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Research Studentships

Please see below for a list of PhD studentships currently available in the School of Natural and Built Environment. Successful applicants will normally commence their PhD on 1 October. Details of both funded and unfunded research projects may be found by searching Queen's University's PhD Opportunities. A list of funding organisations and further advice is also provided here. 

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Funding organisations and their PhD studentships

Studentship Further information Closing date

Northern Ireland Department for the Economy (DfE)*

All forms and guidance notes can be downloaded from the DTP website: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/department-economy-studentships

Applicants to apply to QUB by 20 January 2023 go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply

AHRC Northern Bridge Awards

Standard PhD/ Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA)*

AHRC Northern Bridge provides funding for projects orientated towards the humanities. For further details of this competition, please visit www.northernbridge.ac.uk/applyforastudentship/theopenstudentshipcompetition/

Collaborative Doctoral Awards
Supervisor-led projects will be available to view on the CDA page on or just after 30 November 2021. www.northernbridge.ac.uk/studentships/cda/

Applicants for both the Standard PhD and CDA routes should apply to QUB by 10 January 2023

go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply 

EPSRC* 

Guidance for applicants: www.ukri.org/councils/epsrc/guidance-for-applicants/ 

Applicants to apply to QUB by 16:00 on Friday 29 January 2021   go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply

ESRC NINE DTP Studentships* 

Full details on the Queen's University website

https://www.ninedtp.ac.uk/ 

Applicants to apply to QUB by 16:00 on 20 January 2023   go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply

The Bryden Centre

www.https://www.brydencentre.com/ 

Ongoing

QUADRAT NERC 

Up to 5 Awards available for supervisor-led projects.
www.quadrat.ac.uk/projects/ 

Applicants to apply directly to QUADRAT (not QUB) by 23.59 (UK Time) on 9 December 2022.
www.quadrat.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ 

QUB-China Scholarship Council (CSC) awards

Candidates must be citizens of the People's Republic of China at the time of application.

Up to 20 full PhD scholarships available for candidates starting their studies in the 2023-24 academic year.

Application deadline will be 24 January 2023.

Further information about 2023 competition

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission

A range of scholarships and fellowships are available for citizens of developed and developing Commonwealth countries. Details at https://cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships-filter-search/ 

Applications for the academic year 2023/24 will open in September 2022. 

* Studentships will be available for specified research projects for 2023/24 start. They will be advertised as they become available on FindaPhD (see above) and on the Queen's University database A-Z of Research Opportunities.

How to Search for Funding

High quality applications to QUB School of Natural and Built Environment have a good record of success in scholarship competitions.

You can search the A-Z of Research Opportunities for both funded and unfunded PhD Studentships at the School of Natural and Built Environment. 

Look for additional Postgraduate funding and scholarship opportunities available at Queen’s.

International students should visit the University's international postgraduate research scholarships webpage.

It is also worth visiting www.jobs.ac.uk/phd for possible sources of PhD funding.

Please note that there are differences between the PhD entry requirements and requirements for funding, which are often assessed separately. 

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