Scholarships and support
The following 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.
College Scholarships 2013/2014
The College is delighted to announce that up to 10 PhD scholarships are available.
The scholarships will support exceptional students in all areas of research study across the College.
Applicants will benefit from the opportunity to work with world-leading academics in their field, an excellent transferable skills training programme, mobility scholarships and from being part of an innovative and supportive Graduate School community.
The scholarship provides an annual stipend in-line with the Research Council rate (currently £13,590) and tuition fees and is available to home/EU or international students.
Applications should be submitted online by 31st January 2013. Please read the essential information for applicants before you submit your application.
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.
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/
PhD Studentship
Interactive Representations of Uncertainty for Modern Statistical Inference
Description: In many scientific areas the exploration of the uncertainty of parameters or quantities of interest is as important as estimating the individual
effects. A careful assessment of uncertainty using statistical modelling lends support to a scientific analysis. But such assessments can be limited by the use
of static summaries for data and statistical model parameters, which cannot capture the space of variations or the sensitivity of model elements to change.
Interactive exploration of uncertainty, while more computationally intensive, can afford investigation of otherwise difficult-to-perceive interactions and
relationships between quantities of interest, and can generate new scientific hypotheses. This Ph.D. project will propose and investigate methods for effective
interactive exploration of uncertainty in data and statistical model output suited to large sensor networks.
The College of Science and Engineering at the University of Glasgow is investing in interdisciplinary research on sensors and sensor systems. This exciting
project will be co-supervised by academics from the Schools of Computing Science, and Mathematics and Statistics.
Award: The studentship covers fees and a stipend (at UK and EU student levels).
Eligibility: The stipend is based on the UK Research Council rates and the studentship will be of 3.5 years duration.
Candidates should have an excellent single or combined degree in Statistics or Computing Science and have strong computational and mathematical modelling skills.
Excellent written and oral communication skills, and strong time-management skills are also desirable.
Start Date: 1st October 2013
How to apply: Applications should be submitted online by 20 May 2013. Please read the essential information for applicants before you submit your application.
For further information, please contact, Dr. Peter Craigmile (peter.craigmile@glasgow.ac.uk) or Dr. John Williamson (jhw@dcs.gla.ac.uk).
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/
Principal's Development Fund
Funded awards to support PhD students and post-doctoral researchers from the University of Glasgow to visit or conduct research at Columbia University (New York).
The University of Glasgow enjoys a strong institutional partnership with Columbia University. The Principal’s Early Career Mobility Fund offers financial support for Glasgow PhD students and postdoctoral researchers to take advantage of the considerable resources and opportunities this partnership makes available by spending a period of time at Columbia University.
Applications will be received on an ongoing basis until all available funds have been allocated. However, please note that all funds awarded must be spent by 31 July 2013.
Sensor development for rapid response detection of marine carbonate systems
Description: Anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions are taken up by the oceans and consequently cause them to become more acidic (lower pH, ocean acidification (OA)). In addition, the carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry is beginning to store CO2 underground with a risk of leaks into the overlying seawater. Serious concerns arise about the environmental impact of OA and CCS leaks such as damage to the services we obtain from the sea. Changes in marine carbonate chemistry occur over very short time scales within a local environment and hence rapid response is essential. During this PhD the scholar will develop a new underwater CO2 sensor. The scholar will conduct all aspects of this research. They will: (1) develop prototype sensors, (2) test the sensors in the Marine Mesocosm Facility at the University of Glasgow, and (3) determine the accuracy and precision of the sensors.
The scholar will receive true interdisciplinary training in sensor design, environmental and biological, techniques, thus providing them with a unique skill set in a funding environment demanding interdisciplinary scientists. This will place the scholar in the optimum position for ensuring post-PhD employment. In addition to project-specific and wider transferable skills, if desired, the scholar will have the opportunity to obtain associated professional qualifications ensuring their wider personal development including: European Scientific Diver, Royal Yachting Association Power Boat Level 2 and HSE First Aid at Work c.
Award: The stipend is based on the UK Research Council rates: see http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/postgraduateresearch/researchcouncilsukrcuk/eesstipendlevels/ and the studentship will be of 3.5 years duration.
Eligibility: Fully funded for 3.5 years for UK and EU students.
Start Date: 1 October 2013.
How to Apply: Initial informal enquiry about this studentship can be made to Dr. N. Kamenos Nick.Kamenos@glasgow.ac.uk. Please include the above project title in the email subject.
Applications should be submitted online by 1 May 2013. Please read the essential information for applicants before you submit your application.
Sensors Studentship
Description: To undertake this research, we are seeking a motivated candidate with a first class degree in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering/Applied Sciences, with knowledge, interest, and background in electronics and life sciences applications. Good communication skills in English are essential. Applicants must be able to demonstrate their ability for independent work. For further information please see the Sensors Studentship Project Description.
Award: The stipend is based on the UK Research Council rates: see http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/postgraduateresearch/researchcouncilsukrcuk/eesstipendlevels/ and the studentship will be of 3.5 years duration.
Eligibility: Fully funded for 3.5 years for UK and EU students.
Start Date: 1st October 2013.
How to Apply: Initial informal enquiry about this studentship can be made to Dr. A.L. Bernassau (Anne.Bernassau@Glasgow.ac.uk) by sending a detailed CV to her. Please include the above project title in the email subject.
Applications should be submitted online by 20 April 2013. Please read the essential information for applicants before you submit your application.
Sensors Studentship
(Network Design for Space Weather Monitoring)
Description: A PhD opportunity for working on the statistical modelling and design of a sensor network for space weather monitoring is available as part of a new interdisciplinary project on space weather monitoring.
Space weather is the name given to electromagnetic disturbances in the solar system and the near-Earth environment. It can damage spacecraft and disrupt electrical power networks and GPS. The project offered will focus on developing statistical designs of a sensor network of small satellites moving through space, and measuring space weather conditions, including the magnetic field, semi-continuously.
Award: The stipend is based on the UK Research Council rates: see http://www.gla.ac.uk/services/postgraduateresearch/researchcouncilsukrcuk/eesstipendlevels/ and the studentship will be of 3.5 years duration.
Eligibility: The project is suitable for a student with a strong background in statistics or mathematics, and an interest in space science and data analysis. Candidates should have an excellent single or combined degree in mathematics, statistics or physics and have strong computational skills (for example, using the R language). Excellent written and oral communication skills and strong time-management skills are also desirable.
The College of Science and Engineering at the University of Glasgow is investing in interdisciplinary research on sensors and sensor system. This exciting project will be co-supervised by academics from the Schools of Physics and Astronomy, Mathematics and Statistics, and Engineering.
Start date: 1st October 2013.
How to Apply: For further information, please contact Dr. Peter Craigmile (peter.craigmile@glasgow.ac.uk).
Applications should be submitted online by 1 May 2013. Please read the essential information for applicants before you submit your application.
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/
SUPA Scholarships
The SUPA Prize Studentships are prestigious and competitive awards intended to attract outstanding physics students from around the world, irrespective of nationality, to study for a PhD in Scotland.
Prize studentships will be awarded competitively and up to fifteen awards will be available this year for outstanding candidates. The studentships provide support for tuition fees, a stipend and a travel grant for a three-and-a-half-year period. SUPA is the funding body for the prize studentships.
The deadline for application is 31st January 2013. For more information please see the SUPA Website.