SGSSS Steers Studentship Competition 2023/24
The 2023/24 competition is now CLOSED FOR STAGE 1 APPLICATIONS.
SHORTLISTED CANDIDATES have not been notified and invited to submit their STAGE 2 applications.
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 2023/24
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 (updated guidance on the steers & targets is subject to confirmation by ESRC). 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 will
- Have undergone supervisor training within their institution within the last 5 years and
- Have been submitted to one of the UoA in which the HEI is eligible to hold studentships (ECR supervisors who were not returned to REF 2021 but who are research active, whose work is aligned to a relevant UoA and who are demonstrably social scientists – as indicated by primary discipline, nature of research funding and publications – may be added to the register).
For supervisors who have joined an SGSSS DTP university since the last REF and were returned to REF in another UK HEI, they will be eligible if
- They were returned to a panel C UoA or are demonstrably a social scientist (see full list here) returned within panels A, B or D and
- The home institution has eligibility for the UoA to which they were returned.
For supervisors joining from an international institution they will be eligible if they fit the criteria for ECRs. All other academic staff may be second or third supervisors. SGSSS will monitor its eligibility criteria in year one of DTP2.
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 18 October 2023, 4pm (GMT).
Competition Guidance and Documentation
- Steers Competition Timeline 2023/24
- Steers Competition Guidance 2023/24
- SGSSS Masters Arrangement Form 2023/24
- SGSSS Stage 2 Steers Competition Application
- ESRC Guidance on Steers and Targets (Updated Version Coming Soon!)
Supervisor-led Studentships Q&A
On 11 October SGSSS hosted a Q&A overview session of all Supervisor-Led Competitions for interested applicants.
A copy of the presentation is available for download, here.
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).