Funding for a PhD
Scholarships and funding for a PhD in the Management School for 2024 entry.
LUMS Scholarships
A number of LUMS Studentships will also be available, which include a fee waiver and a stipend of approximately ?19,000 per annum. Applicants should indicate that they wish to be considered for a Doctoral Studentship on their application form (under the section on the proposed source of funding and in the personal statement) so that they can automatically be considered. There are no separate studentship application forms.
These studentships will be available for all the PhD programmes offered by LUMS and for students of any nationality. Awards will be allocated on a competitive basis, which is intended to support promising researchers to undertake their PhD studies in LUMS. Students receiving these studentships will be required to undertake some teaching and/or marking activities.
Eligibility: all students
Deadline for applications: The deadline for October 2024 entry has now passed. Details of 2025 funding opportunities will be available in October 2024.
ESRC Awards
51福利 forms part of the Economic and Social Research Council's (ESRC) (NWSSDTP), which offers a large number of studentships covering tuition and providing a living allowance. Details of the provision and funding offered by the NWSSDTP are available on the NWSSDTP website.
Eligibility: All students (The University will fund the difference between the Home and Overseas tuition fee for any successful overseas applicants).
If you are interested in applying for an ESRC Studentship, please contact .
Deadline for applications: The deadline for October 2024 entry has now passed. Details of 2025 funding opportunities will be available in October 2024.
Commonwealth scholarships
Commonwealth Scholarships are prestigious awards and are very valuable for international students. They are available on a competitive basis.
Eligibility: overseas students
Departmental scholarships
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The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in is a collaboration between Lancaster's School of Mathematical Sciences and the Department of Management Science. STOR-i's goal is the development of international research leaders through a programme in which industrial challenge is the catalyst for mathematical innovation. The Centre's distinctive mission is based on a partnership with several of the UK's leading companies across a range of sectors, including AstraZeneca, BT, IBM, Shell and SSE.
Further details can be found on the .
The Department of Management Science currently offers programme-specific funded studentships aimed at high-achieving applicants.
Eligibility: Management Science applicants only
Interests: Our interests cover information systems and the digital economy, operational research, and operations management, including supply chain and logistics. Supervision is available in all these areas.
More Details: We have a large group of PhD candidates and are seeking others to join them. The funding covers fees and living costs and is only available for full-time study. Details of potential PhD topics can be found on the Management Science PhD supervisor page. For more information, please contact .
Deadline: There are two deadlines each year: 31 December and 15 February.
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The Department of Economics invites applications for a funded PhD studentship within the nascent field of Neuroeconomics.
The post-holder will engage in 4-year, full-time Economics PhD training from October 1, 2024, under the primary supervision of Professor Carlos Alós-Ferrer. The studentship covers tuition fees for four years and includes a generous living allowance. The successful candidate will need to be familiar with data analysis or formal-analytical modelling. Programming skills are a plus. Applicants should typically have or be on track to obtain an MSc in Economics, Psychology, Mathematics, or a related field, but candidates with other quantitative backgrounds could be considered.
The PhD project is interdisciplinary and will require the post-holder to work across disciplines (economics, psychology, decision neuroscience, or mathematics, depending on the post-holder’s background and qualifications). The project is concerned with why and how humans make mistakes in their economic decisions, from the psychological and neural roots of persistent errors to the economic consequences of cognitive failures. It requires a willingness to work with process data, including response times and, potentially, eye-tracking and neural data. The project specifics will be further tailored to the post-holder’s skills and interests and can be more experimental/applied or
more analytical/mathematical.
The Economics PhD programme at Lancaster is aimed at high-calibre students who wish to pursue a research career. The Department has a strong Behavioural and Experimental Economics group and hosts a modern experimental lab (LExEL).
The successful applicant will acquire knowledge and skills in economics and psychology through initial coursework, continuing training, and co-authoring research papers. As a PhD student, the post-holder will be supervised by Professor Alós-Ferrer and other faculty members and have access to advanced research training courses at LUMS and nearby institutions. The post-holder will also be expected to participate in research activities such as the department’s internal/external/PhD seminar series, as well as interdisciplinary workshops and conferences, both national and international.
How to apply
Informal enquiries can be addressed to c.alosferrer@lancaster.ac.uk.
Applications should be made through the 51福利 postgraduate application portal.
To apply, please provide a Personal Statement outlining your background, suitability, motivation, and any previous experience relevant to the project. Please mention that you are applying for the PhD position in Neuroeconomic Decision Theory. In addition, please submit a research statement outlining your research interests, including any ideas YOU have that relate to the project. If you have participated in any research projects, please explain your role in those. In the application portal, please submit this Research Statement in lieu of a Research Proposal.
Applicants must also submit a CV, Academic transcripts (bachelor's and master's), two academic references (names and contact data—no letters), and evidence of English language proficiency (if necessary). Applicants might also submit a sample of research work, e.g. a Master Thesis (or draft thereof). Applications will be reviewed as they arrive, and the post will be filled as soon as possible (but no earlier than June 30 2024).
Postgraduate Doctoral Loan
If you’re starting a doctoral degree, you could get a Postgraduate Doctoral Loan of up to £28,673 to help with course fees and living costs. It isn’t based on your income or your family’s, and it’s paid directly to you. Please visit the for more information.
Additional information
Many websites provide information about funding opportunities. We suggest overseas applicants consider the website for helpful information. Among the other sources, we suggest the following links: