Strathclyde Research Studentship Scheme (SRSS)

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Key facts

  • Number of scholarships: 100
  • Value: Home fees and stipend at UKRI rate
  • Opens: 1 November 2022
  • Helps with: Tuition fees, Living costs
  • Duration: Between 3 and 3.5 years

Summary

Strathclyde Research Studentship Scheme (SRSS) doctoral studentships are available annually for excellent students and excellent research projects.  There are two main sources of funding: Central University funding, and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - Doctoral Training Partnership (EPSRC - DTP) funding.

The SRSS 2023/2024 competition will open in Autumn 2022 and students successful in this competition will commence studies in October 2023. Faculties will set their own internal deadlines for the competition.

Academics/Supervisors make the applications for this scheme and there are various deadlines across the Department/Schools and Faculties, therefore, in the first instance, all interested students should contact the Department/School 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

Subject eligibility

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

Levels eligibility

Postgraduate Research

Study modes eligibility

Full Time, Part Time

Fee Status

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

Student type

Applicant

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Further information

The SRSS has three distinct 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.
  • John Anderson Research Awards (JARAs) for students with a minimum of a 1st class undergraduate degree (or equivalent). A student needs to be identified at the time of academic application.  This award has a later application deadline and external funding must be part of the academic application.

The SRSS has 2 distinct funding sources:

  • Central University funding which is available to all Faculties and contributes to the SEAs, REAs and JARA awards.
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council - Doctoral Training Partnership (EPSRC - DTP) 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 2022.

 

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.

 

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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.