Research Opportunities

Explore the range of postgraduate cancer research
training opportunities available in Manchester

Funded PhD Opportunities

We offer a diverse range of fully funded PhD projects each year, including Clinical, Non-Clinical, and MB-PhD programmes. Use the filters below to search our different programmes.

 

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Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
MB-PhD

Global burden of cancer attributable to elevated body-mass index: an updated analysis including population-specific and Mendelian Randomisation risk estimates, and g-formula impact estimations

Explore 15/03/2027
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
MB-PhD

Targeting the leukaemic niche: does macrophage crosstalk sustain TP53-mutant acute erythroid leukaemia

Explore 15/03/2027
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
MB-PhD

Harnessing the nasal proteome for lung cancer early detection

Explore 15/03/2027
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
MB-PhD

Investigation of tumour microenvironment in influencing growth in lobular breast cancers

Explore 15/03/2027
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MB-PhD

Regulation of humoral immunity in non-small cell lung cancer

Explore 15/03/2027
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
MB-PhD

AI-guided functional modelling of tumour-immune interactions to discover therapeutic vulnerabilities

Explore 15/03/2027
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
MB-PhD

What makes a STIC dangerous? Defining the determinants of progression to high-grade serous ovarian cancer

Explore 15/03/2027
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
MB-PhD

Investigating extracellular matrix stiffness as a risk factor for breast cancer

Explore 15/03/2027
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
MB-PhD

STRIPE: STandardised Reporting of Imaging to assess the Postmenopausal Endometrium

Explore 15/03/2027
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
Non-Clinical

Unlocking the power of geographic information systems for breast cancer risk and prevention

Explore 23/11/2026
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
Non-Clinical

Development of a UK proton computed tomography system

Explore 23/11/2026
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
Non-Clinical

Personalising radiotherapy for lung cancer through mathematical modelling

Explore 23/11/2026
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
Non-Clinical

Elucidating progesterone-driven Wnt signalling for breast cancer prevention

Explore 23/11/2026
Cancer Research UK Manchester Centre - Research Opportunities
Non-Clinical

Exploiting chromosomal instability across the ovarian–endometrial axis: models, mechanisms and therapeutic targeting

Explore 23/11/2026

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