Research Council Studentships
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
Creative Bridges
Led by the University of Leeds, Creative Bridges provides PhD scholarships focused on the creative economy, with a specific emphasis on sustainability and diversity in the screen industries.
AHRC Doctoral Scholarships
The University of Warwick has been awarded 15 AHRC-funded studentships, spanning departments across the AHRC research remit.
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Midlands Intergrative Biosciences Training Partnership
MIBTP is a BBSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership between the universities of Aston, Birmingham, Harper Adams, Leicester and Warwick. The MIBTP has an ambitious vision to deliver innovative, world class research across the Life Sciences to boost the growing Bioeconomy in the Midlands and across the UK. PhD Studentship projects are focused in vital research areas such as Sustainable Agriculture and Food, Understanding the Rules of Life, Renewable Resources and Clean Growth and Integrated Understanding of Health and use interdisciplinary and quantitative approaches to biology.
You can find out more online, or by emailing mibtp@warwick.ac.uk.
Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Centre of Doctoral Training in the Modelling of Heterogeneous Systems
Hetsys is currently recruiting students from across the physical sciences who enjoy using mathematical skills to solve complex problems. For more information, please see their webpages, or email hetsys@warwick.ac.uk.
Centre for Doctoral Training in Negative Emission Technologies for Net Zero: Net2Zero
Led by the University of Aston, Net2Zero is training the next generation of research leaders tasked to remove greenhouse gases from the environment. Through cutting-edge research and interdisciplinary collaboration, the Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) aims to tackle global challenges related to climate change and sustainability.
Digital Transformation of the Metal Industry
Led by the University of Leicester, DigitalMetal CDT will train a new generation of eighty leaders ready to transform the metals and manufacturing industry using digital technology; and increasing the industry’s agility, productivity and international competitiveness.
Diversity in Data Visualization
Led by City University of London, Data Visualization is the practice of designing, developing and evaluating representations of complex data – the kinds of data that lie at the heart of every organisation – to enable more people to make real-world use of a source of information which is otherwise challenging to access.EPSRC Doctoral Scholarships
The University of Warwick has been awarded over 80 EPSRC-funded studentships, spanning departments across the faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine. To find out more about individual projects, please contact the department which you are interested in joining. Staff guidance for EPSRC DLA
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership
The MGS is an ESRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnership led by Warwick in collaboration with Aston, Birmingham, De Montfort, Leicester, Loughborough, Nottingham, and Nottingham Trent. The MGS funds PhDs in a range of disciplines across the social sciences, encouraging innovative and interdisciplinary projects.
You can find out more on the MGS website or by emailing esrcdtp@warwick.ac.uk.
Medical Research Council (MRC)
Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Doctoral Training Partnership
A number of Medical Research Council-funded PhD studentships are available across Warwick Medical School and the School of Life Sciences through the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Doctoral Training Partnership (IBR DTP). The programme focuses on addressing important biomedical questions in the key areas of Quantitative Cellular Dynamics and Molecular Microbiology. To find out more, please visit the webpages, or email mrcdtp@warwick.ac.uk.
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Central England NERC Training Alliance
A number of fully funded studentships in environmental sciences are available. These studentships are available as part of the NERC DTP CENTA consortium. You can find out more about applying for a PhD studentship as part of the NERC CENTA online, or by emailing phd.lifesciences@warwick.ac.uk.
Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
The STFC funds a small number of funded studentships across research areas such as Astrophysics, Astronomy and Elementary Particle Physics in the Department of Physics. For more information about this funding please visit the Department of Physics webpages or email PhysicsPG@warwick.ac.uk
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