Join the next generation of leading cancer scientists with fully-funded PhDs
Our competitive PhD programme is designed for science graduates who want a career in cancer research. We offer above-average stipends and exceptional facilities.
Applying for PhD projects
Funding and stipends
We provide a generous stipend and cover tuition fees for the majority of our PhD projects so you can focus on the research.
Just some of our PhD projects:
Closed: Triple Negative Breast cancer control of the immune tumour microenvironment in metastasis
Primary supervisor: Professor Victoria Sanz-Moreno Primary site: Chelsea Funded by UKRIClosed: Examining the mechanism of chromatin telomere replication
Primary supervisor: Dr Max Douglas Primary site: Sutton Funded by Medical Research Council - Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC DTP)
Student Profile
Timothy Sun Hon Mun is a PhD student in the Computational Imaging Team at the ICR. He is investigating the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and medical imaging in predicting survival outcomes and treatment response for patients with soft tissue sarcomas. His project is part of the Sarcoma Accelerator Consortium.
Student life
Our student committees and social life plus our day-to-day support and exceptional learning resources keep supporting you outside your research.
Support moving to the UK
We embrace researchers from across the world and you’ll get a variety of social, welfare and accommodation benefits & advice, to help your move to the UK.
Student Profile
Maria Coakley is a Clinical Research Fellow carrying out her PhD in the Division of Breast Cancer Research at the ICR. Her project involves working with patient samples collected from a clinical trial to investigate the evolution of triple-negative breast cancers.
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