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 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
STFC: Science and Technology Facilities Council
  • 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: 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

Cardiovascular Sciences  Measuring myocardial immunosenescence in cardiovascular disease

  • Open to UK and International applicants
  • Supervisor Professor Gavin Murphy
  • Start date 25 September 2023
  • Closing date 25  June 2023

Population Health Sciences Competition Funded Studentship- One studentship to be awarded selected from applicants from the following three projects:

  1.  Evaluation of a virtual, person-centred physical activity tool kit in an NHS specialist weight management service 
  2.  Novel risk factors for type 2 diabetes and other adverse cardiometabolic outcomes – handgrip strength and other markers of physical fitness  
  3. 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
 3 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: 23 June 2023

Wellcome Trust Studentships

  • Various Projects
  • Start date 2 June 2023
  • Closing date 23 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
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

 Practice-Based PhD in Archaeology and/or Ancient History – Tuition Fee waivers available 

  • Open to UK and International applicants
  • September 2023 / January 2024 starts

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

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