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Find out about funding opportunities for students starting a PhD in psychology.

Research council studentships

Each year, we expect to be able to fund PhD students with funding from one or more of the research councils listed below:

• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council
• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
• Economic and Social Research Council
• Medical Research Council

Tuition fees are paid at the standard UK rate, and a stipend to cover living expenses is provided over three or four years at the research council's standard rate.

Students from outside the UK may also apply for a research council studentship, but they will need to demonstrate that they have funding to cover the difference in tuition fees.

White Rose ESRC DTP Open Competition Scolarship

The White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP), accredited by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), is a collaboration across the social sciences at the Universities of Sheffield, Bradford, Hull, Leeds, Manchester Metropolitan, Sheffield Hallam and York.

Subject to confirmation of ESRC funding, the following scholarships will be available for doctoral research students commencing their studies in October 2024.

WRDTP Pathway Awards (including the Interdisciplinary Research Awards and the WRDTP/Stuart Hall Foundation Awards for Black British students) WRDTP Advanced Quantitative Methods (AQM) Awards WRDTP Advanced Data Analytics (ADA) Awards

These awards are available on a +3.5, +3.75 or 1+3.5 basis, and can be held full-time or part-time. Further information about each of these award schemes can be found on the  WRDTP website , including assessment criteria which should be carefully consulted. Please direct queries to:  [email protected]

The deadline for PhD applications in the Department of Psychology is  Tuesday 9 January 2024 .  The final deadline for the scholarship application is 24 January 2024 at 17:00 (GMT) but please note that a PhD offer must be secured in advance of your scholarship submission.

University of Sheffield Research Scholarship

Applications are now open for the University of Sheffield scholarships. 

All faculties are accepting applications for the  University of Sheffield University of Sheffield Research Scholarships for Black or Black British (of African or Caribbean heritage), Asian or Asian British (of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian heritage) or multiple ethnic backgrounds including one of the ethnicity groups listed above. 

The University of Sheffield is committed to increasing opportunities in doctoral research for particular minoritised students who are currently under-represented in our postgraduate research student population.

For 2024 entry, the Faculty of Science are delighted to offer four   fully-funded University of Sheffield Research Scholarships for students who are UK National, classified as ‘Home’ for tuition fee purposes and identify as Black or Black British (of African or Caribbean heritage), Asian or Asian British (of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian heritage) or are of multiple ethnic backgrounds including one of the ethnicity groups listed above.

Candidates will be required to complete a  declaration form  and upload it to their application.

Candidates will be required to demonstrate that they meet the same eligibility criteria as for any other applicant to their chosen department.

Applicants to the Faculty of Science must ensure that they complete the additional 'Scholarship Application' section of the Postgraduate Online Application Form. The deadline is 5pm GMT on 24 January 2024 . Please note that a PhD place must be secured in advance of your scholarship submission.

Other scholarships from the University of Sheffield and external sources are available for new PhD students to help cover tuition fees and sometimes living expenses.

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General application process

• Make contact with a  potential supervisor or supervisors  to gain their support in the application.
• If you do not have funding, you can be considered for scholarship opportunities
• Self-funded students currently receive £600 pa for research costs, and the School Research Committee will contribute towards the costs of presenting your research at conferences.
• Your nominated supervisor(s) and Director of Postgraduate Research Studies assess your online application. The assessment process is likely to include an interview.
• If successful, you will receive an offer letter from the Faculty of Life Sciences. This is not an offer of a scholarship.
• If you applied for a scholarship - and are eligible - you will be included in the selection process along with other candidates. We will notify you of the outcome.

Previous scholarship opportunities

Looking for 'not' where there isn't one: development of counterfactual language in young children

Application Deadline: 28 th April 2022

Primary Supervisor: Dr Nina Kazanina

About the Project

Understanding how children develop understanding of complex language is important for the study of both typical and atypical development. We focus on a class of linguistic expressions such as "I wish John came yesterday" for which the surface form is misleading: whereas the sentence states "John came yesterday", the real meaning is "John did not come yesterday, which I regret”. One could describe such expressions as having a hidden negation in them, or counterfactual. The project explores when and how children learn which expressions have a hidden negation component and whether this process is influenced by their cognitive control and theory-of-mind development.

Please use the link provided on this page to apply online:  PhD Psychology | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol

When making your application, please indicate the supervisor name and the project title on the form. Ensure you provide all supporting documents as per the programme admissions statement.

An upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent) in psychology or a related discipline is required for entry to this programme. English language requirements: please refer to the entry requirements as detailed on the postgraduate prospectus.

Funding Notes

This studentship is funded by the University of Bristol Studentship scheme

To be eligible to apply, you must be an international (non-UK) student

The studentship is for 4 years

Tuition and bench fees are included

The studentship includes a stipend of £15,609 per year to support living costs

Kazanina, N., Baker, S., & Seddon, H. (2020). Actuality bias in verb learning: The case of sublexically modal transfer verbs. Linguistics, 58(5), 1413-1446.

Rouvoli, L., Tsakali, V., & Kazanina, N. (2019). If they had been more transparent, the child would have discovered them more easily: How counterfactuals develop. In Proceedings of the 43rd Boston University Conference on Language Development, ed. Megan M. Brown and Brady Dailey (Vol. 549, p. 560).

Be still, my churning stomach: Exploring supplement interventions on the gut-brain axis to help NHS workers overcome daily disgust

Supervisor: Dr Edwin Dalmaijer

Disgust is a potent emotion that cleaners, nurses, and many others face every day. While disgust typically does not habituate (or only very limitedly), recent work suggests it can be overcome by a combination of disgust exposure and a drug that normalises gastric rhythm. This project will investigate the physiological response of stomach and brain using electrogastrography and electroencephalography while participants experience disgust on and off this drug. It will then test whether brief courses of domperidone (dopamine antagonist), tryptophan (serotonin precursor), or ginger (serotonin agonist) can inspire long-term disgust reductions for NHS staff.

This project offers hands-on experience with eye tracking, physiological recordings of the brain and the gut, psychopharmacology, and translation of basic science into a societally relevant application. The ideal candidate has an affinity for cognitive and affective science, interoception, and gut-brain interactions. Experience with programming (particularly in Python) is a plus, but not a requirement.

An upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent) in psychology or a related discipline is required for entry to this programme. For English language requirements, please refer to the entry requirements as detailed on the postgraduate prospectus.

