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Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Partnership

The University of Cambridge hosts an accredited ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP). The Cambridge ESRC DTP awards studentships through the University's Postgraduate Funding Competition.

A full ESRC DTP studentship award provides maintenance [£16,062 p.a at current rates] and University Postgraduate Fees at the Home rate.

DTP students also receive a personal allowance for additional training costs, and can apply for further funding to contribute to fieldwork costs, academic exchange, and collaboration with non-academic organisations. 

Studentships are available to home, EU and international candidates.

You MUST be nominated for an ESRC award by your Faculty/Department. They will automatically consider all eligible applicants who have applied for admission by the appropriate funding deadline and have indicated that they wish to be considered for ESRC funding.

Deadlines are specific to the course you are applying to. Please refer to the funding deadline provided for your course in the Postgraduate Prospectus. Any queries should be directed to the Faculty/Department in the first instance.

Awards will be offered during the period March to July 2023, if you have not had any correspondence by 1 August 2023 you should assume you have been unsuccessful. Awards cannot be deferred to the next academic year.

Award details

Funding is provided for four years for MPhil + PhD (1+3) students and 3 years for PhD students.

DTP students also receive a personal allowance for additional research and training costs and can apply for further funding to contribute to fieldwork costs, academic exchange, and collaboration with non-academic organisations. 

DTP students are required to attend compulsory training sessions and complete a training needs analysis each year.

Eligibility

Application process.

The training needs analysis form will be provided to you by your department to complete the relevant parts. The department will submit the completed form to us as part of their nomination process.

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The Midlands Graduate School is an accredited Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Partnership. First established in 2016 and re-accredited in 2023, the second iteration of the MGS DTP now includes our new partners: De Montfort University and Nottingham Trent University.

The DTP offers 17 different training pathways that span various social science disciplines; a large number of postgraduate studentships will be awarded annually across the pathways and institutions, funded by the DTP with contributions from our partner universities.

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Award types (2024-2029 offer holders)

What awards are offered by lse's esrc dtp.

The LSE DTP is accredited by the   Economic Social and Research Council (ESRC)  to fund a range of social sciences PhD studentships, including awards for Advanced Quantitative Methods (AQM) and for Data Skills (DS).

At LSE studentship applications are not made directly to the DTP. Applications are made to LSE Graduate Admissions .  Departments with an ESRC accredited Research Environment will then assess applications for nomination to the LSE DTP.

The structure and duration of the studentship offered will depend on a candidate's previous academic experience, and social research training & experience. The ESRC expects students to complete three months of placement activity as a condition of their funding. Placements provide students with an opportunity to further develop their research and transferable skills in either an academic or non-academic environment and the time to complete the placement is included in the studentship duration. 

The LSE DTP funds a number of different types of awards to reflect the different models which work for particular disciplines. These include funds for 1+3.5, 2+2.5 and +3.5 studentships. The minimum duration of an award would be 3.5+ years which covers a PhD and the three month placement. Types of awards funded include: 

1+3.5 scheme

The 1+3.5 scheme provides funding for a one year research training master's linked to a 4 year PhD (of which the first 3.5 years are ESRC funded) and is designed for students who have not already completed an ESRC recognised programme of research training. This can be an MSc (Research) programme or a one year MRes.

2+2.5 scheme

The 2+2.5 scheme provides funding for programmes which consist of a 2 year MRes programme followed by a 4 year MPhil/PhD (of which the first 2.5 years are ESRC funded).

+3.5 scheme

The +3.5 scheme provides funding for a 4 year MPhil/PhD (of which 3.5 years are ESRC funded).

Both the ESRC and LSE are committed to widening participation to postgraduate study. A masters is not a prerequisite for studying at the LSE DTP. A range of training programmes are available based on an assessment of the applicant’s prior learning and training needs.

Part-time Study

ESRC funding covers both full and part time study. We can discuss options with you if you are interested in applying.

