We are delighted to offer five Scholarship opportunities:
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Isabelle Bouhon Cambridge International Scholarship
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Sybil Eastwood Memorial Trust
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Two Doctoral Training Programme in Medical Research (DTP-MR) Scholarships
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Churchill Chinese Medical Studentship in Stem Cell Research
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Krishnan-Ang Studentship for Cancer Research, Department of Haematology
In addition to these scholarships, applicants are given the opportunity to apply for various Cambridge funding schemes within their Postgraduate application form. You can use the Cambridge Funding Search page to find out which type of funding you might be eligible for.
The Funding application deadline for all of these opportunities for 2025-26 entry is 3 December 2024.
More information on Postgraduate funding opportunities can be found at Postgraduate funding | Postgraduate Study
Funding opportunities we can offer are detailed below:
Funded in 2025 by generous donations from the Isabelle Bouhon Fund and Cambridge Trust, this scholarship will be awarded to promote the education and recognition of excellent researchers who are at an early stage of their academic careers in the University in the field of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology to an outstanding postgraduate student (international).
Isabelle Bouhon was a post-doc in the Cambridge MRC Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine (one of the precursors to the current CSCI) who tragically died, aged 36, in an accident in 2005. Isabelle was a dedicated scientist who was passionate about her work on neural differentiation from ES cells. In her memory, her family generously bequeathed her estate to further the cause of young scientists training in Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Biology at the University. Since its founding, the Isabelle Bouhon Fund has supported training and travel of students and postdocs throughout Cambridge and most recently will contribute to a named PhD Scholarship within the CSCI.
The successful award will be known as the 'Isabelle Bouhon Cambridge International Scholarship'.
Who is this for: ‘Overseas’ fee rate PhD applicants. Standard University eligibility rules apply.
What does it cover: ‘Overseas’ rate fees and annual stipend for 3 years.
How to Apply: Candidates must contact prospective supervisors about potential projects in advance of submitting an application.
You can then submit your application to the ‘PhD in Stem Cell Biology’ at https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/blscpdscp
Please tick the box in your application form to “apply for Cambridge Funding”.
Application Deadline: Tuesday 3rd December 2024.
This PhD studentship was made possible thanks to the support of the Sybil Eastwood Memorial Trust.
Who is this for: ‘Home’ fee rate PhD applicants. Standard University eligibility rules apply.
What does it cover: ‘Home’ rate fees and annual stipend for 3 years.
How to Apply: Candidates must contact prospective supervisors about potential projects in advance of submitting an application.
You can then submit your application to the ‘PhD in Stem Cell Biology’ at https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/blscpdscp
Please tick the box in your application form to “apply for Cambridge Funding”.
Application Deadline: Tuesday 3rd December 2024.
The Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine Doctoral Training Programme in Medical Research (SCM DTP-MR) is offering at least 10 fully funded PhD studentships commencing in October 2025, two of which are available for projects within the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.
Who is this for: ‘Home’ fee rate applicants only. Standard University eligibility rules apply.
Eligible Projects within the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute:
- Maria Duque-Correa - Studying the impact of parasitic worm infections on intestinal stem cell fate and differentiation
- Walid Khaled - The tipping point: What governs the transition of precancer to cancer?
- Elisa Laurenti - Mechanistic study of how specific mutations associated with clonal haematopoiesis impact human haematopoietic stem cell function
- Sanjay Sinha - Modelling vascular disease using patient-derived iPSCs
- Sarah Teichmann - In vivo and in vitro T cell development
- George Vassiliou - Therapeutic vulnerabilities of TET2-mutant clonal haematopoiesis
- Matthias Zilbauer - Using human organoids to unravel epigenetic mechanisms in health and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
What does it cover: ‘Home’ rate fees for 3 years and an annual stipend for 4 years.
How to Apply: Candidates are advised to contact the supervisors about their projects in advance of submitting an application.
You can then submit your application to the ‘DTP-MR’ at https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/cvcmpddtp/apply, detailing the supervisor name and project details on your application form.
Application Deadline: Tuesday 3rd December 2024.
The Churchill Chinese Medical Studentship will support a Chinese research student studying in the field of organ transplantation, funded by a generous private donation.
Further details can be found at Churchill Chinese Medical Studentship - Postgraduate Funding Search
Who is this for: PhD Applicants from China. To start in October 2025. Preferred Universities: Tsinghua University, Peking University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Fudan University or Zhejiang University. Standard University eligibility rules apply.
What does it cover: Overseas fees for 3 years and living costs for 3 years, at the UKRI minimum stipend rate.
How to Apply: Candidates must contact eligible supervisors in advance to discuss potential supervision and project options. A list of PhD projects on offer can be found here.
Once you have found a supervisor willing to support your application, apply to the ‘PhD in Stem Cell Biology’ at https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/blscpdscp, detailing their name and project summary on your application form.
Please tick the box in your application form to “apply for Cambridge Funding”.
Please select ‘Churchill College’ as your College first preference.
Application Deadline: Tuesday 3rd December 2024.
