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PhD Studentships and Fellowships

There are several funding options if you would like to do a PhD or Fellowship with our group (see list below). Please email Dr Virginia Carter Leno directly to discuss.

PhD Funding

Bloomsbury PhD scheme https://bloomsbury.ac.uk/phd-studentship-call-for-2024-entry/

UBEL (UCL, Bloomsbury and East London) Doctoral Training Partnership https://ubel-dtp.ac.uk/esrc-studentships-main-competition/

The London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium (LIDo) PhD Studentship https://www.lido-dtp.ac.uk/

UCL-Birkbeck MRC Doctoral Training Partnership https://www.uclbbk-mrcdtp.ac.uk/

Fellowship Funding

Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship https://www.leverhulme.ac.uk/early-career-fellowships

Wellcome Early Career Awards https://wellcome.org/grant-funding/schemes/early-career-awards

British Academy Postdoc Fellowships https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/

MRC Career Development award
https://www.ukri.org/what-we-offer/developing-people-and-skills/mrc/fellowships/fellowship-opportunities-and-expectations/mrc-funded-fellowships/

BSRC Discovery Fellowships
https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/bbsrc-discovery-fellowships-2023/

ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowships https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/esrc-postdoctoral-fellowships/

NIHR Advanced Fellowship https://www.nihr.ac.uk/explore-nihr/academy-programmes/fellowship-programme.htm

Royal Society University Research Fellowship
https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/university-research/

Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellowship https://royalsociety.org/grants-schemes-awards/grants/dorothy-hodgkin-fellowship/

Guarantors of Brain Postdoctoral Fellowships
https://guarantorsofbrain.org/grants/post-doctoral-brain-entry-fellowships/

Marie Curie
https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships

  • ESRC funding with Birkbeck University of London
  • Doctoral Training Partnership (Medical Research Council)
  • UBEL (UCL, Bloomsbury and East London) Doctoral Training Partnership
  • The London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium (LIDo) PhD Studentship
  • UCL-Birkbeck MRC Doctoral Training Partnership

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