ESRC DTP Collaborative Doctoral Studentship Application Workshop

A workshop for staff wishing to make an application for a collaborative studentship with the ESRC Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership.

The workshop will cover:

• The MGS ESRC DTP Collaborative Studentship application process and expected schedule/deadlines
• What makes a good application, common pitfalls, further advice
• A chance to network with staff from the DTP and the Centre for Advanced Studies

A little more about Collaborative Studentships:

ESRC funding for PhD studentships within the Midlands Graduate School (MGS) DTP includes within it an expectation that at least 30% of the awards will be made to students undertaking their research in collaboration with an external non-academic agency.

As such, the MGS has set aside some of our allocated studentships specifically for collaborative awards, and these are to be allocated competitively on the basis of proposals put forward by academics located within accredited training pathways. Projects must be within ESRC’s remit of supporting high-quality postgraduate training in the Social Sciences.

Students must be registered on one of the approved ESRC DTP training pathways.

The scheme offers funded PhD studentships involving a formal collaboration with an external partner organisation which goes beyond the facilitation of data collection. Forms of collaboration and can include:

• Co-funding (either in cash or in kind) from collaborating agencies, as under the previous CASE studentship model
• Placements or internships in external organisations
• Unfunded access and exchange of research data and findings – provided that there is a commitment from the collaborating agency to engage with a version of the research findings towards the completion of the project