Funding

Funding is often secured through Wellcome Trust or MRC DTP Fellowships. Further information about this and specific projects studying under the supervision of Departmental supervisors who have obtained funding are advertised below.

For up-to-date information on tuition fees, please refer to the University's Fees and Funding pages. It should be noted that supervisors may charge an additional ‘bench fee’ from sponsors to cover the costs of laboratory expenses (consumables and equipment) for postgraduate research projects.

The Potential of Bile Acid Therapies for Preterm Birth

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated PhD student to join our research group on a fully funded PhD studentship now available within the Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction at Imperial College London. This is an exciting opportunity to join the Tommy’s National Centre for Preterm Birth Research, a multi-site research centre founded in 2023 to engage in research around prematurity and preterm birth, which is the only one of its kind in the UK. The team performs and develops highly collaborative and interdisciplinary cutting-edge research in the field of preterm birth. This project is co-funded by the Lauren Page Trust.

Funding: 36 months (full time), includes course fees at the Home rate (Faculty of Medicine | Imperial students | Imperial College London) and a tax‐free stipend of approximately £22,780. Funding for overseas fees is not provided but candidates deemed Overseas for fees purposes should be able to demonstrate adequate financial support to cover the difference between the Home and Overseas fee.

Applicants should submit their CV and a covering letter, including a statement on how overseas fee will be covered (for non-UK applicants) and full contact details of two referees, to Professor Catherine Williamson, catherine.williamson@imperial.ac.uk.

Deadline: 28 February 2026

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The President’s PhD Scholarship

The College provides the home UKRI fee rate and a bursary. Departments pay the home tuition fee top-up i.e. the difference between the UKRI home tuition fee rate and the Department’s home tuition fee rate.
 
Application - Complete Imperial's online application by the deadline stated on The President’s PhD Scholarship Webpages. 

Prior to applying - Applicants must have made contact with a supervisor who has agreed to supervise their research project. Supervisors are limited to supervise one student at any time. Once you have a supervisor who has agreed to support you, please email researchdegreeenquiries@imperial.ac.uk so your PhD scholarship application can be prioritised for review and shortlisting.

MultiSci MRC DTP Studentship

This is a 1+3 Studentship which provides funding for the MRes Biomedical Research in Year 1 and, after successful completion, 3 years’ funding for a PhD. 

CSC Joint Funding

Imperial holds responsibility for fee payment whilst bursary payment is delegated to supervisors.

Students are not permitted to apply for fees-only studentships.

CSC Fully Funded Scholarship

Students should apply directly to the CSC usually through their ‘home’ Chinese institution. Further information is available from the ‘home’ Chinese institution.

Fees and stipend are paid in full by Central College funding.

AI4Health

This is managed by Britta Ross - CDT Manager - UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in AI for Healthcare. The AI CDT is managed by Computing, Engineering where all students are registered irrespective of supervisors’ Departments. The 2:1 financial cost sharing model of the CDT is as follows: 2/3 of the PhD student costs are covered by the CDT and 1/3 (or 1/6 if two joint supervisors) of the PhD student costs are covered by the supervisors.