Students

Asthma UK currently funds five post-graduate students, three of them jointly with the Medical Research Council, who are conducting doctoral studies in the field of asthma research.

Researchers working at a computer By investing in young scientists and clinicians, Asthma UK aims to enhance and develop the current network of asthma researchers, enabling greater opportunities to learn and share expertise.

Increasing the number of researchers into respiratory medicine (so-called capacity building) is a key priority for the Medical Research Council (MRC), and researchers and funders are working hard to attract and retain high quality individuals in the field of asthma research.

As well as being of huge importance to the respiratory research community, capacity building in asthma research is also vital to Asthma UK achieving its vision of ‘Control over asthma today, freedom from asthma tomorrow’. A cohort of new researchers will mean more people working towards discovering novel mechanisms in asthma and allergy, developing new treatments and designing innovative methods of managing asthma.

Our studentships provide science graduates with a springboard into asthma research. The students are studying for a PhD under the direction of experienced researchers, within centres that are known for their strong research presence.

 

Current studentships

Asthma UK currently funds five postgraduate studentships. These typically last for four years, and are all designed to include an introductory first year.

 

Asthma UK studentships

Asthma UK has awarded funding for two PhD studentships at the MRC-Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma. The MRC-Asthma UK Centre supports world-class research scientists and clinicians based at King’s College London and Imperial College London and their associated hospitals.

 

Asthma UK/MRC PhD Studentships

Asthma UK is also pleased to be involved in the joint funding of three PhD studentships with the Medical Research Council, which will be administered by the MRC/University of Edinburgh Centre for Inflammation Research, the MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics in Sheffield, and at the MRC-Asthma UK Centre in Allergic Mechanisms of Asthma in King’s College London.