We are delighted to announce new funding from UKRI via the BBSRC Doctoral Landscape Awards, which will fund five PhD cohorts starting in October 2025.
PhD projects will be added to our website continuously over the next few weeks. Check regularly for PhD projects starting in October 2025.
MIBTP PhD Application Deadline 16 January 2025
Shaping the Future of Bioscience!
The Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP), funded by the BBSRC Doctoral Landscape Award, unites six leading universities- Aston, Birmingham, Coventry, Harper Adams, Leicester, and Warwick - in an ambitious mission to drive innovative, world-class research in life sciences and bolster the UK’s growing bioeconomy.
At MIBTP, we are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and are dedicated to cultivating a diverse cohort of passionate PhD researchers from various academic backgrounds. Our studentship research projects target critical areas within distinct bioscience themes:
Using interdisciplinary and quantitative approaches, MIBTP doctoral researchers are dedicated to advancing solutions for today’s most significant challenges and contributing to research that benefits the wider society.
Our studentships offer a comprehensive support package, including fees (the cost of the UK fee rate), a tax-free annual stipend, a travel and conference budget, a generous consumables budget, and the use of a MacBook Pro for the duration of the programme.
We welcome students from diverse pathways, whether recent graduates or professionals returning to academia. Our vibrant international student body thrives in an environment that values creativity and expertise across theoretical disciplines, such as mathematics, computer science, and statistics, as well as experimental sciences, such as biology, biomedicine, and chemistry!
Discover how MIBTP is transforming the future of bioscience through cutting-edge research, interdisciplinary collaboration, and a commitment to inclusive excellence. Explore our student profiles and find your place within this extraordinary community.
Warwick student Liam Cremona has been elected to the Microbiology Society’s Members Panel. This panel serves as the Society’s EDI committee and gives members from underrepresented or historically marginalised groups a more direct way to engage with the Society's governance and activities.
Birmingham student Danielle Kay has published an article in Protein Science, titled: "Dissecting the functional behavior of the differentially phosphorylated prolyl isomerase, Pin1". It can be viewed online here.
Birmingham student Jas Sound has been awarded an Oral Presentation Prize at the annual British Mass Spectrometry Society Biomacromolecular Structure Special Interest Group meeting