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School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Postgraduate research studentships

The School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences offers fully funded postgraduate research studentships to support PhD students each year.

Our PhD studentships are usually attached to a specific research project and cover the cost of tuition fees as well as providing a maintenance stipend. Funding is normally for up to 3 years at the UK Research Council level. Our studentship funding typically comes from the university, Research Councils, or other external organisations through research grants. Some of the funding available is limited to UK residents. Full details of the funding available is provided on the project page.

Project/ Funding Scheme Supervisor Deadline
Reach out and grab something: A13 dopamine neurons and their contribution to skilled forelimb movements

Dr John Apergis-Schoute

14th April 2024
Transforming meiofaunal molecular systematics and community ecology through nanopore-based transcriptome skimming

Prof Yannick Wurm and Dr Christopher Laumer (NHM)

14th April 2024
Inference and prediction in perception and oculomotor planning

Dr Emma Stewart

18th April 2024

We also accept students via the following Doctoral Training Programmes which offer a number of research studentships each year.

Alternative sources of funding for PhD studies

See our fees and funding page for information on scholarship schemes and self-funding a PhD.

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