Scholarship and support opportunities
In the College we encourage the very best students to undertake postgraduate research through a number of scholarships awards or through additional funding streams. The College is particularly interested in receiving applications which cross traditional single-discipline boundaries, seeking to address societal challenges associated with the environment, energy, the aging population, security and transport, and in the research areas key to each of the research councils outlined below.
The following scholarships opportunities are available. These awards fund stipends, research support and tuition fees or tuition fees only depending on UK residency status. Current information on the level of support can be found on the relevant research council web page.
AHRC
The Arts and Humanities Research Council support world-class research that furthers our understanding of human culture and creativity. Excellent students will be supported to apply for AHRC collaborative doctoral awards studentships.
Further information at http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/
BBSRC
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council supports postgraduate training to help ensure the flow of highly qualified people into research careers. The quota competition awards funding to universities and research organisations for postgraduate research programmes. Awards are made on a competitive basis through an evaluation of the quality of the research training offered by a department or research unit. Funding is awarded in the form of Doctoral Training Grants (DTGs) to provide institutions with maximum flexibility in the training they support.
Further information at http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/
Carnegie Scholarships
The Carnegie Trust exists to improve and extend the opportunities for scientific research in Scottish Universities and to enable the deserving and qualified youth of Scotland to attend a University. Applicants must have a 1st class honours undergraduate degree from a Scottish University.
Further information at http://www.carnegie-trust.org
Chemistry Studentship Bank Scholarships
Description: These highly competitive scholarships are available to applicants applying to the School of Chemistry.
Award: The scholarship is typically three years duration and covers the cost of home/EU tuition fees and annual stipend commensurate with Research Council recommended rates (currently £13,590 for 2011/12).
Eligibility: Home/EU applicants.
Deadline: No fixed deadline.
How to apply: Applications should be made direct to the Graduate School.
College of Science and Engineering Scholarship
Description: The College of Science and Engineering is pleased to announce the availability of College postgraduate research scholarships for PhD registration in 2012. These prestigious scholarships are highly competitive and we seek candidates who can demonstrate excellence in a single discipline or cross-disciplinary expertise.
Award: The scholarship will be for up to three and a half years and will meet the cost of fees (at the home-EU level) and provide a stipend at the Research Council recommended rates (currently £13,590 for 2011/12).
Eligibility: The College Scholarship is open to home/EU/International applicants. They are available for PhD applications in all disciplines within the College of Science and Engineering. Prospective candidates must have secured the support of a PhD supervisor prior to application.
Deadline: Closed for applications for 2012 entry.
How to apply: Please indicate on the Finance Section of your PhD online application for admission if you wish to be considered for a College of Science and Engineering Scholarship. You must also provide a one page synopsis of the area of research you would like to follow. Referees reports should be forwarded before the deadline.
Contact details: Enquiries about this scholarship should be emailed to Heather.Lambie@glasgow.ac.uk
Commonwealth Scholarships
The College invites applications from exceptionally well-qualified and motivated overseas students. The commission supports full-time study at both Masters and doctoral level. There are opportunities for those studying to their doctoral degree in developing countries to spend up to one year in the UK as part of their doctoral studies.
Further information at http://www.cscuk.org.uk
Engineering Integrated Postgraduate Study Scheme
This scheme provides a tuition-fee discount for international students undertaking a combined study of a postgraduate taught Masters programme and a PhD research programme within the School of Engineering.
ESRC DTC Pathway Studentship
Description: Human Geography, Language Science, Psychology, and Environment, Climate Change and Energy are pathways that form part of the ESRC Scottish Graduate School of Social Science Doctoral Training Centre. Applications for ESRC 1+3, and +3 doctoral studentships are invited from prospective students who wish to be considered for specific projects or from those who are interested in developing their own project proposal with members of staff.
Award: The studentship will meet the cost of fees (at the home-EU level) and provide a stipend at the Research Council recommended rates (expected £13,848 for 2012/13).
Eligibility: All students must meet UK Research Council criteria for eligibility. These residency requirements can be waived for students in Economics only. Further details on residency requirements can be found in the ESRC Postgraduate Funding Guide.
Deadline: Friday, 30 March 2012.
