Applications Now Open: SCDTP Studentships for 2026/27

Studentship Call Opens

We are pleased to announce that applications for fully funded ESRC South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (SCDTP) studentships for students starting in the 2026/27 academic year are now open. This application round is for an October 2026 start.

📌 Application deadline: 17:00 (GMT), Friday 16 January 2026

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You can now apply for a fully funded studentship from the South Coast Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP), an exciting collaboration between the University of Brighton, University of Portsmouth, University of Chichester and the University of Southampton,funded by Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

Funding is available across a wide range of disciplinary pathways for the following types of award:

→  1+3.5 MSc + PhD, including a Research-in-Practice placement
→  +3.5 PhD, including a Research-in-Practice placement
→  +4.5 Interdisciplinary award, including a Research-in-Practice placement
→  +4.5 Integrated PhD (only in Economics, Education or Gerontology at Southampton) including a Research-in-Practice placement

Are you eligible?

Academic Qualifications : For all studentships, you must have qualifications of the standard of a good honours degree at first- or upper second-class level, from a UK academic higher education institution.

Degree qualifications gained from outside the UK, or a combination of qualifications and/or experience that is equivalent to a relevant UK degree, may be accepted.

The ESRC expects that applicants embarking on a +3.5 programme would have achieved a level of research training that would allow them to go on directly to a PhD; this is usually through the attainment of a previous master’s qualification in the social sciences.

Find out more on SCDTP Application page or join us at our online ‘Roadshow’ on Monday 29th September at 12:00 and Friday 7th November using the following link below.

SCDTP Roadshows

We invite prospective students and supervisors to attend one of our online Roadshows to learn more about the programme, available pathways, and application process:

• 📅 Monday 29 September 2025, 12:00 pm
  🔗 Join Roadshow 1

• 📅 Friday 7 November 2025, 10:00 am
  🔗 Join Roadshow 2