Jul 3, 2025, 20:33

Wellcome PhD Fellowships for Health Professionals

Wellcome’s PhD Programmes for Health Professionals train registered clinicians and allied health professionals in supportive research environments—building research capability and preparing diverse future leaders in clinical academia through fully funded three-year PhD fellowships.

Eligibility Criteria:

Registered health professional (e.g., nurse, doctor, dentist, pharmacist, allied health, clinical psychologist, healthcare scientist, vet, social worker) with potential for a career in academic health research.
Accepted into one of the Wellcome-supported PhD programmes based at UK centres of excellence (see list below).
Meet individual programme-specific entry requirements (e.g., professional registration, prior degree).

Funding Details:

Duration: 3 years (full-time equivalent; part-time options available)
Amount: Salary at the appropriate UK clinical scale; UK-home-rate PhD fees; college fees; research expenses; essential travel (including childcare or caring costs); training (technical, transferable skills).
Exclusions: Overheads are not funded; international fee differential not covered.

Deadline:

Recruitment and application deadlines vary by programme—please contact the individual programme for exact dates (typically annual intake).

Where to Go for Further Information & Application:

Apply directly to your chosen programme:

4Ward North PhD Programme: Newcastle, Leeds, Manchester, Sheffield – [email protected]
Edinburgh Clinical Academic Track (ECAT-I): University of Edinburgh
GW4-CAT: Cardiff, Bath, Bristol, Exeter
HARP PhD Programme: City, QMUL
King’s Mental Health: King’s College London
LHIIP: Loughborough & Leicester – [email protected]
Liverpool Clinical PhD (Global South): Liverpool & LSTM
Midlands MH&N: Birmingham, Leicester, Nottingham, Warwick – [email protected]
Multimorbidity: Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, St Andrews
Cambridge & UEA: Cambridge, East Anglia, Sanger Institute
Primary Care Clinicians: Keele, QMUL, UCL, Bristol, Cambridge, Exeter, Manchester, Nottingham, Oxford, Southampton
Global Health in Africa: KCL, LSHTM, QMUL, St George’s, Sussex – [email protected]

Find links and full eligibility on each programme’s page via Wellcome’s PhD for Health Professionals hub.

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