'- Dalmaijer, E.S., Lee, A., Leiter, R., Brown, Z., & Armstrong, T. (2021). Forever yuck: Oculomotor avoidance of disgusting stimuli resists habituation. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 150(8), p. 1598–1611. https://doi.org/10.1037/xge0001006

- Nord*, C.L., Dalmaijer*, E.S., Armstrong, T., Baker, K., & Dalgleish, T. (2021). A causal role for gastric rhythm in human disgust avoidance. Current Biology, 31(3), p. 629-634. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2020.10.087

Developing a smartphone-based tool to assess and provide personalised normative feedback on portion size – the key to successful clinical intervention for the treatment of obesity?

Application Deadline: 28th April 2022

Primary Supervisor: Dr Dani Ferriday

A longstanding technical problem in human dietary research has been assessing amount of food consumed. Laboratory measured portion size is highly accurate but cannot be applied on a population basis and lacks ecological validity. By contrast, self-report diet diaries can be applied across a population but it is difficult to extract precise portion size estimates. This PhD project will validate a smartphone-based portion size assessment tool with a novel 'live feedback' feature (participants will be informed how their portion compares with population norms). This project will be supervised by Dr Dani Ferriday with co-supervision from Dr Laura Johnson, Professor Julian Hamilton-Shield (second supervisor), and Professor Jeff Brunstrom. Dr Laura Johnson (Director of Research at NatCen Social Research) will host a three-month placement to analyse population normative data in the National Diet and Nutrition Survey dataset. Professor Julian Hamilton Shield (second supervisor) will provide access to the Care of Childhood Obesity Clinic in Bristol to trial the tool in a clinical context. Professor Jeff Brunstrom has technical expertise in programming and the development of online psychophysical tools.

Goal maintenance and inhibition in atypical development

Primary Supervisor: Prof Christopher Jarrold

Controlled behaviour requires us to maintain our goals in mind while inhibiting inappropriate actions prompted by the environment. These ‘executive functions’ are widely studied in human psychology and child development, and may develop atypically in a number of conditions such as autism and Down syndrome. However, few studies manipulate goal maintenance and inhibitory demands within a single task, raising concerns about the reliability of previous work in this area . In this project you will develop novel ways of measuring executive function that systematically combine maintenance and inhibitory demands and that can be applied to a range of developmental conditions.

Keywords: Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology

Please use the link provided on this page to apply online:   PhD Psychology | Study at Bristol | University of Bristol

Jarrold, C., Wang, T., & Li, K. (2021). A novel approach to measuring the developmental interactions between working memory and inhibitory control in young cChildren. PsychArchives. https://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.4588

Smith, E., Hedge, C., & Jarrold, C. (2019). A novel framework to measure executive function in Down Syndrome with applications for early clinical diagnosis of dementia. American Journal on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 124, 354-373. doi:10.1352/1944-7558-124.4.354

How does becoming a new parent affect our wellbeing?

Primary Supervisor: Prof Claire Haworth

Little is understood about how parenthood impacts positive aspects of our wellbeing, such as life satisfaction and meaning in life. This project will explore 1) how parenting perturbs our basic psychological needs of competence, relatedness and autonomy; 2) how parenting may have different impacts on hedonic versus eudaimonic aspects of our wellbeing; and 3) how genetic and environmental predictors can be used to explore resilience to the transition to parenthood. The project will use data on 1000s of young adults available in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, with the opportunity for further data collection in other samples.

Keywords: Health Psychology, Mental Health and Wellbeing

Nelson, S. K., Kushlev, K., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2014). The pains and pleasures of parenting: When, why, and how is parenthood associated with more or less well-being? Psychological Bulletin, 140, 846-895.

Technology, Democracy, and Cognition

Primary Supervisor: Prof Stephan Lewandowsky

Democracy is at risk around the world. The reasons for this decline are complex, but the role of misinformation, spread via social media, cannot be ignored. Social media has been linked to increasing polarization and other outcomes that are detrimental to democracy, but it has also been heralded as “liberation technology”. This paradox—that the internet is both saviour and executioner of democracy—can be understood by through the lens of cognitive science and analyzing the pressure points between human cognition and online technology. This project involves a systematic exploration of those pressure points.

Kozyreva, A.; Lewandowsky, S. & Hertwig, R.

Citizens Versus the Internet: Confronting Digital Challenges With Cognitive Tools

Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 2020, 21, 103-156

Lewandowsky, S. & Pomerantsev, P.

Technology and democracy: a paradox wrapped in a contradiction inside an irony

Memory, Mind & Media, 2022, 1

The company one keeps: Understanding social context effects in 'other-race' face recognition

Primary Supervisor: Dr Susanne Quadflieg

The so-called ‘other-race’ effect in face perception is one of the best replicated phenomena in psychology. Though well known to generalize across populations and research paradigms, little is known about the effect’s real-world prevalence and context-dependency. It remains particularly unclear how getting to know strangers in social situations (e.g., accompanied by same-race or cross-race friends) modulates our ability to remember their faces. Drawing on contemporary models of motivated perception and relational impression formation, the current project therefore aims to scrutinize how recognizing others depends on the social circumstances of our first encounter with them. The project will rely on experimental techniques from behavioural science in order to clarify how social context can benefit (or hinder) facial recognition. It may, for example, involve quantitative studies that expose adult perceivers to different types of relationship photographs as commonly found on social media platforms (e.g., on Instagram) in order to investigate how viewers’ memories for other people’s faces depends on the photographs’ racial diversity. The project is ideal for a person who is interested in receiving advanced training in experimental and social psychology. The successful applicant will be based at the School of Psychological Science at the University of Bristol and train under the primary supervision of Dr. Susanne Quadflieg.

Keywords: Social Psychology, Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Psychology

The neural substrates of executive function development during the first 2.5 years of life

Primary Supervisor: Dr Karla Holmboe

Executive functions are a set of core cognitive skills that allow us to control our behaviour and make adaptive decisions in everyday life. Given the importance of such skills, it is perhaps not surprising that executive functions in early childhood are key predictors of children’s academic success and socio-emotional wellbeing. In the past, executive functions were considered too complex to be meaningful and measurable in infancy and toddlerhood. However, recent work from my lab has demonstrated that with appropriate tasks we can in fact measure executive functions much earlier than previously thought. In this fully funded PhD, you will use a neuroimaging method called functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) to investigate the neural substrates of executive functions as they emerge during infancy and toddlerhood. You will have the opportunity to work closely with Dr. Holmboe and her team on a new longitudinal study of 200 infants who will be assessed across four time points using a full battery of executive function tasks alongside eye-tracking and neuroimaging measures. Full training in running fNIRS test sessions with infants and in analysing fNIRS data will be provided. If you are interested in applying for this studentship, please contact Dr. Karla Holmboe at [email protected]

Impact of maternal and paternal mental health on infant executive function development

Maternal depression has a major negative influence on children’s cognitive and emotional development. However, due to limited research in infancy, it is still unclear how and when such impacts emerge and whether they are specific to maternal mental health. Furthermore, previous research has looked extensively at associations with child temperament and later socio-emotional and cognitive outcomes (Fiske et al., 2021; Rigato et al., 2020; Kingston & Tough, 2014), however, relatively little is known about how parental mental health impacts cognitive development during the first 2 years of life. This collaborative project will investigate the impact of parental mental health (anxiety and depression) on infant executive functions, a set of key regulatory skills which include inhibitory control, working memory and cognitive flexibility. The early development of these skills is key because executive functions have been shown to be predictive of later academic, social and health outcomes. The project will be jointly supervised by Dr. Karla Holmboe at the University of Bristol and Prof. Ron Rapee at Macquarie University in Sydney, and the student will spend 2 years at each university. Dr. Holmboe specialises in early executive function development and Prof. Rapee specialises in childhood mental health. If you are interested in applying for this position, please in the first instance contact Dr. Holmboe at [email protected].

