PhD student recruitment

The interviews will take place over three days in January 2024 and involve a panel interview, followed by an open afternoon and lab visits. Dates are given in the timeline above.

If you are invited for interview, we will ask you to share any access or reasonable adjustment needs that we will need to support during the recruitment process.

Stage one involves a panel interview (by Zoom) with three or four recruiting Group Leaders.

The interview process will also include an open afternoon and lab visits, which will take place in person at the Crick and will involve:

• The opportunity to find out more about the Crick and the PhD programme.
• Lab visits with the Group Leaders that candidates were shortlisted by. Lab visits involve a 1-1 interview with the Group Leader and an opportunity to meet members of the research group.

Full details will be provided to candidates that are invited to interview.

Travel expenses will be covered in accordance with the guidelines provided, and accommodation will be provided if required for the open afternoon and lab visits aspects of the interviews.

The Crick will cover the cost of a visitor visa for candidates that require a visa to travel to the UK.

If you are successful in your interview and are offered a position on the Crick PhD programme, you and your supervisor will decide on the most appropriate partner university for you to register at (Imperial College London, King's College London, or University College London).

The decision will be based on 'scientific fit' as you and your supervisor will also have to nominate a member of staff from that university to act as a secondary supervisor on your thesis committee.

Once this decision has been made you will be provided with information and guidance on how to apply for admission as a PhD student on the Crick Programme to the relevant university. The Crick PhD Programme will begin in late September 2024.