5^th August 2024

Expression of interest

If you are interested in submitting a proposal, please email icr-imperial-convergence.centre@imperial.ac.uk to indicate your interest by Monday 5th August 2024. A supervisor connection meeting might be organised to build supervisory teams and to showcase the breadth of engineering and physical science expertise if felt necessary. Supervisors attending this meeting will be given the opportunity to present their research to help connect and integrate approaches in the creation of a preliminary iPhD proposal.

2^nd September 2024

Preliminary PhD proposals

The preliminary application stage is to showcase the types of research projects available to prospective students. The deadline is Monday 2nd September 2024. Prior to showcasing, the proposals will be reviewed by the Clinical Academic Training Subcommittee to ascertain whether they meet the remit (cancer-lead and taking a convergence science approach) of this programme. Proposals in remit will advertised on the website by late September.

We are no longer accepting proposals for iPhD projects for 2025.

October 2024 - Early January 2025

Student-Supervisor Connect Meetings

The medical undergraduates will review the preliminary proposals and select up to three projects that they would like to undertake if interested to do a PhD. The supervisor will be notified, and meeting will be arranged to discuss the opportunity informally. After meeting with the supervisor, students will submit their preferred choices of project/supervisor. Subject to agreement by the supervisor - both parties will work as partners to develop and submit a comprehensive PhD proposal. 

15^th January 2025

Submit Student Rankings

After initial student-supervisor meetings, students rank the three preferred projects from 1 to 3 and share the rankings. The chosen supervisor is informed, and if they agree, they are invited to  submit a full proposal.  

January - April 2025

Full PhD proposal development

9^th April 2025

Full PhD proposal deadline

12^th May 2025

Interviews

An interview with the Clinical Academic Training Subcommittee will be arranged for the candidate, which will include the student and supervisor team to explore the quality, suitability, feasibility, support provided by the supervisory team, and the motivation of the candidate student. Decisions are usually made in May with the commencement of the iPhD in July.

July 2025

PhD commences