UKRI E3

Fully funded PhD studentships are available at the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) under the UKRI E3-funded studentships scheme for 2026.

This opportunity is aimed at doctoral researchers interested in malaria, vector-borne diseases, antimalarial strategies, biomaterials, drug research, global health, infectious diseases, and biomedical innovation.

Funding includes a stipend of £21,805 per year (2026/27 rate), full tuition/programme fee coverage, research support funding for lab consumables, travel, computing hardware, publications, and other project-related costs. The funding package lasts 4 years.

Current project themes include permeability-limited bifunctional antimalarials, covalent inhibition as an antimalarial strategy, and immune priming/memory during vaccine co-immunization. Supervisors listed on the LSTM page include Professor Jeremy Burrows and Dr Amy Patel.

Applicants should be prepared for PhD-level research in tropical medicine and related biomedical fields. The post does not mention a specific nationality restriction or additional eligibility criteria in the provided text.

Deadline: 8 June 2026.

Apply or learn more via the LSTM studentships page.