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Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship - Communication Breakdown: Using Human 3D Bioprinted Models to Understand Disruption of Neuron-muscle Interactions in ALS

University of Exeter · Clinical and Biomedical Sciences - Living Systems Institute

  • Streatham, United Kingdom
  • Clinical and Biomedical Sciences - Living Systems Institute

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. ALS is a devastating neurological di

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Using sleep-based memory cues to support recovery from stressful memories

University of Exeter · Psychology

  • Devon, United Kingdom
  • Psychology

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Many people who experience trauma go

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Unraveling Moral Injury in Eating Disorders in Young Adults

University of Exeter · University of Exeter – Psychology

  • Exeter, United Kingdom
  • University of Exeter – Psychology

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. This PhD investigates the role of mo

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Understanding how GLP-1 (Ozempic-type) medications may shape everyday social and economic decisions

University of Exeter · University of Exeter – Department of Economics, University of Exeter Business School

  • Exeter, United Kingdom
  • University of Exeter – Department of Economics, University of Exeter Business School

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Ozempic and Mounjaro (semaglutide an

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Translational models to predict emotional susceptibility to chronic pain

University of Exeter · Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

  • Devon, United Kingdom
  • Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. This project aims to investigate how

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Severe mental illness, inflammation and cardiometabolic health

University of Exeter · Clinical and Biomedical Science

  • Devon, United Kingdom
  • Clinical and Biomedical Science

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. This exciting PhD combines big data

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Sequencing babies: understanding penetrance of childhood epilepsy to inform newborn screening

University of Exeter · University of Exeter – Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

  • Exeter, United Kingdom
  • University of Exeter – Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Many countries are now planning to s

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Not Enough Money for Food and Struggling to Eat: Understanding the Connection Between Food Insecurity and Disordered Eating

University of Exeter · Psychology

  • Devon, United Kingdom
  • Psychology

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. ARFID is an eating disorder where pe

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Investigating molecular mechanisms underlying resilience to dementia and age-related disorders: A multi-omic analysis of large human biobanks

University of Exeter · Psychology

  • Devon, United Kingdom
  • Psychology

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Why do some people remain cognitivel

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: How Sights Become Signals for Learning

University of Exeter · Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Exeter

  • Exeter, United Kingdom
  • Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Exeter

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. How does the brain discover that a s

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: How Neurons Shape Astrocytes: Decoding Cell-to-Cell Communication in Brain Development

University of Exeter · Clinical and Biomedical Science

  • Devon, United Kingdom
  • Clinical and Biomedical Science

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. How do neurons instruct astrocytes t

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Discovery and functional testing of Alzheimer’s disease risk–resilience pathways in human iPSC microglia

University of Exeter · Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

  • Devon, United Kingdom
  • Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Late onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Data-Driven Approaches to Understanding Heterogeneity in Type 1 Diabetes: Towards Better Prediction and Personalised Care

University of Exeter · University of Exeter – Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

  • Exeter, United Kingdom
  • University of Exeter – Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Over 400,000 people in the UK live w

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Cross-species modelling of rare coding variants associated with schizophrenia

University of Exeter · Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

  • Devon, United Kingdom
  • Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Schizophrenia is a severe psychiatri

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Cravings, Cycles, and Moods: Tracking the link between Diet and Women's Health with AI and Smartphones

University of Exeter · University of Exeter – Psychology

  • Exeter, United Kingdom
  • University of Exeter – Psychology

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Are you passionate about womenʼs hea

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship: Advancing Bayesian machine learning methods for precision medicine applications in Type 2 diabetes

University of Exeter · University of Exeter – Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

  • Exeter, United Kingdom
  • University of Exeter – Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. It is well-known that the efficacy o

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship - Turning Off Transcription Factors to Understand what Happens First in Neurodevelopmental Disorders

University of Exeter · Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

  • University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, United Kingdom
  • Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. What are the first things that go wr

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship - Developing CRISPR-Cas Antimicrobials to Tackle Antibiotic Resistance Spread in Klebsiella Pneumoniae

University of Exeter · Environment and Sustainability Institute, Penryn Campus

  • Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Environment and Sustainability Institute, Penryn Campus

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship - Cracking the Host-Pathogen Metabolic Code in Tuberculosis: Discovering New Therapeutic Strategies

University of Exeter · Biosciences (Streatham Campus)

  • Exeter, United Kingdom
  • Biosciences (Streatham Campus)

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the

Fully funded 21 Oct 2026

PhD Studentship - Bacterial Pathogen Evolution during Antibiotic-Phage Combination Treatment

University of Exeter · Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Penryn Campus

  • Cornwall, United Kingdom
  • Centre for Ecology and Conservation, Penryn Campus

The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students. This project is in competition for place with the projects across the MRC GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Award studentships. There are a total of 18 studentships available across the partnership. Antimicrobial resistance is a major

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