation

University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Research Group: MRC Human Genetics Unit

Location. MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, UK & Max Delbrück Center Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Berlin, Germany. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Kudla

19 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Human Genetics, Genomics and Disease: Integrating fusion-proteins molecular signatures for advancing sarcoma diagnosis and therapy

University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Research Group: MRC Human Genetics Unit

Location. MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, UK & Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany. Supervisors. Dr Nezha Benabdallah, Dr Daria Bunina. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NB Benabdallah

19 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Human Genetics, Genomics and Disease: Understanding how nuclear architecture affects neuronal function in health and disease

University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Research Group: MRC Human Genetics Unit

Location. MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, UK & Max Delbrück Center Berlin Institute for Medical Systems Biology, Berlin, Germany. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Gilbert

19 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Human Genetics, Genomics and Disease: Preventing and detecting chromosomal aneuploidy in human pluripotent cells

University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Research Group: MRC Human Genetics Unit

Location. MRC Human Genetics Unit, University of Edinburgh, UK & Max Delbrück Center, Berlin, Germany. Supervisors. Prof Ian Adams, Prof Zsuzsanna Izsvák. Read more

Supervisor: Prof IA Adams

19 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Identifying rare variants contributing to poor outcomes in schizophrenia

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

Schizophrenia is a severe and often chronic psychiatric disorder that has a profound impact on affected individuals and their families. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Rees, Prof J Walters

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PhD Machine Learning for Medical Imaging

University of Kent School of Physics and Astronomy

Research Group: Applied Optics

We are offering a fully funded PhD studentship in the application of machine learning to medical imaging, especially imaging of cancer. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Podoleanu, Prof P de Wilde

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MSc by Research: Understanding the beginning of life: the role of non- canonical ubiquitylation in early embryonic development

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences

Ubiquitin is a small, yet influential, protein that is attached to other substrates to control their stability or activity in a process called ubiquitylation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V De Cesare

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Collaborative probabilistic machine learning

The University of Manchester Department of Computer Science

We develop probabilistic machine learning methods for helping other agents make better decisions, ultimately human agents in ongoing applications in science and engineering. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Kaski

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The use of life course epidemiology to support the experimental characterisation of genetic variation

University of Bristol Bristol Medical School

Project Background. There has been a rapid expansion in the generation of genetic sequence data over the last decade. Understanding the potential relevance of genetic mutations to human health remains challenging. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Timpson, Dr L Corbin, Dr BL Lam

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Investigating how mitochondrial dynamics control mtDNA homeostasis and engineering tools to visualise mtDNA molecules

Medical Research Council (Cambridge) Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Mitochondria are dynamic organelles forming a specific network by membrane remodeling events according to cellular needs1. Mitochondria contain multiple copies of their own genome, mtDNA, a circular molecule that encodes essential proteins involved in cellular energy production. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Julien Prudent, Prof M Minczuk

16 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Investigating how mitochondrial dynamics control mtDNA homeostasis and engineering tools to visualise mtDNA molecules

University of Cambridge MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit

Mitochondria are dynamic organelles forming a specific network by membrane remodeling events according to cellular needs1. Mitochondria contain multiple copies of their own genome, mtDNA, a circular molecule that encodes essential proteins involved in cellular energy production. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Julien Prudent, Prof M Minczuk

16 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Relationships between gestational diabetes (GDM) subtypes and fetal growth and adiposity

King’s College London Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

Gestational diabetes (GDM), defined by new onset hyperglycaemia in pregnancy, affects ~14% of pregnancies worldwide, and the prevalence is increasing. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S White, Dr CO Ovadia

10 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Measuring differences in neural inhibition in people with Tinnitus

University of Nottingham School of Medicine, Division of Clinical Neuroscience

About the project. Applications are invited for a 3-year fully funded PhD studentship to study the brain-based causes of tinnitus (the perception of an illusory sound). Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Sollini, Dr D Hoare, Dr M Sereda

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Fully funded PhD Studentships in the Mathematics for Real-World Systems CDT

University of Warwick

The Mathematics for Real-World Systems (MathSys) Centre for Doctoral Training have fully funded studentships for PhD's in the area of Applied Mathematics starting July 2024. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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Sarcopenia as a biomarker for people with multiple long-term conditions: an epidemiological perspective

University of Leicester Department of Population Health Sciences

Background . The term ‘multiple long-term conditions’ (MLTCs) refers to the co-existence of two or more chronic conditions (physical or mental) in a person [Navickas et al. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Wilkinson

9 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 43 MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 43 MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

MRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) CASE Studentships

(MRC DTP CASE) Development of new in vitro infection models to tackle antimicrobial resistance

(MRC DTP CASE) Prediction of substrate binding geometry and strength in promiscuous enzymes: computational chemistry applicable to the design of pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals

(MRC DTP CASE) A prototype smart disposable device for ophthalmic point-of-care

(MRC DTP CASE) Determination of the role of viruses in the microbiome of biofilms formed in the ear of patients with otitis media

(MRC DTP CASE) Multiomic evaluation of differential drug response in metastatic breast cancers

(MRC DTP CASE) The emerging fungal order Mucorales: species-specific pathogenic strategies and new diagnostics

(MRC DTP CASE) Investigating the mechanisms contributing to impaired regulatory function of B cells in autoimmunity

(MRC DTP CASE) Understanding Disease Management and Outcomes for Myositis Patients: An International Real-World Study Utilising Multiple Data Sources to Investigate Treatment Patterns, Health-Related Quality of Life, Clinical Outcomes, and Burden of Illness for Patients With Rare Autoimmune Disease

(MRC DTP CASE) Understanding how tumour associated macrophages control the tumour immune landscape in NF2-Schwannomatosis

(MRC DTP CASE) An Integrative Structural Biology Platform for Drug Discovery

(MRC DTP CASE) Designing Peptide hydrogels as vehicles for targeted and localised in-vivo therapeutics delivery

The Contribution of Mitochondrial Dysfunction to Alzheimer's disease

Discovering off-target side-effects and drug repurposing candidates using expression perturbation data

Integrative genomics prioritisation of drug targets

Human Genetics, Genomics and Disease: Sequence determinants of mRNA fate in neuronal differentiation

Human Genetics, Genomics and Disease: Integrating fusion-proteins molecular signatures for advancing sarcoma diagnosis and therapy

Human Genetics, Genomics and Disease: Understanding how nuclear architecture affects neuronal function in health and disease

Human Genetics, Genomics and Disease: Preventing and detecting chromosomal aneuploidy in human pluripotent cells

Identifying rare variants contributing to poor outcomes in schizophrenia

PhD Machine Learning for Medical Imaging

MSc by Research: Understanding the beginning of life: the role of non- canonical ubiquitylation in early embryonic development

Collaborative probabilistic machine learning

The use of life course epidemiology to support the experimental characterisation of genetic variation

Investigating how mitochondrial dynamics control mtDNA homeostasis and engineering tools to visualise mtDNA molecules

Investigating how mitochondrial dynamics control mtDNA homeostasis and engineering tools to visualise mtDNA molecules

Relationships between gestational diabetes (GDM) subtypes and fetal growth and adiposity

Measuring differences in neural inhibition in people with Tinnitus

Fully funded PhD Studentships in the Mathematics for Real-World Systems CDT

Sarcopenia as a biomarker for people with multiple long-term conditions: an epidemiological perspective

We have 43 MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 43 MRC PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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