Information for potential supervisors

Want to submit a doctoral project for the next round (2026-27 start)?

2026-27 call for projects

Please check your eligibility, and prepare for the bid in advance, by ensuring that
(a) your supervisory team meets institutional requirements for supervisory teams (for example, institutional supervisory team composition and experience).
(b) every member of the team’s institutional RD supervision training is up to date.
(c) every member of the team has met MRC LID’s training requirements.

Please book your training – or use the links provided to notify us of your requirements – as soon as possible.

Some key points to highlight:

  • MRC LID Studentships has funding for up to 9 awards, with awardees expected to register for research degree study in Sep 2026.
  • The selected projects will be advertised to prospective students in Nov 2025.
  • A proposed project must fit within one or more of the DTP2 themes and offer research that supports training in one or more of the MRC core skills.
  • MRC LID is particularly keen to encourage projects which involve collaboration between CSG and LSHTM.
  • UKRI allows up to 30% of awards to be offered to international students (up to a maximum of two of the nine MRC LID studentship awards available only).
  • All student awardees must be based in the UK (within commutable distance of the primary institution, and working at their primary institution) for the duration of the studentship, excluding fixed periods of fieldwork and placement.
  • Because of commitments made on our grant MRC LID cannot consider project bids without specified mandatory training having been completed by every member of a potential supervisory team. Other training cannot be used as an alternative to DTP requirements.

Bid details

Further information (guidance; project bid link and deadline) will be shared later in the year.

In previous years the project call has been sent out via email to all academic staff at both LSHTM and legacy St George’s in late August/early September.

Our most recent previous MRC LID Project Bid Guidance & Information is still available for reference and a general overview. Please be aware that there may be some additions for the next round, and/or some details may be amended or updated.

Other information

UKRI training grant terms & conditions (and separate guidance and supplementary documents).

There will be substantial changes to UKRI training grant terms & conditions from the start of the 2025-26 academic year. Detaiils are shared in the Policy Statement and Annotated Revisions documents.

Contact

If you have any questions about the project bids, required training, or any other aspect of the studentships please contact the MRC LID Manager by email: mrclid@lshtm.ac.uk. 

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