Postgraduate research
BHF Research Centre
Qualification: PhD
Department: Cardiovascular Sciences
Application deadline: 18 July 2025
Start date: September 2025 or January 2026
Overview
Our British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence is offering two PhD studentships from the projects listed below.
Please select your preferred project and follow the application advice under How to Apply below. Funding and entry requirements are also in the drop down sections below.
Dr Maryam Afzali: Development and implementation of cardiac diffusion tensor imaging in patients with or at risk of developing heart failure (word doc 20kb)
Dr Tom Webb (Project 1): Engineering 3D Vascular Models for Functional Genomics and Systems Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease. (word doc 19kb)
Professor David Adlam: Machine-learning directed plasma proteomics to develop a novel blood test for the diagnosis of spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) (word doc 19kb)
Dr Tom Webb (Project 2): Integrating Disease-Relevant Epigenomics and AI to Identify Functional Genetic Variants in Cardiovascular Disease (word doc 20kb)
Funding
Funding
The British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence Studentship provides
- 3.5 year UK tuition fees
- 3.5 year stipend at UKRI rates. For 2025/6 this will be £20,780 per year.
International students may apply but must be able to demonstrate they are able pay the difference between UK and overseas fees for the duration of their study. For 2025/6 entry this will be £18,644 per year of study.
EU applicants who hold EU settled or EU pre-settled status please provide PGR Admissions with a share code (the one that starts with S) so we can verify your UK fee status. Please email to pgrapply@le.ac.uk
Entry requirements
Entry requirements
Applicants are required to hold/or expect to obtain a UK Bachelor Degree 2:1 or better in a relevant subject or overseas equivalent.Please refer to individual projects for any additional requirements.
The University of Leicester English language requirements apply.
Informal enquiries
Informal enquiries
Please contact the project supervisor for project enquiries.
General enquiries to cls-pgr@le.ac.uk
How to apply
How to apply
To apply please use the Apply Link at the bottom of the page and select September 2025.
With your application, please include:
- CV
- Personal statement explaining your interest in the project, your experience and why we should consider you
- Degree Certificates and Transcripts of study already completed and if possible transcript to date of study currently being undertaken
- Evidence of English language proficiency if applicable
- In the reference section please enter the contact details of your two academic referees in the boxes provided or upload letters of reference if already available. Project supervisors are not able to act as referees.
- In the funding section please specify BHF Centre of Research Excellence studentship
- In the proposal section please provide the name of the supervisors and project title of your preferred project (a proposal is not required)
Eligibility
Eligibility
Open to UK and overseas students.
Overseas students should check the funding section to ensure they can meet the financial requirements.
