DECIPHer Studentships

PhD Studentships

DECIPHer (Development and Evaluation of Complex Interventions for Public Health Improvement) is a UKCRC Public Health Research Centre of Excellence. The Centre is a strategic partnership between the Universities of Cardiff, Bristol and Swansea, in collaboration with key organisations concerned with public health policy and practice in Wales and the South West of England.
Staff in the DECIPHer Centre undertake methodologically innovative multidisciplinary research with a focus on the development and evaluation of complex interventions and policies to achieve sustainable improvements in the health and well-being of the public, with particular emphasis on children and young people. In collaboration with other Centres in the UK, DECIPHer leads and facilitates research of international excellence, placing emphasis on involving young people and the public, tackling health inequalities, creating new research capacity and maximising impact on, and engagement with, policy and practice in the UK and beyond.
Ten studentships are available on a range of topics including your own choice in the fields of: social sciences, law, dentistry, medicine, social medicine, health information, public health, geography and statistics.

Funding and Eligibility

The studentships include funding for either three (PhD) or four (Master’s plus PhD) years for a full maintenance grant (part-ESRC funded, part university) of £13,290 per annum and a Research and Training Support Grant for PhD students of £750 per annum.
The studentships are open to UK and EU candidates. Full awards (fees plus maintenance stipend) are open to UK Nationals, and EU students who can satisfy UK residency requirements. To be eligible for the full award, EU Nationals must have been in the UK for at least 3 years prior to the start of the course for which they are seeking funding, including for the purposes of full-time education. EU Nationals who do not meet the above residency requirement are eligible for a fees-only award, provided that they have been ordinarily resident in the EU for at least 3 years prior to the start of the course.
Applicants are expected to have gained an undergraduate degree at upper second class honours (2:1) or above.

Application Process

Closing date for applications: 2010 - date to be announced.
You must contact one of the potential supervisors to discuss your proposal and application before submission.
All applications should follow the standard application for the institution or school and be clearly marked “DECIPHer studentship”.
All students must submit a two page outline proposal, together with the institution’s application form, CV and references.
You will be invited to be interviewed at the institution of your studentship.
You are also encouraged to read about each of the institutions, schools and departments before making your application.
Interviews will be conducted in June.

Cardiff University (four studentships available)

Cardiff School of Social Sciences
School of Dentistry
School of Medicine
Cardiff Law School

Bristol University (four studentships available)

Department of Social Medicine 

Swansea University (two studentships available)

Department of Medicine

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