LSE also offers a generous package of studentships in order to offer as many students as possible the opportunity to study with us. Please see details at LSE PhD Studentships  for further information.

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LSE PhD Studentships

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For 2024 entry, LSE will be offering studentships to new PhD students, in 2023 this was 88, in the form of LSE PhD Studentships, LSE DTP  ESRC Studentships  and London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP)  Studentships.

The awards are open to high calibre students of all nationalities studying across all research areas at the School.

Eligibility

LSE PhD Studentships are tenable for four years and cover full fees and an annual stipend, which for 2024 entry is £21,237. They are available for UK and international students undertaking research in any LSE discipline, with annual renewal subject to satisfactory academic performance.

These awards will be made solely on the basis of outstanding academic merit and research potential. This relates both to your past academic record and to an assessment of your likely aptitude to complete a PhD in your chosen topic in the time allocated.

How to apply

Academic departments nominate students for consideration by a School panel for all PhD funding opportunities they may be eligible for. There is no separate application for any of these studentships.

To be considered for this funding, you must submit your complete application for admission to LSE by a specific date. This date differs by academic department. Refer to the individual programme page for the relevant deadline information.  Find your graduate programme .

• deadline for the research programme in the Law School for 2024 entry: 1 December 2023
• deadline for the research programme in the Department of Economics for 2024 entry (including PhD Studentships and ESRC funding: 14 December 2023
• funding deadline for first round of PhD Studentships and for ESRC funding for 2024 entry: 15 January 2024
• London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP) PhD Scholarships  deadline: 26 January 2024, 17:00 GMT
• funding deadline for second round of PhD Studentships deadline for 2024 entry (some departments only): 25 April 2024

Find out about ESRC Studentships .

More information on how to apply for a place on a PhD programme .

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Sedarc doctoral training partnership studentships (economic and social research council esrc) **entry 2025/26**, phd research project.

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but potential funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

ESRC Studentship: ‘How life course perceptions shape climate discourses and practices in the North West of England’

Phd programmes in business and management, funded phd programme (students worldwide).

Some or all of the PhD opportunities in this programme have funding attached. Applications for this programme are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full programme details for further information.

Business Research Programme

Business Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

Cardiff University School of English, Communication and Philosophy - PhD Opportunities

Awaiting funding decision/possible external funding.

This programme is waiting to confirm funding from a university or external source. This may depend on attracting suitable students and applications are welcome. Please see the programme details for more information.

Arts Research Programme

Arts Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

PhD Studentship in Laser processing of challenging materials

Funded phd project (uk students only).

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

Synergistic Experimental and Data-driven Catalyst Development for Sustainable Synthesis

Combined experimental and computational study of high-pressure order-disorder transitions in soft crystalline materials, machine learning assisted optimization techniques for fitting excitonic spin-orbit models to big data, funded phd project (students worldwide).

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

PhD/MSc+PhD in Economics

Social sciences research programme.

Social Sciences Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

PhD study in the Department of Economics

Soc-b cdt: +3.5 year funded phd in biosocial research, competition funded phd project (uk students only).

This research project is one of a number of projects at this institution. It is in competition for funding with one or more of these projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be awarded the funding. The funding is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

EPSRC PhD Studentship in: Big Data, Network Complexity and Machine Learning to Deliver Targeted Pro-active DWDS Maintenance

History phd programme, humanities research programme.

Humanities Research Programmes present a range of research opportunities, shaped by a university’s particular expertise, facilities and resources. You will usually identify a suitable topic for your PhD and propose your own project. Additional training and development opportunities may also be offered as part of your programme.

Study History, Classics and Archaeology at the University of Edinburgh - funding opportunities available

Phd studentship in: understanding risks from emerging contaminants (pfas) to surface water resources.

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Economic and Social Research Council

The University of Edinburgh is part of a consortium of Universities in Scotland which have been awarded funding from the Economics & Social Research Council (ESRC) to support postgraduate studentships and training in the Social Sciences in Scotland.

