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PhD Studentship: Robust Evaluation Framework for Electric Shared-mobility Hubs (REFRESH)
School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Location: Birmingham
Salary: Fully funded studentship
Date Placed: 25 Apr
Closes 31 May
PhD Studentship - Pioneering Solutions for Heat-as-a-Service (HaaS) PhD Policy Analysis
Centre for Energy Policy, Department of Government & Public Policy
University of Strathclyde
Location: Glasgow
Salary: £20,199 - please see advert
Date Placed: 24 Apr
Closes 23 May
PhD Studentship - Electoral integrity in the East African Community (EAC)
School of Politics and International Relations
Queen Mary University of London
Location: London
Salary: Please see advert for details
Date Placed: 24 Apr
Closes 09 May
Closes 28 May
PhD Studentship - Adaptive Serious Games for Teaching Independent Living Skills to Young Adults with Learning Disabilities
Manchester Metropolitan University
Location: Manchester
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Date Placed: 23 Apr
Closes 19 May
PhD Studentship on Gaming & Sustainability
SHS
University of Salford
Location: Manchester, Salford
Salary: Home (UK) student fees paid, plus an annual stipend at the UKRI standard rate (£19,237 per year for 2024-2025); International applicants would be expected to pay the difference between domestic and international fees
Date Placed: 22 Apr
Closes 09 Jun
Four-year Fully Funded PhD Scholarships - Intellectual Property (IP), Entrepreneurship and Innovation in SMEs
Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship (BCfE)
University of Liverpool
Location: Liverpool
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Date Placed: 22 Apr
Closes 26 May
Five Fully Funded PhD Research Studentships
Centre for Future Societies Research
University of Hertfordshire
Location: Hatfield
Salary: £20,780 per annum
Date Placed: 22 Apr
Closes 26 May
Vice-Chancellor’s Studentships 2025
University of the West of Scotland
Location: Glasgow
Salary: £20,780
Date Placed: 22 Apr
Closes 20 Jun
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) PhD Studentship: Eighteenth-Century Knowledge Work in the Harleian Collection, 1704-1812
Keele University
Location: Keele
Salary: £20,780 UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2025/26
Date Placed: 16 Apr
Closes 07 May
Beyond the Burger: USA Food Stories in the British Library’s Oral History and Food Industry Literature Collections
Keele University
Location: Keele
Salary: £20,780 UKRI Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2025/26
Date Placed: 16 Apr
Closes 12 May
York Law School PhD Department Studentship 2025 - 26
University of York
Location: York
Salary: £20,780 per year
Date Placed: 14 Apr
Closes 31 May
4-Year PhD Studentship: “Digitalising Healthcare Work for Sustainability: Professional Tensions and Ethical Paradoxes”, ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work, Department of Management, University of Sussex Business School
ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit)
University of Sussex
Location: Sussex, Falmer
Salary: Full UK fees; a stipend equivalent to UKRI doctoral stipend, £20,780 (2025/26) per annum for up to four years
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 19 May
Cork University Business School PhD Scholarship
Women, Entrepreneurship & Technology
University College Cork
Location: Cork
Salary: £21,744.90 - please see advert
Date Placed: 10 Apr
Closes 02 May
PhD Studentship: More-than-Human Smart Cities
Department of Computer Science
City St George’s, University of London
Location: London
Salary: Full coverage of tuition fees and an annual tax-free stipend of £21,237/year for 3 years, paid monthly
Date Placed: 09 Apr
Closes 04 May
PhD Studentship: LGBTQ+ People and Adult Social Care
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Tax-free annual stipend at the current UKRI rate, which is £20,780 for the 2025/26 academic year; and full-time Home tuition fees for 3 years. An additional £8000 is available specifically to cover research costs over the duration of the award.
Date Placed: 07 Apr
Closes 15 May
PhD Studentship: Understanding the Landscape, Sustainability and Impact of Meals on Wheels Services in the UK
University of Bristol
Location: Bristol
Salary: Tax-free annual stipend at the current UKRI rate, which is £20,780 for the 2025/26 academic year, and full-time Home tuition fees for 3 years. An additional £8,000 is available specifically to cover research costs over the duration of the award
Date Placed: 07 Apr
Closes 15 May
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership Award - Disruption and Diversity: Understanding the Impact of Alexander the Great Through the Material Culture of the Hellenistic World
School of Languages, Cultures and Societies
University of Leeds
Location: Leeds
Salary: £20,780 - please see advert
Date Placed: 04 Apr
Closes 15 May
PhD Studentship: Co-Production, Climate Resilience, and Accountability: A Pathway to Localising Sustainable Agendas
Business / Sociology
University of Essex
Location: Colchester
Salary: Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2024-25 is £19,237. The rate for 2025-26 is £20,780.
Date Placed: 02 Apr
Closes 28 May
PhD Studentship: Digital Technologies of Farming: Analysing and Communicating Its Impact on Farmers and The Environment
Sociology / Mathematics
University of Essex
Location: Colchester
Salary: Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2024-25 is £19,237. The rate for 2025-26 is £20,780.
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 28 May
PhD Studentship: Exploring the Legal and Social Emergence of Rights of Nature as a Form of Environmental Protection
Law / Sociology
University of Essex
Location: Colchester
Salary: Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2024-25 is £19,237. The rate for is £20,780.
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 28 May
PhD Studentship: Transitions to Sustainable Wildlife Harvest: Evidence Based Management and The Social Licence to Hunt
Life Sciences / Sociology
University of Essex
Location: Colchester
Salary: Living costs stipend at the UK Research and Innovation recommended level per year. The stipend for 2024-25 is £19,237. The rate for 2025-26 is £20,780.
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 28 May
AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership (CDP) Studentship: ‘Material Networks: The Tower, London, and the World in the Late Medieval and Tudor Period’
History
University of London
Location: London
Salary: The award pays an annual tax free stipend for all students, both home and international students; This stipend is the equivalent of an annual salary, enabling the student to pay living costs; the UKRI National Minimum Doctoral Stipend for 2025/6 is £20780
Date Placed: 01 Apr
Closes 26 May
PhD Studentship: Examining the Cognitive, Emotional, and Social Consequences of Encephalitis Occurring in Childhood and How These Consequences Compare to Those Associated With Other Acquired Brain Injuries.
HLS
University of Exeter
Location: Devon, Exeter
Salary: The studentship will cover Home fees plus an annual tax-free stipend of at least £20,780 for 3 years full-time, or pro rata for part-time study
Date Placed: 26 Mar
Closes 06 May
PhD Studentship in Reimagining Caribbean Collections (Fixed Term)
Department of Archaeology
University of Cambridge
Location: Cambridge
Salary: See advert for details
Date Placed: 25 Mar
Closes 30 Apr

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