How to apply: Applicants should first submit an application to the University of Glasgow by completing the postgraduate application form. Information about how to apply for PG study is available at www.gla.ac.uk/colleges/scienceengineering/graduateschool/prospectivestudents/essentialinformation/
In addition, applicants should contact their proposed supervisor, and after consultation, submit the following documents to the College of Science and Engineering Graduate School in electronic format:
1. A completed SGS DTC studentship coversheet: Standard Pathway Cover Sheet 2012-13
2. A research proposal (maximum of 1200 words) - This must include, where possible, details of any specific training or overseas fieldwork requirements. Failure to include these details in the proposal may result in no funding being available for such activities during the PhD.
3. An up-to-date CV
4. A statement of support from your potential supervisor(s)
5. 1 academic reference (who is not the principal supervisor)
6. A completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring form: Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form 2012-13
7. A completed AQM application form [AQM studentship applications only]: AQM Application Form 2012-13
Contact details: Should you have any questions about the application process, please contact your Glasgow pathway representative in the first instance.
Human Geography: Paul Routledge
Language Science: Sara Sereno
Psychology: Monika Harvey
Environment, Climate Change and Energy: David Featherstone
Please consult www.socsciscotland.ac.uk/studentships for further details of the pathway across the DTC and forms.
You should submit your Human Geography, Language Science, Psychology, or Environment, Climate Change and Energy ESRC pathway studentship application to the College of Science and Engineering Graduate School contact(s): Caroline Finlayson/Paula McEwan at scieng-gradschool@glasgow.ac.uk
EPSRC
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences. The topics supported are in line with those funded by the EPSRC, with priority research areas including the digital economy, energy, nanoscience and livjng with environmental change. Doctoral Training Awards are available for students from within the EU and UK.
Further information at http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/
EPSRC DTC
Funding is available through EPSRC Doctoral Training Centres, with our programme currently focussed on attracting Physical Scientists and Engineers interested in developing new techniques and instrumentation for the life sciences. This DTC offers PhD Studentships of 4-years duration.
Further information at http://www.gla.ac.uk/proteomicdtc/
James Watt Scholarships
Description: The School of Engineering offers a limited number of James Watt Research Scholarships to support PhD studies in Engineering at the University of Glasgow.
Award: Tuition fees (home/EU or international) and an annual stipend.
Eligibility: These prestigious scholarships will be available to highly qualified applicants of any nationality who hold a first class honours degree, or equivalent, in a relevant subject. Competition for overseas candidates (i.e. candidates from outside the EU) is expected to be particularly intense because the significantly higher cost of overseas tution fees compared to home/EU ones means that only a very limited number of these scholarships can be open to overseas applicants.
Deadline: Please refer to the information available at http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/phdopportunities/
How to apply: Further information is available at http://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/engineering/phdopportunities/
Kelvin Smith Scholarship
Description: The prestigious Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith Scholarship scheme supports new partnerships between members of staff and will offer outstanding research students both from home and abroad the opportunity to undertake doctoral training in the context of cutting edge interdisciplinary research projects.
Scholarship opportunities are available for the following projects:
1. Brains in dialogue: cerebral processing of speech in conversation
2. Textile dyeing in late nineteenth century Glasgow: interpreting and recreating the dye chemists’ experiments from lab to manufacture.
3. (In) security in the mainstream: riots and the media
4. Understanding the interacting effects of climate change and wildfire severity on peatland carbon dynamics
5. Aversion therapy for bacteria
6. Moving landscapes of learning disability: who chooses?
7. Invasions of the pharynx: microbiome of infected respiratory tissue
8. Nonlinear dynamics and control of the electrophysiology of atrial fibrillation
9. Wireless sensor networks for real time particle tracking in inaccessible environments
10. 3D reconstruction of crime scenes from eye reflections
For more information about these projects please visit the Kelvin Smith Scholarship Projects 2012/13 webpage.
Award: Each scholarship will run for 4 years and will provide the successful students with an annual stipend at the Research Council recommended rates (£13,590 for 2011/12). On top of this the project will benefit from £3,500 per year as a contribution towards research and travel costs.
Eligibility: The Kelvin Smith Scholarships are open to Home/EU and International/Overseas students.
Deadline: For further information on the deadline for each of these Kelvin Smith scholarships, please contact the team member indicated at the Kelvin Smith Scholarship Projects 2012/13 webpage.
