Funded opportunities

Available to UK/EU applicants

MRC IMPACT Industrial CASE (iCASE) Studentship: MRC IMPACT iCASE project and application details

• Department: Various
• Supervisors: Various
• Deadline: 20th March 2020

CLS 2020 Studentship: The application of epidemiology and informatics to heart failure using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)

• Department: Health Sciences
• Supervisors: Professor Umesh Kadam and Dr Claire Lawson
• Deadline: Open until filled

CLS 2020 Studentship: Indoor air exposures to VOCs and mould and relationship with severe asthma 

• Department: Health Sciences
• Supervisors: Professor Anna Hansell, Dr Rebecca Cordell, Professor Salman Siddiqui
• Deadline: 31st March 2020

CLS 2020 Studentship: Exploring associations between multimorbidity, frailty and lifestyle

• Department: Diabetes Research Centre (Health Sciences)
• Supervisors: Dr Francesco Zaccardi and Professor Kamlesh Khunti
• Deadline: 28th February 2020 

CLS 2020 Studentship: Do the health benefits of exercise depend on medication status in type 2 diabetes?

• Department: Diabetes Research Centre (Health Sciences)
• Supervisors: Professor Melanie Davies and Professor Tom Yates
• Deadline: 28th February 2020

LPMI 2020 Studentship: Micro RNAs and fibrosis progression in asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis: towards an integrated imaging and biomarker precision medicine approach to risk stratification

• Department: Cardiovascular Sciences
• Supervisors: Dr Anvesha Singh and Dr Marcin Wozniak
• Deadline 14th February 2020

CLS 2020 Studentship: The application of spatial transcriptomics to the study of accelerated atherosclerosis in human vein grafts

• Department: Cardiovascular Sciences
• Supervisors: Mr Mustafa Zakkar, Professor Gavin Murphy and Dr Marcin Wozniak
• Deadline: 4th March 2020

CLS 2020 Studentship: Statistical Modelling of Time Series Data in Severe Asthma Clinical Trials – Enabling Precision Medicine

• Department: Respirsatory Sciences (Infection, Immunity and Inflammation)
• Supervisor: Professor Salman Siddiqui
• Deadline: 1st April 2020

CLS 2020 Studentship: Phenotyping peripheral blood eosinophils in severe asthma and EGPA 

• Department: Respirsatory Sciences (Infection, Immunity and Inflammation)
• Supervisors: Professor Salman Siddiqui and Dr Adam Wright
• Deadline: 1st April 2020

Novo Nordisk Studentship: Global burden and determinants of hypoglycaemia: epidemiological analyses of the Hypoglycaemia Assessment Tool (HAT) study

• Department: Leicester Diabetes Centre (Health Sciences)
• Supervisors: Dr Francesco Zaccardi and Professor Kamlesh Khunti
• Deadline: 6th April 2020

CLAHRC East Midlands Studentship: Role of diabetes and ethnicity in the epidemiology of cardiovascular transition from atherothrombotic diseases to heart failure

• Department: Health Sciences (Diabetes Research Centre)
• Supervisor: Dr Francesco Zaccardi
• Deadline: 1st May 2020

Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship: Enzyme mechanism through advanced techniques

• Department: Molecular and Cell Biology
• Supervisor: Professor Peter Moody
• Deadline: 3rd May 2020

CLS 2020 Studentship: The Value and Impact of  Patients and Carers Supporting Professional Healthcare Training

• Department: Health Sciences (Leicester Medical School)
• Supervisors: Professor Liz Anderson and Professor Simon Gay
• Deadline: 1st June 2020

CLS 2020 Studentship: Leicester Cancer Research Centre project

• Department: Leicester Cancer Research Centre
• Supervisors: To be determined
• Deadline: Open until filled

Available to UK/EU and International applicants

Wellcome Trust Studentships

• Research Themes
  • Theme 1: Genomics for drug development & pharmacogenetics
  • Theme 2: Genomics for precision medicine in underserved populations
  • Theme 3: Genetically informed causal inference and risk prediction
• Deadline 21st April 2020

