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The Lewy Body Dementia Doctoral Training Network PhD studentships in Lewy Body Dementia Funded by the Alzheimer’s Society
The UCL Dementia Research Centre is pleased to offer a non-clinical PhD studentship in Lewy body dementia starting October 2025, as part of the UK Lewy Body Dementia Doctoral Training Network (LBD-DTN). This PhD programme is available thanks to support from the Alzheimer’s Society and is designed to support students embarking on a career in dementia research, especially in Lewy body dementia.
About the programme
The LBD-DTN is a new PhD programme that aims to create a thriving united Lewy body dementia UK research community. Our core mission is to improve the lives of people living with LBD.
This programme brings together supervisors at five UK centres: UCL, Newcastle, Southampton, Nottingham and Exeter, with expertise across a range of methodologies to address fundamental questions in the field of Lewy body dementia.
Highlights of the programme are:
- Being part of an interdisciplinary collaborative programme at world class institutes
- Advanced training opportunities including workshops and seminars specific to the programme
- Commitment to a positive research culture
- Opportunities to engage with patients with Lewy body dementia
- Potential for real-world impact
About this studentship
The 2025 LBD-DTN studentship at UCL will be based at UCL and will be supervised by Professor Rimona Weil and Dr Neil Oxtoby at UCL, and by Professor John-Paul Taylor (Newcastle).
Applications are encouraged from candidates with some experience in the field of dementia or Parkinson’s, and from students from groups who are underrepresented in research and/or who have had non-traditional academic career experiences.
Funding
This is a fully-funded 4-year PhD programme. It covers Home tuition fees and offers a stipend starting at approx. £21,500 per year, plus consumables up to £7500 for the project.
Eligibility
Students must have achieved at least an upper 2:1 or equivalent in their undergraduate degree, which should be in neuroscience or a related area. An MSc is not a prerequisite.
This PhD opportunity is open to applicants of any nationality.
How to apply
An application is made by emailing your CV, two letters of support from academic referees, academic transcripts and a personal statement to ion.pgr@ucl.ac.uk.
Your personal statement should cover the following points:
- A summary of your research experience to date
- Your motivation for applying to this PhD programme and why you are a strong candidate and work well in a team.
It should be no longer than one side of A4, Arial font 11.
We require that these FIVE documents are submitted in one merged PDF file labelled as SURNAME_FIRST NAME_LBDDTN_QSION.pdf. No other documents will be accepted.
All enquiries regarding the programme should be made to r.weil@ucl.ac.uk and ion.pgr@ucl.ac.uk.
Key dates:
- Application deadline: 5pm 31st January 2025
- Interviews: Early March 2025; Start date: October 2025