Precision Oncology Ireland II Scholarship Programme

[Funding of fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] This is a fully funded PhD studentship at the University of Exeter focused on decoding cellular diversity in the human brain and functionally annotating neuronal subtypes across development and disease. The project addresses a major challenge in neuroscience: while single-cell RNA sequencing has revealed many excitatory and inhibitory neuronal subtypes, the regulatory mechanisms that establish and maintain these identities are sti...

[Fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD studentship at the University of Exeter on mapping and functional interrogation of mitochondrial DNA modifications in Parkinson’s disease. This project investigates how DNA modifications in the mitochondrial genome may regulate mitochondrial function and contribute to Parkinson’s disease. Using Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing on native enriched mtDNA, the project will develop and validate approaches to detect multiple DNA modificati...

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship including tuition fees paid directly to the University, a stipend of £21,805 (2026/27 rate) per year, and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia, conducted within the Earlham Institute and the Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership, on a highly interdisciplinary project combining AI, transcriptomics, genetics, and comput...

Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research (FMI) is advertising an International PhD/MD-PhD Scholarship in Switzerland for outstanding candidates interested in epigenetics , neurobiology , and quantitative biology . The program is described as a world-class biomedical research opportunity with cutting-edge laboratory research, strong mentorship, and excellent facilities in Basel. It is aimed at students seeking a fully funded PhD or MD-PhD experience in a highly research-intensive envi...

Trinity College Dublin is advertising a 4-year PhD studentship for new entrants to the full-time PhD register, with entry in September each year. The opportunity is based in the School of Nursing & Midwifery at Trinity College Dublin and welcomes applications connected to national strategies and/or the School research agenda. Applicants may propose their own topic, and topics aligned with the following research centres are especially encouraged: Trinity Centre for Maternal Care Research (TCMCR) ...