Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Postgraduate Studentships - Search for funding opportunities.
Deadline: 1 January 2025 (23:59 GMT)
London, All England
The Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders is offering MRes+PhD full-time fellowships suitable for basic and clinical students from a range of science backgrounds.
Award details
The Centre for Neurodevelopmental Disorders, based at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN), is offering 1+3 (MRes+PhD) full-time fellowships suitable for both basic and clinical students from a wide range of science backgrounds: including biological and physical sciences, medicine, mathematics and computer science.
PhD supervisors will be chosen by students at the end of the MRes year.
PhD Coordinators are Professor Laura Andreae and Professor Anthony Vernon.
PhD opportunities are offered across a wide range of subject areas. Clinicians are also encouraged to apply. For more visit our website for more information about our centre. Please note that MRes rotation projects and final PhD projects are agreed after an offer has been accepted.
The fully funded studentships cover tuition fees, stipend and bench fees. Tuition fees will be covered by the programme.
Stipend: Students will receive an enhanced stipend for each year of study (approx. £25,487).
Bench fees: An allowance will be provided for research consumables, trainings and conference attendance.
Eligibility: The Admissions Portal will assign you a provisional fee status (Home, EU or Overseas) based on the information included in your application, but this will be reviewed by the Admissions team when they process your application. After Brexit, all students will be categorised by Admissions as either Home or Overseas. We only accept home applications this year.
Candidates should have or expect an upper second class degree (2:1) in a STEM subject. If applicants possess a lower second class (2:2), a research-based MSc at merit or distinction level is required.
If English is not your first language you will be required to provide evidence that you meet the minimum English requirements, Band D, as prescribed by the university’s English Language requirements.
At King’s, we are deeply committed to making the university an inclusive, welcoming and inspiring place to work and study. We encourage and welcome applications from across the community and all appointments are made solely on merit.
Applicants must complete and submit an online admissions application, via the admissions portal by midnight (23:59 GMT), 1 January 2025 (Wednesday).
On the ‘Choosing a programme’ page, please select ‘Taught programmes’, search for ‘Neurodevelopmental Disorders’, then select ‘Neurodevelopmental Disorders MRes / PhD 1+3 (Full-Time).
In your application, you will be asked to include:
In the Funding section, please tick box 5 and include the following reference: SB-IOP-MRCS-25EU. Nationals with settlement status will need to provide a share code to prove your status. Please visit gov.uk website to obtain the share code, download the outcome in a PDF format and upload the PDF to your application.
Please note there is no need to complete the Research Proposal section in your application. For specific queries, you are welcome to email Leanne Lu for administrative matters and Laura Andreae and / or Anthony Vernon for more information regarding the projects and studentship.
If you have any queries regarding the application process, please contact the Education support team at ioppn.pgr@kcl.ac.uk.
References must be received by the deadline for the applicant to be eligible. Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
Applicants will be shortlisted by PhD coordinators, and shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview.
Interview dates: Monday 20 January 2025
Tuesday 21 January 2025
Wednesday 22 January 2025
Home students only.
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