Restricted call: Mental Health Research UK – PhD Scholarship Competition 2025 (internal deadline: 27th March 2024)
Mental Health Research UK has announced a competition for two PhD Scholarships beginning September 2025.
Mental Health Research UK (MHRUK) are inviting applications for two PhD scholarships under the theme of maternal mental health. The two scholarships which will be funded are:
1. The John Grace QC scholarship: focus on psychotic disorders, including puerperal psychosis
2. Open scholarship: topics such as post-natal depression, developing post-natal family mental health interventions, factors influencing maternal mental health.
The topic is viewed in its broadest sense, and proposals are invited that cover all aspects of mental health during pregnancy and in the first year afterwards. Of particular interest are proposals that aim to understand causes, risk factors, mechanisms, or treatments. Please note, MHRUK does not fund health services research, nor fund primary research on autism and learning difficulties. Applicants are required to be supported by two UK based PhD supervisors, and MHRUK are keen to give the opportunity for a researcher in the early stages of their career to be part of the supervisory team which may include being the primary supervisor.
For further information including regarding eligible fee rates, see the call page and associated guidance documents.
University Internal selection:
Institutions can only submit one application for each scholarship (for a total of 2 applications maximum). Therefore, this call will be managed according to the University’s restricted calls procedure.
To take part in the internal selection, please complete our online form (NB: if asked to log-in, please use your crsid/Raven details; note that a Form cannot be saved and returned to) by 27th March 2024
You will need the following documents and information to complete the Form:
· CVs for lead and co-supervisors, including publications and numbers of PhD students supervised and experience/expertise in the proposed field of study (max. 3 pages). NB: There should be a minimum of two supervisors. The funder is keen to give the opportunity for a researcher in the early stages of their career to be part of the supervisory team which may include being the primary supervisor.
· Project summary (max 600 words):
· Head of Department support letter from the department that will hold the grant, confirming their support for the project and agreement to host the grant.
Internal Assessment Criteria:
Please note that the assessment of internal applications will focus on the following core funder criteria:
· The project’s fit to scope: novelty, timeliness and importance and how it fits with other research of the supervisory team and the department.
· The project’s potential impact outside of academia and in particular how might it lead to improvements in prevention, diagnosis or treatment of mental health conditions.
· How it will involve potential beneficiaries of the research in this PhD research study as part of a PPI strategy.
Funder deadline: 27th May 2024
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact us at researchstrategy@admin.cam.ac.uk.
Posted on 01/03/2024