The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS) hosts this Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) and considers applications for doctoral studentship awards. Further details can be found at Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

ESRC PhD Studentships 2024/25

STUDENTSHIPS FOR 2024 ENTRY ARE STILL SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION OF FUNDING BY THE ESRC.

There are two types of PhD studentship available from the SGSSS – Supervisor led projects and Student led projects in the Open competition.

In the Supervisor led competition, students are recruited to a defined PhD project and the SGSSS will advertise all available Supervisor led PhD projects from early March 2024.

In the Open Competition, a PhD applicant proposes a project which can be supervised by the University of Edinburgh.  To be considered for this funding, you will first need to secure an offer to study a University of Edinburgh PhD in 2024/25, no later than January 11 th 2024. You must also secure an SGSSS funding nomination from the University. Full details of the application process are listed below.

Online Information Session – 17 th October 2023 10am BST The Dean of Postgraduate Research is hosting a 1 hour online information session about the SGSSS Open PhD competition for prospective applicants. Please join this link for the start time of 10am.

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The SGSSS Studentship

Each award will cover the PhD tuition fee and a stipend at the UKRI level for 3.5 years.

Where applicants do not already meet the minimum MSc ESRC training requirements you may be asked to undertake before the PhD, a week-long foundational methods course or an ESRC approved Master’s programme or elements of an ESRC approved Master's programme covering identified core methods gaps. You can indicate on the SGSSS funding application form the type of training that you expect to receive but each applicant is assessed by SGSSS to determine the most appropriate length of award based on previous study and experience.

From 2024 the SGSSS training pathways will be organised around a set of key societal challenges. These challenges were developed so that they represent the kinds of social science research that our students do and to reflect the themes of the Scottish Government’s National Performance Framework and the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Full guidance about this is available in the SGSSS Open Competition student guidance.                                                          

Eligibility

• Candidates must meet University of Edinburgh PhD entry requirements and all ESRC eligibility requirements. 
• Candidates will normally hold a relevant First Class Honours degree (such as BA, BMus, BSc, or LLB) and preferably a similar calibre of Masters degree but the SGSSS do consider a ‘whole person approach’ when considering applicants for funding. 
• PhD students who are currently in their first year of study and within eligible subject areas are welcome to apply.  However, current PhD students who already hold University PhD funding at UKRI stipend rates are not eligible for the SGSSS PhD funding. Also, current PhD students who hold other PhD funding equivalent to the ESRC award are not eligible to apply for this funding.
• Awards are available to Home fee applicants and limited awards are available for International applicants. The University is able to nominate up to two International applicants per subject Pathway. Please check the full UKRI eligibility criteria here . 

To qualify for Home status an applicant must:

• Be a UK National (meeting residency requirements), or
• Have settled status, or
• Have pre-settled status AND meet residency requirement (3 years residency in the UK/EEA /Gibraltar/Switzerland immediately before the start of their programme) or
• Have indefinite leave to enter or remain

As part of the funding application, the SGSSS are interested in each applicant as a ‘whole person’. Rather than solely looking at your academic achievements (for example, it is not necessary to have a first-class degree to be assessed as an excellent PhD student and to receive funding), they will consider what each applicant can bring to a PhD through work and life experiences too (including challenges and resilience). 

The SGSSS want applicants to be able to demonstrate and articulate potential to undertake and complete a PhD, to flourish as a result of PhD funding and to be a proactive contributor to a positive research culture. The SGSSS application form will ask you to tell them about your preparedness to undertake and complete a PhD and to flourish as a result of PhD funding and how you will contribute to a positive and diverse PhD community.

Applications for this funding is now c losed for 2024 entry.

Step 1 – Contact and seek advice from the relevant Unit of Assessment Lead and the University and potential PhD supervisor at the University. Unit of Assessment contact details are listed within the School webpages below. You must register on the SGSSS Apply system and please read the SGSSS guidance to students . We also recommend that you view all of the helpful applicant information videos on the SGSSS website here .

Step 2 - Apply for admission to a relevant PhD programme at the University of Edinburgh no later than 23 rd November 2023. Please note that some Schools/Deaneries may advertise a later PhD admission deadline generally on the University degree finder, however for this funding, you MUST apply for admission before Nov 23rd 2023. Please also note that if the School PhD application deadline is earlier than Nov 23 rd 2023, you must meet their earlier admission deadline. Full admissions requirements and application deadlines can be found on the relevant School webpage below. You will need to secure at least a conditional offer for a PhD place before Jan 11 th 2024 to be considered for this funding.

For applicants who do not hold an MSc and are looking for 1+3 funding, you must apply for a University of Edinburgh ESRC approved MSc by the School admission deadline for this funding, listed in the websites below. You must also secure confirmation by Jan 11 th 2024 that your PhD can be supervised by the School in 2025/26. If you are a first year PhD student at the University, please see Step 3.

Step 3 - Before 5pm 1st December 2023 prepare and submit the SGSSS Open Competition application form, academic transcripts and CV to the SGSSS Apply system.  Please note these transcripts and CV must be made anonymous before uploading them to the SGSSS.

Step 4 – By the middle of February, we will notify applicants whether they have been nominated by the University to the next stages of the SGSSS funding competition. University nominated applicants will then be asked to submit a final funding application to the SGSSS before 22 nd February 2024 to proceed to the next stage of the competition. 

Applications will then be considered by the SGSSS Challenge Led Pathway Review Stage. The SGSSS will then announce the final award decisions in May.

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White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership

The Economic and Social Research Council White Rose DTP is a regional consortium of seven universities with social science research excellence and involves the universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York as well as Bradford, Hull, Manchester Metropolitan and Sheffield Hallam.

• Funding: ESRC stipend (£18662 in 2023/24) plus full fee waiver
• Academic year: 2024/25
• Open to: International (including EU) and UK (home) students
• Qualification level: Postgraduate research

The WRDTP has been accredited by the ESRC to offer PhD scholarships across a range of schemes, and in 2024/25 the following awards will be open for application from students:

• up to 32 WRDTP Pathway Awards, incorporating 2 Interdisciplinary Research Awards and 2 WRDTP/Stuart Hall Foundation Awards for Black British applicants
• up to 2 WRDTP Advanced Quantitative Methods (AQM) Awards
• up to 2 WRDTP Advanced Data Analytics (ADA) Awards

There will also be up to 7 Collaborative Awards made to supervisory teams for projects involving collaboration with an external partner. Supervisors will apply for these awards, and those projects that are awarded funding will be open for applications from students in early Spring 2024.  

Further information about each of the award schemes can be found on the WRDTP website , and in the guidance documents below. All awards are available on a 1+3.5, +3.75 or a +3.5 basis, and can be held full-time or part-time.

Application guidance and character limits

Scholarship benefits.

Being part of the WRDTP will give you access to:

• a wealth of supervisory expertise across the social sciences
• a wide range of training opportunities particularly focused on maximising the social and economic benefits of your research
• a network of students and researchers studying in your discipline across Yorkshire
• a network of interdisciplinary contacts and the opportunity to develop expertise working across disciplines.

Open to International (including EU) and UK (home) students.

All students are eligible to receive a full award, to include a stipend and fees at the home level.

Application

You must have applied online for a place on an appropriate academic programme first, before applying for the scholarship.

Please note that if you intend to apply for a 1+3 studentship (see below, Types of scholarship) then you must apply for both the MA in Social Research (for 2024/5 entry) and the relevant PhD programme (for 2025/6 entry).

You don't need to complete the form all at once - you can save your progress, and a link will be emailed to you so you can continue at a later time. Once you have submitted your application, a copy will be emailed to you for your records.

