Applications for ESRC funding at 好色先生TV are now open. You can begin your application by completing the following form: . The deadline for applications to complete this form and upload all required documents is the 22nd February 2027, 5pm (GMT).
好色先生TV forms part of the ESRC's North West Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership (NWSSDTP). Each year at least 6 studentships, covering tuition and maintenance, are available for those wishing to study in areas covered by the ESRC at Lancaster, Liverpool, Lancashire, Manchester, or Keele.
Candidates may apply for funding towards Master's and doctoral (1+3) study or doctoral study only, and be full-time or part-time. The NWSSDTP does not fund standalone Master's programmes.
Before you apply for funding, you need to apply for a place in a programme at 好色先生TV. To check whether that programme is eligible for NWSSSDTP (ESRC) funding, please check the list of ESRC-approved pathways (given further down this page).
Please indicate in your programme application that you are applying for ESRC funding in the 'Source of Funding' section.
If you decide to apply to the NWSSDTP after having submitted your Lancaster programme application, please contact pgadmissions@lancaster.ac.uk so your programme application can be updated.
If you are seeking funding, we strongly recommend submitting your programme application for a place at 好色先生TV no later than Monday 11th January 2027. This is to ensure that your programme application has time to be processed and that you will be in receipt of an offer of a programme place by the time funding is allocated.
Please note that the deadline for your funding application for the NWSSDTP is 22 February 2027.
Applications for ESRC funding at Lancaster must first complete the .
You will need your programme application number, details about your chosen programme and potential supervisors (including email addresses) and details about your referees (including email addresses).
After completing the form, a confirmation email will be sent to you containing a personal upload link which you will use to submit your remaining documents.
This form must be completed and all required documents uploaded via the link no later than the 22nd February 2027, 5 pm (GMT).
Using the upload link you will have received in your email, upload all of the following documents:
All documents, including references, must be uploaded by 22nd February 2027, 5pm (GMT).
The website contains a wealth of helpful information; we encourage you to take a look.? Before you begin, please do check that you meet the academic and residential eligibility criteria on page 2 of the Standard Studentship Guidance.
If you require admin support, please contact lu-esrc-studentships@lancaster.ac.uk
Eligibility criteria can be found on page 2 of the relevant .
NWSSDTP Studentships are open to both Home and International candidates.
All funded PhD students, whether UK or International will be eligible for a full award which includes a stipend to support living costs, and fees at the standard UKRI home fee rate. (The University will fund the difference between the Home and Overseas tuition fee for any successful overseas applicants).
Please be aware that the NWSSDTP is only permitted to award a maximum of 30% of its studentships - a maximum of 18 awards - to international (including EU and EEA) students per annum.
Yes. Please complete both the MA application and as much of the PhD application as possible (including a research proposal) and send an email to pgadmissions@lancaster.ac.uk to inform us of your intention to apply for 1+3 funding. We will then assist you in completing your application fully.
For any ESRC forms, please use your MA application number.
Yes. The NWSSDTP application must be supported by two testimonials from people able to comment on the academic ability and research potential of the candidate, e.g. previous undergraduate/postgraduate study.
It is strongly recommended that the applicant’s undergraduate/postgraduate tutors complete the testimonials where possible. However, the NWSSDTP accepts that University staff expected to be involved with the candidate’s subsequent studies (e.g. potential supervisors) can sometimes be appropriate if they have tutored the applicant previously. It is also accepted that some students may have undertaken some relevant professional work where the testimonial writer would be able to comment on their suitability for undertaking research. If this is the case then the circumstances should be fully explained. Please view Appendix 2 of the Studentship Guidance and pass them to your referees for guidance.
It is strongly recommended that you submit 2 references that have been written specifically in support of your funding application. Details can be found in the Studentship Application Guidance (Appendix 2).
Please note that all references need to be signed on official letterhead and that you will need to provide the 2 references along with your funding application, otherwise it will not be accepted.
The Funding Team are not able to retrieve references submitted to other applications (including your programme applications); if you are reusing references from another application, you will be required to upload them again to your ESRC funding application via the provided links.
Yes. If we offer you a place on one of our programmes please accept this. If your funding application is subsequently unsuccessful you will be able to request a deferral to a future cohort of the programme, or withdraw your application without penalty.
This refers to your eight digit programme application number (starting with the number 3). If you are applying for 1+3 funding, please use your MA application number.
If you are a current PhD student at 好色先生TV applying for a +2 award, please provide your student ID number.
If you have been in contact with potential supervisors please include their names in this section of the form. Otherwise, please leave this section blank as it can be completed once supervisors have been selected.
Yes. All required documentation must submitted via the provided upload links regardless of whether these documents have been previously submitted.
No. Due to the amount of time and effort involved in administrating and supporting funding applications, we can only accept one ESRC funding application per applicant.
If you are unsure which pathway you should apply to, please contact the relevant pathway lead.
Upload links are emailed to you after you complete the 好色先生TV ESRC Studentship Start Form.
Upload links expire 30 days after issue or on the funding application deadline, whichever is earliest. If there is still time before the deadline, we will be able to issue another link. Once the deadline has expired, upload links cannot be reactivated and no new documents or changes to documents will be accepted. Please contact lu-esrc-studentships@lancaster.ac.uk if you require a new upload link.
Neither Pathway Leads or Funding Administration Teams are able to contact or remind referees to submit required documents. Referees will receive an email with an upload link automatically upon an applicant's completion of the LU ESRC Studentship Start Form.
It is the sole responsibility of the applicant to ensure their referees have submitted by the deadline and any application without the required references after the deadline will not be considered.
If an applicant is concerned that a referee is unresponsive, an applicant can choose to change the referee by contacting lu-esrc-studentships@lancaster.ac.uk and providing details of their new nominated referee. The new referee must still submit their required documentation by the given deadline.
For help with the content of your application or questions about programmes or pathways, please contact either your prospective supervisor(s) (if you have already been in contact) or the pathway leads (identified below).
For help with the ESRC studentship application start form, upload of documents or other administrative queries, please contact lu-esrc-studentships@lancaster.ac.uk. Please note that we cannot accept the submission of documents via email.
You can view a list of all academics through the staff pages linked to the university's schools and departments.
On receiving your application for admission to the University, the discipline admissions tutor can also seek to identify relevant supervisors for your project.
Please note that some schools and departments do not allocate supervisors until after an offer of a programme place has been granted while Educational Research PhD programmes by Thesis and Coursework do not allocate supervisors until the 2nd year of study.
Application results are released at various stages in the process. Please do not contact university staff for updates on your application; we will email you with updates as soon as we receive them.
If you have not heard anything by July, please contact your pathway representative.
For each pathway, you can find detail of linked approved programmes as well as the current pathway lead and their contact information. Please contact your Pathway Representative in the first instance if you need help completing your ESRC application form. If help is still required, please contact lu-esrc-studentships@lancaster.ac.uk.
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Please note that Dr. Catherine Oliver will be acting as Pathway Lead in Michaelmas Term and Dr. Luciana Mendesbarbosa will be acting as Pathway Lead in Lent and Summer Terms.
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