Collaborative and Strategic Joint Studentships
In addition to our pathway-specific studentships, the Midlands Graduate School DTP will offer a number of Collaborative Studentships involving research or other activities with external public, private or third sector organisations. As part of the Midlands Graduate School, we also offer a number of Strategic Joint ESRC DTP Studentships. Students will be fully registered and hosted at one of the Midlands Graduate School institutions, but will have a second supervisor at another MGS institution.
Applications for Collaborative and Strategic Joint studentships for October 2025 entry are now open.
The deadline for academics wishing to submit a Collaborative or Strategic Joint proposal for 2025 entry has now passed. Information on supervisor-led opportunities for entry in October 2026 will be made available around early October 2025.
Information regarding all the different projects available for entry in October 2025 will be made available over the next couple of weeks. Deadlines will vary - please check carefully to ensure your application is made on time.
Collaborative Studentships
In order to apply for one of the advertised collaborative studentship projects as listed below, you will need to complete the 'Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP Collaborative Studentship Application form' and you may need to submit additional information as part of your application. Please check the relevant project advertisement to see if additional documentation is required and ensure that you upload all application material as part of the online application process.
Additionally please read the Collaborative Guidance Notes for Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP applicantsLink opens in a new window before completing the application form.
Strategic Joint Studentships
In order to apply for one of the advertised strategic joint studentship projects as listed below, you will need to complete the 'Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP Strategic Joint Studentship Application form' and you may need to submit additional information as part of your application. Please check the relevant project advertisement to see if additional documentation is required and ensure that you upload all application material as part of the online application process.
Additionally please read the Strategic Joint Guidance Notes for Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP applicantsLink opens in a new window before completing the application form.
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University (where the student will be registered) |
Training Pathway | Joint University |
Research Topic (including link to advertisement) |
Application Deadline (23:59 GMT unless otherwise stated) |
| Aston University | Health & Wellbeing | Loughborough University | Understanding longitudinal interactions between parenting and approaches to complementary feeding for shaping child socioemotional developmentLink opens in a new window | Sunday 23 February 2025 |
| University of Leicester | Psychology | University of Nottingham | Using individual differences to investigate the socially relevant components of time perceptionLink opens in a new window | Monday 24 February 2025 |
| Loughborough University | Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology | University of Warwick | Perceived Impact of Expanded Early Years Childcare in England: Effects on Children's Well-beingLink opens in a new window | Monday 24 February 2025 (17:00 GMT) |
| Loughborough University | Health & Wellbeing | University of Leicester | Multilevel modelling of intersectional inequalities in childhood malnutrition in South AsiaLink opens in a new window | Friday 28 February 2025 |
| University of Warwick | Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology | University of Nottingham | Crime, Punishment, and Politics Across Generations – A Multi-Cohort Study in the UKLink opens in a new window | Thursday 20 February 2025 |
Project-Linked Studentships
There are no project-linked studentships currently available.