PhD Student Recruitment 2027 – Now Open
Applications are now open for our 2027 PhD Student intake – apply before the deadline of Friday 6th November 1700 GMT
PhD Student Recruitment 2027 – Now Open
Applications are now open for our 2027 PhD Student intake – apply before the deadline of Friday 6th November 1700 GMT
CRUK 4 Year PhD Studentships 2027
See below for details of our exciting PhD projects starting in autumn 2027, or click the button to start your application
We are pleased to announce six exciting postgraduate opportunities within the Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute for intake in 2027!
We welcome applications to our PhD programme from enthusiastic and ambitious candidates with a strong academic track record.
Applicants should:
- Hold or expect to graduate with a First class, or minimum Upper-Second class undergraduate honours degree (or equivalent from a non-UK university) in a relevant subject.
- Have previous research experience as part of, or outside of, a university degree course, or a master’s degree in a relevant subject.
Available projects
Alice Sherrard
Predicting Cell State from Chromatin Architecture to Understand Cancer Initiation and Progression
Amaya Virós
Aged immune failure and reversal
Claus Jorgensen
Defining regulators of early-stage PDAC tumour development
Georges Lacaud
From Stem Cells to Cancer Immunotherapy: Engineering Human Blood and Immune-Cell Development
Samra Turajlić
Reconstruction of Tumour Evolution and Metastatic Spread in Kidney Cancer
Tim Somervaille
Rewiring the Transcriptional Machinery of Myeloid Blood Cancer: Therapeutic Targeting of Transcriptional Co-regulators
Please use the form below if you have any general enquiries about our student programme and applications
Why choose Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute?
The Cancer Research UK Manchester Institute, an Institute of The University of Manchester, is a world-leading centre for excellence in cancer research. The Institute is core funded by Cancer Research UK (www.cancerresearchuk.org),
the largest independent cancer research organisation in the world.
We are partnered with The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe, which is located adjacent to the CRUK MI Manchester Institute in South Manchester. These factors combine to provide an exceptional environment in which to pursue basic, translational and clinical research programmes.
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