BENEFITS OF THE DIMEN DTP
The DiMeN DTP brings together the expertise of five world-leading institutions to tackle major health challenges facing the population today.
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Being part of an MRC funded DTP brings you several advantages over a standard PhD pathway by way of interdisciplinary research collaborations, access to facilities and expertise, and extra funding and training opportunities. DiMeN is one of the largest MRC funded DTPs in the country and each year we recruit and fund around 40 excellent students to work on our overarching vision of Discovery Medicine across the Lifecourse. DiMeN is now in its tenth year, and successful applicants will join a thriving community of biomedical researchers.
The partnership combines the strengths of the research-intensive Universities of Leeds, Liverpool, Newcastle, Sheffield and York. Projects are located in these institutions and are based around three disease-driven themes:
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Infection and Global Health
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Cancer
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Multimorbidity, Frailty and Diseases of Ageing
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A cross-cutting theme of Medical Technologies, Informatics and Quantitative approaches aims to boost quantitative skills training and technology development across our partnership.
FUNDING
DiMeN DTP studentships are fully funded for 4 years and include the following financial support over the duration of the studentship.
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A tax-free maintenance grant set at the UKRI minimum rate. (£19,237 p.a. for 2024/25, updated each year)
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Full payment of tuition fees. Fees will be covered for international fee status students but candidates are required to meet all visa, healthcare surcharges, and relocation costs. There is a 30% cap on places for international students on our programme.
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A research training support grant (RTSG) of £4125 pa to support your research costs.
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Opportunities to apply to the MRC Flexible Funding scheme to further support your training and development needs.
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iCASE Projects: A number of our projects have iCASE industry partners. For these projects students will benefit from an enhanced stipend (£2,500 pa in addition to the UKRI standard rate), additional research/consumables budget for the project and a minimum of 3 months on placement spent working in the facilities of the industrial collaborator.