MultiSci: An MRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) in Interdisciplinary Health Sciences
MultiSci DTP
MultiSci is a Medical Research Council (MRC) DTP for Interdisciplinary Science in Health (MultiSci) at Imperial. It has been designed to enable graduates to undertake a 4.5 year training programme, including a research project plus training in research methods and transferable key skills, leading to the submission of a doctoral thesis and the award of a PhD.
Applications for 2025 entry are now closed. We will re-open applications in Autumn 2025.
Why we’d like you to apply
The vision of MultiSci is to stimulate the creation of a new generation of life-scientists equipped with the quantitative, technological, and bioscience skills required to conduct cutting edge research across the fundamental and applied medical biosciences. To achieve this we want to recruit from as broad a spectrum of institutions and experience as possible.
We welcome applications from any potential students who fulfil the eligibility criteria. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who have studied/studying at non-Russell group universities and from underrepresented groups (e.g. BAME candidates).
About MultiSci
All students who start MultiSci at the same time are trained together as part of the same cohort allowing you to build a peer network for learning and support.
Students with an undergraduate degree only must register for the MRes Biomedical Research for Year 1 of the MultiSci programme.
Students with/completing a master’s degree will be offered two choices for Year 1 of the MultiSci programme:
- register for the MRes Biomedical Research - The MultiSci Programme recommends that all successful students complete the MRes Biomedical Research. Or,
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follow the MRes Biomedical Research curriculum – Includes completion of two lab rotations, grant writing exercise and all assessments. Students will not receive academic credit for this option.
All students must complete MultiSci training in Year 1 and in subsequent years as PhD students.
Further details about MultiSci’s structure, as well as the training you would undertake as a student, can be found here.
MultiSci PhD projects
After your first year of training, all MultiSci students will undertake a 3.5-year PhD project. Your PhD project will be designed by you, in collaboration with a supervisory team. Projects must align with one or more of the MultiSci’s research themes, and we encourage those that are multi-disciplinary. You will receive support and guidance in deciding on your PhD project during the first year of MultiSci, through project rotations and 1:1 meetings.
Phases
Support and mentorship
- 1:1 mentoring
- Wellbeing Action Plans
- Networking activities with other MRC-DTP students
- MRC-DTP student committee representation
- Imperial post-graduate events
Training and Development
- Adapt to Postgrad pre-enrolment course
- Project rotations before starting your PhD
- Chemical Kitchen
- Attributes and Aspirations (AA personal planning and development course)
- Cross-institution conferences
White City Campus
- A hub for for innovation, entrepreneurship and multidisciplinary research offering opportunities
- Community engagement
- Interaction with biotech startups
- Developing and prototyping new ideas
- Annual MRC DTP Colloquium
Discover MultiSci
Find out if MultiSci is the right programme for you by watching a recording of a 2024 webinar and Q&A.
Funding
Successful MultiSci students will be supported by a tax-free stipend (currently £20,622 per annum) , paid tuition fees, an annual research training and support grant, a conference fund and access to the MRC Supplement Scheme to help fund a wide range of research and training activities. See our FAQs page.
General enquiries
For enquiries about the the MultiSci DTP at Imperial College London, please contact:
FEO Postgrad Team
feopostgradtm@imperial.ac.uk