UoB supervisor: Dr Karla Holmboe ( [email protected] )

MQU supervisor: Professor Ron Rapee ( [email protected] )

Please note that this PhD studentship is fully funded for home fees and stipend at UKRI rate

When making your application, please use the programme title Psychology (PhD) (Macquarie), indicate the supervisor name and the project title on the form. Ensure you provide all supporting documents as per the programme admissions statement.

Application deadline 29th April 2022.

When spelling goes wrong, what does the way we fix it tell us: Exploring the architecture of spelling through interventions

In English words, relationships between letters and sounds are not always regular (e.g., yacht). Even so, knowledge of regular relationships between letters and sounds can influence how successfully people learn to spell “irregular words” – in other words, sub-lexical knowledge can influence orthographic (written) and phonological (spoken) lexical knowledge. The precision and quality of lexical knowledge is also influenced by the way it is taught (for example, writing a word or sounding it out to create a ‘spelling pronunciation’ can lead to better orthographic learning than just seeing and hearing a word). We are interested in exploring what happens to lexical knowledge when people are exposed to competing orthographic and phonological lexical representations and/or competing phoneme-to-grapheme conversions (e.g., when there are two possible spellings for a sound in English, or when bilingual speakers learn competing phoneme-to-grapheme conversions), and what this might tell us about the architecture of our reading and spelling system. This project will investigate interventions with typical and atypical children (and adults) to examine how we acquire and integrate lexical and non-lexical orthographic representations and processes. The funding will enable the student to spend the first two years of the project at the University of Bristol and years 3 and 4 at Macquarie University. If you are interested in applying for this position, please in the first instance contact Dr Polly Barr ([email protected]).

UoB supervisors: Dr Polly Barr ( [email protected] ) & Professor Markus Damian ( [email protected] )

MQ supervisors: Dr Saskia Kohnen ( [email protected] ) & Dr Danielle Colenbrander ( [email protected] )

Application deadline 29th April 2022

Cognitive control of behaviour in neurodivergent populations

This project will apply new experimental methods to the study of cognitive control of behaviour among children with one or more neurodevelopmental conditions. A better understanding of the profile of strengths and weaknesses in this area will inform ways of supporting individuals’ ability to inhibit inappropriate actions and to act in line with their internal goals. Both Prof. Jarrold (University of Bristol) and Assoc. Prof. Porter (Macquarie University, Sydney) have experience of working with neurodivergent populations including autism, Down syndrome, and Williams syndrome. In this project you will benefit from their collective experience but also shape the precise research questions being asked. The funding will enable the student to spend the first two years of the project at the University of Bristol and years 3 and 4 at Macquarie University.

UoB supervisor: Professor Chris Jarrold ( [email protected] )

MQ supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Melanie Porter ( [email protected] )

Decolonising the Psychology Research Methods Curriculum: Cotutelle PhD Studentship (University of Bristol, UK, and Macquarie University, Australia)

This PhD studentship will explore, develop, and test strategies for approaching decolonisation in the psychology research methods curriculum. It will provide four years’ funding (tuition fees plus stipend) for a home (UK), EU or international student to design, undertake and disseminate a programme of research that will have impact on psychology research methods pedagogy in the UK and internationally. Members of historically under-represented, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically diverse populations are strongly encouraged to apply. The successful candidate will spend the first half of their studentship at the University of Bristol (UK), and the second half at Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia). 

The successful candidate will have:

- A first or strong upper second-class honours degree (or international equivalent) in psychology or a related discipline.

- A demonstrated interest in at least one of the following: (a) decolonisation in higher education; (b) psychology research methods pedagogy; (c) programming web applications.

- Extensive knowledge of psychological research methods.

- Strong computational skills, ideally with some experience of programming.

This studentship presents an excellent opportunity to make a meaningful positive contribution to the future of psychology education, whilst simultaneously developing a broad range of research skills. Given the subject matter of the studentship, it is also anticipated that the successful candidate will become involved in a range of teaching and learning activities at both institutions and have a strong commitment to building international collaborations and networks.

In your one-page personal statement, in addition to demonstrating how you are ready to study at a doctoral level, please ensure that you clearly describe and illustrate the knowledge, skills, experiences and personal characteristics that make you a good fit for this specific studentship. In your 250-word research statement please sketch out a programme of research that would address the aims of this project, as outlined above. However, please understand that the actual nature of the project will be shaped in consultation with the project supervisors and other stakeholders during the early months of the studentship.

The deadline for applications is 20 May 2022. Shortlisting will take place in the final week of May, followed shortly thereafter by interviews (which will be conducted online). It is anticipated that the successful candidate will begin their studentship in Bristol in September 2022.

Apply online at: https://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/2022/life-sciences/phd-psychology-/

When making your application, use the programme title Psychology (PhD) (Macquarie), indicate Dr Peter Allen as supervisor and include the project title on the form. Please ensure you supply all supporting documents to your application as specified in the admissions statement.

For any queries, please contact Dr Peter Allen at [email protected]

Supervisors :

Primary: Prof Stephan Lewandowsky

Secondary: Prof Adam Finn, Dr Emma Anderson, Dr Harriet Fisher

You have the opportunity to

• complete a PhD at an internationally renowned research university
• take part in a contemporary project with high practical relevance
• work in a large collaborative team dedicated to top-tier research and fostering a positive atmosphere
• partake in career development, including mentoring, feedback, and (international) conferences
• develop broad skills through professional engagement and teaching experience

Full Project Detail:

The project is called JITSUVAX. It is funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 programme and addresses vaccine hesitancy—the delay or refusal of vaccination without medical indication. Hesitancy has been cited as a serious threat to global health by the World Health Organization (WHO), identifying misinformation on the internet as a contributing factor. JITSUVAX leverages those insights to turn toxic misinformation into a potential asset based on two premises: 1. The best way to acquire knowledge and to combat misperceptions is by employing misinformation as a teaching tool, 2. HCPs (health care professionals) form the critical link between vaccination policies and vaccine uptake.

