PhD studentship for entry into the Politics PhD programme

Description

The Politics Department at Liverpool is pleased to announce one PhD studentship for entry into the PhD programme in October 2025.

Amount:

The studentship is a fees-only award which covers the annual fees for a Home PhD student for the period of 3 years.

Application and Selection Process:

The studentship is open to any Home PhD candidate who has not yet started their PhD degree. Please submit a 2-page CV and your Expression of Interest as a single Word or PDF document of no more than 2000 words. Please include into this Expression of Interest:

  1. Your research proposal.
  2. The names of 2 selected supervisors and why their expertise fits your project.
  3. Since this is a fees-only award, please also give details of any other sources of financial support you are expecting to receive, including studentships, scholarships, prizes or other financial support which you hold or for which you have applied.

Applications will be assessed by a Politics board against their academic merit and the supervisory fit to the project. Since we expect a high volume of applications, we regret that we cannot provide feedback to unsuccessful candidates.

You can find further information on a Politics PhD at Liverpool and our department staff expertise. It is expected that you have contacted your potential supervisors when you make the application.

How to apply:

Please send the above detailed application documents for the funding to hlcscholarships@liverpool.ac.uk.

You also need to submit an application to the Politics PhD Programme at the same time through our website.

Deadline: 30th May 2025, 5pm.

For more information or any informal questions, please contact Dr Birte Gippert, Politics PGR Director.