NIHR Maternity Disparities Consortium

Wellcome Early-Career Awards support early-career researchers to build an independent research identity through innovative projects. The scheme is designed for applicants developing work that advances understanding in their field or creates methodologies, frameworks, tools, or techniques that benefit health-related research. This is a Wellcome Trust funding opportunity rather than a single project-based PhD opening. It is aimed at postdoctoral researchers ready to take a step toward research ind...

[Home tuition fees plus a Doctoral Stipend for up to 4 years.] PhD Studentship at the University of Exeter in From Variants to Placental Function: Using Cell-free DNA to Dissect the Functional Genomics of Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes . This project explores how genetic variants influence placental biology and adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preeclampsia, foetal growth restriction, and pre-term delivery. The research uses cell-free DNA (cfDNA) from maternal blood as a minimally invasive way to i...

PhD Studentship in Parent-Infant Relationships at the University of York, Department of Health Sciences . This fully funded PhD sits within the Family Wellbeing Team and the STRIVE programme, led by Professor Sarah Blower in partnership with colleagues from health and public health research groups. The project focus is on parent-infant relationships and related early-years constructs, with scope to investigate the quality and robustness of existing measurement tools, how tools are used in practi...

Graduate Research Scholarships at the University of Melbourne are available for high-achieving domestic and international students enrolling in a Masters by Research or PhD degree. The post highlights the Melbourne Research Scholarship and Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship , with 600 awards available across all study areas . Funding includes a full fee offset / 100% fee remission for up to 2 years for Masters by Research or up to 4 years for PhD, plus a living allowance of $41,100 per ...

The University of Cambridge is offering one fully funded, non-clinical PhD studentship in applied health research through the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East of England (ARC EoE). The successful student will choose from four advertised projects, with the final award made to the strongest candidate across all projects. Depending on the selected project, the student will be registered for a PhD in Public Health and Primary Care or a PhD in Psychiatry. Projects are based in either the Depa...