The principal objective of JITSUVAX is to leverage misinformation about vaccinations into an opportunity by training HCPs to neutralize misinformation among HCPs and enabling them to communicate more effectively with patients. The findings from JITSUVAX will be disseminated with the aid of collaborators within WHO and UNICEF to leverage new knowledge for global impact.

The PhD student will be based in Bristol and will conduct laboratory research locally or online. The research will involve a mix of quantitative and qualitative behavioural methods. The project involves additional nodes in Cambridge, France, Finland, Germany, and Portugal with the PhD student potentially spending time at other nodes as the project requires.

Find out more:  https://sks.to/c19vax  &  h ttps://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2021/february/vaccine-hesitancy.html

Entry requirements:  Applicants need a first or upper second-class honours degree (or equivalent) in Psychology or related discipline (e.g., cognitive science).

Funding information: The studentship provides a stipend at the standard rate (approximately £15,000 per annum) for the duration of the studentship (3 years) plus tuition fees at the UK rate.

Contact details for informal enquiries:  [email protected]

How to apply:   http://www.bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/apply/ .

About the Project:  A 3 x year fully funded (stipend and fees) EPSRC PhD studentship for UK/EU students (Conditions may apply to non-UK students) in the area of Relationship Science.

In contemporary societies such as the UK, young adults increasingly report feelings of social isolation, with feelings particularly high in ardent social media users. The current project therefore aims to adopt an experimental approach to scrutinize the psychological impact of social media use. Drawing on contemporary models of social impression formation and attachment theory, in particular, it aims to investigate how high (vs. low) exposure to overly positive relationship displays as common on social media affects young adults’ own relationship ideals, satisfaction, and investment.

The project will use behavioural science experimental techniques to clarify how social media can benefit (or hinder) close relationship formation and maintenance. For more details, please discuss with the project lead.

Background:  The studentship is based in the lab of Dr Susanne Quadflieg, in collaboration with Dr Angela Rowe, based at the School of Psychological Science at the University of Bristol, UK. In the 2014 REF, it was one of the UK's top ten universities for its research in psychology, psychiatry, and neuroscience. The supervisory team has an international reputation for their work in social psychology.

The person:  The project is ideal for a person who is interested in receiving advanced training in experimental and social psychology. The person would ideally have an undergraduate or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline (Psychology or Computer Science). Due to the interdisciplinary nature of this work, applicants with a different scientific background but a strong interest in the topic will also be considered. Prior experience with statistical computing software (e.g., SPSS, R), behavioural presentation software (e.g., PsychoPy), and/or image processing software (e.g., Adobe Photoshop) would be desirable.

Further details and contact:  Standard EPSRC eligibility rules apply. The post will ideally start in July 2021, but is flexible. This advert will remain open until a suitable candidate is recruited with shortlisting at the end of each month. For informal enquires about this post email:  [email protected]

Funding Notes:  Please make an online application for this project at  http://www.bris.ac.uk/pg-howtoapply . Please select < PhD Experimental Psychology>  on the Programme Choice page. You will be prompted to enter details of this EPSRC-studentship in the Funding and Research Details sections of the form. Please ensure that in this section you write “I would like to be considered for the EPSRC funding award in the School of Psychological Science” and specify the name of the supervisor: Susanne Quadflieg.

Microsoft Funded PhD: Using AI to develop joint attention in blind children

Application information : We are seeking a person with an interest in employing human-computer interaction methodologies to evaluate new AI technologies and their impact on children over time. The ideal person would have an undergraduate or Master’s degree in a relevant discipline such as Computer Science, Psychology or Social Science and would be interested in both quantitative and qualitative methods. Strong background in design and evaluation, experience working with children, disability, or minority population as well as demonstrated capability for research (e.g. through publication) are particularly desirable.

Funding : The post must start by September/October 2020 and will be funded over 4 years. The award covers an enhanced EPSRC stipend, home-based student fees and a substantial budget for consumables, travel and subsistence. The person will also have an opportunity to intern at Microsoft Research.

Eligibility:  Standard EPSRC eligibility rules apply: Normally, to be eligible for a full award a student must have no restrictions on how long they can stay in the UK and have been ordinarily resident in the UK for at least 3 years prior to the start of the studentship (with some further constraint regarding residence for education). There is limited flexibility of universities to include EU students and international.  

Applicants are encouraged to contact us as soon as possible. For further details or to discuss this contact  Dr Oussama Metatla  including a full CV and any relevant details.

  The Chinese Scholarship Council-University of Bristol Joint Scholarship Scheme

Forty (40) fully-funded PhD scholarships for up to 48 months of research at the University of Bristol.

Eligibility: Chinese students already studying in the UK (or other countries). Chinese students attending their home universities.

Candidates  apply directly to Bristol  

Deadline : Midday (UK time) on 25 January 2021.

University of Bristol Alumni Scholarship Scheme

A  10% discount on postgraduate tuition fees  for University of Bristol graduates.

Students must start the programme within 10 years of graduation and be progressing from the final year of an undergraduate programme or taught masters programme. Eligible programmes include PhD and MSc by Research.

A University of Bristol-Macquarie University Cotutelle PhD Scholarship Programme

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Bristol

Area: Optimised acquisition and coding for future immersive formats Funder: EPSRC/BBC R&D iCASE award: Supervisor: Professor David Bull, Professor Iain Gilchrist Funding: EPSRC iCASE award with BBC Research and Development

For further information about this studentship, please contact:

[email protected]

Trust, identity, privacy and security in large-scale infrastructures (TIPS-at-scale)

Computational Statistics and Data Science – COMPASS

Fully funded PhD studentships in Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Fully funded PhD studentship in Digital Health and Social Care

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We regularly receive funding for PhD projects from research councils (ESRC, MRC, BBSRC), charities, the EU, and private companies. Funding normally covers research costs and tuition fees, and provides a maintenance grant for living expenses.  Some PhD projects already have specific funding allocated to them (e.g., from a grant). In other cases, supervisors do not have pre-arranged funding - these students can enter the departmental studentship competition.

If you have any questions about any of the funding or procedures please contact  [email protected]

PhD funding available (beginning September 2024) 

Departmental studentships.

Departmental studentships cover home fees and provide a stipend of about for three years starting in September 2024.  The studentships are open to all UK (home) students.  Recipients of these awards will be encouraged to complete 100 hours of teaching (tutorials, demonstrating in practicals, marking) each year in return for the studentship.

