School of Social Sciences - North West Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (ESRC NWSSDTP) Studentships 2023

Type of award

Studentship

Managing department

School of Social Sciences

Value

Standard Studentship

  • Tuition fees up to the Home rate (£4,596 for 2023/24)
  • An annual maintenance stipend (£17,668 for 2023/24)
  • Students can claim reimbursement of research expenses via the Research Training Support Grant

Students opting to study part- time will receive a pro rata maintenance grant of the equivalent of a full time award.

Students will receive additional disability allowance where appropriate. 

Specified use

  • +3 (PhD)
  • +2 (Current PGRs Only)
  • 1+3 (Masters + PhD)

Tenable period

  • 3 or 4 years full-time, depending on programme.
  • 6 or 8 years part-time, depending on programme.

Continuation of award

Continuation of the award is subject to satisfactory progress.

Number available

Open Competition

Funding provider

North West Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership

Level(s) of study

This funding is available to students undertaking the following types of study:

  • Postgraduate taught
  • Postgraduate research

Allowed study options

This funding is available to students undertaking the following modes of study:

  • Full-time
  • Part-time

Subject restrictions

This funding is available to students undertaking study in:

  • Criminology
  • Economics
  • Law
  • Politics
  • Social Anthropology
  • Social Statistics
  • Sociology

Academic requirements

+3 (PhD)

Bachelor's (Hons) degree (or overseas equivalent) at 2:1 or above in a cognate subject, and normally a Master's degree at 65% overall average with minimum 65% in dissertation and with no mark below 55% (or overseas equivalent) in a relevant cognate subject, preferably one with a substantial research methods component.

+2 (24 months for Current PGRs)

You must be enrolled upon a PhD Programme at the University of Manchester, with at least 2 years remaining, and you must meet the academic requirements for +3 funding, specified above.

1+3 (Masters followed by PhD)

UK Bachelor's degree (or overseas equivalent) at 2:1

PhD Economics

Full academic entry requirements can be found here

Nationality restrictions

This funding is available to all nationalities.

Other eligibility criteria

Please check eligibility criteria in the NWSSDTP guidelines

Application procedure

Eligible applicants must complete and submit the ESRC NWSSDTP Application Form by 5pm GMT, 1 February 2023 . Please note that this is a strict deadline and applications received after 5pm will not be included in the competition. The completed ESRC NWSSDTP application form, together with your transcripts and references, must be submitted to the School of Social Sciences Postgraduate Admissions Co-ordinator at pgr-soss-admissions@manchester.ac.uk.

You must also submit your online application for a place on your chosen PhD programme by 1 December 2022. This is to ensure you hold an offer of a place by the time the NWSSDTP committee make their selection. Otherwise, you will not be included in the competition.

Application form

Additional documentation

All applicants (including +2) must submit all of the following documents to pgr-soss-admissions@manchester.ac.uk before 5pm, 1 February 2023:

- ESRC NWSSDTP Application Form

- Research Proposal

- Degree Certificates and Transcripts

- CV

- Two Academic References

Selection criteria

Academic merit/research

Selection body

School of Social Sciences and ESRC NWSSDTP

Closing date

01 Feb 2023

All ESRC NWSSDTP Applications must be recieved by the school before 5pm, 1 February 2023.

In advance of this, you must submit your completed programme application by the dates specified below to ensure you hold an offer at the time of funding selection (not applicable to +2):

Politics - 1 December 2022

Economics - 1 December 2022

Sociology - 1 December 2022

Social Anthropology - 1 December 2022

Social Statistics - 1 December 2022

Criminology - 1 December 2022

Law - 1 December 2022

Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Decision date

April 2023

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