Under the University of Strathclyde’s JARSS Awards programme 2024/25, The Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences is pleased to invite applications from excellent students with original research proposals for the Student Excellence Awards (SEA) for commencing study on 1 October 2024. These awards will cover student home fees and a stipend in line with UK Research Council rates.
Eligibility
You must have, or be expected to obtain, a first-class honours degree and a master’s degree with distinction/merit.
Candidates from outside the UK will be considered but will be required to pay the difference between the Home and EU/International fee.
PhD Programme details
We are able to offer six awards across the following PhD subject areas:
- English
- Journalism, Media, and Communication
- Gender Studies
- Creative Writing
- French
- Italian
- Spanish
- History
- History with Genealogical Studies
- Law
- Counselling
- Physical Activity for Health
- Psychology
- Applied Linguistics
- Speech and Language Therapy
- Criminology
- Public Health and Health Policy
- Social Work
- Social Policy
- Education
- Politics
- Urban Policy, Planning & Technology
Further information
These awards are highly competitive for a limited number of places. The selection panel will view all complete applications submitted by the closing date. Please ensure you have followed all the steps under 'how to apply' and meet the eligibility criteria, as incomplete applications will not be considered.
The selection panel will meet in April, although final results may not be announced until late May/early June 2024 in line with the AHRC and ESRC scholarship competitions outcomes.
The start date will be 1 October 2024.
Supervisors
From the Graduate School website, you can navigate to your subject area and from there you will see the supervisors and their areas of expertise. It is strongly advised that you make contact with a potential supervisor before you complete the online application and/or contact the relevant Postgraduate Research Director.
Apply
Find your chosen subject within our Graduate School, and from there you'll see our supervisors and their areas of expertise.
You must make contact with a potential supervisor, or the relevant PGR Director before you complete the online application as you must have a conditional offer of study before the closing date.
Find your relevant apply button below. When completing your application, please input the following:
- in the "Programme Name", please select the appropriate PhD study area.
- on the "Funding" section of the application form, please write 'SEA Studentship’.
You should upload the following documents with your application:
- 1500-word research proposal
- A 2-page CV, including your academic achievements and any professional experience.
- Academic transcripts & certificates
- 2 Academic reference letters
- IELTS Academic (minimum overall band score of 6.5 or higher for Education, taken within 2 years prior to commencing PhD study) or equivalent, if English is not your first language
You must be in receipt of a conditional offer of study before 1 March 2024, to be considered for this award.
Number of places: 6
To read how we process personal data, applicants can review our 'Privacy Notice for Student Applicants and Potential Applicants' on our Privacy notices' web page.
Contact us
For more information, contact the PGR Director / Co-Directors in the relevant academic department:
Department of Humanities
For Creative Writing / English / Gender Studies / Journalism, Media & Communication / History / History with Genealogical Studies / Modern Languages (Italian, French or Spanish) please contact:
Strathclyde Law School
Department of Psychological Sciences and Health
For Counselling / Physical Activity for Health / Psychology / Applied Linguistics / Speech & Language Therapy please contact:
Department of Social Work & Social Policy
For Criminology / Public Health & Health Policy / Social Policy / Social Work please contact:
Strathclyde Institute of Education
Department of Government and Public Policy
For Politics / Urban Policy, Planning & Technology please contact:
Graduate School (for all application enquiries)
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