We are a growing group, always on the lookout for talented, fun, colleagues.
We advertise available fully funded positions (this is usually a legal requirement), typically through KCL and findaphd.com; you will also see adverts, etc, via Andrew’s social media feeds.
If you're interested to pursue research studentships (PhD, MRes, MSci projects), summer studentships, postdoctoral fellowships, year abroad/Erasmus studies, or other independent sources of funding, we very much welcome hearing from you. Please get in contact with Andrew directly (and check eligibility first for relevant courses - e.g. MRes, PhD).
To fund this, there are a number of different opportunities available, and we have some experience in supporting candidates to obtain funding to join us. For PhD studentships, KCL's International PhD funding list is a good start, but not exhaustive. If you are not from the UK, many countries' research organisations fund PhD study abroad, so it can be worth checking locally (e.g. China Scolarship Council (CSC), Commonwealth, Marshall, and other scholarships are worth a look). Postdoc fellowships change available change frequently; beyond 'the usual suspects' (EPSRC, Royal Society, Newton International, Marie Curie, Leverhulme, NATO, etc), for which we're always open to supporting applications we'd suggest you check up-to-date online lists, and sources specific to the UK and - if you're not from the UK - your own country.
We also often have projects available within local DTP/CDT schemes, for instance LIDO, the KCL MRC DLA, and the KCL/Leeds Engineering Biology CDT (please check your eligibility before preparing an application, to avoid disappointment - we don't control this!).
If you are writing to Andrew seeking to join our lab, please include the following information:
A current CV, and outline of your relevant skills and knowledge.
An outline of why you're interested in joining our lab specifically, and the skills and knowledge you'd like to develop here.
Your nationality, since many funding opportunities depend on candidate nationality (e.g. Chinese Government (CSC) funding, Japanese government funding, Mexican government (CONAHCYT) funding, Commonwealth funding, etc). We welcome all kinds of new colleagues: this question is to make sure are lab members are financially supported.
Your eligibility for the course/position. For example, if you'd like to apply for a PhD, please state clearly how you fulfil each of KCL's Entry Requirements.
Whether you have identified potential sources of funding/scholarships already, and any details – candidate eligibility, deadlines, eligible research areas, etc. (This really helps! If you have identified funding, please let us know what it pays for, and the amount assigned for subsistence: this isn't to make things difficult, but to make sure plans are realistic.)
When you would like to be able to join us.
... and an please include explicit acknowledgement that you've read this guide to joining our group. (Andrew will be careful to engage with anyone taking the trouble to follow these guidelines, reflecting real interest in our group. Sadly, he receives far too many mass mailouts which do not engage with our group, or are "personalised" with LLM-derived keywords. He can't answer them all, carefully and personally, so if you're wondering why you've not heard back, sorry - it's probably lacking this last point!)
Asking all this is not meant to present a barrier: we want more exciting new colleagues to join us, and are happy to support appropriate applications. Please bear in mind that supporting applications for funding often takes a lot of work (e.g. to write project proposals) and sometimes requires university administration involvement (if documents like a course acceptance letter are required, this is centrally-run) which can take some weeks. Please don’t be offended if we're not always able to do it: we can't support every application. And please do get in touch in plenty of time before a deadline! (Andrew's too old these days to be up all night before a deadline.)