The Department of Geography and the Scott Polar Research Institute are pleased to be active and successful participants in the:
- Arts and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership
- Economic and Social Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership
- Natural Environment Research Council Doctoral Training Partnership
All UK students are eligible to apply. Eligibility for Research Council funding has recently changed. Eligibility is no longer restricted to UK and EU students. UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) announced on 20 August 2020 that it will offer studentships (covering course fees up to Home rate and living costs) to UK, EU and overseas students. UKRI requires DTPs to cap the number of awards to international students at a maximum of 30%.
If you wish to be considered for a Research Council studentship, you should indicate this on your application form. Prior to making your application you are strongly advised to find a prospective supervisor and speak with them to guide you through writing your research proposal.
Physical Science students may either write your own research proposal with guidance from a prospective supervisor or you may apply for one of the advertised projects listed on the Geography’s Physical Science PhD topics webpage.
Cambridge ESRC DTP Interdisciplinary Studentship 2023: Influences on differential mortality in the 1918 Influenza pandemic
The University of Cambridge ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership [DTP] is pleased to offer an interdisciplinary studentship available for admission in October 2023.
The studenship is open as either a one-year masters followed by three-year doctoral programme or a three-year doctoral programme and will be co-supervised by Professor Alice Reid [Department of Geography] and Dr Andrew Conlan [Department of Veterinary Medicine].
DTP students will acquire a unique set of skills that will equip them for high-profile careers as leading social scientists, in academia or in other government, industrial, commercial and third sector organisations, either in the UK or elsewhere.
Full details are available here – ESRC DTP advert – IS 1918 influenza 17Nov22
Deadline 1st January 2023. See this page for how to apply for the PhD – https://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate/phd/
Cambridge ESRC DTP Knowledge Exchange Studentship 2023: How is technology reconfiguring what we understand by access to justice?
The University of Cambridge ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership [DTP], in collaboration with UK Ministry of Justice is pleased to offer a studentship available for admission in October 2023 in the Department of Geography.
The studentship is open as either a one-year masters followed by three-year doctoral programme or a three-year doctoral programme and will be co-supervised by Prof. Alex Jeffrey in the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, and Alexy Buck at the UK Ministry of Justice.
ESRC DTP students will acquire a unique set of skills that will equip them for high-profile careers as leading social scientists, in academia or in other government, industrial, commercial and third sector organisations, either in the UK or elsewhere.
Full details are available here – Knowledge Exchange Studentship (2023 admission) KES Jeffrey
Deadline 2nd January 2023. See this page for how to apply for the PhD – https://www.geog.cam.ac.uk/postgraduate/phd/
Other studentships
Posse Foundation scholarship
The University of Cambridge has become the first Higher Education institution outside of the USA to partner with the Posse Foundation, offering graduate studentships to young people from under-represented backgrounds.
One fully-funded studentship (fees and maintenance) is available for a Posse student accepted into a full-time MPhil programme in the Department of Geography.
Other funding opportunities
You may also find useful the University’s Funding Search website.