About the Future Medicine PhD fellowships

Thanks to a generous gift from a private donor, the College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine is offering four fully-funded PhD studentships to UK students, available from October 2026.

The projects being offered for this studentship are fundamentally collaborative, and bring together two researchers with different approaches, to answer questions in a transdisciplinary way.

Students can choose one from the thirteen exciting projects that are available.

Candidates should have (or who expect to be awarded), at least a good 2:1 honours degree or its international equivalent in a relevant subject. Exceptionally, candidates who have 2:2 degrees may also be considered.

The fellowships are open to students who are eligible for home fees at Edinburgh - i.e. you must be a UK national, or have settled status, and have. been "ordinarily resident" in the UK for the three years immediately before the start of the fellowship.

Students will receive a stipend at UKRI levels (£20780 per annum from 1 October 2025 per annum), plus £30K in travel and research funds across all three years of the fellowship.  

All University fees will be covered.

The Future Medicine PhD fellowship will support a student to work on a collaborative project that brings together a wide range of approaches and techniques to bear on a range of key problems in infection and chronioc disease.

As part of the studentship, the successful applicant will have access to a wide range of training opportunities in both technical and transferable skills.  The University of Edinburgh has a strong commitment to providing a supportive and positive research culture, and students will be encouraged to join peers on cohort-based doctoral training programmes to build professional networks.

Typically candidates will already have a good understanding of the topic they propose to study, and at least some hands-on research experience.

We welcome applications from candidates with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and in particular would like to encourage students from British black and other minority ethnic groups to apply.  We are committed to assessing applications  without reference to the name, age, or gender of the candidates.

All candidates for the Future Medicine PhD fellowship must follow the online application process.

Applications must be received by 12 noon on Friday 16 January 2026.

There will be an online information session via MS Teams about the Futre Medicien PhD fellowships, and the application processes, on Tuesday 16 December at 2.30 pm GMT.  

A recording of the session will be made available after the event.

Information about postgraduate study at the University of Edinburgh

If you have any questions, please contact Edinburgh Infectious Diseases.