ACED PhD Studentships
ACED has the bold ambition to accelerate and revolutionise research in the early detection of cancers by uniting world leading researchers to bring together the best early detection science across the UK and US.
We are seeking candidates with an outstanding academic record with a minimum upper second class or Master’s degree or equivalent in a discipline relevant to early detection research, including but not limited to: biochemistry/molecular biology, biophysics, computer science, engineering, epidemiology, public health, physics, mathematics, medicine.
ACED PhD Programme
ACED is committed to training the next generation of early detection cancer scientists and leaders of tomorrow within a supportive and flexible training environment. As such, the ACED PhD Programme provides unique support by offering a multi-disciplinary and multi-institutional approach to training by offering a number of funded non-clinical four-year PhD studentships available to be recruited via a central ACED selection process across the UK ACED Centres in Manchester, Cambridge and UCL.
You can find out more about our ACED Non-Clinical PhD Studentships and projects on the CRUK Manchester Centre Research Opportunities webpage.
Hear from current ACED students who are at various stages of study on the ACED-Funded PhD Students webpage.
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Training and Development
A core goal at ACED Manchester is to enable the next-generation of early detection research scientists to become future leaders.
Research Themes
ACED Manchester's research is prioritised across three key research themes and several disease sites.
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