Currently Funded PhD Studentships
The Anatomical Society supports cutting edge modern research through a series of fully funded research studentships. Each studentship is focused on a specific project associated with anatomical science. Studentships are awarded on a competitive basis annually and only members of the Society can apply. Projects that are currently funded are shown in the table below. Click on any of the project titles below for more information.
Research Studentships effective at 1st October 2026
INSTITUTION | Supervisor(s) | Research Student | Year | Project Title | Research Studentship Award date |
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) | Professor Fergal O’Brien Co-Supervisor: | Ms Ashla Copeland | 1st | Awarded November 2025 | |
University of Sheffield University of Sheffield | Professor Tanya T. Whitfield Co-Supervisor: | Ms Georgia Tattersall | 1st | Post-embryonic development and anatomy of the zebrafish inner ear | Awarded November 2025 |
Trinity College Dublin Trinity College Dublin | Dr Rebecca Rolfe Co-Supervisor: Early Career Investigator Studentship | Mr Stefan Simonovic | 1st | Awarded November 2025 | |
University College London University of Maastricht | Dr Philip Cox | Mr George Watts | 2nd | Awarded November 2024 | |
University of Aberdeen | Regius Professor Simon H. Parson | TBA | 1st | Microvascular defects beyond the spinal cord: a detailed morphological investigation | Awarded November 2024 |
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) | Dr Claire Conway Early Career Investigator Studentship | Mr Daniele Giampietro | 2nd | The Development of a Library of Digital Reanimated Mitral Valves | Awarded November 2024 |
University of Edinburgh | Professor Thomas Wishart | Mr Zak Vincent | 3rd | Awarded November 2023 | |
University of Cardiff | Dr Mariah Lelos | Ms Demi Marie Owen-Bowyer | 3rd | Awarded November 2023 | |
University College, Cork | Professor Gerard O'Keeffe | Ms Lauren Barrett | 4th | Awarded November 2022 | |
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) | Dr Ciara Murphy | Ms Eavan Pakenham | 4th | Awarded November 2022 | |
Kings College London | Professor Abigail Tucker | Mr Luke Barlow | 4th | Evolution of suckling: bone muscle interactions to create a novel structure in mammals | Awarded November 2022 |
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin | Professor Fabio Quondamatteo | Ms Louise Hosty | 4th | Awarded November 2021 |