Funded opportunities
Listed below are the funded studentship opportunities which are currently accepting research student applications.
Future 100 PhD Scholarships
Applications will open from 31 January 2022
Future 100 PhD Scholarships
The University of Leicester are investing £9m in 100 PGR Scholarships for entry in autumn 2022 as part of its ambition to deliver on its strategic aim to ‘nurture the next generation of researchers to become world-leaders in their field’.
- 100 Fully Funded* PhD Projects available
- PhD study to start 26th September 2022
- Applications welcome from UK (Home) students.
- International applicants* are welcome to apply but must be able to fund the difference between UK and International fees for the duration of their studies.
- Application closing date 11th March 2022
Please click on the College links below for available projects, details of how to apply and the application link.
Future 100 Scholarships within the College of Life Sciences
Future 100 Scholarships within the College of Science and Engineering
Future 100 Scholarships within the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Future 100 Scholarships within our Leicester Research Institutes
College of Life Sciences
Please read the studentship adverts for eligibility criteria, funding and application process.
• Various projects to support nurses, midwives, allied health professionals and doctors (especially GP’s)
• Funding will cover three years’ salary for each Fellow, as well as experimental research costs and training
• Total of 25 award over 5 years (may be taken on a part-time basis)
• Open to UK and International applicants - refer to the project page for eligibility.
• Start date: September 2022
• Closing date for applications: The application process and closing date will be announced shortly
- School: Health Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Umesh T. Kadam, Dr Claire Lawson and Dr Suping Ling
- Start date: To be agreed with successful candidate
- Application deadline: 27 March 2022
British Heart Foundation 4 year MRes + PhD Studentships 2022
- School: Cardiovascular Sciences
- Open to UK/International applicants (*international students must be able to fund the difference between UK and International fees)
- Start date: 26 September 2022
- Closing date: 3rd March 2022
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration East Midlands: Advancing understanding on management of multimorbidity in ethnic minority populations and under-representation in associated clinical research
- School: Health Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Ash Routen, Professor Kamlesh Khunti and Dr Andrew Willis
- Open to UK and EU applicants (*see further eligibility criteria)
- Start date: September 2022 (at the latest)
- Closing date: 14 February 2022 (interviews week commencing 21 February 2022)
College of Science and Engineering
Please check eligibility for each individual project.
PhD studentships
5 x 4 year Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) funded PhD Studentships
- School: Chemistry
- Open to: UK applicants only
- Start Date: 26th September 2022
- Closing date: 3rd March 2022
MPhil Studentships
MPhil ERDF LIA591 with Industry Partner rradar Ltd - Design and implement innovative software that brings in the application of semantic web technologies to improve SME compliance process automation in partnership with a growing law and legal tech company.- Open to UK/EU/International* applicants. *International applicants must be able to fund the difference between UK fees and International fees themselves.
- Supervisors: Dr Paul King and Dr Yi Hong
- School: School of Mathematics and Actuarial Sciences
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Application deadline: 16 February 2022
College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
PhD Studentships
- 4 Fully Funded 4 Year GTA Studentships available within the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
- Available to UK applicants only
- Start date 26th September 2022
- Closing date 31 March 2022