PhD Funding Opportunities
Funded PhD Opportunities in the School of Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast 2024-25
The School of Psychology at Queen’s University Belfast invites applications for the following fully funded PhD’s:
- Developing cost-effective and future-ready approaches to neurorehabilitation of stroke and functional neurological disorders. (DfE)
- Double disclosure? Investigating how disabled students in higher education navigate the university to employment pipeline (Funded in collaboration with Disability Action Northern Ireland, subject to final project approvals) (DfE CAST)
- Integrated education in post-Agreement Northern Ireland (DfE CAST)
Funding will also be available for at least two of the following projects:
- Beyond School Gates: Children’s contributions to community integration
- Communicating Truth: Consumption and transmission of polarised information amongst young people in a divided society
- Dark Personalities in Emergency Personnel.
- Developing Belief Network: Cross-cultural research on the development and diversity of religious cognition, beliefs and identities
- Developing cost-effective and future-ready approaches to neurorehabilitation of stroke and functional neurological disorders.
- Developing Trauma Informed Care principles for Health Professionals.
- Diabetes Counselling and Empowerment Training: Developing a Programme Theory and Exploring the Benefits for People Living with Diabetes.
- Domestic Abuse and Coercive Control: Understanding and Experiences in a Post-Bill Environment.
- Genetics of Spatial Ability.
- Identifying as “Other”: Disidentification with Traditional Identities in a Divided Society.
- Identifying psychological mechanisms which promote resilience post-trauma.
- Measuring effects of ageing on cortical activity during sensory integration and posture-cognitive multitasking using functional Near Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS).
- Multisensory integration in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): Investigating general vs task specific sensory processing deficits.
- Opting Out of Parenthood: Psychological Aspects of Childfreedom.
- Reducing ’flashbacks’ of paediatric trauma: Investigating the consolidation, reactivation, and reduction of intrusive traumatic memories in children.
- The mediating role of trauma appraisals following potentially traumatic life events.
- The social costs and benefits of heeding and rejecting advice.
- Training goalkeepers to improve performance in stopping penalties.
- Transgenerational Contact: Exploring how a Child’s Positive Intergroup Relationships Improves Parental Intergroup Attitudes and Behaviours.
- Two halves make a whole: Exploring the role of the families in caring for police officers with occupational related psychological distress.
- Walking in real-world environments for people living with Parkinson’s: Enhancing gait using movement analysis.
The full-time funded studentships are funded by the Northern Ireland Department for the Economy (DfE). Funded studentships may cover maintenance and fees for a maximum of three years, depending on residency status. For further details re eligibility criteria (including academic, citizenship and residency criteria) please click on the DfE Research Eligibility Guidance Notes: https://go.qub.ac.uk/dfeterms. In relation to the DfE CAST studentship, funding is subject to the studentship agreement/project approvals being fully executed,
The School welcomes applications from international students. Mobility allowances of up to £500 per year to cover travel expenses to Belfast will normally be available to successful candidates eligible for QUB international tuition fee rates. Note that international students do not normally meet the residency criteria set out for DfE funded studentships.
For a full description of these projects please visit the following link https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate-research/phd-opportunities/ and go to School of Psychology. Please note, additional projects from the list may be awarded funding in future rounds of allocation.
The deadline for the applications is 12 February 2024. (see How to Apply: http://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/PostgraduateStudy/How-to-apply/)
Applicants must have at least a 2.1 degree (or equivalent) in Psychology or a related subject.
The University welcomes and encourages applications from disabled people or those with long term conditions.
The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity. Prospective students with a disability or long term condition are encouraged to disclose as early as possible in the application and selection process by contacting admissions@qub.ac.uk. Upon disclosure the University will ensure appropriate reasonable adjustments and additional supports can be put in place for applicants. Reasonable adjustments and additional supports will be determined on an individual basis, in line with the course entry requirements to ensure selection standards are maintained.