To carry out a PhD, you must obtain financial support to cover both the University Composition Fee and a maintenance stipend for the duration of your studentship. Details of these fees are available on the Cambridge University website, including funding deadlines.

The University of Cambridge Postgraduate Admissions Office has further information to help applicants determine their fee status on the web page ‘What is my Fee Status?’.

MRC Studentships

The MRC Epidemiology Unit has funding for 2 to 3 MRC Studentships each year. Please state your eligibility category for MRC funding in your covering letter.

Eligibility:

For EU (including UK) nationals ordinarily resident in the UK: Research Councils (MRC) funding is available covering university fees and a stipend. For EU (including UK) nationals ordinarily resident in a (non-UK) EU member state: Partial funding is available covering university fees only. Non-EEA nationals are not eligible for Research Councils funding.

Funded PhD projects

We also receive specific project funding for some PhD studentships each year. Eligibility criteria will be specific to the nature of each project and its funding source. We are open to applicants for prospective PhD students to work on the following funded projects starting in 2020/21:

• Evolving cities: Understanding the health impacts of changes in the urban environment
• Integrating health into travel demand models
• Health impact modelling of transport in lower and middle income cities

Other funding for PhD studies

There are many other funding opportunities at Cambridge from a wide variety of sources including the Cambridge Trust, Gates Cambridge, Colleges, Departments, Research Councils and central University funds. These can also supplement MRC Studentships for those ineligible for Full Funding. Note that these will have differing deadlines for applications. See also www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/finance/funding

We also welcome students who are funded through Public Health England and the School for Public Health Research. Such opportunities will be featured on our news website.

We very much welcome expressions of interest from prospective candidates and we will support selected candidates to apply to external funding sources.

Please any enquiries to graduatestudies@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk. Alternatively, you may contact one of our principal investigators directly.