A generously funded PhD scholarship is available in Dr Adam Wilkinson’s lab to begin in October 2025. Dr Wilkinson has won significant long term funding from the Wellcome Trust and Krishnan-Ang Foundation and is relocating his lab to The Cambridge Stem Cell Institute from Oxford (https://www.rdm.ox.ac.uk/about/our-divisions/nuffield-division-of-clinical-laboratory-sciences/nuffield-division-of-clinical-laboratory-sciences-research/wilkinson-group). This studentship will be awarded to an outstanding postgraduate student (home or international) undertaking a PhD in blood cancer research in the Department of Haematology, supervised by the Krishnan-Ang Distinguished Scholar Junior Group Leader in Haematology, Dr Adam Wilkinson.
Dr Wilkinson’s research focusses on expanding and manipulating haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) ex vivo. He has pioneered highly influential new methods to expand transplantable HSCs long-term ex vivo (Wilkinson et al, Nature, 2019; Igarashi et al, Blood Advances, 2023; Sakurai et al, Nature, 2023; Bozhilov et al, bioRxiv, 2024) which are now in use worldwide. These methods enable efficient CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing and genetic screens in functional HSCs (Wilkinson et al, Nature Communications, 2021; Becker et al, Cell Stem Cell, 2023; Haney et al, bioRxiv, 2022), which have exciting applications in cell/gene therapy and disease modelling.
The successful candidate will be known as a 'Krishnan-Ang Scholar' and will join a cohort of postgraduate students already supported by the donors at Trinity College.
More information about this project can be found at Krishnan-Ang PhD Scholarship in Cancer Research - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Who is this for: ‘Home’ and ‘Overseas’ fee rate PhD applicants. Standard University eligibility rules apply. Candidates must apply to study for a 'PhD in Haematology' and must specify Dr Wilkinson as their Supervisor on the application form, Candidates must select ‘Trinity College’ as their first preference.
What does it cover: ‘Home’ or ‘Overseas’ rate fees for 3 years and an annual stipend for 4 years.
How to Apply: Candidates are advised to contact the supervisor, Dr Adam Wilkinson about their projects in advance of submitting an application.
Applicants can then submit your application to the ‘PhD in Haematology’ at https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/cvhapdhmt, detailing Dr Wilkinson’s name and project details on your application form.
Please tick the box in your application form to “apply for Cambridge Funding”.
Application Deadline: 20th November 2024
All Cambridge Trust scholarships are available only for study at the University of Cambridge, and require that you apply to the University via the normal online application form, and in most cases, require that you apply by the relevant deadline.
Procedures for applying for postgraduate study (Masters, PhD and similar).
Deadlines for Postgraduate Study
If you are applying for postgraduate study, please check and apply by the specific course deadline. There will be two general course deadlines in December and January (see individual course to know which date to adhere to).
Please apply by the relevant deadline set for entry to your particular course and complete the 'Funding' section in the online Applicant Portal in order to be considered for funding.
There will be no differential of deadlines for application between UK or EU or International postgraduate applicants.
For intellectually outstanding postgraduate students with a capacity for leadership and a commitment to improving the lives of others.
Eligibility - Gates Cambridge considers applications from citizens from outside the United Kingdom who wish to pursue a full-time postgraduate degree at the University of Cambridge. See our eligibility page for details
Deadlines - There are two Gates Cambridge application deadlines; one for US citizens normally resident in the USA, and a later round for all other applicants. Deadlines can be found here.
For full details of how to apply, visit here.
The prestigious Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Cambridge was established in 2022 as a collaboration between the University and the Mastercard Foundation. Over 500 Scholars from the African continent will be enrolled in the program between 2023 and 2030 to undertake a wide range of Master's courses.
The Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program would provide bright students from under-represented communities in Africa with a fully funded opportunity to complete their Master's training, develop transformative leadership skills and contribute to climate resilience and sustainable futures in Africa.
Full eligibility details: Eligibility | Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program
How to apply: Students are asked to select funding bodies they are interested in applying to when completing the University application form. Please select the 'Mastercard foundation scholars programme' where you will then be required to submit a mandatory personal statement. This is the only part of the application process where applicants are specifically asked about their fit for the Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Program.
Queens’ College is offering to co-fund 1 PhD student to start in the academic year 2025-26.
Eligibility: For applicants with Black or Black-Mixed ethnicity.
What does it fund?: The scholarship is at the home UK fee rate and provides a Maintenance stipend for 4 years at the UKRI level, plus research consumables for 4 years (£18,000 in total).
Please see Scholarship flyer and full details on the website: Alexander Crummell PhD Scholarships
The Boehringer Ingelheim Funds awards PhD fellowships to outstanding junior scientists (max. age: 27 years) who wish to pursue an ambitious PhD project of approximately 3 years in basic biomedical research in an internationally leading laboratory.
Eligibility - For further details please refer to “Who can apply?”.
Deadlines - 1 February, 1 June, 1 October of each year. Pre-selection takes place about 4 weeks after the respective deadline, and the final selection approximately 5 months after the respective deadline.
The peer-review-based selection process is highly competitive. Applicants should therefore be outstanding in all three selection criteria.