Postgraduate Research

Staff Only: LKAS PhD Scholarship projects - the 2014/15 call for proposals is now OPEN.

Since its inception, the Lord Kelvin Adam Smith (LKAS) PhD Scholarship Scheme has created 68 new research collaborations between staff with different research expertise crossing traditional discipline boundaries and creating new partnerships between Schools/Research Institutes and / or Colleges.  Details on previously supported projects can be found here.

Funding is available to support up to 10 new scholarship projects starting in academic year 2014/15.  Each Scholarship will support a postgraduate research candidate at Research Council stipend rates for 4 years.  Proposals will be judged on the following criteria:

  • Collaboration
  • Innovation
  • Sustainability
  • Impact

Guidance for project teams, scheme terms and conditions and the project proposal form can be downloaded in the updated 2014/15 LKAS Scheme Guidance:

Completed proposal forms should be sent electronically in Word format only to the Graduate School of the lead supervisor.  Applications sent to any other address and in any other format run the risk of not be considered.

CollegeEmail 
Arts adeline.callander@glasgow.ac.uk
Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences  mvls-gradschool@glasgow.ac.uk
Science & Engineering   scieng-gradschool@glasgow.ac.uk
Social Sciences socsci-gradschool@glasgow.ac.uk

Timetable for 2014/15 LKAS PhD Scholarship round

DateEvent
23 Sep 2013 LKAS PhD Scholarship project proposals call goes live.
29 Nov 2013 Deadline for project proposals
Send electronically in Word format only to appropriate College Graduate School contact noted above.
30 Nov – mid-Jan 2014

College Graduate Schools review applications, rank top 5 project proposals and complete assessment forms for all proposals received.
20 Jan 2014 

Deadline for Graduate School rankings
Graduate Schools forward top 5 project proposals and their assessment form to RSIO (pgr@glasgow.ac.uk) along with summary of all applications received (for monitoring purposes). 
Graduate Schools inform unranked Lead supervisors that proposal will not be considered further.
Feb 2014 Selection Committee meets, chaired by VP R&E.  Includes senior representation from all Colleges.
Feb 2014  RSIO notifies College ranked applicants of outcome.
March 2014 2014/15 LKAS PhD Scholarship projects advertised: recruitment of students begins.
July 2014 Graduate Schools to confirm finance details for new and continuing LKAS Scholars with Finance Office.
31 March 2015  Deadline for 2014/15 LKAS PhD Scholars to be in post.

For further information on the scheme please see the guidance notes or email pgr@glasgow.ac.uk