ESRC White Rose Social Sciences DTP (WR DTP) Scholarships

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

The ESRC's eligibility criteria are set out in the ESRC Postgraduate Funding Guide (ukri.org). You should read the ESRC guidance carefully before applying.

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 2023/4 entry) and the relevant PhD programme (for 2024/5 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 25 January 2023, 5pm GMT

Types of scholarship

• Awards on offer are:
  • 1+3 programme: an integrated Masters programme precedes the three-year PhD which will deliver the core social sciences research methods training requirements (eg MA Social Research)
  • +3 programme: funding for a three-year PhD (assumes that a student has already met the majority of the core social sciences research methods training requirements and that the PhD focus is largely on more advanced training)
• You can choose to be considered for a pathway award or an advanced quantitative methods award (AQM)
• The WR DTP is, in conjunction with the Stuart Hall Foundation, ring-fencing two of the Pathway awards for Black British students.
• Collaborative awards will be available if a successful proposal on behalf of the University is made to the ESRC WR DTP.

For both 1+3 and +3 awards, you must hold at least a UK Second Class Honours: Division One degree or equivalent. If you hold a lower undergraduate degree, you must also hold a Masters degree to be eligible to apply.

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.

Your application will require details of some of the following:

• Residential status
• Scholarship type
• Your proposed project
• Qualifications and awards
• Employment and experience
• Career aspirations and publications (if applicable)
• Events
• English language.

The academic department you have applied to will carry out an internal selection process and, if your scholarship application is successful, the department will formally nominate you to the ESRC WRDTP.

If your nomination is then successful at the WRDTP assessment stage, you will be sent a letter formally confirming the offer of the scholarship. The letter will set out the value and duration of the award and asks you to accept the terms of the scholarship.

Subject to ESRC eligibility criteria, the scholarships cover tuition fees and a grant (stipend) to help towards living expenses. In 2022/23, the basic stipend for an ESRC studentship was £17,668. All awards are available for study part time.

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).

Data protection

Any data we require will be held and used in accordance with UKRI terms and conditions of training grants (ukri.ac.uk).