Application deadline: Wednesday 24 January 2024, 5pm GMT

How to apply

Application deadline: 17:00, 24 January 2024

Applicants are asked to apply for a place on the PhD programme in the department/school of their choice first .

Each department has a deadline by which applicants must have applied for a place on the PhD programme in order to be eligible for consideration for ESRC WRDTP funding.

Please contact the Postgraduate Research Administrator for the relevant department directly for details on the deadline for the PhD application.

Once the application for the PhD programme has been submitted ( by the relevant departmental deadline ) then applicants must complete the ESRC WRDTP scholarship application form.

Application deadline: Wednesday 24 January 2024, 5pm GMT (but you must have applied for a place on the academic programme by the departmental deadline first, if you do not then your scholarship application cannot be taken further).

All ESRC scholarships are subject to the terms and conditions set out in the ESRC funding guidelines (esrc.ukri.org).

Continued receipt of all scholarships is conditional upon satisfactory academic progress. We may request academic progress updates from your supervisor(s).

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• White Rose ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership (wrdtp.ac.uk)
• UKRI Doctoral Training Partnerships (ukri.org)
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Types of scholarship

Awards on offer are:

• Applicants without a social science Masters degree will normally be funded for 4.5 years, undertaking a 1 year MA Social Research followed by 3.5 year PhD.
• Applicants who already have a social science Masters degree, but have fewer than 60 credits of M-level social science research training will normally be funded for 3.75 years to undertake  an integrated PGCert/PhD.
• Applicants with a social science Masters degree and with 60 or more credits of M-level social science research training will normally be funded for 3.5 years to undertake a PhD.

Applications will be considered by individual departments, following a departmental selection process, and applicants will be informed as to whether they are being nominated. The White Rose Academic Quality Committee will review the final nominations and decide on the final list of awards.

The following schools/departments are eligible to participate in nominations for a pathway award:

• Environment and Geography
• Health Sciences
• Language and Linguistic Science
• School for Business and Society
• York Law School

The above departments can then nominate in any of the following Thematic Interdisciplinary Training pathways.

You should discuss which theme is the best fit for your research proposal with your academic department.

Find further information and guidance on our current ESRC White Rose Social Sciences DTP studentship holders FAQs page . You will need to login with your student account details to access this page.

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Economic and Social Research Council – ESRC – funding is the primary source for economic and social research in UK universities. This is a non-departmental public body funded by the UK government. The role of the ESRC is to support up to 4,000 research students in universities and research institutes. Presently it distributes a budget of around £200m per year.

ESRC is part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) , which brings together the UK’s seven research councils, Innovate UK and Research England to maximise the contribution of each council and create the best environment for research and innovation to flourish.

As part of fulfilling its mission, the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) provides studentships for the support of full-time or part-time postgraduate study within accredited Doctoral Training Centres (DTCs), Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) and Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs).

Studentships can only be held in Research Organisations (ROs) that have been given ESRC accreditation. Status is awarded to both single institutions and to consortium arrangements as per the application for accreditation.

The finances and length of time ESRC studentships may cover

ESRC studentships can cover tuition fees, maintenance grant and other expenses, depending on the student's situation and circumstances. The ESRC will not normally support any full-time student for more than four years, or the part-time equivalent based on the student’s actual time commitment, except where ESRC have approved accreditation for a 2+3 award structure. Students who transfer between full- and part-time during their award will have their awards adjusted on a pro-rata basis.

What subjects do ESRC studentships support

There are seven Research Councils that provide support for postgraduate studies in the UK at this time. In brief, each of these bodies is responsible for providing postgraduate studentships for its own range of subject areas.

