John Anderson Research Studentship Scheme (JARSS)

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Key facts

  • Number of scholarships: 100
  • Value: Home fees and stipend at UKRI rate
  • Opens: 1 December 2025
  • Helps with: Living costs, Tuition fees
  • Duration: University funded JARSS - 3 years
    EPSRC funded JARSS - 3.5 years

Summary

John Anderson Research Studentship Scheme (JARSS) doctoral studentships are available annually for excellent students and excellent research projects.

There are two main sources of funding:

  • Central University funding
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - Doctoral Landscape Award (EPSRC - DLA) funding.

The JARSS 2026/27 competition will open in November 2025 and students successful in this competition will commence studies in October 2026. Faculties will set their own internal deadlines for the competition.

Academics/Supervisors make the applications for this scheme and there are various deadlines across Departments and Faculties, therefore, in the first instance, all interested applicants should contact the Department where they would like to carry out their research.

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Eligibility

Funding is provided for students with a good honours degree at a first- or upper second-class level, awarded within a relevant cognate discipline. Faculties may stipulate a first class honours degree, or may consider lower first degree classifications where there is a good Masters degree.

Subject eligibility

Accounting & finance, Aeronautical engineering, Architecture, Biochemistry, Biology & biological sciences, Biomedical engineering, Biomedical science, Business, Chemical engineering, Chemistry, Civil & environmental engineering, Civil engineering, Computer science, Data analytics, Design manufacture & engineering management, Economics, Electronic & electrical engineering, Engineering, Entrepreneurship, Environmental engineering, Forensic science, Hospitality & tourism, Human resource management, Immunology, Management, Management science, Marine Engineering, Marketing, Mathematics & statistics, Mechanical & aerospace engineering, Mechanical engineering, Microbiology, Naval architecture, Naval architecture ocean & marine engineering, Ocean engineering, Pharmacology, Pharmacy & biomedical sciences, Physics, Product design, Prosthetics & orthotics, Renewable energy, Science, Software engineering, Speech & language therapy, Sports engineering, Sustainability

Levels eligibility

Postgraduate Research

Study modes eligibility

Full Time, Part Time

Fee Status

England or N. Ireland or Rep. Ireland or Wales, Home (Scottish), International

Student type

Applicant

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Further information

The JARSS has three allocations:

  • Research Excellence Awards (REAs) for research excellence through defined projects that support the University’s strategic research ambitions. A student does not need to be identified at the time of academic application.
  • Student Excellence Awards (SEAs) for students with a minimum of a 2.1 undergraduate degree (or equivalent). A student needs to be identified at the time of academic application.
  • ISP Excellence Awards (ISPEA) for projects with strategic alignment and collaboration with one or more of the University’s designated International Strategic Partners (ISPs).

The JARSS has two distinct funding sources:

  • Central University funding which is available to all Faculties and contributes to the SEAs, REAs and ISPEAs.
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - Doctoral Landscape Award (EPSRC - DLA) funding which is available for the Science and Engineering Faculties and contributes to the SEAs and REAs only. 
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How to apply

Applications are made by academic supervisors and, in the first instance, interested candidates should contact the Department/Supervisor they are interested in working with. Please note that Departments will have internal deadlines which may be as early as late 2025.

A list of all Departments can be found at the foot of this page and on the University of Strathclyde homepage.

Supervisors can be found under the Staff Search page.

For JARSS enquires for the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences please contact: hass-pgr-scholarships@strath.ac.uk

For general information on the operation of the JARSS scheme in the Faculty of Science please contact: science-enquiries@strath.ac.uk.

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Contact us

Applications are made by academic supervisors and, in the first instance, interested candidates should contact the department/supervisor they are interested in working with.

A list of all Departments can be found at the foot of this page and on the University of Strathclyde home page.

Supervisors can be found under the Staff Search page.