Fully funded studentships for 2027
Applications for our fifth and final cohort of fully funded PhD studentships are now open.
Our studentships provide packages of funding and support to successful applicants who are passionate about the local community. Browse the opportunities below. Application deadline 29 November 2026.
Understanding the link between air quality and health outcomes in Nottingham
Making STEM More Inclusive Through Playful Robotics
Rooted Pathways: Community-led routes into STEM apprenticeships and careers for Nottingham’s Black and racially minoritised communities
Tackling local health inequalities in Clifton and Mansfield through community-based exercise social prescribing interventions – Collaboratory Research Hub 2027 PhD Studentship
A Systems Approach to Nutritional Vulnerability: Modelling Population Risk During Food Supply Disruptions
Strategies for equipping the next generation for the low-carbon future
Circular Cooking: Co-designing Food, Energy, and Resource Resilience with Nottingham Communities (CIRCoN) – Collaboratory Research Hub 2027 PhD Studentship
Engaging Muslim Communities in Local Climate Action: Exploring the Role of Faith-Based Community Partnerships in Nottingham
Supporting People and Pets: Food Banks, Food Insecurity, and Wellbeing in Nottingham and Nottinghamshire
Connecting Older Communities Through Digital Heritage, Storytelling, and Co-Creation – Collaboratory Research Hub 2027 PhD Studentship
Creative Futures Mansfield: Neurodivergent Young People, Aspiration Rising and Civic Cultural Opportunity – Collaboratory Research Hub 2027 PhD Studentship
Find out about our research, guided by local communities.
What is Collaboratory?
Collaboratory (pronounced co-laboratory), or Collab for short, is a pioneering, collaborative research programme that aims to bring together researchers, community-focused organisations, and citizens to deliver meaningful change for the people of our local communities. The programme is supported by Nottingham Trent University, the University of Nottingham, the University of Leicester, De Montfort University, and Loughborough University. The programme comprises two regional chapters, Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire and Rutland, each underpinned by the support of the Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire and Rutland civic university agreements through the Universities for Nottingham Partnership and the Universities Partnership, respectively.
Collaboratory is an 8-year, £7.4m project, funded by the Research England Development Fund and launched in 2022. The programme will work with local communities to shape research that address challenges which are important to them. To carry out this research, Collab will recruit 77 PhD candidates and 37 Research Placement candidates from local communities, supporting them to become future leaders in community engaged research. Ultimately, Collaboratory aims to support positive, evidence-based change for local communities in Nottinghamshire and Leicestershire and Rutland communities through it’s research.
Contact us
If you have any questions please get in touch at info@collaboratoryresearchhub.ac.uk or call +44 (0) 115 84 86877
