Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

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Scottish Graduate School of Social Science

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Studentships Overview

The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science awards approximately 55 ESRC-funded PhD studentships annually across the Student-led Open Competition and the Supervisor-led Steers and Collaborative Competitions.

We have created a series of short videos to help explain and understand each of our competitions and how they work.

The below tiles will provide details on each of our studentship competitions, as and when they launch. 

To know if you are eligible to apply for an ESRC-funded PhD studentship, please visit our Eligibility page here.

Supervisor-led Open Collaborative Competition​

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Supervisor-led SDS Collaborative Competition​

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Supervisor-led Steers Competition

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Student-led Open Competition

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Supervisor-led Studentship Opportunities

View the projects that have already been funded through our Supervisor-led competitions that are now recruiting students
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