College of Life Sciences Studentship

Funding

The College allocation will provide funding for ONE 3.5 year studentship.

This will consist of 100% of the stipend at UKRI levels (currently £20,780) over a period of 3.5 years.

Research costs of £1.5k per annum, and travel and training (RTSG) funds of £1.5k per annum, will be available for 3 years. Higher research costs of £5K per annum can be made available for lab-based research if required. 

Entry requirements

These studentships are open only to applicants studying one of the following courses at the University of Leicester, with a start date of January 2025.

• MSc Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology
• MSc Molecular Genetics

Applicants must have achieved (or be predicted to achieve) an overall distinction grade in the MSc, and a distinction grade in the MSc project.
The University of Leicester English language requirements apply where applicable.

Informal enquiries

Please approach potential supervisors directly.

Enquiries about the funding can be directed to dsg6@leicester.ac.uk or clspgr-director@leicester.ac.uk.

For any Admissions queries please contact pgrapply@leicester.ac.uk.

How to apply

Prospective students are required to identify a suitable PhD supervisor, and agree a project title and project outline with their proposed supervisor. You can browse supervisor research areas here. 

With your application, please include:

• CV
• Personal statement explaining your interest in studying for a PhD, 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.
• In the funding section please specify that you wish to be considered for the “MSc MG/CCMB 2025 studentship”
  
  In the proposal section please provide the name of the supervisor(s), project title, and a brief project proposal outline of up to 500 words.  

Eligibility

These studentships are open only to applicants studying one of the following courses at the University of Leicester, with a start date of January 2026.

• MSc Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology 
  
• MSc Molecular Genetics