Cardiff University President's Research Scholarship: Immunology and Infection (PhD Studentship)
Reference Number: R445
It is expected that this project will open for applications in mid-January 2011.
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Key Studentship Information
This is a Cardiff University President's Research Scholarship, part of a new £4M investment to coincide with the inauguration of Professor Sir Martin Evans (Nobel Prize for Medicine 2007) as Cardiff’s new President. All of the University Schools and Research Centres offering opportunities under the programme have demonstrated the real potential of the Scholarships to contribute to research excellence through significant, challenging and original PhD research projects and excellent PhD supervision and support.Other attractive features of the Scholarships include the presence of multiple President’s Scholars in each of the research areas and the guaranteed exposure of President’s Scholars to innovative technologies, theories, methodological approaches, and debates. More information on the President's Research Scholarships scheme is available here: www.cardiff.ac.uk/presidents
The TRIM PhD Group integrates two of the strongest research groups in the School of Medicine (Immunology, Infection & Inflammation and Clinical Epidemiology) and provides an example of how to create a platform that allows innovative research in the laboratory to have a clear pathway into clinical practice. These two Interdisciplinary Research Groups will work together to create a unique opportunity for the translational medical research programme ‘Immunology and Infection: Turning laboratory research into clinical practice’.
Ongoing PhD research addresses the following challenges: cellular and molecular immunotherapy; vaccine development technologies; cancer immune surveillance; and immune-pathways to cancer, chronic infections diseased and inflammation. PhD graduates in this area will be able to respond to the increasing number of calls for translational research and will have the necessary skills to be highly competitive for immunology-related research positions at university and industry; the President’s Research Scholars focussing on translational research.
Work in the epidemiological area will be composed of linked doctoral studies which will integrate the work undertaken in infection and communication in healthcare.
The unifying concept is that of taking developments in biomedicine and then integrating these innovations with high quality evidence from trials, enhanced with novel diagnostic and decision support techniques to bridge the implementation gap, the so called T2 translation gap, and therefore addressing the need to deliver high quality patient centred care.
Funding
This is a Cardiff University President's Research Scholarship. The award includes full UK/EU tuition fees plus a doctoral stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£13,590 p.a. for 2010/11, updated each year).
Eligibility
Academic Criteria: Applicants must have a First Class Honours degree or a 2.1 plus a postgraduate Masters degree (or their equivalents) in a relevant subject
Residency: Full awards (fees plus maintenance stipend) are open to UK Nationals, and EU students who can satisfy UK residency requirements. To be eligible for the full award, EU Nationals must have been in the UK for at least 3 years prior to the start of the course for which they are seeking funding, including for the purposes of full-time education. EU Nationals who do not meet the above residency requirement are eligible for a fees-only award, provided that they have been ordinarily resident in the EU for at least 3 years prior to the start of their proposed programme of study.
How to Apply
Applicants should apply online at www.cardiff.ac.uk/apply - stating in the 'funding' section that you wish to be considered for the President's Research Scholarship.
It is expected that this project will open for applications in mid-January 2011.
Additional Information:
For more information please contact Professor Simon Jones:
TEL: +44(0)29 207 87325
EMAIL: jonessa@Cardiff.ac.uk
WEB: http://www.cf.ac.uk/medic/research/irgs/i3/index.html