Applying for departmental studentships

Submit your  online application  before the deadline of  12 January 2024 . Initial interviews will be completed before 19 January 2024. Individuals with the strongest academic record, interview performance, relevant work experience, endorsement from their potential supervisor and summary research proposal (in terms of rigour and clarity) will be shortlisted and invited for a second interview on 7 or 8 February 2024.  We expect that successful candidates will be offered these awards by mid-March 2024. 

Before submitting your departmental studentship application

We select applicants whose interests fit closely with those of our staff, so research students can benefit from expert supervision. We cannot offer places to individuals who wish to work outside the areas of research expertise within the department. Postgraduate researchers join a research team composed of one or two faculty, postdoctoral scientists and other graduate students working on related topics. 

Before applying please look at the  research  and  staff webpages  and make contact with individuals who share your research interests and may be able to offer you supervision. Early contact with potential supervisors is critical, so that the supervisor can provide guidance and input into the research proposal, which forms a critical part of your application.

White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership ESRC studentships

In addition to submitting an application for departmental funding, you may be eligible to submit an application to the  WRDTP ESRC scheme , specifically the Advanced Quantitative Methods award. Please speak to your potential supervisor about your eligibility, and if eligible work with your supervisor to produce an application. 

University funding for international applicants

Further information on funding for international students is available from the  International Office .

Opportunities for self-funding students

Funding is very competitive, so if you are not successful in obtaining a full studentship and decide to join us on a full or partial self-funding basis there are a number of ways in which you can aid your financial situation and gain valuable experience on the way.

Graduate teaching positions

Each semester our PostGraduates Who Teach (PGWT) coordinator matches PhD students who want to teach with teaching jobs in the department.  The teaching roles available will vary, but may include leading tutorials with small groups of undergraduates, demonstrating in undergraduate practical classes and marking and providing feedback on undergraduate work.  All teaching work is paid at around £15 per hour + holiday pay. 

College life advisor positions

For postgraduates who have a keen interest in student welfare there are opportunities to become college life advisors. College life advisors are a vital part of the team, responsible for the welfare of undergraduates.  This role usually requires 15 hours of your time each week and you are expected to live in the college (where accommodation is provided at reduced cost).

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The University of Edinburgh has one of the top-ranked Psychology departments in the UK for research.

Psychology at Edinburgh brings together world-class researchers approaching the scientific study of mind and behaviour through a range of topics - from language development to dementia, personality to paranormal beliefs. The department benefits from a vibrant postgraduate community and strong interdisciplinary links with colleagues in medicine, informatics, linguistics, biology and public health.

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• Entry year 2024
• Duration Full time 3 - 4 years, Part time 4 - 7 years

A PhD consists of an extensive and coherent research programme, typically involving three to four years of full-time study. We welcome proposals for PhD research that offer programmatic ideas connected with staff research projects and interests. We think of PhDs as student-led yet collaborative research projects.

We provide extensive support and training to ensure that PhD students are well equipped to make their work productive, effective and influential, ultimately leading to a successful and timely submission of a PhD thesis.

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Find a PhD Supervisor

To begin to develop your PhD proposal, you need to find an academic whose research interests match your own. Our research is divided into four themes. Each theme is led by a team of research-active staff, at the forefront of their fields.

How do babies develop an understanding of the world around them?

Our expertise focuses on language at multiple levels from phonemes to literacy, and cognition from behavioural regulation to embodied cognition, and beyond.

Investigating human interactions with the world via sensory and motor processes.

We use a range of quantitative and qualitative methodologies to study the social and cognitive processes that shape human actions and evaluations of others.

Entry requirements

Academic requirements.

2:1 Hons degree (UK or equivalent) in Psychology or related cognate subject.

We may also consider non-standard applicants, please contact us for information.

If you have studied outside of the UK, we would advise you to check our list of international qualifications before submitting your application.

Additional Requirements

As part of your application you will need to provide a viable research proposal.

English Language Requirements

We may ask you to provide a recognised English language qualification, dependent upon your nationality and where you have studied previously.

We normally require an IELTS (Academic) Test with an overall score of at least 7.0, and a minimum of 6.0 in each element of the test. We also consider other English language qualifications .

If your score is below our requirements, you may be eligible for one of our pre-sessional English language programmes .

Contact: Admissions Team +44 (0) 1524 592032 or email [email protected]

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General fees and funding information

There may be extra costs related to your course for items such as books, stationery, printing, photocopying, binding and general subsistence on trips and visits. Following graduation, you may need to pay a subscription to a professional body for some chosen careers.

Specific additional costs for studying at Lancaster are listed below.

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For students starting in 2023 and 2024, the fee is £40 for undergraduates and research students and £15 for students on one-year courses. Fees for students starting in 2025 have not yet been set.

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To support your studies, you will also require access to a computer, along with reliable internet access. You will be able to access a range of software and services from a Windows, Mac, Chromebook or Linux device. For certain degree programmes, you may need a specific device, or we may provide you with a laptop and appropriate software - details of which will be available on relevant programme pages. A dedicated  IT support helpdesk  is available in the event of any problems.

The University provides limited financial support to assist students who do not have the required IT equipment or broadband support in place.

For most taught postgraduate applications there is a non-refundable application fee of £40. We cannot consider applications until this fee has been paid, as advised on our online secure payment system. There is no application fee for postgraduate research applications.

For some of our courses you will need to pay a deposit to accept your offer and secure your place. We will let you know in your offer letter if a deposit is required and you will be given a deadline date when this is due to be paid.

The fee that you pay will depend on whether you are considered to be a home or international student. Read more about how we assign your  fee status .

If you are studying on a programme of more than one year’s duration, the tuition fees for subsequent years of your programme are likely to increase each year. Read more about  fees in subsequent years .

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You may be eligible for the following funding opportunities, depending on your fee status and course. You will be automatically considered for our main scholarships and bursaries when you apply, so there's nothing extra that you need to do.

Unfortunately no scholarships and bursaries match your selection, but there are more listed on scholarships and bursaries page.

If you're considering postgraduate research you should look at our funded PhD opportunities .

We also have other, more specialised scholarships and bursaries - such as those for students from specific countries.

Browse Lancaster University's scholarships and bursaries .

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Funding Opportunities

Each year, the Department offers several PhD studentships, as well as opportunities to support applications for studentships via the ESRC’s North West Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP).

Studentships typically provide funding for 3 or 3.5 years and cover fees, a maintenance stipend and access to a Research Training and Support Grant. Additionally, all new PhD students receive a laptop with a monitor and workstation.

Some studentships cover fees for applicants with a ‘Home’ fee status only, while other studentships cover fees for applicants with a ‘Home’ or an ‘International’ fee status.

