Fully-funded PhD projects

Apply for our fully-funded PhD projects in subjects including chemistry, biology, computer science, and physics.

PhD opportunities for science graduates

Projects for the 2024/2025 PhD studentships are below. You will also find a link to further information about our application process and our mailing list, should you wish to be notified about future PhD opportunities. You can also view the recording of the 2023 Application Workshop, where we heard from our Academic Lead for Recruitment, Head of Research Degree Programmes and Researcher Development Manager. We also had advice and guidance from the University of London Careers Service, and an insight from some of our current PhD students at the ICR.

Stipends

The ICR's current student stipend is £26,050 per year. Studentships awarded by the Cancer Research UK Convergence Science Centre, which is a partnership of the ICR and Imperial College London, instead includes a stipend paid at the Cancer Research UK rate of £23,000 per year.

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Available opportunities

You can view details of the 2024/2025 projects below. 

Any future applications will be added here so please do check back regularly.

Funding for our PhD projects comes from a variety of different sources, including some funded programmes, such as the MRC Doctoral Training Partnership and the CRUK Science Centre at the ICR and Imperial.  

Apply now for convergence Science non-clinical PhD Black Leaders in Cancer projects

Please note, the advertised funder may change prior to registration.

 

 

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Closed: Developing novel mRNA vaccines against cancer associated mis-splicing events to enhance therapy response

Primary supervisor: Dr Rachael Natrajan Primary site: Sutton Funded by Medical Research Council - Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC DTP)

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Closed: Development of a microbeam-FLASH irradiator for pre-clinical radiation therapy research

Primary supervisor: Professor Uwe Oelfke Primary site: Sutton Funded by ICR

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Closed: Decoding the ALT Pathway: Identifying Synthetic Lethal Targets and Biomarkers for Precision Cancer Therapy

Primary supervisor: Professor Wojciech Niedzwiedz Primary site: Chelsea Funded by MRC iCASE Award (Merck)

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Closed: Deciphering the role of human papillomavirus (HPV) in radiotherapy resistance for HPV+ head and neck cancers

Primary supervisor: Dr Ben O'Leary Primary site: Sutton Funded by ICR

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Closed: Structural study of cotranscriptional spliceosomes stalled by antitumor compounds

Primary supervisor: Professor Vlad Pena Primary site: Chelsea Funded by Medical Research Council - Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC DTP)

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Closed: Exploring the interplay between histone acetyltransferase complexes in acute myeloid leukaemia

Primary supervisor: Dr Alex Radzisheuskaya Primary site: Chelsea Funded by Medical Research Council - Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC DTP)

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Closed: Metabolic MRI of paediatric-type diffuse high grade glioma and its response to therapy in vivo

Primary supervisor: Professor Simon Robinson Primary site: Sutton Funded by Medical Research Council - Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC DTP)

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Closed: Developing Direct-to-Biology for Molecular Glue Discovery

Primary supervisor: Professor Zoran Rankovic Primary site: Sutton Funded by MRC iCASE award (AstraZeneca)

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Closed: Uncovering mutational processes associated to immune surveillance during breast cancer development and therapeutic interventions

Primary supervisor: Dr Luis Zapata Ortiz Primary site: Sutton Funded by ICR

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Closed: Determining the role of the adaptive immune system in controlling breast cancer metastasis and evolution

Primary supervisor: Dr Stephen-John Sammut Primary site: Chelsea Funded by Medical Research Council - Doctoral Training Partnership (MRC DTP)

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