Funding: Tax-free stipend of £25,270 in year one, rising to £26,980 in year four (October 2025 rates); full University of Cambridge tuition covered regardless of nationality, plus visa and Immigration Health Surcharge costs reimbursed for international students
Deadline: The 2026-intake deadline was 27 November 2025; expect a similarly-timed late-November date for the 2027 intake, unconfirmed at time of writing
English requirement: Not stated on the funding page directly; follows Cambridge’s standard PhD English requirement, commonly IELTS 7.0 overall
This program states explicitly that funding applies “regardless of nationality,” and is one of the most prestigious fully funded genomics PhD routes globally, with a small cohort admitted each year.
Apply: sanger.ac.uk official page
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