Postgraduate research
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.
Population Health Sciences: The development and evaluation of a social cooking intervention in places of worship
- Supervisor: Dr Riya Patel
- Start date: 6 January 2025
- Closing date:31 October 2024
NIHR BRC: Improving pregnancy outcomes in women with early onset type 2 diabetes
- Supervisor: Professor Claire Meek
- Start date: 1 December 2024
- Closing date: 19 September 2024
Cardiovascular Sciences: Establishing the needs of a holistic lifestyle intervention for patients on haemodialysis
- Supervisor: Professor James Burton
- Start date: 1 November 2024
- Closing date 30 August 2024
Cardiovascular Sciences: Cultural adaptation of a digital health platform for patients with chronic kidney disease from a South Asian background
- Supervisor Dr Matthew Graham-Brown
- Start date: 6 January 2025
- Closing date: 11 October 2024
Cardiovascular Sciences: Mediators of loin pain in IgA nephropathy
- Supervisor: Professor Jonathan Barratt
- Start date: 6 January 2025
- Closing date: 30 September 2024
- Supervisor: Professor Jeremy Howick
- Start date:As soon as possible - date to be agreed at interview.
- Closing date: 15 September 2024
Psychology and Vision Sciences The perception and effect of glare in normal vision and in developmental visual diseases
- Supervisor: Dr Frank Proudlock
- Start date: 6 January 2025
- Closing date: 1 October 2024.
Self funded projects
- 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.
Engineering: Advanced Microstructure Characterisation of Fusion Structural Materials subject to Simultaneous Creep and Irradiation
- Supervisor: Dr Yang Liu
- Start date: 6 January 2025
- Closing Date: 3rd October 2024
Computer Science 4 year Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) funded PhD
- Various projects
- Start date: January 2025
- Closing date: 20 September 2024
College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
Please check eligibility for each individual project.