BBSRC Wessex One Health (WOH) Doctoral Landscape Award
About the Opportunity
This new BBSRC-funded doctoral programme will train students in interdisciplinary approaches to Infection Biosciences across all classes of pathogens, to combat existing and future disease threats to human and animal health, including emerging infections, vector-borne diseases, antimicrobial resistance and food insecurity. There are 17 PhD studentships available for a start in October 2025.
Studentship Details
Funding information
All scholarships come with UKRI stipend (currently £19,237 pa), UK fees and research costs for 4 years. A small number of international fee waivers will be available.
In order to be eligible to apply for the necessary security clearance, applicants for projects with Dstl must be a UK national, currently resident in the UK, and have resided in the UK continuously for the past five year. Applicants for projects including laboratory work at APHA, UKHSA or Pirbright Institute must be currently resident in the UK and have at least three years continuous UK residency. Counter Terrorist Check (CTC) clearance is required prior to commencing work at all the above laboratories. Candidates need to ensure that they are eligible for security clearance. It is up to each person applying for a studentship to ensure they meet the residency criteria. Please contact the supervisors of your chosen project if you have any questions.
Eligibility Criteria
You will have the ambition, motivation and scientific curiosity to research new approaches to combatting infectious diseases in the themes of:
- Detection, prevention and intervention
- Microbial evolution and drug resistance
- Understanding disease spread
- Infection and cellular biology.
You will have or expect to have an MSc, and/or a first or upper second honours degree in a relevant subject. We welcome applications from graduates of all universities, and from candidates already in work, or returning after a career break.
Note: Lab experience is desirable but not essential as all successful applicants will be trained in basic lab skills where applicable.