Cambridge Trust

LMB Cambridge Scholarship

Fees (International) , Maintenance , Student visa cost , Student immigration health surcharge , Other (see below)
Course length
Prospective applicant
PhD
Full Time
255 nationalities, See full list
Nationality
Required
2027/28

About

This scholarship is available to international PhD candidates in the field of Biological Science (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology). It is tenable at any College.

This scholarship is offered in partnership with the MRC Laboratory for Molecular Biology as part of UKRI.

Please note, you must apply via an external application to the funding partner as well as opting into this fund in the funding section of the Cambridge admissions application in order to be considered.

Award details

Course length
Fees (International) Maintenance Student visa cost Student immigration health surcharge Other (see below)

Various additional benefits, including travel conference allowance (£2,500), training allowance (£1,500) and consumables allowance (£6,000 per year).

6 (approximately)
2027/28
Yes

LMB as standard will provide maintenance for a further 12 months following the third year.

Financial need (including Hardship) Academic merit Other (see below)

Highly ranked by MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology as part of UKRI

Eligibility

Prospective applicant
PhD
Full Time
255 nationalities, See full list
Nationality
Overseas
PhD in Biological Science (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)
Course

Applicants must have been offered a place on PhD in Biological Science (MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology)

Application Process

Yes
Yes

Key dates

To ensure that they are considered for this scholarship, applicants must: 1) check with the Laboratory of Molecular Biology the funding call deadlines and details of the application process, and apply accordingly; and 2) apply for admission to the University of Cambridge by the funding deadline specific to their course (please refer to the Postgraduate Course Directory).

The Trust’s awarding period runs from the middle of February to the end of July and is an ongoing process throughout that period. Most of our awards are made early during the months of February and March, but some of our partner funded awards involve additional processes such as interviews, which means funding decisions tend to be later from April to June. Although we cannot provide funding updates for individual applicants, the Trust will confirm on our website once we have finished issuing offers for our main scholarship programmes. Throughout the awarding period the Trust will be reallocating awards that have not been taken up. Therefore, all applicants will remain under consideration for any reallocated award for which they are eligible until the end of July. If you have not been contacted by the Trust by the end of July, you should assume that your funding application has not been successful.