NDM Tropical Network Fund

The NDM Tropical Network Fund (TNF) is aimed at supporting high quality candidates to achieve a DPhil through the University of Oxford. The fund provides fee only funding for up to 12 students per year with stipend and research costs provided by the Programme/research group. The fund is aimed primarily at Low and Middle Income Country (LMIC) students. Candidates for the funding will be selected through competition. The scheme provides fee funding but candidates will need to apply and be accepted as a student by the University. All eligible applicants who apply to the DPhil in Clinical Medicine for entry in 2025 by 3 December 2024 will automatically be considered for this funding.

NDM TNF DPhil bursary scheme

This scheme has been set up to specifically support students from Low and Middle Income Countries who will be based in an overseas unit or the Oxford Centre for Global Health Research.

Eligibility criteria

• Be a national of an Official Development Assistance recipient country as listed here.
• Be applying to a project based in one of the Tropical Medicine overseas units or the Oxford Centre for Global Health Research
• And not be intending to reside in Great Britain upon completion of their studies

How to apply

Apply for the DPhil in Clinical Medicine following the instructions on the how to apply page. When asked for a scholarship code, please enter TNFDBS . Although applying by the December deadline will mean you are automatically considered for this funding, by entering this code you are confirming that you meet the eligibility criteria above.

Application fee waiver

Please follow the instructions on this page to apply for an application fee waiver. If you are a national of a country as listed in the document above, but the central university does not offer a waiver for this country, please email graduate.studies@ndm.ox.ac.uk for an application fee waiver code.

Apply for the DPhil in Clinical Medicine following the instructions on the how to apply page. When asked for a scholarship code, please enter TNFDBS. Although applying by the December deadline will mean you are automatically considered for this funding, by entering this code you are confirming that you meet the eligibility criteria above.

 DPhil in Tropical Medicine and Global Health

The DPhil in Tropical Medicine and Global Health is a sub-theme of the DPhil in Clinical Medicine that relevant students may list on their CV instead of ‘DPhil in Clinical Medicine’ if they prefer. The DPhil in Tropical Medicine and Global Health sub-theme applies to students funded by the NDM Tropical Network Fund (TNF).