Funded opportunities

Every year DMU offers a number of PhD scholarships. Funding covers tuition fees and a stipend to cover living expenses. In most cases, applying for a scholarship is a bit like applying for a job: opportunities are advertised and you need to make a case for why you are the best candidate for the position when you apply. In many cases, the research project you will undertake is already agreed and a supervisory team appointed, and these details will be included in the scholarships advert.

List of availiable opportunities

Midlands Graduate School Doctoral Training Partnership for Economic & Social Research Council funded doctoral scholarships

The Midlands Graduate School

Midlands Graduate School ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership

Duration: 3.5 to 8 years depending on training required

Application deadline: 13 January 2026

Start date: 01 October 2026

Combating social injustice through co-creating safer futures between communities and police in Leicestershire & Rutland

Dr Ahmad Al-Hiari + 3 more

Collaboratory

Duration: 3 Years

Application deadline: 30 November 2025

Start date: 01 April 2026

Effective Community Leadership in Flood-Affected Areas: Understanding and Enhancing the Role of Flood Wardens in Leicestershire and Rutland

Professor David Proverbs + 3 more

Collaboratory

Duration: 3 Years

Application deadline: 30 November 2025

Start date: 01 April 2026

Improving Health and Reducing Fuel Poverty: A Community-led Retrofit Approach for Homes in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland

Dr Farukh + 2 more

Collaboratory

Duration: 3 Years

Application deadline: 30 November 2025

Start date: 01 April 2026

Game Changers: Exploring the power and potential of the Mowmacre Sports and Education Campus to address local health inequalities

Dr Carolynne Mason (LU)+3

Collaboratory

Duration:

Application deadline: 30 November 2025

Start date: 01 April 2026

Targeted educational interventions to improve bystander response and improve outcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in the South Asian community

Professor William Toff (UL) +3

Collaboratory

Duration: 3 Years

Application deadline: 30 November 2025

Start date: 01 April 2026

Preserving the Past, Inspiring the Future: Delivering a Youth Transformation Programme for volunteers at the Great Central Railway (GCR), Leicestershire

Dr Nicholas Black (LU) +3

Collaboratory

Duration: 3 Years

Application deadline: 30 November 2025

Start date: 01 April 2026

Seasons of Wellbeing: Improving the health and wellbeing of the Beaumont Leys community through the great outdoors of Bradgate Park

Dr Tess Osborne (UoL) +3

Collaboratory

Duration: 3 Years

Application deadline: 30 November 2025

Start date: 01 April 2026