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Funded PhD scholarship opportunities

Midlands Graduate School doctoral scholarships

The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded Midlands Graduate School (MGS) Doctoral Training Partnership brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of social science researchers. MGS is a collaboration between the University of Warwick, Aston University, University of Birmingham, University of Leicester, De Montfort University, Loughborough University, Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.

We offer you cross-institutional supervision, training, mentoring and career support to ensure that you produce high quality research and maximise your career potential. The Doctoral Training Partnership awards around 70 PhD ESRC studentships each year.

Through the partnership we aim to deliver excellence in all aspects of research supervision and training. We will assist you in acquiring the best supervision for your field of research, you will have access to a wide range of facilities and support networks across our campuses.

Research career opportunities

Studying with us will enable you to:

  • Access unique training and placements
  • Experience our outstanding track record in 'real world' research
  • Work with world-leading researchers
  • Work across disciplines
  • Benefit from our collaborative partnerships and professional networks
  • Developing novel research in health and humanities research.


Topic areas for research

De Montfort University has significant expertise in a range of topics:

  • Social aspects of reproduction and reproductive health
  • Mental health, parental mental illness, mental health literacy
  • Health and wellbeing and health inequalities
  • Public health
  • Disability and chronic illness
  • Role of the arts and humanities in fostering wellbeing, resilience and recovery
  • Higher education, skills transfer and employability
  • Technology in education
  • Wellbeing, inclusion and disability in education

If you wish to apply for MGS funding of a doctoral project, please contact mgs@dmu.ac.uk.

Applications for an October 2025 start have opened. The deadlines for those applications will be:

  • For the DMU application: 16 December 2024
  • For the MGS application: 21 January 2025

More information about MGS can be found on the Warwick University website.

Midlands4Cities DTP

The AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C) brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities doctoral researchers. M4C is a collaboration between the University of Birmingham, Birmingham City University, University of Warwick, Coventry University, University of Leicester, De Montfort University, Nottingham Trent University and The University of Nottingham.

Offering you cross-institutional supervision, training, mentoring and career support to ensure that you produce world-leading research and maximise your career potential. The Doctoral Training Partnership will award in the region of 110 PhD Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) studentships this year (87 open awards and 23 collaborative awards) .

Through the partnership we aim to deliver excellence in all aspects of research supervision and training. We will assist you in acquiring the best supervision for your field of research, you will have access to a wide range of facilities and support networks across our campuses.

 

 

Research career opportunities

Studying with us will enable you to:

  • Access unique training and placements
  • Experience our outstanding track record in 'real world' research
  • Work across disciplines
  • Access award-winning labs and specialist facilities
  • Benefit from our cultural partnerships with internationally recognised centres of excellence
  • Developing novel research in arts and humanities research.

De Montfort University welcomes applications from prospective research students looking to complete a PhD within the Arts and Humanities topics, eligible for funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC).

Deadline for applications DMU (22 November 2024), Midlands 4 Cities (13 January 2025).


  1. Our partners

    We work closely with an exciting range of regional, national and international partners to develop placements, specialist training and collaborative projects.

    M4C is committed to partnerships that drive cultural engagement and creative skills development in the Midlands region and beyond. Our partners:

    • Add crucial value to students' research projects
    • Help develop professional and employability skills
    • Provide unique opportunities for knowledge exchange.

    View a full list of our partners

  2. Studentships

    Midlands4Cities has two Studentship Competition Schemes for 2025: