Wellcome Trust and National Institutes of Health Four-year PhD Studentships (Closed)

Who can apply

To apply for this scheme, you should have a first class degree or 2:1 (or the European Economic Area equivalent), or be in your final year and predicted to get a first class degree or 2:1.

You must also be a UK/European Economic Area national.

If you have − or are currently taking − a medical degree, you must be able to do this studentship within your continuing professional training (as we provide a studentship stipend rather than a clinical salary).

What's expected of your host organisation

You must have:

• A doctoral supervisor at an eligible academic host organisation in the UK or Republic of Ireland. The host organisation must be able to award doctoral degrees.
• A supervisor at a National Institutes of Health (NIH) organisation. The supervisor should hold a tenured or tenured-track position for the proposed period of the award and be willing to provide funding for you while you’re at the NIH.

Find out about the responsibilities and obligations of supervisors:  Wellcome Trust and National Institutes of Health Four-year PhD Studentships: Responsibilities and obligations of supervisors [DOC 41KB]

During a Four-year PhD Studentship, students usually spend half their time at an academic organisation in the UK/Republic of Ireland and the other half of their time at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) campus at Bethesda (Maryland, USA).

A studentship may be held on a part-time basis.

We fund up to five Four-year PhD Studentships a year.

During the studentship, you’ll be integrated with the NIH Graduate Partnership Programme, which provides programmes, services and resources to help with your academic and career development.

UK/Republic of Ireland funding

The Wellcome Trust provides two years of funding to each student while they're based in a UK or Republic of Ireland laboratory. This includes:

• a studentship stipend

  If you're based outside London:

  • Year 1: £19,919
  • Year 2: £21,542
  • Year 3: £23,298
  • Year 4: £23,997

  If you're based in London:

  • Year 1: £22,278
  • Year 2: £24,093
  • Year 3: £26,057
  • Year 4: £26,839

PhD registration fees at the UK/EU student rate

college fees (if required)

a contribution towards research costs.

NIH funding

The NIH provides two years of funding to each student while they’re in the USA. This includes financial support, travel costs and health care.

What we don’t offer

We don't fund overheads.

This scheme is now closed.

Dates

• Applications deadline

  7 November 2016

• Interviews

  January 2017

• Decision

  February 2017