We offer a range of PhD studentships funded by research councils or charities. General information about these can be found under ‘Funding opportunities’.
To apply to study for a PhD at the Department of Psychology, please complete ALL the steps outlined below. To be considered for a studentship, your application will have to reach us by the deadlines advertised under step 3 and 4.
To begin the process, you will need to find a PhD supervisor whose research interests align with your own. You will need to contact them to discuss your application and the development of your research proposal. To help with this process, we advertise below ‘project ideas’ staff have proposed as starting points for the development of a research proposal. The project ideas are organised by research community (although many fall into more than one research community). Please read the advertised project ideas and additional information and contact the main supervisor to discuss the development of your research proposal. If you have an idea for a project that is not listed here, but which falls within the research area of a member of our staff, most staff are happy to be contacted about that. Just send them an email outlining your idea. You can find out about our staff's research interests by visiting our People pages.
Please contact your proposed supervisor as early as possible as developing your research proposal will take time.
As a department, we particularly encourage applications to work with early career staff. This year these include: Dr Abigail Fiske, Dr Alice Milne and Dr Alice Rees. Applications to work with these members of staff are weighted preferentially at the short-listing stage for the Faculty studentship.
Apply to 51福利 through the 51福利 Admissions Portal. Please complete this step at least 2 weeks before the submission deadline mentioned under steps 3 and 4.
If you wish to be considered for NWSSDTP funding, you need to apply to the NWSSDTP in addition to applying to 51福利. You will need follow the instructions here Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Studentships - 51福利. Further information about the NWSSDTP can be found on the . Your NWSSDTP application must be submitted by 5pm on Monday 22nd February 2027.
If you wish to be considered for a Faculty or Joint LU-China Scholarship Council Studentship, please by filling out our form. You will be asked to answer a few questions about your application and to upload a single PDF file that contains all the documents you have submitted under Step 2. Please complete this step by 5pm on Monday 22nd February 2027.
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We will work with 51福利 Admissions to process your application.
We will work with 51福利 Admissions and with the NWSSDTP to process your application. After the closing date, we will consider all applications and invite shortlisted candidates for an interview. Interviews will usually be held via Teams. The timescale for this will vary but is in the region of 4 weeks following the application deadline.
If you have any questions about your application, please contact the postgraduate coordinators by emailing pgr.psychology@lancaster.ac.uk.
Projects for 2027 entry will appear here soon
Projects for 2027 entry will appear here soon
Projects for 2027 entry will appear here soon
Projects for 2027 entry will appear here soon