More information on how the University determines an applicants’ fee status can be found on our Fee Status pages.

The Department supports applications for studentships via the Economic and Social Research Council’s North West Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP), which include standard studentships and CASE studentships (for collaboration with a non-higher education partner). NWSSDTP studentships are open to both applicants with a ‘Home’ fees or an ‘International’ fee status. However, across the DTP, no more than 30% of studentships can be allocated to applicants with an ‘International’ fee status. Within the NWSSDTP, applicants can apply for funding for a master degree in combination with doctoral studies (1+3) or for funding to support their doctoral studies (+3). The NWSSDTP currently supports several studentships ring-fenced for students from a Global Majority background. The ESRC has also awarded the NWSSDTP a number of ‘steered’ studentships in the ‘priority areas’ of advanced quantitative methods, longitudinal studies (using ESRC datasets) and interdisciplinary work. Please visit our ‘Current Opportunities’ for information on how to apply via our Department.

The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University regularly has a studentship funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council available. This usually is a studentship for PhD funding (+3). It provides full tuition fees, a maintenance stipend (at the general UKRI rate) and access to a research training support grant. These studentships are open to both applicants with a ‘Home’ fee or an ‘International’ fee status. However, across the DTP, no more than 30% of studentships can be allocated to applicants with an ‘International’ fee status. As a department, we particularly encourage applications to work with early career staff. This year these include: Dr Amy Atkinson, Dr Marina Bazhydai, Dr Jaime Benjamin, Dr Mark Hurlstone, Dr Heather Shaw, Dr Hannah Stewart, Dr L-J Stokes, Dr Lydia Speyer, and Dr David Neequaye. Applications to work with these members of staff are weighted preferentially at the short-listing stage for this studentship. Please see under ‘Current Opportunities’ for information on the application process

The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University usually has one or more studentships funded by the Faculty of Science and Technology available. The award is for PhD funding (+3) and provides tuition fees at the ‘Home/UK’ rate, a maintenance stipend in accordance with UKRI rates, and access to a grant towards research training support. Applicants with an ‘International’ fee status must fund the difference between Home/UK and International fees themselves, if successful. As a department, we particularly encourage applications to work with early career staff. This year these include: Dr Amy Atkinson, Dr Jaime Benjamin, Dr Mark Hurlstone, Dr David Neequaye, Dr Heather Shaw, Dr Lydia Speyer, Dr Hannah Stewart, and Dr L-J Stokes. Applications to work with these members of staff are weighted preferentially at the short-listing stage for this studentship. Please see under ‘Current Opportunities’ for information on the application process.

Lancaster University-China Scholarship Council Joint Scholarship

The Department of Psychology is happy to support applications to the Lancaster University-China Scholarship Council Joint Scholarship . If you would like to apply via the Department of Psychology, please contact [email protected] for information on the application process.

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We are delighted to announce that up to four Departmental PhD Fellowships will be available for students wishing to start a PhD in October 2024. International students are welcome to apply. Two of these fellowships are specifically for projects supervised by Dr Mikhail Spektor and 

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We are delighted to announce that up to four Departmental PhD Fellowships will be available for students wishing to start a PhD in October 2024. These Fellowships pay tuition fees at the ‘Home’ (UK) rate of £4,853** for 2024/25 (part-time £2,911.80*) and a maintenance gran

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This fund is made possible by a generous donation from the alumni couple, Bill and Claire Acker. Students accepted onto an MSc or MA postgraduate programme delivered by the Department of Psychological Sciences will be eligible to apply for this bursary. Those who have completed an u

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We require applicants to hold, or be about to obtain, an Upper Second class Honours degree, or the equivalent qualification gained outside the UK, in a related subject area for entry to a PhD programme. A Lower Second class Honours degree may be considered if applicants also hold a Master's degree with a Merit classification.

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For potential projects please get in touch with the division Senior Tutor to discuss.

See full guidance on how to choose a project and submit an application on our website . You should then complete the online admissions application form to apply for this programme. Ensure you include all required supporting documents at the time of submission, or this may delay the processing of your application.

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You must submit your application for a postgraduate research programme before the relevant deadline to be considered. You will not be able to apply after these deadlines have passed.

• January entry: 15 October (of the year prior entry)
• April entry: 15 January (year of entry)
• September entry: 15 June (year of entry)

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• Learn from some of Europe's leading researchers while undertaking your own project.
• Access some of the best research facilities in the world at both the University and in hospitals around Greater Manchester.
• Undergo training in transferable skills critical to developing early-stage researchers and professionals through the Doctoral Academy's training programme.
• Conduct research at a university ranked 6th in the UK (QS World University Rankings 2023).

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2024, the tuition fees are as follows:

• PhD (full-time) UK students (per annum): Standard £4,786, Low £11,000, Medium £17,500, High £23,000 International, including EU, students (per annum): Standard £27,000, Low £28,500, Medium £34,500, High £40,500
• PhD (part-time) UK students (per annum): Standard £2393, Low £5,500, Medium £8,750, High £11,500 International, including EU, students (per annum): Standard £13,500, Low £14,250, Medium £17,250, High £20,250
• PhD (full-time distance learning) UK students (per annum): Standard £4,786, Low £11,000, Medium £17,500, High £23,000 International, including EU, students (per annum): Standard £27,000, Low £28,500, Medium £34,500, High £40,500
• PhD (part-time distance learning) UK students (per annum): Standard £2393, Low £5,500, Medium £8,750, High £11,500 International, including EU, students (per annum): Standard £13,500, Low £14,250, Medium £17,250, High £20,250

Further information for EU students can be found on our dedicated EU page.

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Magdalen Vernon PhD studentship

The School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences offers a fully funded PhD studentship in a research project aligned with our research. The studentship is named in honour of Professor Magdalen Vernon (1901–1991), who was the first female Head of the then Department of Psychology at Reading. This four-year graduate teaching assistantship covers fees at the Home or International rate, and a maintenance stipend towards living expenses.  Please note, that although two studentships are available, due to the nature of funding available only one will cover fees at the International rate. For more information, please email [email protected] Find out more about the Magdalen Vernon PhD studentship.

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Funding Opportunities

Competition for scholarships and grants to study in the UK is extremely competitive and there are usually strict requirements. You should check carefully that you are eligible to apply for a particular scholarship before making an application, as most of the schemes are restricted to certain nationalities and/or courses. We also advise you to start looking for funding as soon as you have decided to apply to Oxford, if not before. Your potential supervisor may also be able to offer help and advice on funding your DPhil.

To be considered for funding for any of the Department of experimental psychology graduate courses, you must submit your University application(s) by the December 2023 deadline.