How to apply: For further information on how to apply for one of the Kelvin Smith scholarships, please contact the team member indicated at the Kelvin Smith Scholarship Projects 2012/13 webpage.
NERC
NERC is the main UK government agency for funding research, training and knowledge exchange within the environmental sciences, tackling major influences such as climate change and sustainable use of natural resources. Doctoral Training Awards are available from the quota award for students from within the EU and UK. NERC CASE studentships are designed for research students to carry out projects in collaboration with partners in the Public, Private or Third Sectors.
Further information at http://www.nerc.ac.uk/
Scottish Government Co-Funded Scholarships
Description: The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is delighted to announce that it has been successful in securing a doctoral (+3) studentship award, co-funded by the Scottish Government in the following project:
Networking and scaling-up: the effectiveness of societal mobilisation approaches within international development policies: Malawi and Scotland supervised by Professor John Briggs and Professor Chris Philo.
Students will work closely with academic supervisors as well as with an analyst from the Scottish Government.
Award: The scholarship will be for up to three and a half years and will meet the cost of fees (at the home-EU level) and provide a stipend at the Research Council recommended rate.
Eligibility: Applicants must be eligible to apply for an ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) PhD Studentship, which will normally mean that they have to be a UK citizen.
Deadline: Friday 27 April 2012.
How to apply: For information on the application process please download: Human Geo SG ESRC - Malawi Project Info
Contact details: For further information and contact information please visit the University Scottish Government Co-Funded Studentships web page.
Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) Prize PhD Studentships
Description: The Scottish Universities Physics Alliance (SUPA) opens a single door into all Physics PhDs in Scotland. When you apply for a SUPA Prize PhD studentship you will also be considered for all other funded places available in Physics departments in Scotland.
Major themes pursued by researchers in SUPA are: Astronomy and Space Physics; Condensed Matter and Material Physics; Energy; Particle Physics; Photonics; Physics and Life Sciences; and Nuclear and Plasma Physics.
Award: Up to 15 fully funded Prize PhD Studentships and over 100 other funded PhD places in Scotland. The Prize Studentships provide support for tuition fees, a stipend and a travel grant for a three and a half year period.
Eligibility: Applicants are advised that they must also apply to their chosen university to undertake a PhD and are obliged to meet the minimum requirements of that institution.
Deadline: Friday, 10th February 2012 (please note this deadline has been extended).
How to apply: visit www.supa.ac.uk and follow link to Prize Studentship.
For more information: visit www.supa.ac.uk and follow link to Prize Studentship application guide.
STFC
The School of Physics & Astronomy holds a Science & Technologies Facilities Council Doctoral Training Account to provide PhD scholarships in nuclear physics, particle physics (experiment and theory), gravitational waves, astronomy and astrophysics. Scholarships are normally for a period of 3.5 years, starting in October each year. Candidates interested in research in these areas should contact the head of the appropriate research group in the School of Physics & Astronomy.
Further information at http://www.stfc.ac.uk/
The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Scholarships
Description: The Lloyd’s Register Educational Trust Scholarships (The LRET Scholarships) are available to students studying postgraduate taught Masters in Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Geoinformation Technology and Cartography, Science for International Development and Environmental Statistics starting in 2012/13.
The Lloyd's Register Educational Trust is an independent charity working to achieve advances in transportation, science, engineering and technology education, training and research worldwide for the benefit of all.
Award: The LRET Scholarship will cover tuition fees at Home/EU and International levels.
Eligibility: The LRET Scholarship is open to Home/EU/International applicants. They are available to students studying postgraduate taught Masters in Automotive Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Mechatronics, Geoinformation Technology and Cartography, Science for International Development and Environmental Statistics.
The sole criterion for the scholarships is academic excellence. Successful applicants are likely to hold or expect to achieve an undergraduate degree equivalent to a UK first class Honours undergraduate degree. Applicants are evaluated on the basis of their application for admission.
Applications will be reviewed for consideration at the end of March 2012.
How to apply: All applicants to these postgraduate programmes who meet the eligibility criteria will be considered.
Contact details: Enquiries about this scholarship should be emailed to scieng-gradschool@glasgow.ac.uk