Apply

We offer two routes for PhD study:

The application process

• Check your eligibility for funding

  AHRC funding is open to all UK and EU students who meet the academic and residency eligibility criteria as detailed in the M4C application guidance notes.

  Guidance notes
• Find a supervisor or project

  We offer two routes for PhD study:

  1. Open Doctoral Awards where you agree a research project with academic supervisors within the M4C partnership.

  Find a supervisor

  2. Collaborative Doctoral Awards where you apply for advertised projects co-designed between an M4C university and an external partner organisation.

  Find a project
• Read the guidance notes

  To complete your application, you should read and understand the application guidance notes. You will need to refer to these during the application process.

  Guidance notes
• Apply to study at an M4C university

  You need to apply to study at the M4C university where your lead academic supervisor is based, using their application procedures.

  • University of Birmingham
  • Birmingham City University
  • The University of Warwick
  • Coventry University
  • De Montfort University
  • University of Leicester
  • Nottingham Trent University
  • University of Nottingham
• Apply for M4C funding

  Complete and submit your Midlands4Cities funding application.

  This includes:

  • Your application
  • Nominating your two referees
  • Equality opportunities information

  
  The closing date is: 14 January 2020 (noon).

  M4C application form

Advice and support with your application is available by:

• Attending one of the application writing workshops
  • Birmingham: 16 Nov
  • Coventry: 16 Nov
  • Leicester: 9 Nov
  • Nottingham: 9 Nov
• Consulting the application guidance notes
• Contacting the M4C central team if you are unsure of anything in the guidance notes