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Four-year PhD Science Studentships is sponsored by Wellcome Trust. These studentships are offered on Wellcome's four-year PhD programmes in science. Studentships cover a stipend and approved tuition fees.
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%20&utm_source=facebookShare) * Eligibility and suitability ## We're changing our funding schemes The way we fund research is changingto support ournew strategy. Current science PhD programmes will continue to recruit PhD researchers up to 2024.
### This scheme is now closed Lead applicant career stage: Administering organisation location: Studentship stipend, fees and other costs Calculating next key date… ## Eligibility and suitability ### Who can and can't apply Show You can apply for a studentship on one of Wellcome's four-year programmes if you're a graduate or student who has, or expects to obtain, a degree (or equivalent for EU and overseas candidates) in a relevant subject.
Candidates with other relevant qualifications or research experience may also be eligible. For more information about eligibility, contact the individual programmes listed in the 'How to apply' section on this page. You can't apply to carry out activities that involve the transfer of grant funds into mainland China.
## Supported costs and expenses Show A Four-year PhD Studentship in Science includes support for: ### a studentship stipend Show #### Our new PhD studentship stipend scales from 1 October 2024 are: If you're based outside London: If you're based in London: #### Our PhD studentship stipend scales from before 1 October 2024 are: If you're based outside London: If you're based in London: ### PhD registration fees at the home (UK) rate Show Nationals of the UK and Republic of Ireland are eligible to pay home fees.
Nationals of all other high-income countries will need to pay international fees. From 1 January 2021, this also includes EU and EEA nationals. We recommend that you check with the relevant programme to see what fees you will need to pay.
### college fees (where required) ### laboratory rotation expenses, if required ### transferable skills training ### travel costs, including registration fees and carbon offset costs, and childcare or any other caring responsibility cost Show Find out about claiming the costs tooffset the carbon emissions of your traveland coverchildcare or any other caring responsibilities.
### transition costs at the end of the studentship to help you move to the next stage of your career The studentship may be held on a part-time basis. ### Individual programmes Show To apply for a Four-year PhD Studentship in Science, contact one of the programmes below. Please don't apply to Wellcome.
**Health Data Research UK** * The HDRUK/Turing Wellcome PhD Programme in Health Data Science **King's College London** * Advanced Therapies for Regenerative Medicine * Neuro-Immune Interactions in Health and Disease **Queen Mary University of London** * Health Data in Practice: Human-centred science **University College London** * UCL Wellcome 4-year PhD in Mental Health Science **University of Bristol** * Dynamic Molecular Cell Biology * Molecular, Genetic and Lifecourse Epidemiology **University of Cambridge** * Wellcome Four Year PhD Programme in Stem Cell Biology and Medicine * Dundee Training Programme in Integrated Molecular, Cellular and Translational Biology **University of East Anglia** * EDESIA: Plants, Food and Health: a cross-disciplinary PhD programme from Crop to Clinic **University of Edinburgh** * Hosts, Pathogens and Global Health * Integrative Cell Mechanisms (iCM) * One Health Models of Disease: Science, Ethics and Society * Translational Neuroscience 2 (TN2) **University of Glasgow** * Integrative Infection Biology - Mechanisms and Control of Disease **University of Leicester** * Genomic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics **University of Manchester** * Immunomatrix in Complex Disease (ICD) **University of Nottingham** * Drug Discovery and Team Science * Cellular Structural Biology * Chemistry in Cells – New Technologies to Probe Complex Biology and Medicine * Genomic Medicine and Statistics **University of Sheffield** * Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Centre in Public Health, Economics and Decision Science (PHEDS) In addition, we also fund four-year PhD programmes at theWellcome Sanger Instituteand theSainsbury Wellcome Centre.
Please contact the programmes directly for more information. Individual PhD programmes recruit students annually. 1.
Autumn each year ### Recruitment 2. October each year ### Programmes start ReadWellcome's review of PhD training in biomedical research. See a list of[Non-recruiting Four-year PhD Programmes in Science[PDF 23KB]](https://wellcome.
org/sites/default/files/four-year-phd-studentships-non-recruiting-2020-02. pdf "Non-recruiting Four-year PhD Programmes in Science") If you have a question about your application, contact the relevant university PhD programme. ### PhD Fellowships for Health Professionals Wellcome’s PhD Programmes for Health Professionals offer health professionals outstanding research training in supportive and inclusive research environments.
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