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Non-clinical Kennedy Trust Prize Studentships

2026 KIR Non Clinical

ID Title Internal supervisors Phase
KIR-NC-01 Resident memory B cell responses in the lung; immunity against pulmonary pathogens Tal Arnon 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-12 Neuro-immune regulation of Inflammatory bowel disease Fränze Progatzky, Calliope Dendrou 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-02 How does metabolism program B cell immunity? Alex Clarke, Michael Dustin 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-13 Nuclear Lamins as Regulators of Neutrophil Development: the importance of a segmented nucleus Irina Udalova, Marco Fritzsche, Ananda Kishore Mukherjee 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-11 Unraveling the intersection of immune responses in gut and cardiovascular and health Claudia Monaco, Fiona Powrie FRS, Jennifer Cole 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-10 Exploring Sex- Age- and Tissue-Dependent Mechanisms of Fibrosis Kim Midwood, Christopher Buckley, Nan Yang 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-09 Deciphering host–microbiome genetic interactions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Yang Luo, Luke Jostins, Jethro Johnson, Uzma Khan 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-08 Investigating the impact of microbiome variation on the T cell repertoire in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases Jethro Johnson, Stephen Sansom, Yang Luo 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-07 Relationship between Tumour microenvironment and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease during immunotherapy Audrey Gérard, Claudia Monaco 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-06 Integrated Ultrasound-Enhanced Biophotonic Platform for High-Throughput Studies of Cancer–Immune Cell Mechanobiology Marco Fritzsche 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-03 Virtual Immune Cells – Combing Mechanism, Genomics & AI to Predict T cell responses Mark Coles, Miles Weatherseed 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-05 Multi-dimensional analysis of the immunological synapse in the context of immunotherapy Michael Dustin, Audrey Gérard, Marco Fritzsche, Edward Jenkins, Panyu Fei, Jesusa Capera Aragones 2026 KIR Non Clinical
KIR-NC-04 Investigating pro-inflammatory vs pro-remission mechanisms across immune disorders: integrating single-cell/spatial multiomics & ML/AI approaches for patient-level translational insights Calliope Dendrou 2026 KIR Non Clinical

ABOUT OUR 4 YEAR NON-CLINICAL DPHIL DOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAMME (KTPS)

  • Stipend *tax free” funding for 4 years (~£24,000 per annum), all tuition/fees, including funding for laboratory expenses, training and conference travel
  • Before applying you must contact the supervisor of any project you are applying to.
  • We encourage applications from UK and ROI students, although overseas applications are welcome too.

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All applications must be made through the official University of Oxford online applications system.

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Application notice

The deadline for complete applications is noon on Tuesday 2 December 2025. We strongly encourage you to submit your applications in advance of the deadline date. Any applications which are not complete by the deadline will not be eligible for consideration.