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PhD in Brain Resilience, Vascular Health and Early Neurodegeneration University of Cambridge in United Kingdom

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PhD

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Computer Science

Funding

Competition-funded PhD project for students worldwide. Funding is available for October 2027 entry via Cambridge Trust and Gates Cambridge funding competitions, with Gates US round 1 closing 2026-10-14 and Cambridge Trust/Gates Cambridge round 2 deadline 2026-12-08. Funding is not available for Lent or Easter 2027 places because the funding deadline has passed; other funding would be needed for those intakes.

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Dec 8, 2026

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Biomedical Engineering
Neuroimaging
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Alzheimer's Disease
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About this position

PhD project at the University of Cambridge: Understanding Brain Resilience, Vascular Health and Early Neurodegeneration.

This project sits in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences and is supervised by Dr Kamen Tsvetanov. It focuses on why some people remain cognitively healthy despite brain pathology and genetic risk, while others develop cognitive impairment and dementia.

The research combines multimodal neuroimaging, cognitive assessment, physiological measures of vascular health, genetic data, and large-scale longitudinal cohort studies. Students can work on brain resilience, vascular contributions to cognitive ageing and dementia, advanced statistical/computational/AI methods for disease heterogeneity and progression, or improved functional neuroimaging methods integrating vascular and neuronal measures.

Relevant study areas include neuroscience, neurology, psychology, statistics, mathematics, computer science, physics, engineering, machine learning, and computational neuroscience. The project is interdisciplinary and offers collaboration with neuroscientists, clinicians, computer scientists, engineers, and population health researchers.

Funding is competition-based for October 2027 entry. The page notes Gates US round 1 and Cambridge Trust/Gates Cambridge round 2 deadlines, and warns that funding is not available for Lent or Easter 2027 places unless other funding is secured.

Applicants should have a quantitative background and programming experience in Python, R, or MATLAB. The opportunity is open to students worldwide.

To apply, register your interest on the FindAPhD page and follow the University of Cambridge application process, making sure to indicate all funding schemes you are eligible for before the relevant deadlines.

Funding details

Competition-funded PhD project for students worldwide. Funding is available for October 2027 entry via Cambridge Trust and Gates Cambridge funding competitions, with Gates US round 1 closing 2026-10-14 and Cambridge Trust/Gates Cambridge round 2 deadline 2026-12-08. Funding is not available for Lent or Easter 2027 places because the funding deadline has passed; other funding would be needed for those intakes.

What's required

Applicants should have experience in at least one quantitative area such as neuroscience, psychology, engineering, physics, mathematics, statistics, computer science, or a related discipline. Programming experience in Python, R, or MATLAB is essential, along with an interest in quantitative approaches to brain health and disease. The project is open to PhD and MPhil candidates.

How to apply

Register your interest through the FindAPhD project page and submit your application to the University of Cambridge. Make sure to indicate all funding schemes you are eligible for before the funding deadlines. Check the Gates website and Cambridge postgraduate funding search for details.

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