Fully Funded LJMU PhD Scholarship
- Organization: Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU)
- Type: Scholarship
- Location: Global
- Deadline: January 29, 2027
- Funding: Fully Funded
Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU) is funding up to 20 new PhD students in 2027, in any of its research areas from astrophysics and engineering to law, public health and art, and both UK and international students can apply. You cannot apply on your own: you write the application together with an LJMU academic who agrees to be your lead supervisor, and they submit it for you by 5pm UK time on 29 January 2027. Full-time awards pay your course fees and a living stipend for three years, plus a research budget held by your supervisor. **What you get:** - Your PhD course fees paid, and the scheme takes students at both home and international fee status - A living stipend for three years if you study full-time, set at the UKRI rate: LJMU lists £21,805 a year for 2026/27, and the 2027/28 rate is not yet published - A research budget (bench fee) of currently £1,600 a year, paid to your lead supervisor for your project's research costs - A part-time route over six years that pays course and bench fees, with no stipend - Up to three places ring-fenced for UK students from under-represented ethnic minority backgrounds, with full financial support and a skill development programme for academic and alternative academic careers **What you'll do:** - Find an LJMU academic in your field who will apply with you as your lead supervisor; the scheme page links each faculty's research areas - Write the application together: a lay summary of up to 250 words, your research proposal and training plan, and a statement linking the project to LJMU's Strategy 2030 or a faculty research plan - Your lead supervisor emails the application to LJMU, and you send the Equal Opportunities monitoring form yourself, both by 5pm on 29 January 2027 - A faculty panel and then a university panel judge your qualifications and research record (weighted double), your supervisory team and the project - If you are selected, complete LJMU's formal online PhD application and enrol in August/September 2027 **Key dates:** - Applications opened 7 October 2026 - Applications close 29 January 2027 at 5pm UK time: the supervisor's application form and your Equal Opportunities monitoring form - Every applicant and lead supervisor hears the outcome by 15 April 2027 - Successful scholars enrol in August/September 2027 **More information:** - Questions about the scheme go to VCScholarships@ljmu.ac.uk - International applicants email InternationalAdmissions@ljmu.ac.uk while completing the application, to check eligibility, English language and visa requirements - The application form template and the Equal Opportunities monitoring form are Word downloads on the scheme page - Subject-by-subject entry requirements are on the LJMU Doctoral Academy entry requirements page - A project involving an external organisation must be reviewed by LJMU Research and Innovation Services before it is submitted, with feedback within ten working days
