Opportunities

We are now accepting applications for the 2025-26 academic year.

Deadline: 23:59 on Wednesday 30 July 2025 (UK time)

Please note: QUARTILES DLA PhD studentships cannot be undertaken remotely. All successful applicants must be resident in the UK for the majority of their studies.

Funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), with support from numerous partner organisations, we award full studentships each year to exceptional students, providing funding to support Doctoral studies for PhD programmes for 45 months (NERC) and 48 months (BBSRC).