Excellence in Diversity PhD Scholarships

PhD Studentship at the University of Cambridge in the Department of Pathology on functional effects of dysregulated microRNA-mediated cellular pathways in malignant germ cell tumours . The project, led by Dr Matthew Murray , focuses on cancer biology and translational biomedical research. It builds on prior work targeting over-expressed miR-371~373 and miR-302/367 and replenishing downregulated miRNAs such as let-7 and miR-100-5p/125b-5p in malignant germ cell tumour cell lines. The new students...

Applications are now open for a fully funded PhD scholarship starting October 2027 through the Midlands+ Mental Health and Neuroscience PhD Programme for Healthcare Professionals . The advertised project is at the University of Birmingham and is titled Building the Foundations of Mental Health: Understanding and Supporting Executive Function and Emotion Regulation in Early Childhood . The project is being offered by Alex Hendry in collaboration with Maria Dauvermann (University of Birmingham) an...

[Stipend from £21,805 per annum, plus up to £2,000 per year for research costs and training and £300 per year for travel or conference attendance.] PhD studentship at the University of Bath on stress reactivity and mental health in young people. This project examines how young people respond to everyday stress at the physiological, psychological, and behavioural levels, and how those responses may contribute to later mental health difficulties. The research is based within the NIHR Mental Health...

The Centre for Equity in Mental Health at the University of Huddersfield is advertising scholarship opportunities for PhD and MSc/MA by Research study in the United Kingdom. The projects are linked to the Centre’s research themes in mental health , equity , and related health research areas. There are two main funding routes: fee waiver scholarships and fully funded scholarships . Fee waiver awards are available for both PhD and MSc/MA by Research routes. Fully funded PhD opportunities cover 3 y...

[MRC-funded four-year studentship with UKRI-rate doctoral stipend (£21,805 per annum for 2026/27, updated yearly), UK/Home tuition fees, and additional research training and support funding of up to £5,000 per annum.] The University of Exeter is offering a PhD studentship titled “Translational models to predict emotional susceptibility to chronic pain” through the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme . This is a competitively awarded, four-year funded PhD project within a wider set of up...