SGSSS Steers Studentship Competition 2024/25
The 2024/25 competition is now open for applications.
applicants are advised to review our timeline and guidance below for next steps
The deadline for Stage 1 applications has now passed, however shortlisted applicants have until 4pm (GMT) on 7 December 2022 to submit their Stage 2 applications
This competition has now closed for applications
The Scottish Graduate School of Social Science is delighted to announce the launch of the supervisor-led SGSSS Steers Studentship Competition 2024/25
In line with the ESRC’s core commitment to enhancing social science capability and building capacity in priority areas, the SGSSS is running a two stage supervisor-led competition awarding funded studentships in the following priority areas (steers):
- Advanced Quantitative Methods (AQM)
- Datasets*
- Interdisciplinary research which straddles other research council remits
To find out more about each steer, please see the ESRC’s Guidance on Steers and Targets. Please note, additional information on Datasets is included in the competition guidance.
SGSSS expects to award three studentships per steer.
To be eligible to be first supervisor in any SGSSS competition, supervisors must meet the criteria listed in our Supervisor Eligibility page.
Second supervisors may work within any of the SGSSS 16 partner HEIs. We encourage applicants to consider co-supervision with different universities across our network. You can find full information about the SGSSS partner universities online here.
The deadline for Stage 1 is 25 September 2024, 5pm (GMT).
Competition Guidance and Documentation
Webinar Slides & Recording
SGSSS held a a Q& A overview session of the Steers & Open Collaborative Competition on 4 September.
To review the presentation slides, visit this link.
To view the recording, visit this link.
To view the slides and recording for the SDS competition, please visit that page.
Supervisor-led Studentships Q&A
On (insert date) September 2023 between time pm and time pm, SGSSS will host a Q&A session for interested applicants. This session will provide an overview of all Supervisor-led Competitions. If you would like to attend, please click (here, with link) at the relevant time and date.
Due to the various complexities of the three steers (AQM, datasets and interdisciplinary) either Dr Alan Marshall or Professor Lydia Plowman have provided some additional guidance in the form of the below videos and the accompanying slides (available to download as pdf documents).
AQM Guidance with Dr Alan Marshall
Datasets Guidance with Dr Alan Marshall
Interdisciplinary Guidance with Prof Lydia Plowman
