NIHR SSCR Scholarship

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Military mental health at King’s Centre for Military Health Research (KCMHR), King’s College London . The project is titled “Developing treatment guidance to support military personnel affected by deployment-related psychological distress” . The research will review evidence on treatments for psychological distress pre-, during-, and post-deployment to combat operations, work with clinicians from multiple specialties on clinical decision-making for mental health c...

Sharing a fully funded PhD scholarship opportunity in the social sciences through the Northern Ireland and North East (NINE) Doctoral Training Partnership. The NINE DTP has opened its 2027/28 competition for ESRC-funded PhD studentships, with projects starting in October 2027. The post highlights dementia-related research opportunities spanning psychology, social policy, and social work, making this a strong option for applicants interested in social science approaches to dementia. The partnersh...

PhD Studentship in Parent-Infant Relationships at the University of York, Department of Health Sciences . This fully funded PhD sits within the Family Wellbeing Team and the STRIVE programme, led by Professor Sarah Blower in partnership with colleagues from health and public health research groups. The project focus is on parent-infant relationships and related early-years constructs, with scope to investigate the quality and robustness of existing measurement tools, how tools are used in practi...

Applications are open for the Healthy Futures South Africa PhD Fellowship at the University of Cape Town , delivered in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation through the Africa Health Collaborative . This is a four-year PhD fellowship supporting emerging African researchers whose work responds to health-system and community needs . Research themes include primary care , health policy , health economics , mental health , addiction care , health innovation , and related areas in health resear...

PhD fellowship opportunity in personalised prevention for psychosis , focusing on how to move from predicting physical health risks to identifying which preventive treatments will help each person most. The project is supervised by Benjamin Perry (University of Birmingham) alongside Joie Ensor , Marco Bardus , and Amedeo Minichino , and is offered through the Wellcome-funded Midlands+ Mental Health & Neuroscience PhD Programme for Healthcare Professionals . Research themes include psychosis , ca...