South Coast DTP fully funded Social Science PhD Studentships - Apply Now

Deadline for Applications is 17:00 (GMT) on 30th May 2024

The South Coast DTP is an exciting collaboration between the Universities of Southampton, Brighton, Portsmouth and Chichester, funded by the Economic & Social Research Council.

The South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership is now accepting applications for fully funded studentships to commence in October 2024.

Our call for applications for studentships commencing in 2024/25 is reopened to invite applications only from excellent UK candidates.

SCDTP provides funding across a wide range of disciplinary pathways for the following types of award:

• 1+3.5 MSc + PhD, including a Research-in-Practice placement
• +3.5 PhD, including a Research-in-Practice placement
• +4.5 Interdisciplinary award, including a Research-in-Practice placement
• +4.5 Integrated PhD (only in Economics, Education or Gerontology at Southampton) including a Research-in-Practice placement

Applicants to Economics are particularly encouraged. The Department of Economics at Southampton University enjoys international recognition across a broad spectrum of applied and policy-oriented fields, including Behavioral Economics, Development Economics/Migration, Finance and Investments, Health Economics, Labour Economics, Economic Policy, and Economics of Networks, as well as more theoretical and methodological domains such as Econometrics, Game Theory, and Quantitative Macroeconomics.

Funding Eligibility

Academic Qualifications

• For all studentships, students must have qualifications of the standard of a good honours degree at first- or upper second-class level, from a UK academic higher education institution.
• Degree qualifications gained from outside the UK, or a combination of qualifications and/or experience that is equivalent to a relevant UK degree, may be accepted.
• +3.5 PhD Awards

The ESRC expects that applicants embarking on a +3.5 programme would have achieved a level of research training that would allow them to proceed directly to PhD; this is usually through the attainment of a previous Master’s qualification in the social sciences. In addition, +3.5 awards assume that the student will undertake a Research-in-Practice placement during their PhD. Where such placement has not taken place by the end of the third-year of studies, the SCDTP reserves the right to remove 0.25 of the +3.25 duration of funding. For more information on Research-in-Practice, please see the Training section of the SCDTP website.

Residential Eligibility

The South Coast DTP is able to accept applications from excellent UK applicants to all of our accredited disciplines/pathways. Applications to economics are particularly encouraged.

To be classed as a home/UK student, candidates must meet the following criteria:

• Be a UK National (meeting residency requirements below), or
• Have settled status, or
• Have pre-settled status (meeting residency requirements below), or
• Have indefinite leave to remain or enter

For further information about Residency requirements please see ‘Residency Requirements’ on the SCDTP website or the UKRI terms and conditions of training grants.

Studentship

In addition to covering the cost of programme fees, those in receipt of a South Coast DTP studentship award will also receive a tax free annual maintenance grant of £19,237 (2024/25 UKRI rate).

As part of your award, you will have additional funding opportunities to support your research including:

• Research Training Support Grant (RTSG)
• Overseas Fieldwork (OSFW)
• Overseas Institutional Visit (OIV)
• Internships
• and more...

How to Apply

The application procedure requires applicants to complete two forms.

• One application form must be submitted to host institution for the programme of study under the Eligible Disciplinary Pathways:
1. Apply to University of Brighton
2. Apply to University of Chichester
3. Apply to University of Portsmouth
4. Apply to University of Southampton
• One application form to the South Coast DTP for the studentship. Apply here.

It is very important that both forms must be submitted before the deadline 17:00 (GMT) on 30th May 2024 for the application to be considered.

Full details on each application procedure can be found on the SCDTP website.