Research Organisations in receipt of Doctoral Training Grants from more than one council can use the funds from more than one grant to support interdisciplinary studentships. For any ESRC PhD funding or award, the discipline must in essence be social science in nature. The seven award-making bodies are:

• Arts and Humanities Research Council ( AHRC )
• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council ( BBSRC )
• Economic and Social Research Council ( ESRC )
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ( EPSRC )
• Medical Research Council ( MRC )
• Natural Environment Research Council ( NERC )
• Science and Technology Facilities Council ( STFC )

Subject areas covered

The main disciplines and subject areas covered by the ESRC for studentships are within these overall broad headings:

Typical course structures include:

• +3 programme: funding for a three-year PhD (assumes that a student has already met the majority of the core training requirements or that the PhD focus is largely on more advanced training)
• 1+3 programme: an integrated one year Master’s programme precedes the three-year PhD which will deliver the majority of the core training requirements
• 2+2 programme: a longer Master’s programme followed by a shorter PhD programme
• +4 programme: up to four years’ funding for a PhD which assumes that core and advanced training requirements can be met during the course of the programme
• 2+3 programme: an extended Master’s for specialist training followed by a standard three-year PhD programme.

The actual length of a studentship will be based on the individual student’s requirements; however, this allocation must be in line with their accreditation. For example, if a student is following a four-year programme then, subject to length of funding criteria, they should be allocated four years of funding.

Doctoral Training Grants (DTGs)

The studentships allocated to Research Organisations are, in short, administered through Doctoral Training Grants (DTGs). In essence, a DTG is a grant providing funds for the training of research students leading to the award of a recognised qualification, usually a PhD.

The cost for 2022/23 uses the following figures:

• Standard maintenance £17,668
• Fees £4,596
• Research training support grant £750
• Overseas fieldwork £450
• Total £23,464

Eligibility

All new UKRI studentships must be opened up to both home and international students. UKRI will normally limit the proportion of international students appointed each year through individual doctoral training programmes to 30 percent of the total. However the cap does not apply to associated studentships.

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

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

If a candidate does not meet the criteria above, then they would be classed as an International student. Both home and international students must be resident in the UK for the majority of their studies and any time spent overseas should be for the purposes of fieldwork/long-term attachment.

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Fully-funded ESRC PhD Scholarship: Understanding the Sources of Inequality Throughout the Earnings Distribution

• Supervisors: Dr Ian Burn   Dr Patrick Bennett   Jonathan Cribb (IFS)  

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• Management School
• Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Description

Reference:     PHD-ULMS-Liverpool IFS-CASE STUDENTSHIP 2023

The student will work closely with the supervisory team on topics related to labour market and educational inequalities in order to understand the sources of inequality throughout the earnings distribution. The project will first provide a broad understanding of the factors that determine inequality in education and income across different countries with different levels of inequality and then provide a more focused understanding of the causal mechanisms which determine inequality.

The project is divided into three subprojects.  Project 1  will provide an international comparison of what determines inequality in education and income.  Project 2  will provide an in depth analysis of inequality in the United Kingdom using administrative data, and compare the factors which explain inequality in the United Kingdom to Norway, a country with far lower levels of inequality.  Project 3  will bring all of these insights together, and will provide an explicit understanding of the causal mechanisms which have led to a growth and/or decline in inequality over time.

It is expected that the applicant will spend a minimum of one year at each institution, and the University of Liverpool is the PhD awarding institution. However, the exact division of time spent between London and Liverpool is subject to the candidate’s education and experience. The position requires expertise in econometrics (in particular causal methods) and data analysis, and the student will work extensively with administrative data in the UK and Norway as well as other cross-country datasets. As such, it is essential that the applicant should have knowledge of or willingness to learn R/Stata. The student will benefit from active participation in the research environments at both the University of Liverpool and the Institute for Fiscal Studies.

Successful completion of this PhD has the potential to lead to various avenues of employment including academia, consultancy and policymaking. The topical nature of the PhD means that the knowledge and skills gained from carrying out this research will be highly sought after.

The Economics Group at the University of Liverpool

The Economics Group produces world-leading applied and theoretical research. Find out more about our researchers  here .

