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North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP); Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
ESRC Studentship Competition
Annual postgraduate studentship competition supporting combined master's and doctoral study or doctoral study only; standalone master's programmes are not funded.
Do I qualify 2 requirements for everyone + route options
Do I qualify
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Everyone needs
- Not open to: degree standalone master's study Exact current official rule
- apply via an eligible subject pathway for one of its eligible programmes Exact current official rule
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- degree combined master's and doctoral study Exact current official rule
- degree doctoral study only Exact current official rule
Preferences and flexible criteria (5)
- two annual studentships for Black British students, two annual studentships for Asian British students
- minimum 20% of studentships for Global Majority backgrounds, International or British
- proposed project fits a Priority Area
- background under-represented in the consortium or UK postgraduate research
- full-time or part-time study
Not open to: standalone master’s programmes
- Level of study
- Master's, PhD
- Fields of study
- Mathematics and statistics, Social sciences
What's covered Fully funded
- Funding type
- Fully funded
- Funding details
- an annual maintenance stipend (full-time: £21,805, part-time: £10,902.50 in 2025/26); an annual maintenance stipend (full-time: £21,805, part-time: £10,902.50 in 2025/26);; payment of tuition fees; payment of tuition fees for the duration of the studentship at the Home tuition fee rate; an annual maintenance stipend; reimbursement of research expenses; reimbursement of research expenses via the Research Training Support Grant
- Host country
- United Kingdom
- Host institution
- NWSSDTP consortium: Universities of Keele, Lancashire, Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester
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- Contact the department with a PhD proposal and find a supervisor who can help develop the application. Required
- Identify the subject pathway through which to submit the application for an eligible programme. Required
- If attending an optional applicant drop-in session, first watch the applicant workshop in full; a BSL-signed alternative is also provided. Optional
- Optionally register for the 25 November, 15:00–16:00 GMT applicant drop-in session. Optional
- Alternatively, optionally register for the 27 November, 11:00–12:00 GMT applicant drop-in session. Optional
- Use the supplied guidance and complete the NWSSDTP Standard Studentship Application Form. Required
- Complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form and include it with the application. Required
- Submit the application to your School PGR Administrator by the stated deadline; consult the linked submission instructions. Required
- Deadline
- 22 February 2027
- Deadline notes
- Submit to your School PGR Administrator by 5pm.
- Application cycle
- 2027 application cycle
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