Wellcome 3-Year Clinical Research Fellowships in Drug Discovery
Programme Director: Professor Paul Workman
Deputy Directors: Professor David Barford and Professor Keith Jones
Clinical Advisers: Professor Stan Kaye and Dr Johann de Bono
The Wellcome Trust has funded The Institute of Cancer Research for 2 Clinical PhDs per year for 3 years beginning in Autumn 2010.
The aim of this programme is to attract applicants who have the potential to pursue a career as an academic clinician and support them as they undertake a research training programme.
The programme will cover:
- target identification
- target validation, requiring skills in cell and molecular biology
- biological structure determination
- medicinal chemistry
- mechanisms of drug action
- development of biomarkers.
The fellowships are available to applicants who have General Medical Council registration, or are eligible for GMC registration. Support includes a clinical salary for 3 years, PhD fees, research expenses, general training funds and travel costs.
Applications for the scheme are now closed. To register your interest in future opportunities in this scheme, please email to registry@icr.ac.uk.
