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PhD Studentship: Waste/Land/Futures: Intergenerational Relations in Places of Abandonment and Renewal Across Europe
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Stirling
Location: Stirling
Salary: £19,237 - please see advert
Date Placed: 14 Oct
Closes 15 Nov
PhD Studentship: Dual Award Family Carers
University of Hertfordshire
Location: Hatfield
Salary: £19,632 per year
Date Placed: 11 Oct
Closes 29 Nov
ESRC PhD Studentships in the Social Sciences in the Midlands Graduate School
Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
Location: Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham
Salary: Funding amount: see advert
Date Placed: 11 Oct
Closes 21 Jan
PhD in Social and Political Science
The PhD School
Bocconi University
Location: Milan
Salary: € 27,000 for year 1 and € 23,000 for year 2, 3 and 4
Date Placed: 11 Oct
Closes 15 Jan
PhD Studentship - M4C CDA - Editing Empire: The Hakluyt Society in (Post) imperial Britain, 1846 to the Present
History Department
University of Warwick
Location: Coventry
Salary: tuition fees + annual stipend at the UKRI rate + Additional funding opportunities
Date Placed: 10 Oct
Closes 13 Jan
PhD Studentship: Sensing Wastewater for Real-time Public Health
Cranfield University
Location: Bedford
Salary: £18,000
Date Placed: 10 Oct
Closes 06 Nov
Announcing 10 PhD Studentships within the Royal Holloway Social Purpose Centre for Doctoral Training
Royal Holloway Social Purpose Centre for Doctoral Training
Royal Holloway, University of London
Location: Egham
Salary: The studentship will fund full-time UK rate tuition fees and UKRI rate stipend (for 2024/25 academic year this is £21,237 including London Allowance) for 3.5 years including a 3-month placement for career enhancing research activity.
Date Placed: 09 Oct
Closes 26 Oct
LSE PhD Studentships for 2025
London School of Economics and Political Science
Location: London
Salary: The studentships will be awarded across the School, providing full fees plus an annual stipend
Date Placed: 09 Oct
Closes 15 Jan
(SENSS) (ESRC) Masters and PhD Studentships at the University of Roehampton
Social Sciences
University of Roehampton
Location: London
Salary: SENSS offers fully-funded PhD and Masters plus PhD studentships, see advert for further details
Date Placed: 08 Oct
Closes 10 Jan
ACORDS PhD Studentship: The Fossil Fuel Industry and the Commercial Determinants of Health in Sub-Saharan Africa
School of Social & Political Science
The University of Edinburgh
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: £19,237 stipend
Date Placed: 07 Oct
Closes 31 Oct
PhD Studentship: The Forensic Study of Chinese Porcelains
Cranfield University
Location: Bedford
Salary: £19,100 (tax free) per year,
Date Placed: 04 Oct
Closes 30 Oct
PhD Studentship: Modulating self-referential social processing in depression
Psychology
University of Bath
Location: Bath
Salary: From £19,237 p/a. £940 p/a Research Training Support. International student fees may be covered depending on successful application to funding for this purpose from the University of Bath.
Date Placed: 01 Oct
Closes 15 Dec
PhD Studentships: Economic and Social Science Research Council, South West Doctoral Training Partnership (SWDTP)
South West Doctoral Training Partnership
Location: South West
Salary: Not Specified
Date Placed: 01 Oct
Closes 14 Jan
PhD Studentship - Understanding the Social Brain Circuits affected in Neurodevelopmental Disorders (MRC GW4 BioMed DTP 2025/26 Entry)
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences
University of Exeter
Location: Exeter
Salary: £19,237 stipend p.a. for 2024/25 (updated each year) + UK tuition fees + research training and support funding of up to £5,000 per annum (MRC Medical Research Council funded)
Date Placed: 26 Sep
Closes 04 Nov
PhD Studenthsip in Vulnerability in the Justice System: Developing Evidence-Based Best Practice
Psychology
University of Bath
Location: Bath
Salary: £19,237 per annum
Date Placed: 25 Sep
Closes 13 Dec
PhD Studentship - Co-creating Construction Work Environment to Meet the Needs of an Ageing Workforce
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences - School of Civil Engineering - EPSRC Project Proposals 24-25
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £19,237 - please see advert
Date Placed: 25 Sep
Closes 18 Oct
PhD Studentship in Adaptive decision making under scarcity
Psychology
University of Bath
Location: Bath
Salary: £19,237 per annum
Date Placed: 24 Sep
Closes 15 Dec
WGSSS ESRC DTP Studentship - Criminology
University of South Wales
Location: Pontypridd
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 24 Sep
Closes 11 Dec
WGSSS ESRC DTP Studentship - Social Policy
University of South Wales
Location: Pontypridd
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 24 Sep
Closes 11 Dec
SEDarc DTP PhD Studentships
Royal Holloway, University of London
Location: Canterbury, Egham, Falmer, Guildford, Kingston upon Thames, London
Salary: For the academic year of 2024/25 the UK fees are £4,786 and the stipend is £19,237 (£21,237 if London weighting applies) The balance between home & international tuition fees will be paid by the SEDarc institutions for successful overseas applicants
Date Placed: 16 Sep
Closes 03 Feb
PhD Studentship: Reforming the Regulation of Healthcare Professionals in the United States
University of Hertfordshire
Location: Hatfield
Salary: Tax-free annual living allowance of £19,237 (2024/25 UKRI rate).
Date Placed: 12 Sep
Closes 03 Nov
PhD Studentship - AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) for "Structured Inter-Religious Encounter and Anti-Discrimination Education: A Study"
Faculty of Divinity and The Faith & Belief Forum, Office of the School of Arts and Humanities
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: £19,237 stipend + £600 CDA allowance pa at current rates
Date Placed: 10 Sep
Closes 03 Dec
PhD Studentship - An Investigation of the Factors that Influence Post-disaster Mental Health in a Brazilian Birth Cohort Study
Psychology
University of Bath
Location: Bath
Salary: £19,237 also see advert
Date Placed: 10 Sep
Closes 04 Nov
PhD Studentship - The Effects of Recognising our Shared Values
Psychology
University of Bath
Location: Bath
Salary: £19,237
Date Placed: 10 Sep
Closes 13 Dec
PhD Studentship - Understanding the Impact of Childhood Maltreatment on Brain Structure and Connectivity in Conduct Disorder
Psychology
University of Bath
Location: Bath
Salary: £19,237 also see advert
Date Placed: 10 Sep
Closes 03 Nov

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