Scholarships & funding

PhD Studentships in Arts and Humanities with Journal Managing Editor Role

Two awards are available to fund students to undertake PhD research in arts and humanities and to share the role of Managing Editor for the prestigious journal Modernism/ modernity. The studentships will provide an enhanced experience through professional development activities, mentoring, and collaborative working as part of an international team.

Key features

• PhD research can be in any arts and humanities discipline
• The start date is October 2025
• Funding covers full-time fees (UK or international rates) for up to four years, renewable annually, together with a stipend of £7,000 per annum.
• The Managing Editor role involves project managing the print issues and online content for an interdisciplinary journal with editorial offices at the University of Glasgow and Rutgers University in the US.

Who can apply

• The studentships are open to new PhD candidates only.
• Those who have already been accepted onto a PhD programme at the University of Glasgow to start in autumn 2025 will be eligible. Other candidates will need to have applied for admission by the closing date for the positions.
• Preference will be given to candidates whose project, in any discipline, relates to the work of the "Modernities" research cluster at the University of Glasgow. Candidates working in other fields are also eligible.
• Preference will be given to candidates with some experience of project management and/or editorial or publishing work and/or employment in an administrative role.

Number of Scholarships

2

Value

 

Full-time fees (UK or international rates) for up to four years, renewable annually, together with a stipend of £7,000 per annum, also renewable annually.

 

 

How to apply

How to apply

1. IDENTIFY A POTENTIAL SUPERVISOR: you can find and contact relevant academic staff members with our staff research interests search.
2. 2. APPLICATION FORM: submit your form and a two page CV via our Scholarship Portal. Select College of Arts & Humanities Postgraduate Research Funding and click COAH-25-001
3. PHD APPLICATION: submit an application on the University’s MyCampus system. Please name the Modernism/ modernity Scholarship as one of the funding options under Finance in the online full application. Please see How to Apply for a Postgraduate Research Degreefor more information and once you have all your supporting documentation you can apply online through our Online Application System.

Please note the deadline for both scholarship application and online PhD application is Wednesday 2nd April 2025.

For more information contact: Faye.Hammill@glasgow.ac.uk