ESRC PhD scholarships at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine in Population Studies

ESRC-funded PhD scholarships are available in population studies at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, to start in autumn 2016. We welcome any topic from excellent candidates in the fields of demography or reproductive health, but also have a list of research projects proposed by current members of staff for students without their own research proposal. We are especially interested in students who would like to undertake their research using Advanced Quantitative Methods (AQM).

The closing date for initial applications is 15 January 2016.

Full ESRC awards (tuition fees + stipend) are available to UK residents; other EU nationals may receive awards which cover tuition fees only. However, all nationalities, including international students, are eligible for full awards (tuition + stipend) if they use Advanced Quantitative Methods (AQM).

Structures:

The +3 award provides funding for 3 years of PhD study, and is available to any student who already holds a suitable MSc.

The 1+3 award provides core research methods and core subject specific training through established Masters programmes: the MSc Demography & Health or the MSc Reproductive & Sexual Health Research. On successful completion of the relevant MSc, the student will then progress to 3 years of PhD funding.

The +4 award is suitable for applicants who have a Masters qualification that does not meet the requirements for a +3 studentship. It provides four years of funding to support full-time PhD study with a substantial research training component based around the taught modules from the designated MSc course and which leads to a Postgraduate Diploma.

2+3 or 1+3 awards, which include one year at the European Doctoral School of Demography: EDSD is an eleven-month program that is offered every year, with the goal to provide students in the first year of their doctoral studies with an appropriate high-level education in demography. Applicants with a suitable MSc can apply for a ‘1+3’ award, where the first year is spent at EDSD; applicants without a suitable MSc can apply for a ‘2+3’ award, where the first year is spent on MSc Demography & Health and the second at EDSD

Funding information

Funding applies to:

Open to applicants from a range of countries

Contacts and how to apply

Administrative contact and how to apply:

For further details, including the list of research projects, further details on AQM, and initial application form see:
http://www.lshtm.ac.uk/study/funding/esrcdtcdemographycluster2016_17.html

Application deadline:

15 January 2016