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Faculty of Environment, [SCHOOL] Funded Studentship 2024-25

University of Leeds - Institute for Transport Studies

Qualification Type: PhD
Location: Leeds
Funding for: UK Students
Funding amount: £20,780 per year, plus a top-up of £4000 per year, for four years, subject to satisfactory progress
Hours: Full Time
Placed On: 29th April 2025
Closes: 31st May 2025

Project Title 

EPSRC IDLA: Driver Attention during SAE L3 automated driving: the role of non-driving related tasks 

School/Faculty

ITS 

Closing Date 

31/05/2025 

Eligibility 

UK only 

Funding 

Home fees, covering UK tuition fees and a maintenance grant of £20,780 per year, plus a top-up of £4000 per year, for four years, subject to satisfactory progress. 

Lead Supervisor’s full name & email address 

Professor Natasha Merat - N.Merat@its.leeds.ac.uk 

Co-supervisor name(s) & email address(s) (optional) 

Dr Courtney Goodridge - C.M.Goodridge@leeds.ac.uk 

Project summary 

One fully funded EPSRC Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award (IDLA) is available at the Institute for Transport Studies in 2025/26. This scholarship is open to Home fee rated applicants and covers UK tuition fees, together with a tax-free maintenance grant of £20,780 per year (currently for 2025/26 academic session) and an additional top-up of £4,000 per year for 4 years. Training and support will also be provided. 

For an overview of the project, please see the project page on the University website. 

References (Optional) 

Please state your entry requirements plus any necessary or desired background 

Applicants to research degree programmes should normally have at least a first class or an upper second class British Bachelors Honours degree (or equivalent) in an appropriate discipline (psychology, behavioural sciences, human computer interaction). Applicants who are uncertain about the requirements for a particular research degree are advised to contact the School or Graduate School prior to making an application. 

The minimum English language entry requirement for research postgraduate research study is an IELTS of 6.0 overall with at least 5.5 in each component (reading, writing, listening and speaking) or equivalent. The test must be dated within two years of the start date of the course in order to be valid. Some schools and faculties have a higher requirement. 

Subject Area 

Transport studies 

Keywords

driver performance, technological solutions, driver’s attention, design of in-vehicle systems

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