PhD fellowships from Wellcome trust

Visit the following website for the PhD student fellowships from Wellcome trust.
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Grants/PhD-programmes-and-studentships/WTD004384.htm

Support is provided for four years and includes:

• a stipend
• PhD registration fees at UK/EU student rate
• contribution towards laboratory rotation expenses in the first year
• research expenses for years two to four
• contribution towards travel
• contribution towards transferable-skills training.

Students are recruited annually by the individual Programmes for uptake in October each year. Recruitment begins in the preceding December. If you are interested in applying you should contact the relevant Programme. Currently 27 Programmes based in centres of excellence throughout the UK with specialised training provided in a range of important biomedical research areas are supported:

• developmental biology and cell biology
• genetics, statistics and epidemiology
• immunology and infectious disease
• molecular and cellular biology
• neuroscience
• physiological sciences
• structural biology and bioinformatics.