ESRC Annual Studentship Competitions - CASE, OPEN and The MRC and NERC Interdisciplinary Schemes.
The ESRC will not make a decision on future calls under these schemes until January 2011, when the Council expects to know its funding allocation from the Comprehensive Spending Review. This is due to the uncertain financial climate and the possibility of reductions to the Council's budget.
The Proposal (Open) Studentship competition is held annually by the ESRC offering funding for 1+3 (masters attached to a PhD) and +3 (PhD) awards. For the 2009 competition there will be approximately 90 awards available.
Due to the limited number of awards available, the Proposal (open) competition will be held as two separate sub-competitions: a) the 1+3 and b) +3.
Important information - changes have been made to the application form effective from 24 February 2010. Please read the guidance notes for Je-S submission (PDF)
These are studentships that have been allocated directly to an ESRC recognised department/school, referred to as outlets.
CASE Studentships 2010 - nomination call open - closes 28 October 2010
CASE Awards are designed for research students to carry out projects within the Social Sciences in collaboration with partners in the Public, Private or Third Sectors. They provide PhD students with the opportunity to gain experience of work outside an academic environment and are jointly supervised between the academic and partner organisation.
The first stage of the 2010/11 CASE Studentships is for HEI's to submit a CASE Proposal. HEI's will be notified of the outcome of their Proposal by April 2010. Should the Proposal be successful, the second stage is to nominate a student.
Successful applications from the 2010 CASE Proposal call can submit their nomination.