There are several ways to apply for a PhD in the Whitehouse laboratory
Home-rated students : BBSRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership in Mechanistic Biology and MRC Discovery Medicine North Doctoral Training Partnership. More information can be found at FBS Grad school.
These are four year fully funded PhD studentships which provide both stipend and fees. This scheme is highly competitive so please only apply if you are in possession of, or are predicted to get, either an upper second or first class honours degree. Under this scheme you would spend four years in the Whitehouse laboratory.
Current project advertised to start in October 2020 on the BBSRC DTP scheme in the Whitehouse laboratory:
How do viral m6A methylated mRNAs recruit specific host cell reader proteins?
Current project advertised to start in October 2020 on the MRC DiMeN scheme in the Whitehouse laboratory:
Role of RNA modifications in virus infection
International or domestic self-funded or scholarship/fellowship PhD students are always welcome to apply for a place in the Whitehouse laboratory. Again, you must be in possession of, or are predicted to get, either an upper second or first class honours degree from a internationally renowned university. In addition, international students must have a good command of both written and spoken English. Most importantly, bench fees will be required if you are self-funded. Under this scheme you would spend either three or four years in the Whitehouse laboratory.
Please email me at a.whitehouse@leeds.ac.uk for informal enquiries. More information can also be found at PhDdegrees