Apply

We offer two routes for PhD study:

The application process

The 2022 deadline for M4C funding applications has now passed and the application portal is closed.

The details below are for information only and the next round will open in October 2022 with a closing date in January 2023.

• Check your eligibility for funding

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

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  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 your Supervisory Team

  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 and scoring criteria. You will need to refer to these during the application process.

  Scoring criteria

  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
  • Receiving your completed references
  • Equality opportunities information

  To start your funding application please visit the M4C Applicant Portal. Your completed application and references must be received by 12 January 2022 (noon UK time).

For advice and support with your application, please see Sample Application Forms and watch the video presentation below:

Sample Application 1

Sample Application 2

Sample application 3