Funded opportunities
Listed below are the funded studentship opportunities which are currently accepting research student applications.
Research Council Studentships
PhD studentships funded by Research Councils open for September 2024 entry
Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Programme
- Start date: 23 September 2024
- Closed
CENTA studentships
- Start date: 23 September 2024
- Closed
The Sciences and Technology Facilities Research Council (STFC) studentships for September 2024
- Physics and Astronomy
- Start date: 23 September 2024
- Closing date: Closed
Leicestershire Healthcare Inequalities Improvement Doctoral Training Programme (LHII DTP) studentships for 2024
- Start date: 1 October 2024
- Closed
MRC AIM 2024 studentships
- Start date: 23 September 2023
- Closed
College of Life Sciences
Please read the studentship adverts for eligibility criteria, funding and application process.
Cardiovascular Sciences 1+3 British Heart Foundation Studentship (BHF)
- Start: 23 September 2024
- Closing Date: 29 July 2024
Population Health Sciences: Examining how the general public and healthcare professionals understand and use ethnicity, race, and ancestry concepts in health research and care
- Supervisors: Dr Riya Patel and Professor Kamlesh Khunti
- Start date: 23rd September 2024 preferred (alternatively 1 October 2024 or 6 January 2025 can be considered)
- Closing date: 30 June 2024
School of Healthcare: Development of a toolkit to improve prescribing appropriateness for children with epilepsy
- Supervisor: Professor David Wright
- Start date: 23 September 2024
- Closing date: 30 June 2024
Psychology and Vision Sciences: Reading Performance in Preterm Children
- Supervisors: Dr Proudlock and Dr McGowan
- Start date: 23 September 2024
- Closing date: 16 July 2024
Psychology and Vision Sciences: Prediction of Neurocognitive Outcomes in Preterm Infants from Measurements of the Eyes Recorded Early in Life
- Supervisors: Dr Proudlock and Professor Johnson
- Start date: 23 September 2024
- Closing date: 16 July 2024
Self funded PhD projects
Evidence-based empathy education and training
- Population Health Sciences
- Supervisor: Professor Jeremy Howick
- Closing date: Open until filled
- Start date: September 2024
- various projects
- Open until filled
- various projects
- Open until filled
- Various projects
- Open until filled
College of Science and Engineering
Studentships will show here as and when available.
Please check eligibility for each individual project.
College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Please check eligibility for each individual project.