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Clinical Kennedy Trust Prize Studentships

ID Title Internal supervisors Phase
KIR-Clinical-1 Neural-immune cross-talk in gastrointestinal systemic sclerosis Alex Clarke, Fränze Progatzky, Kristina Clark 2026 KIR Clinical
KIR-Clinical-8 Immature neutrophils and the vasculature: friends or foes? Irina Udalova, Alex Clarke, Raashid Luqmani, Kristina Zec 2026 KIR Clinical
KIR-Clinical-7 Unraveling the intersection of immune responses in gut and cardiovascular and health Claudia Monaco, Fiona Powrie FRS, Jennifer Cole 2026 KIR Clinical
KIR-Clinical-6 Exploring Sex- Age- and Tissue-Dependent Mechanisms of Fibrosis Kim Midwood, Christopher Buckley, Nan Yang 2026 KIR Clinical
KIR-Clinical-5 Deciphering host–microbiome genetic interactions in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Yang Luo, Luke Jostins, Jethro Johnson, Uzma Khan 2026 KIR Clinical
KIR-Clinical-4 Relationship between Tumour microenvironment and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease during immunotherapy Audrey Gérard, Claudia Monaco 2026 KIR Clinical
KIR-Clinical-2 Is there a viral or bacterial causative agents in chronic arthropathies Mark Coles, Christopher Buckley, Calliope Dendrou, Sarah Davidson 2026 KIR Clinical
KIR-Clinical-3 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 Clinical

ABOUT OUR 3-YEAR CLINICAL DPHIL DOCTORAL TRAINING PROGRAMME (KTPS)

  • Funding for is for 3 years at clinical pay grade (E63), tuition/fees, including allowance for laboratory expenses, training and conference travel, mentoring by clinical academic
  • You must be a clinician working for an NHS/HES Trust in F1 through to Specialist Registrar / Pre-consultant stages in clinical career progression
  • There is a different program OxKen that is for students currently in medical school
  • Entry in to the program requires consent of your NHS/HES Trust and training director
  • You must be resident in the UK or Republic of Ireland
  • You are expected to contact the lead supervisor for any project you are interested in applying to
  • We strongly encourage applications to MRC CTRF fellowships, please contact project supervisors to discuss

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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.