Wellcome - Integrative Infection Biology - Four Year PhD Programme

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Application deadline: Monday 8th January 2024

About the programme

Infectious diseases shape human evolution and pose formidable, complex challenges to global health. These can be addressed by the imaginative and multidisciplinary approaches encapsulated through Integrated Infection Biology. The Wellcome - Integrative Infection Biology programme combines scientific excellence with a commitment to improving the working environment and transition support for trainees.

Our aim is to give all PhD students an exceptional experience, enabling them to build their careers with the ability, confidence, and integrity to make transformative contributions to global health. Our principles are promoting inquisitive and rigorous science, imparting technological and analytical skills, and reinforcing personal wellbeing.

Our PhD programme sets out to equip the next generation of innovative world-class researchers with cutting-edge concepts and technologies, inspiring them to apply their skills to tackle the challenges of infectious diseases.

The integrative nature of the course empowers students to pursue PhD projects that build synergistic collaborations across the University of Glasgow and with our international partners in Africa and Europe. Students will take advantage of the University of Glasgow’s research strengths in Bacteriology; Immunobiology; Parasitology; One Health, Disease Ecology and Evolution; and Virology to develop a project that applies cutting-edge scientific methods to the study of infectious disease.

Programme structure

The programme develops ‘Scientists without Boundaries’, instilling into each student the full range of scientific and generic skills required for success, to gain ambition and confidence as researchers, and to promote self-development as the pinnacle for lifelong careers. Our development programme is based on the Vitae Researcher Development Framework. The programme is structured with a 6-month introductory period including two lab rotations, a 3.5-year PhD project, followed by a 'PhD Plus' phase, an exceptional opportunity to gain support beyond the PhD degree award.

Funding

These studentships are fully funded for four years which includes stipend, tuition fees, and generous research costs.

The programme has an intake of six to seven fully-funded studentships per year:

• Up to three places are available for applicants eligible for UK fees;
• Up to two places are open to applicants from either the UK or any other country;
• Two places specifically for applicants from the programme’s partner countries: Kenya, Malawi and Uganda.

This programme offers the opportunity for students to apply for additional funding to embark on a PhD Plus Year. This feature is designed to empower graduating students to develop their next career step. This might be in a research institution in any global setting, or by gaining new experiences in social science, public engagement, or industry.

Eligibility

Applicants must have obtained, or be about to obtain, a degree in a relevant subject. Eligibility normally requires a first or upper second class honours degree, or a combination of qualifications and/or experience. However, we can use our discretion in deciding whether candidates are suitable for research training.

How to apply

For an application form and information on the additional documentation required when applying, please visit the programme website.

Recruitment

Applications from members of groups that are under-represented in STEM are particularly encouraged. All applications will be anonymised up until the interview stage. Interviews will take place in February 2024.

Any queries can be directed to wellcome-iib@glasgow.ac.uk