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 2023 entry
- Please refer to the individual project information for funding details and eligibility.
Midlands4Cities DTP: Open Doctoral Awards
- closed
Midlands4Cities CDA: Doctoral Collaborative Awards
- closed
NERC CENTA: Central England NERC Training Alliance Studentships
- closed
MRC AIM DTP: Studentships
- Closed
Midlands Graduate School: ESRC DTP
- closed
BBSRC MIBTP: Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership
- Closed
- Closed
Wellcome Trust DTP: Genomic Epidemiology and Public Health Genomics PhD Programme
- Closed
British Heart Foundation: 4 Year MRes+PhD Studentship
- Closed
Leicestershire Healthcare Inequalities Improvement: Doctoral Training Programme
- Closed
ESRC Midlands Graduate School with ADR UK PhD Studentship The Contemporary Rural Working Classes in England and Wales
- Closed
ESRC Midlands Graduate School DTP Joint Studentship The digitalisation of agriculture
- Closed
College of Life Sciences
Please read the studentship adverts for eligibility criteria, funding and application process.
College of Life Sciences Studentship: How does air pollution increase the risk of bacterial respiratory infection?
- Open to UK and International applicants
- School: Respiratory Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Julie Morrissey and Dr Jo Purves
- Start date: 25 September 2023
- Closing date: 8 May 2023
College of Life Sciences Studentship: Human health impact of exposure to environmental chemicals
- Open to UK and International applicants
- School: Population Health Sciences
- Supervisors: Professor Anna Hansell and Dr Ovnair Sepai
- Start date: 25 September 2023
- Closing date: 8 May 2023
College of Life Sciences Studentship: The pathogenic potential of environmental fungi
- Open to UK and International applicants
- School: Respiratory Sciences
- Supervisors: Dr Leah Cuthbertson and Dr Emma Marczylo
- Start date: 25 September 2023
- Closing date: 8 May 2023
College of Life Sciences Studentship: Pre-clinical development of phages that target Mycobacterial species
- Open to UK and International applicants
- School: Genetics
- Supervisors: Natalie Garton, Martha Clokie, Andrew Millard and Pranab Haldar
- Start date: 25 September 2023
- Closing date: 14 May 2023
Population Health Sciences 1 PhD Competition funded studentship. 2 projects available
- Open to UK and International Students
- Projects 1 Exploring patient safety incident investigation capability and capacity in healthcare.
- Project 2 Workload, Staffing and Patient Safety in Healthcare: Examining Practices and Contexts.
- Start date 25 September 2023
- Closing date 31 May 2023
Population Health Sciences Competition Funded Studentship- One studentship to be awarded selected from applicants from the following three projects:
- Evaluation of a virtual, person-centred physical activity tool kit in an NHS specialist weight management service
- Novel risk factors for type 2 diabetes and other adverse cardiometabolic outcomes – handgrip strength and other markers of physical fitness
- Sciences Understanding the long-term impact of bariatric surgery on obesity-related complications and mortality
- Open to UK and International Students
- Supervisors - see individual projects
- Start date 25 September 2023
- Closing date 31 May 2023
Molecular and Cell Biology/Leicester Institute for Structural and Chemical Biology 1 PhD Studentship from 2 projects
- Open to UK and overseas applicants
- project 1 Developing biochemical tools to illuminate chromatin biology
- project 2 Pioneering Artificial Intelligence in Structural and Chemical Biology
- Start date 25 September 2023
- Closing date 21 May 2023
2.5 year PhD Studentship Psychology and Vision Sciences Using neurofeedback during exergaming to improve balance in people living with Parkinson’s Disease
- Open to UK and International applicants
- Supervisor: Dr Qadeer Arshad
- Start date: 25 September 2023
- Closing date: 11 June 2023
Self funded PhD projects in Population Health Sciences
Please refer to our the subject page links below for more details
College of Science and Engineering
Please check eligibility for each individual project.
PhD studentships
3 Year Engineering Studentship Diamond coatings for antibacterial applications in Space
- Open to UK and International applicants
- School: Engineering
- Supervisors: Prof Haitao Ye and Prof Hongbiao Dong
- Start Date: 25 September 2023 (UK applicants may start earlier)
- Closing date: 31 May 2023
Physics STFC funded studentships
- UK and International applicants
- School: Physics
- Projects: Various
- Start date: 25 September 2023
- Closing date: 19 May 2023
NERC CENTA Studentships
- Open to UK and International
- Projects: Various
- Start Date: 25 September 2023
- Closing Date: 31 May 2023
3 Year Engineering PhD Studentship Correlative Analysis of Engineering Alloys in 3D
- Open to UK and International applicants
- School: Engineering
- Supervisor: Professor Bo Chen
- Start date: September 2023
- Closing date: 7 June 2023
ESRC Midlands Graduate School DTP Studentship The Contemporary Rural Working Classes in England and Wales
- Open to UK and International applicants
- School: Geography
- Supervisor: Prof Martin Phillips
- Start date: 25 September 2023
- Closing date: 19 June 2023
College of Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities
PhD/MPhil Studentships will show here when available
Future 50 PhD Scholarships
Future 50 Funded PhD Projects for September 2023
The University of Leicester are investing £5.45m in 50 Doctoral Scholarships for entry in autumn 2023 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’.
Professor Noelle Robertson
Dr Samuel Cai
Professor Mark Williams
Dr Georgiana Grigore
General Information
Projects open to UK and International applicants
Start Date 25 September 2023
Closing date for applications 9 June 2023