If you are made an offer then you will automatically be considered for funding from a number of sources including the Wellcome Trust, MRC, BBSRC, CR-UK, ESRC, British Heart Foundation, the Clarendon Fund, Oxford Colleges and numerous charitable sources. 

Medical Science Division Graduate School Studentship Competition 2023-24

The Department of Experimental Psychology can nominate suitable applicants for the Medical Sciences Graduate School Studentship Competition. 

Prospective students do not apply directly for the Medical Science Division Graduate School studentships; they are nominated by the department based on an evaluation during the graduate admissions process.

Applicants will be notified if you have been nominated for this funding when they receive an initial conditional offer.

BRC DPhil Studentship 2024

Funded through the Oxford Health NIHR Biomedical Research Centre’s Psychological Therapies Theme, we are pleased to advertise one funded full-time D.Phil. studentship at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford.  The studentship is funded for three years at Home student fee levels from October 2024.

Note that the Studentship is open to all applicants but the award will fund tuition fees up to the value of Home fees only (students with overseas fee status would need to fund the remainder of their fees from alternative sources).

Applicants will need to submit a research proposal on the development and/or evaluation of effective psychological therapies for adults, adolescents or children or the analysis of moderators and mediators of treatment outcomes with their application. The project will be supervised by one of the following BRC investigators or members of their teams, and you will need to contact a supervisor from this list to discuss your proposal ahead of submitting an application:

• Prof Daniel Freeman (Department of Experimental Psychology)
• Prof Paul Salkovskis  (Department of Experimental Psychology)
• Prof Cathy Creswell  (Department of Experimental Psychology)
• Prof Polly Waite  (Department of Experimental Psychology)
• Dr Eleanor Leigh  (Department of Experimental Psychology)
• Dr Lucy Bowes  (Department of Experimental Psychology)
• Prof Frances Gardner  (Department of Social Policy and Intervention)
• Prof Alan Stein  (Department of Psychiatry)
• Prof Willem Kuyken  (Department of Psychiatry)
• Dr Rebecca Murphy (Department of Psychiatry)

Your application should include a research proposal that indicates how your proposed research would fit the development or improvement of psychological therapies. The application form, all supporting materials required for the DPhil programme (including references) and payment must be submitted by 12 noon UK time on 15 December 2023.  The application link can be found here . 

ESRC FUNDING COMPETITION 2023-24

We are able to nominate eligible applicants for funding via the  Grand Union Doctoral Training Partnership . The two forms of funding available to us are:

ESRC +3 - This funding will cover 3 years of a DPhil study. Applicants will need to have fulfilled the majority of core training requirements as set down by the ESRC – see the ESRC postgraduate training and development guidelines  for further information.

ESRC 1+3 - This covers funding for the one year MSc in Psychological Research followed by 3 years of DPhil in Experimental Psychology study. Strong DPhil candidates being considered for an ESRC studentship but without meeting the sufficient ESRC core training requirements may be offered this 1+3 award in order to complete the relevant Masters level training before starting the DPhil. We require candidates who are interested in this pathway to apply for the DPhil in order for the application to be considered by the relevant panel.

Additionally, applicants with appropriate research proposals will be considered for an AQM (Advanced Quantitative Methods) studentship.

In order to be considered for an ESRC studentship you will need to complete the scholarships section of the University's graduate application form and submit additional supporting material. The required form can be accessed via the  Research Council Studentships  page.  

The ESRC award funding packages depend on eligibility criteria that are explained on the  Grand Union DTP website FAQ page .

We will notify you if you have been nominated for ESRC funding and formal notification, if your nomination is successful, will come from the Grand Union DTP at a later date. 

ESRC Funded collaborative studentship: Identifying barriers to accessing Early Years services and supports 

For more information on this studentship, please visit the Grand Union DTP Website .

This project will be supervised by Dr Alexandra Hendry.  The application form, all supporting materials required for the DPhil programme (including references) and payment must be submitted by 12 noon UK time on 15 December 2023.  The application link can be found  here . 

ESRC FUNDED COLLABORATIVE STUDENTSHIP: Managing uncertainty in medical decision making 

For more information on this studentship, please visit the  Grand Union DTP Website .

This project will be supervised by Professor Nick Yeung.  The application form, all supporting materials required for the DPhil programme (including references) and payment must be submitted by 12 noon UK time on 15 December 2023.  The application link can be found  here . 

Leverhulme trust biopsychosocial doctoral scholarship programme - Moving beyond inequality

For more information on this studentship, please visit the  Department of Social Policy and Intervention  website.

Please note that applications by DPhil in Experimental Psychology candidates received by 1 December who are interested in this programme, which aims to  research on the impact of poverty and social inequalities in early childhood, will also be considered by the Leverhulme funding panel.  

DPhil Studentship in neural mechanisms of learning, planning and decision making

Funded through Professor Kennerley’s Wellcome Trust Investigator Award, we are pleased to advertise one funded full-time DPhil studentship at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford.  The studentship is funded for three years at Home student fee levels from October 2024. Note that the Studentship is open to all applicants but the award will fund tuition fees up to the value of Home fees only (students with overseas fee status would need to fund the remainder of their fees from alternative sources).

Professor Kennerley’s Investigator Award explores the neural basis of learning, planning and decision-making. The student’s DPhil project will examine how neurons in the prefrontal cortex and medial temporal lobe represent complex tasks, whether place cells and grid cells are used to form cognitive maps of these tasks, and whether neural replay is a mechanism for planning. The student will learn to use a variety of techniques for recording and manipulating neural activity, including transcranial ultrasound and high-density single unit neurophysiology, and there will also be opportunities for computational modelling of the data.

The project will be supervised by Professor Steve Kennerley, but the student may also be co-supervised by, or collaborate with, Professors Matthew Rushworth and Tim Behrens.

Please apply for this project using the main application portal by the 1 Dec deadline.  The studentship code for this project is 24EXPY01LPD

DPHIL STUDENTSHIP IN NEURAL MECHANISMS OF LEARNING AND DECISION MAKING

Funded through the Department of Experimental Psychology and a Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) sLoLa Award, we are pleased to advertise a funded full-time DPhil studentship at the Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford.  The studentship is funded for three and a half years from October 2024.

We aim to understand how two brain systems, the ascending neuromodulatory systems and the prefrontal and anterior cingulate cortex (PFC/ACC) interact with one another to support learning, decision-making and complex behaviours. We aim to measure the key features of the environment that are encoded in the two systems and to determine how they differ from one another, and determine when each system is most critical for guiding behaviour. In addition, we also seek to examine how information is generalized from one context to another in meta-learning, and how this supports decision making. The student will learn to use a variety of techniques for recording and manipulating neural activity, including fMRI, TUS, and high-density single unit neurophysiology.

