PhD scholarships

School of Law PhD Scholarship

We are delighted to announce the availability of a School of Law funded PhD scholarship for a full-time or part-time student. We welcome suitably qualified applicants in the field of Law and Criminology for study commencing October 2024.

The scholarship is awarded on a competitive basis. Applications are assessed on academic success and qualifications, experience, research background, a clear well-articulated, fully-developed research proposal which contributes to knowledge or society and a good match with supervisor expertise.

We particularly welcome applicants in the following subfields of law and criminology:

• Law and Technology
• Public International Law
• EU Law
• Family Law
• Children and the Law
• Public Law
• IP Law
• Tort Law
• Medical Law
• Wellbeing and the Legal System
• Policing
• Probation and Non-Custodial Punishment
• Prisons and Imprisonment
• Punishment and Penal Theory
• Gender and Criminal Justice
• Criminology of War
• Colonial and Post-Colonial Law and Justice
• Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Laws
• Constitutional Law

This scholarship will fund the following:

• Fees: Full payment of tuition fees across the course of study at the Home rate. For international students, the residual fee must be met by the individual.
• Maintenance/stipend: £15,000 per year for full-time students with payments being made to the individual in quarterly instalments for three and a half years after the start of the course.
• Research Training Support Grant: Up to £500 per year for 3 years with the balance of unspent funds rolling forward each year. Restrictions apply to the use of these funds and there must be a clear connection to supporting the research project. Any unspent funds at the end of the project will be retained by the School. 

The above will be pro-rated for a part-time student.

How to apply

1. To be considered for a scholarship you must first apply for a place to study, via the Postgraduate Online Application System.

2. Submit the scholarship application: Once you have completed step 1, or if you already have an offer to study with us, you should complete our Google Form to apply for the scholarship. (Please note that applying via the 'additional scholarship' section on PG Online will not work, as this does not apply to this Scholarship)

3. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 10th April 2024.

For further information or support with your application, please contact law-pgr-support@sheffield.ac.uk.

There are several other scholarships available which include:

• PhD Research Council scholarships - These include scholarships awarded either by:
  • The White Rose Doctoral Training Partnerships 
    • These scholarship awards include empirical socio-legal or criminology research projects and are awarded to UK and international students wishing to start in October 2024. The current round of the competition will provide the following awards:
      1. WRDTP Pathway Awards
      2. WRDTP Advanced Quantitative Methods Awards
      To be considered for this award applicants will need to have secured an offer (conditional or unconditional) to study for a PhD in the academic year 2024-25 by the 24th of January 2024. Interested applicants must contact the School PGR Director, Dr Maria Tzanou (m.tzanou@sheffield.ac.uk) or PGR Deputy Director for Admissions, Dr Richard Craven (richard.craven@sheffield.ac.uk) in advance of their application.
  • The White Rose College of the Arts & Humanities  
    • These scholarship awards include projects which fall within the scope of Arts and Humanities and are awarded to UK and international students. To be considered for this award, you need to have a PhD offer by the School of Law by the 24th of January 2024. 

• China Scholarship Council
  • This scheme provides academically excellent Chinese students with the opportunity to study for a PhD at the University of Sheffield. The scholarships are supported jointly by the China Scholarship Council and the University of Sheffield. 
  • The University of Sheffield will fund tuition fees for 3.5 years. Students are expected to submit their thesis within this period. CSC will fund a grant for living costs for up to 4 years, and one return flight from China to the UK. 
  • All scholarship applications are made through PG Online. To be eligible for this scheme, applicants require an unconditional study offer from the University of Sheffield.

To be considered for this award applicants will need to have secured an unconditional offer to study for a PhD in the academic year 2024-2025 by the 24th of January 2024.