The Institute for Lifecourse Development supports postgraduate research. Find out more about our current PGR opportunities.
Research Proposal Template
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Self-funded PGR opportunities
MPhil/PhD Project: Exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of ethnic groups and the role of intersectional characteristics within this impact: A sequential-explanatory mixed-method case study.
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
MPhil/PhD Project: Exploring and addressing loneliness amongst LGBTQI+ individuals
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
MPhil/PhD Project: Recovering Multi-Cultural Education from the 1960s to the 1980s
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Reference: HUS 03 20
MPhil/PhD Project: The Different Faces of Mental Illness Stigma: A new theoretical framework and test of intervention in public and healthcare professionals
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
MPhil/PhD Project: Anticipating and experiencing pregnancy and childbirth in women with Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis: expectations and experiences
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
MPhil/PhD Project: Using different methodologies to maximise strength training outcomes in athletes and general population: Integration of the load-velocity profile and perceptual response
Faculty of Education, Health & Human Sciences
Funding for PGR study
There are a number of types of funding available for postgraduate research (PGR) studies:
- Research studentships and scholarships organised by the Çï¿ûÊÓƵ
- University bursaries
- Doctoral Loans (see below)
- External studentships funding (see below)
Doctoral Loans
The UK government offers a that can help with course fees and living costs while you study a postgraduate doctoral course, such as a PhD.
Whether you qualify depends on:
- your course
- your age
- your nationality or residency status
External studentships funding information
We have compiled a database of funders of PhD programmes conducted in the UK open to potential candidates worldwide as well as links to some charities and organisations that provide direct funding of doctoral studies.
Databases of Funders
- The Grants Register: available in local and university libraries, not online
Government Bodies, Charities and Trusts
- t (search for PhD schemes)
- launch dates: April, October annually
Other Scholarships and PhD Programmes
About 116 Masters courses and 8 Joint Doctorate courses are supported by the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master’s Degrees (EMJMDs) and the Erasmus Mundus Joint Doctorates (EMJD) scholarships.
Value: Fully funded
Level/Field of Study: Master and doctorate levels in the fields of agriculture and veterinary engineering, manufacturing, and construction, health and welfare, humanities and art, science, mathematics and computer science, social sciences, business, and law.
Eligible Nationalities: There are no restrictions on the nationalities of students who are eligible for this scholarship.
Application Deadline: The deadline varies between October and January.
Marshall scholarships are awarded to American students who wish to take a graduate course in British universities. Imperial Marshall scholarships are awarded to academics with high academic credentials and leadership excellence throughout the United States.
Value: Fully funded
Level: Ph.D. students
Eligible Nationalities: Students from the USA
Application Deadline: Sep/Oct
Newton Funds provides funding for British students to study in the United Kingdom in order to complete their doctoral studies or for doctoral students to spend a period of one year in study in the UK. The aim is to facilitate capacity development and the creation of lasting links between the United Kingdom and foreign institutions.
Value: Fully funded
Level: PhD
Eligible Nationalities: Students from Africa, Asia (including China, India & South East Asia), Europe, Middle East, North America, Oceania, South & Central America are eligible to apply.
Application Deadline: Not indicated.
More information about funding for doctoral studies can also be found on