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• Tuition fees
• An annual maintenance stipend at the UKRI rate plus a £1000 enhancement (£20,237 per annum for 2024/25)

+3.5 - covering a full postgraduate research programme

Please note that existing postgraduate research students and applicants for distance learning PhD programmes cannot be considered for this funding.

3.5 years full-time or 7 years part-time

A number of awards are available on a competitive basis.

• First Class Bachelor's (Honours) degree (or overseas equivalent); and
• Master's degree - with a minimum overall average of 60%. Please note that awardees typically hold an average of 70% or above (or overseas equivalent).

If your programme is based in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, to enter the President's Doctoral Scholar (PDS) Award competition, you must submit an application for one or both of the following competitions:

AHRC North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP)

ESRC North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP)

For programmes based in Alliance 91Ö±²¥ Business School; School of Environment, Education and Development; and School of Social Sciences, an AHRC NWCDTP or ESRC NWSSDTP application is not required to enter the PDS competition.

You must submit a completed application for your chosen PhD programme by the deadline for your school:

• Alliance 91Ö±²¥ Business School:  1 December 2024
• School of Arts, Languages and Cultures:  13 January 2025
• School of Education, Environment and Development:  20 January 2025
• School of Social Sciences:  1 December 2024

Your programme application should contain all necessary supporting documents.

Please note that there is no separate funding application form for PDS awards. If you meet PDS academic eligibility requirements, you will automatically be considered for a PDS award.

All decisions are based on the online programme application and supporting documents.

Your full online application must include:

• A PhD research proposal
• A copy of your Bachelor's and Master's academic transcript and certificate. If your Master's degree is pending, please provide an interim transcript.
• An up-to-date academic CV summarising your academic record, employment history, publications and highlighting experience demonstrating your research potential.
• The names of two academic referees, including one from your most recent institution. Your referees will be contacted directly via the Referee Portal following the submission of your application form.
• A certificate or evidence demonstrating your English language ability and proficiency.

• Academic merit and preparedness for research
• Quality and feasibility of research proposal
• Consideration of ethical responsibility
• Additional indicators of academic quality will include contributions to publications/articles, promoting your research to a wider audience, setting up research collaborations, prizes awarded and information supplied by your referees.

Humanities Doctoral Academy Postgraduate Research Committees (PGRC)

You must submit your completed programme application by the dates specified below to ensure you hold an offer at the time of funding selection:

Alliance 91Ö±²¥ Business School:  1 December 2024
School of Arts, Languages and Cultures:  13 January 2025
School of Education, Environment and Development:  20 January 2025
School of Social Sciences:  1 December 2024

Please note that these are strict deadlines and late or incomplete applications will not be included in the competition.

We expect to communicate the outcome to 2025 entry applicants by the end of June 2025.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide feedback on individual applications, as outcomes are determined by independent panels.

Offers of funding are not deferrable. If you cannot start your programme by the date mentioned in your studentship offer letter, the award will be withdrawn. You are permitted to re-apply in future.