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Deadline: November 15, 2022
This year CRUK is launching a new postgraduate studentship programme “Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship”. CRUK developed this scheme in close consultation with the research community including the expert partner organisations Black in Cancer and Windsor Fellowship. CRUK are committed to creating equal, diverse and inclusive research environments that enable all researchers to realise their full potential to beat cancer. This programme aims to help develop the next generation of Black leaders in cancer research.
The CRUK Cambridge Centre has been selected as one of two central locations to implement this scheme. Students in this scheme will be fully integrated with the community of CRUK Cambridge Centre-funded students and will make full use of all needs-based training and core training provided by the MRes+PhD programme developed at the Cambridge Centre.
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In addition to the central elements of the MRes+ PhD training such as
Two 15-week research rotations
A weekly ‘Lecture in Cancer Biology and Medicine series and 1-week intensive teaching in genomic medicine, to cover the wide breadth of basic and applied cancer biology.
A 1-2 week clinical shadowing to give insight into the rewards and challenges of cancer research
Students in this program will additionally receive:
a comprehensive program of mentoring, career support, leadership training and networking led by the Windsor Fellowship and Black in Cancer.
Application Procedure
1) Register interest and confirm eligibility with the Windsor Fellowship(link is external)
2) Apply through the University of Cambridge Postgraduate Admissions website. Please remember to state that you are applying for this scheme in the box for “Additional Information to Support Application” in your application.
Applicants can state their preferred Research area Programme or project of interest if they so wish, and this should be clearly stated as part of their Personal Statement which should be no more than 2500 words in length.
If your fee status is classified as overseas, you must also apply for the University funding competition to obtain funding for the higher fee rate.
It is possible to study part-time, if you are a clinician interested in a part-time MRes+ PhD, read THIS.
Application Registration Deadline: 15th November 2022
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