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Deadline: 09 June 2025
Wales
Closing date: 09 June 2025
Open to: UK applicants only
Funding provider: Ramon B Jenkins Support Grant from the St David’s Medical Foundation
The subject area: Pharmaceutical Science
The project start date: 1st October 2025
Supervisor: Dr Zi Hong Mok
Aligned programme of study: MSc by Research Medical and Health Care Studies
Mode of study: Full-Time
Project description:
The community prevalence of dysphagia (swallowing difficulties) is between 2% to 20% around the world, particularly in the geriatric and paediatric populations. Subsequently, patients do not take their medications as prescribed, resulting in high incidences of non-compliance and suboptimal therapy.
One strategy to address this problem involves the formulation of orally disintegrating tablets which dissolve in the mouth, providing a more patient-friendly alternative. Orally disintegrating tablets have the advantages of both solid dosage forms, such as accurate dosing and easy handling by patients, and liquid formulations, such as easy administration and minimal risk of choking. One significant limitation, however, is that many active pharmaceutical ingredients are highly unpalatable and, after a tablet dissolves, the active ingredient remains in the mouth providing an unpleasant taste, even with sweeteners.
This project aims to adsorb a chosen drug into the pores of a carrier molecule, such as a zeolite, which is subsequently formulated into the final orally disintegrating tablet. The zeolite acts as a taste-masking agents which “locks” the drug away from the taste buds whilst maintaining medicinally useful drug release rates once swallowed. The project will then investigate drug release from the stable zeolite-drug complexes, subsequently from their formulation into tablets, which contain numerous excipients in the tablet matrix.
For more details please see here: https://www.swansea.ac.uk/postgraduate/scholarships/research/pharmacy-rb-jenkins-msc-pharmaceutical-science-rs834.php
Scholarship open to UK fee eligible applicants only
Due to funding restrictions, this scholarship is open to applicants eligible to pay tuition fees at the UK rate only, as defined by UKCISA.
Applicants for MSc by Research must hold an undergraduate degree at 2.1 level (or Non-UK equivalent as defined by Swansea University). See – Country Specific Entry Requirements - Swansea University
English Language
IELTS 6.5 Overall (with no individual component below 5.5) or Swansea University recognised equivalent. Full details of our English Language policy, including certificate time validity, can be found here.
If you have any questions regarding your academic or fee eligibility based on the above, please email pgrscholarships@swansea.ac.uk with the web-link to the scholarship(s) you are interested in.
Funding
This scholarship covers the full cost of tuition fees.
To apply, please complete the entire application form:
In order to be considered for this scholarship award the following steps are also required.
1) In section ‘Programme Related Information’ please input the relevant RS Code for the scholarship award i.e. RS834
2) In section ‘Research’ you will see ‘Proposed project title/studentship title’* (Mandatory)
3) In section ‘Funding information’ please choose the option ‘Scholarship Funding’ only. Please ensure no other options are selected.
*It is the responsibility of the applicant to list the above information accurately when applying, please note that applications received without the above information listed will not be considered for the scholarship award.
One application is required per individual Swansea University led research scholarship award; applications cannot be considered listing multiple Swansea University led research scholarship awards.
NOTE: Applicants for PhD/EngD/ProfD/EdD - to support our commitment to providing an environment free of discrimination and celebrating diversity at Swansea University you are required to complete an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Monitoring Form in addition to your programme application form.
Please note that completion of the EDI Monitoring Form is mandatory; your application may not progress if this information is not submitted.
As part of your online application, you MUST upload the following documents (please do not send these via email):
Informal enquiries are welcome; please contact Dr Zi Hong Mok - z.h.mok@swansea.ac.uk
*External Partner Application Data Sharing – Please note that as part of the scholarship application selection process, application data sharing may occur with external partners outside of the University, when joint/co- funding of a scholarship project is applicable.
Open to: UK applicants only
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