FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship

[4-year PhD studentship with annual stipend at the UKRI minimum rate (currently £21,805 per year) plus £1,000 per year enhancement, and a research training support grant of up to £20,000 for the full programme.] This PhD studentship at The University of Manchester investigates why urinary tract infections become more prevalent during the menopause and how hormone-related changes alter competition between bacterial species in the bladder and urethra. The project takes an interdisciplinary approac...

The Wellcome Sanger Institute is inviting applications for its 4-year PhD Programme, beginning on 1 October 2027 at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. The programme is designed for students interested in genomics, genome research, genetics, molecular biology, bioinformatics and biomedical science. At least 12 funded PhD studentships are available on a competitive basis. Successful students receive full financial support, including University of Cambridge tuiti...

[Annual stipend at the UKRI minimum rate currently £21,805 per year plus £1,000 per annum enhancement, with a research training support grant of up to £20,000 for the full 4-year programme.] This 4-year PhD studentship at The University of Manchester explores interdisciplinary methods for liquid crystal-based biosensing . The project focuses on how liquid crystals interact with prototype cells and soft flexible surfaces, and how those interactions can be turned into measurable sensing signals. T...

[Fees plus stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD studentship at the University of Exeter on next-generation machine learning for predicting genetic interactions in cancer, with a specific focus on pancreatic cancer. The project sits at the interface of computational genomics, machine learning, and cancer biology, and is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC). The research tackles a major challenge in oncology: identifying genetic interactions, including synthetic lethality, that on...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at Newcastle University for Black students interested in cancer research , with a project focused on decoding ancestry-specific kinase signalling in prostate cancer and addressing disparities in Black men's health. The project sits within the CRUK Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme and is designed for students interested in genomics , molecular biology , drug discovery , CRISPR gene editing , RNA sequencing , functional genomics , and bioinformatics . ...