Available to asylum seekers within the UK

Sanctuary Scholarship: 1x award available 

• Department: Various - See Research Degrees
• Deadline: 31st July 2020

Available to UK/EU and International applicants

1 Year Funded Industrial MPhil: To undertake industrial research with the aim of developing a strategy, architecture and prototype for an innovative service designed to securely store and monitor electronic awards using blockchain technology

• Department: School of Informatics (Computer Science)
• Supervisors: Professor Reiko Heckel and Professor Effie Law
• Deadline:  9th March 2020

3 Year IFPRI Funded Project: Adhesion of powders to metal surfaces during compaction

• Department: School of Engineering
• Supervisor Prof I.C. Sinka
• Deadline 27th February 2020

3.5 Year Studentship for July 2020: Microstructural Characterisation, Deformation Kinetics and Creep-Fatigue Behaviour of Additively Manufactured 316L Stainless Steels

• Department: School of Engineering
• Supervisor: Professor Bo Chen
• Deadline: 27th February 2020

Available to UK/EU applicants only

ESRC MGS Funded Project: The digitalisation of agriculture  

Department: Geography
Supervisor: Professor Martin Phillips
Deadline: 2nd March 2020

EPSRC iCASE: Understanding and Controlling Fine Particulate Matter, Volatile Organic Compounds and Pathogens in the Context of the Future Shared Vehicle

• Department: School of Physics and Astronomy
• Supervisors: Dr Josh Vande Hey and Dr Julie Morrissey
• Deadline: Wednesday 25th March 2020

3.5 year CSE Studentship: Mathematical Models and Algorithms for Allocating Scarce Airport Resources

• Department: Informatics
• Supervisors: Dr John Drake and Prof Edmund Burke
• Deadline: 18th March 2020

4 Year Anglo American Studentship: Primary controls on the emplacement of mineralised magmatic units in the northern Bushveld Complex

• Department: School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
• Supervisor: Dr David Holwell
• Deadline: 16th March 2020 

4 Year Anglo American Studentship: Controls on the metallurgy of sulfide mineralisation of the northern Bushveld Complex

• Department: School of Geography, Geology and the Environment
• Supervisors: Dr David Holwell
• Deadline: 16th March 2020

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Studentships now available for September 2020

• Projects available within: Chemistry, Engineering, Informatics and Mathematics
• Deadline: 27th February 2020

Available to Asylum Seekers within the UK

Sanctuary Scholarship: 1x award available 

• Department: Various - See Research Degrees
• Deadline: 31st July 2020

Available to asylum seekers within the UK

Sanctuary Scholarship: 1x award available

• Department: Various  - See Research Degrees
• Deadline: 31st July 2020

Applications open for 2020/1 entry 

Please check your eligibility carefully before applying for Research Council funding. If you are unsure please email pgradmissions@le.ac.uk

​Wellcome Trust Studentships Projects and how to apply

• Research Themes:

o Theme 1: Genomics for drug development & pharmacogenetics
o Theme 2: Genomics for precision medicine in underserved populations
o Theme 3: Genetically informed causal inference and risk prediction 

• Deadline 21st April 2020
  

MRC IMPACT Industrial CASE (iCASE) Studentship: MRC IMPACT iCASE project and application details

• Department: Various
• Supervisors: Various
• Deadline: 20th March 2020

EPSRC iCASE: Clean Interior Air for Vehicle Cabins: Understanding and Controlling Fine Particulate Matter, Volatile Organic Compounds and Pathogens in the Context of the Future Shared Vehicle

• Department: School of Phyiscs and Astronomy
• Supervisors: Dr Josh Vande Hey and Dr Julie Morrissey
• Deadline:  25th March 2020

ESRC Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Midlands Graduate School Training Partnership  (UK/EU only)

• closed for 2020

ARHC Midlands4Cities  Collabroative Doctoral Awards  (UK/EU only)

• closed for 2020

STFC: Science and Technology Facilities Council  (UK/EU only)

• closed for 2020

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council:  (EPSRC) Studentships:

• closed for 2020