Each year we award grants to support supervisors and their students, as they lead to a PhD qualification and ideally, an exciting career in vision research.
This year we’ve awarded £807,781.46 to support six supervisors and their students as they start their career in vision research.
What are the PhD Studentships?
Our PhD Studentships are specifically for supervisors requiring support for a PhD project, with the clear aim of encouraging the development of talented, highly motivated graduates in ophthalmic and vision research.
This year’s PhD Studentship recipients:
This year, we’ve awarded grants to six supervisors across England and Scotland to investigate a broad range of vision conditions. Read about them below:
Dr Beth Mills, University of Edinburgh: microbial keratitis (treatment)
Dr Joe Rainger, University of Edinburgh: coloboma (understanding)
Dr Darren Shu Jeng Ting, University of Birmingham: acanthamoeba keratitis (AK; treatment)
Dr Mervyn Thomas, University of Leicester: nystagmus (treatment)
Dr Elizabeth Rosser, UCL: uveitis (understanding)
Dr Kathleen Vancleef, Durham University: childhood cerebral visual impairment (understanding)
PhD Studentships funding round launches this month
We’re supporting early careers as part of our mission to save sight, change lives. If you want to mentor future vision researchers, our next funding round for our PhD Studentships is launching on 7 April 2025.
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