CoSS/UWI Jointly Supervised PhD Scholarship
For the 2025/2026 Academic Year the College of Social Sciences will offer, for the first time, a full scholarship aimed at individuals from the Commonwealth Caribbean who are students, staff and alumni of the The University of the West Indies (UWI). This is to deepen our partnership with UWI and encourage collaborative PGR and staff research. The initiative is part of the Glasgow-Caribbean Centre for Development Research (GCCDR), established in 2019 to support joint research on topics relevant to the Caribbean nations.
This is a supervisor-led scholarship competition in College of Social Sciences that will see PhD candidates commence their projects in October 2025. The first and second supervisors should be from the University of Glasgow, with a third, external one from UWI. The topic should be of relevance to the Caribbean nations and all three applicants (from UofG and UWI) are expected to work closely on research design. Applications are welcome from academics at any stage of their careers i.e. from early career researchers to more experienced supervisors and in any field of research that sits within the College of Social Sciences. We do ask, however, that if an academic is applying as the first/lead supervisor, that they have one or more members on the supervisor team that are experienced in supervising a PhD candidate to completion, i.e., a supervisor with at least two PhD completions.
The project will fund a PhD candidate for 3 years and projects are expected to be designed and supervised in such a way that candidates can realistically complete the research and submit their thesis within the funded period.
The scholarship includes:
A stipend at the UKRI Stipend level; a 100% tuition fee waiver and access to a Research Training Support Grant (RTSG) of up to £940 per annum.
This scholarship will also include an additional fund of £3,000 per year, so a total of £9,000 for the 3-year period to facilitate research collaboration between Glasgow and UWI supervisors and therefore enable the supervisors to travel between UofG and UWI.
Please note that this is not a Joint/Dual/Double PhD – the successful PhD candidate would only be enrolled at the UofG but will have an external supervisor from UWI.
Timeline
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 18 October 2024 | Supervisors invited to submit applications |
| 31 January 2025 | Application deadline - form to be submitted to the CoSS Graduate School |
| 03 February 2025 | Applications circulated to Joint Selection Panel (representatives from CoSS and UWI) |
| Week of 24-28 February 2025 | Joint Selection Panel meets to select successful project |
| 03 March 2025 | Outcomes communicated to all project teams |
| 07 March 2025 | Student recruitment advert due to CoSS Graduate School from successful project team |
| 11 March 2025 | Student recruitment goes live |
| 08 April 2025 | Deadline for student applications |
| 15 April 2025 | Deadline for references; Student applications circulated to successful project twam for assessment/shorlist/interview |
| 30 May 2025 |
Deadline for successful project team to identify preferred student applicant |
| October 2025 |
Funded student to commence PhD |
Please let the CoSS Graduate School know if you have any questions.