The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) sets out residency requirements for the award of DTP studentships. See details on eligibility for an ESRC studentship. All LSE ESRC DTP studentships are available either full or part-time.

If you are eligible and want to apply for an ESRC DTP studentship at LSE you only need to apply for a place at LSE; there is no separate application process for LSE’s ESRC DTP studentships. See details on applying for a place at LSE. All queries regarding the applicaton process should be addressed to LSE Graduate Admissions.

All students interested in being put forward for an ESRC DTP studentship at LSE must contact the academic department in which they want to be based in the first instance, to express their interest in being considered for an ESRC award. For contact details and links to relevant web pages for LSE’s academic departments see academic departments and contacts.

The process of awarding the studentships will involve the academic departments responsible, and a central panel of academic staff. Each department will nominate offer holders for studentships to the selection panel on the basis of academic merit and research potential. The panel will make the final selection.

Deadlines

Deadlines for the current round of applications are published on this webpage. Applicants wishing to be considered for LSE ESRC DTP studentships should ensure they have submitted a complete application for admission to LSE, including transcripts and references. 

If you wish to be considered for an ESRC MRes/PhD or MSc (Research)/PhD programme, you must include with your application an outline research proposal. This proposal should be a brief description of the research topic you are considering pursuing during your PhD and should explain why you are interested in this area of research.

As your research interests will develop over the year of your master's training your proposal need only be indicative. Applications for MSc (Research) programmes received without this outline research proposal will not be considered for LSE ESRC DTP studentships.