In addition to the 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 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 our Collaborative, Joint, ADR UK and Project-Linked studentships for October 2023 entry are now open!

The deadline for academics wishing to submit a Collaborative or Joint proposal has now passed. Information on supervisor-led opportunities for entry in October 2024 will be made available around October 2023.

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 applicants before completing the application form.

University	Training Pathway	Collaborating Organisation	Research Topic (including link to advertisement)	Application Deadline
Aston University	Area Studies	Jacques Delors Centre	The changing nature of Germany’s relationships with the Visegrád 4 countriesLink opens in a new window Further DetailsLink opens in a new window	Tuesday 28 February 2023
University of Birmingham	Psychology	VisionMetric	Human Performance and Next-generation Facial Identification TechnologiesLink opens in a new window	Tuesday 28 February 2023 (23:59 GMT)
University of Birmingham	Human Geography	International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development	The political economy of vulnerability to air pollution in the Kathmandu Valley, NepalLink opens in a new window	Monday 27 February 2023 (12:00 UTC)
University of Leicester	Economic & Social History	History of Parliament Trust	Minority Ethnic MPs in the UK Parliament since 1987Link opens in a new window	Thursday 23 February 2023
Loughborough University	Sport & Exercise Science	Trekstock	Access to physical activity programmes and cancer support in young adults living with and beyond cancer through the lens of cancer inequalitiesLink opens in a new window	Monday 20 February 2023
Loughborough University	Education	The Dyscalculia Network	Development and standardization of a dyscalculia screening tool for secondary school studentsLink opens in a new window	Monday 27 February 2023
Loughborough University	Sport & Exercise Science	Teach Active	Understanding the role of active lessons on mathematics learningLink opens in a new window	Tuesday 28 February 2023 (17:00 GMT)
University of Nottingham	Political Science and International Relations	Walk Free	Human Trafficking and Legal Culture in Latin America: A nested socio-legal comparative studyLink opens in a new window	Thursday 23 February 2023
University of Nottingham	Sociology	Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust	The Use of Touch in Dementia Care: an empirical investigationLink opens in a new window	Wednesday 22 February 2023 (12:00 GMT)

Joint Studentships

In order to apply for one of the advertised joint studentship projects as listed below, you will need to complete the 'Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP 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 Joint Guidance Notes for Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP applicants before completing the application form.

University (where the student will be registered)	Training Pathway	Joint University	Research Topic (including link to advertisement)	Application Deadline
Aston University	Management & Business Studies and Finance	University of Birmingham	Enabling Skills for Transitions to a Green EconomyLink opens in a new window	Sunday 26 February 2023
University of Birmingham	Psychology	University of Nottingham	Socio-emotional synchrony in social interactions: the impact of partner neurotypeLink opens in a new window	Sunday 26 February 2023 (23:59 GMT)
University of Birmingham	Sport & Exercise Science	Loughborough University	Project Safety Net: The risks and opportunities for safeguarding adolescents on social media in relation to organised sportLink opens in a new window	Wednesday 22 February 2023
University of Leicester	Human Geography	University of Nottingham	The digitalisation of agricultureLink opens in a new window	Thursday 2 March 2023
University of Nottingham	Psychology	Loughborough University	Exploring the Relationship between Exteroception and Interoception in Neurotypical and Neurodivergent PopulationsLink opens in a new window	Tuesday 28 February 2023 (23:59 GMT)
University of Warwick	Psychology	Aston University	Suggestibility and False Memory Formation in PsychopathologyLink opens in a new window	Monday 27 February 2023 (17:00 GMT)
University of Warwick	Health & Wellbeing	University of Birmingham	Transnational lives and use of prescribed and traditional medicinesLink opens in a new window	Thursday 23 February 2023

ADR UK Studentships

ADR UK is delighted to announce the 20 PhD studentship opportunities to be hosted by supervisors across 13 of the ESRC DTPsLink opens in a new window. These PhD studentships will use ADR UK’s new linked flagship datasets Link opens in a new windowto answer policy-relevant research questions. Students will begin their PhDs in October 2023 and will be funded through an investment of £1.9 million from ADR UK.

MGS is pleased to confirm that we have three projects available in this category; one funded fully by ADR UK and two further projects funded by the MGS. All three students and their supervisory teams will be fully incorporated into ADR UK's cohort building and support structures, as well as being integrated fully into the life of the DTP.

In order to apply for one of the advertised ADR UK studentship projects as listed below, you will need to complete the 'Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP ADR UK Studentship Application formLink opens in a new window' 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 ADR UK Studentship Guidance Notes for Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP applicantsLink opens in a new window before completing the application form.

University (where the student will be registered)	Training Pathway	Research Topic (including link to advertisement)	Application Deadline
University of Birmingham	Education	Are apprenticeships a genuine alternative to university study? An investigation using administrative dataLink opens in a new window	Tuesday 28 February 2023
University of Leicester	Human Geography	The Contemporary Rural Working Classes in England and WalesLink opens in a new window	Thursday 2 March 2023
University of Nottingham	Education	Predicting educational and labour market outcomes for vulnerable children who have been to boarding schoolsLink opens in a new window	Friday 24 February 2023

Project-Linked Studentships

Loughborough University has received over £8m funding from the ESRC to establish a new Centre for Early Mathematics Learning (CEML). As part of this grant, Loughborough has received additional studentships in the Education pathway, and the students recruited to these projects will be fully integrated into the DTP. There is one project available for entry in October 2023:

• The development of spatial-numerical associations in pre-schoolersLink opens in a new window

Full details, including the deadline, will be made available soon.

In order to apply for one of the advertised project-linked studentships as listed above, you will need to complete the 'Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP CEML Studentship Application form' (link to form will be made available soon) 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 CEML Guidance Notes for Midlands Graduate School ESRC DTP applicants before completing the application form.