Funded opportunities

Available to UK/EU applicants

CLS 2020 Studentship: LISCB offering 3 year studentship -applicants own projects welcomed

• Department: Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology (LISCB)
• Supervisors: Wide range of supervisors and research areas available
• Deadline: 16 July 2020

CLS Studentship: Symptom trajectories in heart failure and the design of novel patient-centred technologies for admission prevention; a mixed method approach

• Department:  Cardiovascular Sciences
• Supervisors:  Dr Claire Lawson, Genovefa Kefalidou, Umesh Kadam 
• Deadline: 27 July 2020

CLS 2020 Studentship: The application of epidemiology and informatics to heart failure using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD)

• Department: Health Sciences
• Supervisors: Professor Umesh Kadam and Dr Claire Lawson
• Deadline: Open until filled

CLS 2020 Studentship: Exploring associations between multimorbidity, frailty and lifestyle

• Department: Diabetes Research Centre (Health Sciences)
• Supervisors: Dr Francesco Zaccardi and Professor Kamlesh Khunti
• Deadline: 30 June 2020 

Novo Nordisk Studentship: Global burden and determinants of hypoglycaemia: epidemiological analyses of the Hypoglycaemia Assessment Tool (HAT) study

• Department: Leicester Diabetes Centre (Health Sciences)
• Supervisors: Dr Francesco Zaccardi and Professor Kamlesh Khunti
• Deadline: 30 June 2020

CLS 2021 Studentship: Phenotyping peripheral blood eosinophils in severe asthma and EGPA 

• Department: Respiratory Sciences
• Supervisors: Professor Salman Siddiqui and Dr Adam Wright
• Deadline: 1 September 2020

CLS 2020 Studentship: Leicester Cancer Research Centre project

• Department: Leicester Cancer Research Centre
• Supervisors: To be determined
• Deadline: Open until filled

Available to asylum seekers within the UK

Sanctuary Scholarship: 1x award available 

• Department: Various - see Research Degrees
• Deadline: 31 July 2020

Available to UK/EU applicants

EPSRC Studentship: Automated Generation and Inference of Unit Tests for Legacy Software

• Supervisor: Dr Jose Rojas Siles
• Department: School of Informatics
• Deadline: 25th June 2020

Available to Asylum Seekers within the UK 

Sanctuary Scholarship: 1x award available 

• Department: Various - See Research Degrees
• Deadline: 31st July 2020

UK applicants only 

3 x 4 year BAME Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Funded PhD Studentships for September 2020

• Departments: various across the College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
• Deadline: 31 July 2020
• Criteria for consideration for the GTA funding:
  • Candidates must be a ‘Home’ UK permanent resident
    Candidates must self-identify as a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic (BAME) student.
    Candidates in the first year of their PhD at University of Leicester (or part time equivalent) may also apply*
    *For current first years - if successful the length of the scholarship will be adjusted accordingly, e.g. if one year of study is already complete then the length of the scholarship will be reduced to 3 years.

Available to asylum seekers within the UK

Sanctuary Scholarship: 1x award available

• Department: various  - see Research Degrees
• Deadline: 31 July 2020

Please check your eligibility carefully before applying for Research Council funding. If you are unsure please email pgradmissions@le.ac.uk

Projects for 2021 entry will be available towards the end of 2020.

NERC CENTA 

• no projects currently available

BBSRC Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) 

• no projects currently available

​Wellcome Trust  

• no projects currently available

MRC  Medical Research Council IMPACT

• no projects currently available.

ESRC Economic and Social Research Council - Midlands Graduate School Training Partnership

• no projects currently available

ARHC Midlands4Cities Open Doctoral Awards

• no projects currently available

STFC: Science and Technology Facilities Council 

• no projects currently available

EPSRC: Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

• no projects currently available