ACED Training & Opportunities
Find out about the latest ACED education opportunities, funded PhD studentships, and vacancies, and access recorded content from past early detection events.
Funded PhD studentships
ACED is committed to training the next generation of early detection scientists and provides a world-class, supportive and flexible training environment. ACED offers a 4-year PhD studentship, with the Early Detection Training Programme providing a taught course in different disciplines relevant to early detection. To complement their training, students are strongly encouraged to undertake up to two rotations in different groups, either in their own host institution, or where relevant and funding allows at a different ACED Centre.
Applications for the ACED 4-year PhD Studentship programme are now closed. The next round of studentships will likely be advertised in September 2025.
PhD Studentship Rotations
UCL ACED PhD Student, Lucie Gourmet, shares her account of the different research groups she worked in at UCL, Cambridge and Stanford during the first year of her ACED PhD Studentship. Lucie has also written some guidance and advice based on her experience.
ACED Early Detection Training Programme 2024/25
ACED's dedicated training programme provides PhD students and early career researchers with a solid foundation to the early detection field. The course covers a broad spectrum of knowledge across various disciplines divided into 6 modules: Foundation to cancer, Cancer metrics, Cancer detection tools, Screening, Early diagnosis and Cancer in the wider context. The course provides an interactive training experience delivered online in c. 30 weekly 1-hour sessions. Attendance is open to all PhD students and early career researchers at ACED Member Centres.
