NDM Prize Studentships
Four year Departmental Prize Studentships are our principal fully-funded awards and are open to outstanding candidates from any country without restriction. The Departmental Prize Studentships are awarded for D.Phil. students starting at the beginning of the academic year in October. Support for this programme comes from a variety of sources including the Department, the Medical Research Council, the Ludwig Foundation and Clarendon Funds. The Studentships pay the College and University fees for overseas or home students and have a generous stipend of £18,000/annum, which is tax-free. Funding for the 4th year is contingent on satisfactory progress. Rhodes Scholars in the NDM are automatically awarded the same stipend as Prize Students and are also eligible for four year funding. The Nuffield Professor of Medicine is also able to award additional stipends of up to £5,000/annum in exceptional cases (Osler Awards).
The NDM Prize Studentships allow students to carry out research in a single laboratory for a full 4 years. There is no period of rotation between laboratories; however, we encourage our students to use some of this time to attend courses and to establish collaborations with other groups in or outside Oxford.
A full list of projects is available. Applicants can select up to 3 projects from different supervisors, and should list these in order of preference on the application form. Individual supervisors can also be contacted by email about their projects.
Prize Studentships are advertised from October in Nature and usually have a closing deadline of early January each year, with interviews taking place towards the end of January. The candidate's academic and research potential are the only criteria on which these awards are judged. Candidates should submit an online application by the deadline; paper applications will not be considered for the Prize Studentships. Please read our guidance on how to apply.