Our Group publishes in world-leading journals and has built a strong international research network in Labour and Applied Economics, with our staff collaborating with leading universities and research institutes. In addition, the group contributes to the solution of significant policy issues with high impact. This includes advice on trade policy, monetary policy and industrial policy in collaboration with local government, and national and international institutions.

Our students participate intensively in our discussions, seminars and other events and the funding allows them to attend conferences or summer schools. We support our students extensively in preparing for the job market by providing extensive feedback on your research and presentations, organising workshops on skills, and by conducting mock interviews.

The Group at the Institute for Fiscal Studies

At  IFS , we specialise in the economic analysis of public policy, bridging the gap between purely academic research and issues of practical policy design or evaluation. It is our goal to build capacity in the social sciences in the UK more widely, and support and promote research that has a positive impact on society.

Working with the IFS will give PhD students the opportunity to broaden their research by accessing the opportunities available at the ESRC Institute at IFS. Students have the chance to attend a range of internal seminars and other events, work with IFS researchers and receive support from the senior academics based at IFS. They will have the chance to develop networks with academics and develop their understanding of the interaction between research and policy, which will stand them in good stead for their future careers.

Deadline: Monday 20 th  March, 5pm

Interview date: Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an interview shortly after the application deadline.

Academic Entry Requirements:

+3 Programme

For +3 studentships you should typically have a first class or 2:1 Master’s degree in Economics.

Personal Qualities:

These include the ability to work independently and a high degree of motivation necessary to complete a PhD in three years.

Method of Application:

Applicants must complete all sections of the University Postgraduate Study Application Form. Applications to be made via the University of Liverpool Apply Online , system, selecting programme of study Economics.

In the Finance section select funding source Sponsor and insert ‘PHD-ULMS-IFS-CASE ’ in the box below. Also include this as the first line of your Personal Statement . 

Alongside the completed application form and Personal Statement, applicants should submit the following supporting documents:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV)
• Two academic reference letters, signed and on letter headed paper
• University transcripts
• English Language qualifications

All applicants are expected to demonstrate that they have reached a minimum required standard of English language (IELTS 7.0 overall and a minimum of 6.5 in each component), and, where relevant, are required to provide evidence of this. Qualifications accepted by the University include GCSE English; GCE O level English; AS Level English; A Level English Language; IELTS; Cambridge Proficiency etc. Please refer to the full list  here . If you are unsure if your English qualification meets requirements then please check with the Research team before applying.

• Degree certificates
• Personal statement highlighting the direct relevance of your skills, expertise and experience to the topic, how this makes you ideally suited to undertaking the research specified, and what added value you will bring.

Incomplete and/or late applications will not be considered. Please ensure you submit all of the above documents with your application.

Short-listed candidates will be interviewed.

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Funding: Funding is available for a (+3) PhD - Payment of tuition fees - Maintenance Grant £17,668* *£17,668 for the 2022/23 academic year, and the level from the 2023/24 academic year will be determined by the UKRI. For further details please see:  View Website

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• Jonathan Cribb (IFS)

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• August 5, 2024

Discover Economics has been awarded funding by the Academy of Social Sciences and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) as part of their second round of grant funding to support EDI projects and initiatives.

Discover Economics is a Royal Economic Society campaign to increase diversity in economics. The campaign targets 15-17 year olds – young people who are making choices about what post-16 qualifications to take and what subjects to study at university.

Sam McLoughlin, Senior Campaign Manager for Discover Economics at RES, said: “Discover Economics is delighted to receive funding to deliver much needed outreach activities to young people in underrepresented locations with the aim of increasing diversity in economics.”

The funding was awarded to seven EDI projects, the British Academy of Management, the British Association for Applied Linguistics and UK Association for Language Testing and Assessment (joint bid), the British International Studies Association, the Development Studies Association, the Royal Economics Society’s Discover Economics programme, the Royal Statistical Society and the Society for the Advancement of Management Studies. Read more here .

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