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Wednesday, December 2, 2009

UK: Medical Research Council - two DPhil Studentships, Oxford University

Overview

The Department is pleased to invite applications for 2 MRC-supported studentships, to conduct research towards a doctoral degree at the University. The department supports internationally-renowned research programmes that address the causes and treatments of psychiatric illness; it is particularly strong in neurobiology and physical treatments, psychopathology and psychological treatments, old-age and social psychiatry, psychiatric epidemiology and developmental psychopathology.

Research projects can be within any of these domains, or can seek to be cross-domain.

Information about particular projects offered this year can be found at http://www.psychiatry.ox.ac.uk/research There are projects in the genetic models of schizophrenia, glucocorticoids and emotional processing, genetics of dementia and the ageing brain, psychological factors in eating disorders, electrophysiology of attention, and neural responses to trauma. Applicants are advised to contact potential supervisors to discuss possible projects or their own proposals. Candidates who are interested in other aspects of the research done within the Department are also encouraged to apply.


Requirements

Applicants for each studentship should have, or expect to gain, at least an upper second class honours degree in an appropriate subject. The current MRC studentship stipend (tax-free) is £13,290 pa. Support is also available for conference attendance and consumables. Please send your CV; a covering letter with the names of 2 academic referees, and a statement that outlines the research you would wish to pursue at Oxford (~ 500 words).

Eligibility

Applicants should check whether they are eligible for an MRC studentship and include this information in their letter of application. Information about MRC studentships can be found at: http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Applicanthandbook/Studentships/index.htm

Address to send applications and enquiries: Lucy Curtin, Department of Psychiatry, Warneford Hospital, Warneford Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 7JX (lucy.curtin@psych.ox.ac.uk).

Deadline for submission of applications: Friday 22nd of January 2010.


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