ESRC Supervisor Led Project PhD Scholarships
ESRC Supervisor Led Project PhD Scholarships
Each year we have a number of PhD studentships, funded by the ESRC via the Scottish Graduate School for Social Science, that are linked to specific supervisor led research projects. Please see our website for projects currently being advertised.
The scholarship is available as a +3 (3 year PhD) or a 1+3 (Masters year and 3 year PhD) studentship depending on prior research training.
Projects are generally hosted within the College of Social Sciences. However, occasionally projects may be hosted by the following Schools/Institutes:
- Institute of Health and Wellbeing
- Institute of Neuroscience & Psychology
- School of Critical Studies
- School of Geographical and Earth Sciences
- School of Humanities
- School of Psychology
Eligible countries/regions
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- England
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Northern Ireland
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Scotland
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Wales
Eligible programmes
- Accounting & Finance[PhD]
- Central & East European Studies[PhD]
- Criminology[PhD/MRes]
- Economic & Social History[PhD]
- Education[PhD/MPhil/MRes]
- English Language & Linguistics[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment[PhD/iPhD/MSc (Research)]
- Human Geography[PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Infrastructure & Environment[PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Interdisciplinary Studies[PhD/MPhil]
- Law[PhD/LLM (Research)]
- Management[PhD]
- Neuroscience & Psychology[PhD/iPhD/MD]
- Politics & International Relations[PhD]
- Psychology[PhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Public Health[PhD/iPhD/MD]
- Slavonic Languages & Cultures[PhD/MLitt (Research)/MPhil (Research)/MRes]
- Sociology[PhD]
- Statistics[PhD/iPhD/MPhil/MSc (Research)]
- Urban Studies[PhD]
Value
The full ESRC studentship package includes, as advised by ESRC:
- An annual maintenance grant (stipend)
- Fees at the standard institutional home rate
- Students can also draw on a pooled Research Training Support Grant (RTSG)
How to apply
Please see our website for projects currently being advertised and this year’s deadlines. Individual adverts will specify what further documentation you will be required to submit and how to apply.
For more information contact: pgr@glasgow.ac.uk