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HSS PhD Studentships 2024

Queen Mary University of London is offering fully-funded PhD studentships in all areas that fall within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences for September 2025 entry. These 3-year studentships cover tuition fees and living expenses for all nationalities. Part-time applicants and current first-year students are also eligible to apply. The studentships are available for all PhD programmes within the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. There are up to two additional awards specifically for UK students who identify as BAME (Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic). The studentships provide comprehensive funding to support doctoral research across diverse humanities and social sciences disciplines at one of the UK's leading research universities.

White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership

The Economic and Social Research Council White Rose DTP is a regional consortium of seven universities with social science research excellence and involves the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York as well as Bradford, Hull, Manchester Metropolitan and Sheffield Hallam. The WRDTP has been accredited by the ESRC to offer PhD scholarships across a range of schemes, available for doctoral research students commencing their studies in Autumn 2026. Being part of the WRDTP provides access to a wealth of supervisory expertise across the social sciences, a wide range of training opportunities particularly focused on maximising the social and economic benefits of research, a network of students and researchers studying in your discipline across Yorkshire, and a network of interdisciplinary contacts and the opportunity to develop expertise working across disciplines. Awards are available on a +3.5, +3.75 or a 1+3.5 basis, and can be held full-time or part-time.

ESRC White Rose DTP Studentships 2026/27

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) is the UK's largest funding agency for research and postgraduate training relating to social and economic issues. The University of Leeds is part of the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership, forming a collaboration between the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield, York, Bradford, Sheffield Hallam, Hull and Manchester Metropolitan. Through this partnership, the University offers a range of social science PhD studentships available to UK and international applicants. These studentships are available in seven named Thematic Interdisciplinary Training Pathways and can be held full-time or part-time. Various award types are offered: +3.5 Studentships for 3.5-year PhDs (for students with a social science Masters degree and 60+ credits of M-level social science research methods training); +3.75 Studentships for integrated PGCert/PhD programs (3 years 9 months for students with a social sciences Masters degree but fewer than 60 credits of M-level training); and 1+3.5 Studentships for a 1-year Masters programme followed by 3.5-year PhD (for students without a social science Masters degree). A range of studentships are available including WRDTP Pathway Studentships for impactful social science research, up to 2 WRDTP Advanced Quantitative Methods Studentships for cutting edge quantitative research, up to 2 Advanced Data Analytics Awards for researchers using cutting edge data analysis techniques or big data, and up to 2 WRDTP/Stuart Hall Foundation Studentships specifically for Black British students. All WRDTP programmes include an integral 3-month 'Research in Practice' placement as standard. The awards cover fees at standard UKRI rates, a maintenance grant (£20,780 in Session 2025/26 for full-time study, pro-rata for part-time), and a Research Training Support Grant for travel and research costs during the PhD. The award is open to all applicants including international students, though moving costs to the UK are not covered.