Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in The Structure and Function of the Genome
Summary of PhD Program:
The Institute’s particular strengths are in genomics, computational biology and imaging; and significant research effort is currently devoted to cancers arising in the breast, pancreas, brain, and colon. We now aim to expand our use of AI to generate new research hypotheses and explore further areas of cancer biology. Our Core Facilities provide researchers with access to state-of-the-art equipment, in-house expertise and training. Scientists at CRUK CI aim to understand the fundamental biology of cancer and translate these findings into the clinic to benefit patients.
Application Deadline: 13 November 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Nano-assembling 3D MetaMaterials
Summary of PhD Program:
Metamaterials provide emergent properties by combining nano-scale building blocks to elicit properties far beyond simple averaging over the component materials involved, instead giving exciting opportunities for new functionalities that are not found in natural materials. However there are very few examples of them being yet practical, because of the difficulty of realistic scale-up. Potential applications are for energy absorption and harvesting, mechanical intelligence, enhanced sensors, anti-fouling protection and much more.
Application Deadline: 1 November 2025
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in Delineating small RNA-mediated chromatin silencing
Summary of PhD Program:
We are looking for a talented and motivated student to join our interdisciplinary team in Professor Greg Hannon’s lab located at the CRUK Cambridge Institute (a department of the University of Cambridge) to investigate the molecular mechanisms of small RNA-mediated chromatin silencing. As a whole, the Hannon laboratory has broad interests that range from discovery research to cancer biology, as well as a strong commitment of developing and using new tools to address cutting-edge questions in these fields.
Application Deadline: 17 October 2025
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Public Health and Primary Care (non-clinical)
Summary of PhD Program:
The student will use a combination of statistical genetics and real-world evidence approaches to identify high-priority therapeutic targets with cross-disease potential. For example: (i) Mendelian randomization: using genetic variation as a “natural experiment” to test whether a risk factor (such as a protein) causes disease; (ii) Colocalization: determining whether genetic signals for two traits (e.g. CHD and another disease) likely share the same causal variant; (iii) Target trial emulation: analysing observational health data in a way that mimics a clinical trial.
Application Deadline: 2 December 2025
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in building responsible AI-informed digital tools for diagnostics and signposting in child psychiatry
Summary of PhD Program:
This PhD is funded by the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Paediatrics and Child Health. It is being hosted by the Timely Group (PI Dr Anna Moore), and we invite applications for a fully funded PhD studentship in developing responsible AI-informed tools for use in child mental health pathways to support the early identification of mental health problems in children. The post is based in the Department of Psychiatry, commencing in January 2026.
Application Deadline: 2 October 2025
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Imaging-Based AI Screening for Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus
Summary of PhD Program:
Normal pressure hydrocephalus (NPH) is a neurological condition arising from a disturbance in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) dynamics, affects 3-4% of adults over 65 years, and leads to progressive gait, cognitive, and bladder impairment. Despite the existence of an effective surgical treatment, less than 20% of patients with the condition are accurately diagnosed and treated. A key barrier to improved management of NPH is poor awareness amongst healthcare professionals.
Application Deadline: 2 October 2025
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Human-Computer Interaction and Critical Computing
Summary of PhD Program:
A doctoral studentship is available in the forthcoming Aspirational Computing Lab (February 2026) in the Department of Computer Science and Technology (CST) at the University of Cambridge. The goal of this PhD programme is to launch one “deceptive by design” project that combines the perspectives of human-computer interaction (HCI) and critical computing.
Application Deadline: 2 December 2025
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero
Summary of PhD Program:
We have funding for a number of 1+3 MRes/PHD studentships, in collaboration with industry, as part of our EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Future Infrastructure and Built Environment: Unlocking Net Zero (FIBE3 CDT), under the four following themes:
Current and disruptive technologies
Circularity and whole life approach
Al-driven digitalisation and data
Risk-based systems thinking and connectivity
Application Deadline: 15 April 2026
9. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
Protein expression and purification remain fundamental bottlenecks in biomedical research and drug discovery. Current approaches are time-consuming and often fail to express target proteins at sufficient levels. In this project, you will investigate whether mammalian cell lines can be genetically altered to enhance expression of challenging proteins. Moreover, you will determine whether the success of such alternations depends on protein family and on mRNA characteristics such as codon optimality.
Application Deadline: 31 October 2025
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Understanding the role of transcription factors and associated proteins in neuroendocrine prostate cancer
Summary of PhD Program:
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the UK and every year thousands of men die from this disease. Prostate cancer was thought to be one type of cancer, namely adenocarcinoma, which was driven by a transcriptional pathway that involves Androgen Receptor (AR) and a pioneer factor called FOXA1 that helps tether AR to the chromatin. Recent new treatments that target AR have forced cancer cells to evade treatment and a newly characterised, but frequent escape mechanism is for cancer cells to lose dependence on AR and to take on features of a neuroendocrine cancer, which is termed Neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC).
Application Deadline: 24 October 2025
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Defining the role of the pioneer factor FOXA1 in hormone-dependent cancer
Summary of PhD Program:
FOXA1 is a pioneer factor in Estrogen Receptor positive breast cancer (which constitute 75% of all breast cancer cases) and prostate cancer. FOXA1 can associate with compacted chromatin to facilitate opening of the chromatin and subsequent recruitment of nuclear receptor transcription factors, such as Estrogen Receptor (ER) and Androgen Receptor (AR). The FOXA1/ER pathway in ER+ breast cancer and the FOXA1/AR transcriptional pathway in prostate cancer are the defining and driving mediators in these two major cancer types.
Application Deadline: 24 October 2025
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
Summary of PhD Program:
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoDTC) at the University of Cambridge invites applications for its 3.5-year interdisciplinary PhD programme. The programme combines hands-on training, cohort-based learning, and cutting-edge research, preparing graduates for careers in academia, industry, startups, and beyond. We welcome applicants from the Physical Sciences, including Chemistry, Physics, Materials, and Engineering. Shortlisting is based on written applications (qualifications, aspirations, experience), with final selection via interview focusing on independent thinking.
Application Deadline: 3 January 2026
13. Fully Funded PhD Position
Summary of PhD Program:
This project will combine molecular, cellular, and physiological approaches to explore how exercise reprograms metabolic and inflammatory pathways that connect cardiac function to systemic health. Insights gained will inform the development of novel therapeutic strategies for HFpEF and broader cardiometabolic disease.