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PhD opportunities: Genetics

Compare 30 doctoral research opportunities connected with Genetics, including project summaries, funding and application deadlines.

Genetics

Cravings, Cycles, and Moods: Tracking the link between Diet and Women's Health with AI and Smartphones

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Exeter, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Genetics

Genetic and Therapeutic Determinants of Adverse Drug Reactions in Cardio-Renal Diseases

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Exeter, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Genetics

PhD Studentship - AI Scientists for Understanding Dementia Modifiable Risk Factors

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Streatham, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship - Air Pollution, Heat and Other Environmental Exposures in Relation to Cognitive Ageing: A Longitudinal Cohort Study

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Penryn, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship - Bacterial Pathogen Evolution during Antibiotic-Phage Combination Treatment

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Cornwall, Penryn, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship - Cracking the Ribosome Code of Brain Development

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Streatham, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship - Developing Blood Tests for the Early Detection of Neurodegeneration Following Traumatic Brain Injury

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship - How Does Temperature Shape Selection for Resistance across Different Antibiotics, Strains, and Species

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Cornwall, Penryn, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship - How Pathogens Emerge: Integrating Large Language Models with Comparative Genomics to Uncover the Zoonotic Potential of Bacteria

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Cornwall, Penryn, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship - Metabolic Adaptation to a Low Carbohydrate Ketogenic Diet and its Effects on Exercise Fuel Use and Glucose Management in Physically Active People with Type 1 Diabetes

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship - Understanding Muscle Metabolism Responses to Feeding in Adult Survivors of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
University of Exeter St Luke's Campus, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship: Cross-species modelling of rare coding variants associated with schizophrenia

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship: Data-Driven Precision Medicine in the Hospital: Advanced Blood Glucose Analytics to Improve Inpatient Diabetes Care

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship: Discovery and functional testing of Alzheimer’s disease risk–resilience pathways in human iPSC microglia

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship: Disentangling Diabetes: A Novel Genetic Decomposition Approach

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship: From X to Y: Decoding Sex Chromosome Effects in the Human Brain

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship: How Neurons Shape Astrocytes: Decoding Cell-to-Cell Communication in Brain Development

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship: How Sights Become Signals for Learning

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship: Sequencing babies: understanding penetrance of childhood epilepsy to inform newborn screening

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £21,805 Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship: Severe mental illness, inflammation and cardiometabolic health

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship: Translational models to predict emotional susceptibility to chronic pain

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

PhD Studentship: Using sleep-based memory cues to support recovery from stressful memories

University of Exeter

About the Project The GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme is offering up to 18 MRC funded studentships across a range of biomedical disciplines, with a start date of October 2027. These four-year studentships provide funding for fees and stipend at the rate set by the UKRI, as well as other research training and support costs, and are available to UK and International students.

Location
Devon, Exeter, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
UK Students, EU Students, International Students; Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum updated each year) plus UK/Home tuition fees

Genetics

Targeted gene integration therapy for cystinosis

University of Bristol

About the Project Cystinosis is a rare condition caused by mutations in the CTNS gene. This leads to cystine build-up in cells which damages many organs, especially the kidneys. The current treatment, cysteamine, slows the disease but many patients still develop serious complications. This project aims to develop a new, one-time gene therapy that provides a lasting treatment for cystinosis, by integrating a healthy copy of the CTNS gene into cells.

Location
Bristol, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Genetics

The early detection and management of liver disease: improving outcomes in an underserved patient group

University of Bristol

About the Project Liver disease is leading cause of mortality in working age and a major cause of working life years lost. It disproportionately impacts patients with people in underserved communities. This project will collaborate with the Children of the 90s birth cohort to track the trajectories of risk factors in young adults.

Location
Bristol, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline
21 October 2026
Funding
Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Genetics

Multiparameter tissue landscapes: shaping neutrophil functional states

University of Oxford

About the Project Neutrophils represent a major arm of the innate immune defence system, with a long- held view of them being transcriptionally inactive, fast responders, mobilised in response to microbial and tissue insults. Recent developments in the field have changed this perception and firmly positioned neutrophils as transcriptionally active cells with the ability to adapt their transcriptional program.

Location
Oxford, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline
1 December 2026
Funding
Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Genetics

Biology and genetics of reproduction in filamentous fungi

University of Nottingham

About the Project Fungi have beneficial but also detrimental properties. They are used for the production of foodstuffs and valuable pharmaceuticals and enzymes. However, they can also cause devastating plant and animal diseases. The PhD project has the overall theme of exploiting knowledge of fungal sexual reproduction to lead to improved food quality/security and better understanding and management of fungal disease.

Location
Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline
Year-round applications
Funding
Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Genetics

Defining the origin of multilocus imprinting disturbance (MLID)

Aston University

About the Project Details of the Project An association between assisted reproductive technologies (ART) and an increased risk of congenital imprinting disorders was first described more than 20 years ago but the causes of the association have not been resolved. Recent research that ART not only predisposes to some imprinting disorders but also to multilocus imprinting disturbance (MLID).

Location
Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline
Year-round applications
Funding
Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Genetics

Determination of therapeutic potential of different formulations of curcumin as an effective treatment option for pulmonary hypertension

University of Bradford

About the Project Pulmonary hypertension (PAH) is debilitating condition characterized by thick and stiff blood vessels that are unable to expand resulting in an increased pressure in the blood vessels supplying the lungs. This makes the heart work harder making it weak and can lead to heart failure. Changes in the functioning of some genes increase the risk of PAH. Currently there is no cure for this condition.

Location
Bradford, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline
Year-round applications
Funding
Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Genetics

Transcriptional Noise as a Biomarker of Healthy Ageing: A Genome Informatics Approach

University of Salford

About the Project According to the central dogma of molecular biology, genetic information flows from DNA to RNA to protein in a precise and regulated manner. However, this process is far from perfect. We now understand that transcription—the conversion of DNA information into RNA—is inherently noisy , particularly in complex organisms such as humans.

Location
Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Deadline
Year-round applications
Funding
Self-Funded PhD Students Only