The project will be supervised by Professors Matthew Rushworth and Steve Kennerley, but the student may also be co-supervised by, or collaborate with, Professors Jill O’Reilly and Laurence Hunt.

Please apply for this project using the main application portal by the 1 Dec deadline.  The studentship code for this project is 24EXPY02LDM

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The University is committed to providing a wide range of funding opportunities and, every year, there are hundreds of scholarships available to applicants for graduate study.

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A scholarship of £3,000 is available to international students studying an eligible postgraduate master’s in psychology.

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• achieve a 1st or an equivalent qualification in your undergraduate studies

You do not need to apply. If you meet the eligibility criteria, we will award you this scholarship and let you know by email.

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Education Future International Scholarship - USA & Non-USA 2024 is a Partial Funding international scholarship offered by the Education Future for international students. Students eligible for this scholarship are: Open to Indian nationals

This scholarship can be taken for pursuing in All courses offered by the universities. Deadline varies is the deadline to send applications for Education Future International Scholarship - USA & Non-USA 2024. Universities in all the countries, except India. You may apply on Education Future International Scholarship - USA & Non-USA 2024 application form .

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Kitchener Scholarships 2024 is a Partial Funding international scholarship offered by the Lord Kitchener National Memorial Fund for international students. Students eligible for this scholarship are: Open to UK nationals (with Armed forces background)

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The Charles Wallace Burma Trust Academic Grants 2024 is a Partial Funding international scholarship offered by the The Charles Wallace Burma Trust for international students. Students eligible for this scholarship are: Open to Burma nationals

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John Crump Studentships in UK, 2024 is a Partial Funding international scholarship offered by the British Association for Japanese Studies for international students. Students eligible for this scholarship are: open to all nationals

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Prestigious Travelling Scholarships at University of Melbourne 2024 is a Partial Funding international scholarship offered by the University of Melbourne for international students. Students eligible for this scholarship are: Open to Australia nationals

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British Council GREAT Scholarships (India) 2024 is a Partial Funding international scholarship offered by the British Council for international students. Students eligible for this scholarship are: Open to India nationals

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ServiceScape Scholarship 2024 is a Partial Funding international scholarship offered by the ServiceScape for international students. Students eligible for this scholarship are: Open to all nationals

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Damak Technical Education Foundation Scholarships 2024 is a Partial Funding international scholarship offered by the Damak Technical Education Foundation for international students. Students eligible for this scholarship are: Open to the citizens of Nepal

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Helena Kennedy Foundation Bursary 2024 is a Partial Funding international scholarship offered by the Helena Kennedy Foundation for international students. Students eligible for this scholarship are: Open to UK citizens. Refugees and Asylum Seekers

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Daniel Dennett: An Appreciation

Personal perspective: learning from a great philosopher of the mind..

Updated May 10, 2024 | Reviewed by Kaja Perina

Dan Dennett died on April 19 of this year. He was a great philosopher, as many know, and a very good man, as fewer will know. Three decades ago, a few years after his 1991 Consciousness Explained book, I heard that his department of philosophy at Tufts University had a master's degree program. I had always wanted to get a degree in philosophy, but the timing never worked with my medical and psychiatry training.

At that time I was finishing my psychiatry residency, and as I prepared for a research fellowship, I thought that I might have a window where I could finally do some formal education in philosophy, and specifically in philosophy of mind with Dennett. When I called the department and asked for a meeting, he invited me to lunch at the Tufts faculty club. There we talked about my background and the program and he immediately arranged for me not only to enter as a graduate student but to receive a scholarship. Once I entered the program, I had the good fortune of taking classes with him and in later years I had the even better fortune of teaching a class with him.

They say that writing style reflects the man, but in his case, there was a certain disconnect. Those who read him find an author who is very direct and self assured, but if you disagree with him, perhaps irritating. In person, he remained direct and self assured, but also quite open minded, flexible, and curious in what others think. He clearly was extremely intelligent but unlike many people who use their intelligence to make others feel less intelligent, he had this ability to make everyone around him smarter.

He looked like Santa Claus, with that big white beard and the big belly, and the laughter and the optimism . He lived like Santa Claus, passing along intellectual gifts to everybody around him, trying to make the world of philosophy and science more fruitful and more clear. As with Santa Claus, he had his skeptics, and some who didn’t know him personally perhaps opposed to him a bit too strenuously. But as with Santa Claus, the world was much better off with him. Perhaps it is ironic that such a materialist scientifically oriented man should approximate a mythical figure, but myths have truths inside them.

Unlike most philosophy graduate programs, Tufts didn’t produce PhD's; it was only a M. A. program. Thus faculty were expected to teach undergraduate students, and Dennett did so for decades. Freshman entering Tufts could take a philosophy class with him, and he would try to explain philosophy from the very beginning in the very simplest way to an average freshman. He always said that he benefited from these classes in his writing. He would use the classes to test his ideas and to explain them more and more simply to undergraduates. He used to say that if he could not make his ideas clear to an average undergraduate student, then the idea wasn't clear. This process was a secret to the clarity and readability of his writing, so unusual among academic philosophers.

He had no pretense. He had trained and prestigious places like Cambridge in the UK, and he could have easily worked anywhere he wanted, but he stayed at Tufts for half a century. He always said that Tufts was a great place to do philosophy with the emphasis on the word do . It wasn't a place where a professor supervised dozens of graduate students, taking credit for the work of others. It was a place where the professor did philosophy himself, and we students had the joy of watching him actually do it.

To the outside world philosophy is an esoteric complex undertaking. It remained complex in Dennett’s hands, but it wasn’t esoteric. He wrote about the mind, his specialty, but also about Darwin and evolution, ethics , and religion. He stood out as a philosopher who took science seriously, and tried to understand its implications for philosophy in particular. There are very few philosophers who take science seriously, and very few scientists who can understand philosophy. This is another place where he was almost sui generis.

I thank him for his gifts to me, beginning with that lunch in the faculty club, and continuing with decades of interactions at lectures or in events. He set an example for others to follow of the generous man, the serious philosopher with the temperament of a happy warrior, the committed teacher, the clear writer, and the engaged intellectual. There have been great professors in many places in many eras, so he is not unique in that sense. But he does belong to that constellation of great souls.

I always wished that I could have published a philosophy paper with him, but I never did. His applied work was more closely related to neurology than psychiatry, although in later years he did publish about psychiatric topics like delusions. Although we never wrote together, I spent so much time thinking with him and reading him that I find an unconscious influence within me now. Often I have an idea which I later realize was his, though it feels like mine. That’s the sign of a great mentor; he becomes part of you.

Nassir Ghaemi, M.D., M.P.H., is Professor of Psychiatry at Tufts University and Lecturer in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.

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