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Core studentship application form 2025

Important Information:

This application form is only for Core studentships. If you wish to apply for Translational Medicine studentships, please click here. If you wish to apply for iCASE studentships, please click here.

Please review the frequently asked questions section of this website before proceeding with your application.

As progress on the below application form cannot be saved prior to submission, it is recommended that you complete your application in a word processing application (Microsoft Word, Google Docs), and copy and paste the relevant information into the appropriate boxes within the application form below.

Applications close on 30th November 2024.

Please note - after submitting your application by clicking the 'Submit' button at the bottom of the page, please scroll back down to the bottom of the page in order to request a copy of your application via e-mail (we recommend all applicants request a copy of their application for their records).

Essential Application Documentation:

Please ensure that you attach your transcripts for your Undergraduate and (where relevant) Masters Degrees, which outline all modules and grades for the aforementioned qualifications.

Although not mandatory, we encourage all applicants to attach a CV to their application, in order to provide the selection panel with further details of any academic, professional or volunteering experience which may be of relevance to your application. Personal information (similar to the information provided in questions 1 to 9, and 18 onwards) will be removed from all CVs before they are handed to the selection panel at the shortlisting stage.

We are currently accepting applications from home applicants only for Core studentships.

Widening Participation

We welcome and encourage applications from all students, especially those under-represented in academia.

Please note that only the following information will be seen by those involved in the selection process:

  • Shortlisting stage: information provided in questions 10 to 17.
  • Interviewing stage: information provided in questions 1 to 17.
  • A flag for applicants who wish to be considered for a ring-fenced studentship.
 

Your Personal Details

10a. Which of the key research themes associated with the MRC DTP in IBR is of most interest to you? (required)
 

Your Education Details and Information about your Skills & Experience

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Diversity Information

 


 
25. Disabilities (tick all that apply) (required)
 

Widening Participation

Please only complete these questions if you completed your secondary education in the UK.

Unfortunately we do not currently have a set of criteria that can be used for students educated outside the UK. If you did not complete your secondary education in the UK please go straight to question 30. 

The following questions are optional and will help us identify which of our applicants are from a widening participation (WP) background. We are asking for this information for 3 reasons:
i) To help us monitor the diversity of our applicants and how well we are reaching applicants from WP backgrounds.

ii)So that we can identify candidates from WP backgrounds and give them additional consideration when assessing applications.

iii)To identify which applicants from WP backgrounds wish to be considered for a ring-fenced studentship for a WP student. 

 

27a. Please tick which of the following applies to you. In order to be considered a WP applicant, you must meet at least two of the criteria, unless you are a care leaver.
28. Please tell us if you wish to be considered for the following ring-fenced studentships (you can select both if applicable)
 

How did you hear about us?

29. How did you find out about the MRC DTP in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research (you can choose multiple options) (required)
30. If you are not successful in securing a position on the MRC DTP in IBR PhD programme, but are still interested in being considered for a self-funded position on either or both of the following 1-year postgraduate courses, please indicate this here by ticking the relevant box or boxes:
Privacy notice

Only the information in fields 9 to 19 will be made available to staff considering applications at the shortlisting stage of the recruitment process, and only the information in fields 1 to 19 to those involved in the interviewing stage of the recruitment process, as well as which applicants are flagged as a WP applicant and/or wish to be considered for a ring-fenced studentship.   All other information will be removed from the application form by the administrative team, and is being gathered for monitoring purposes and to identify which applicants which to be considered for ring-fenced studentships.  See the top of this form for further details. 

The University of Warwick will use your personal data provided in this online registration form for the purposes of processing your application to the MRC-DTP in Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research. The legal basis for processing this personal data is consent, which is obtained through your submission of this online form. The data you have provided will be shared only within the University of Warwick and with the Medical Research Council. Your personal data will not be transferred outside of the EEA, will be kept securely by the University of Warwick and will be retained for a period of 6 months after 1 October 2022 if you are not offered or do not accept a place on the course, and two years after graduation if you are offered and accept a place on the course.

The University of Warwick is the Data Controller of this information and is committed to protecting the rights of individuals in line with Data Protection Legislation. Please visit the Information Commissioner’s Office’s webpages for further information in relation to your rights and the University’s Data Protection webpages for further information about how the University processes your personal data. The University’s Data Protection Officer can be contacted through infocompliance@warwick.ac.uk and any requests or complaints should be made in writing to the University’s Data Protection Officer.

The University of Warwick is the Data Controller of any information you have entered on this form and is committed to protecting the rights of individuals in line with Data Protection Legislation. The University's Data Protection webpages provide further information on your rights and how the University processes personal data. If you wish to submit a data subjects rights request, make a complaint or report a suspected personal data breach, please contact the University’s Data Protection Officer by email at infocompliance@warwick.ac.uk.

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