Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science PhD Scholarship (2024)
What you get
You will receive a tax-free stipend at a standard rate of £19,237 per year and your fees will be waived (at the UK, EU, or International rate). In addition, to a one-off Research and Training Support Grant of £2,000.
Type of award
Postgraduate Research
PhD project
This is an opportunity for a highly-motivated PhD student to join a leading interdisciplinary group tackling one of the most exciting questions in science: the nature of consciousness. The Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science (SCCS) is an internationally prominent research group in consciousness science and one of the University’s Centres of Excellence. Our core mission is to advance the scientific understanding of consciousness and to use the insights from this research for the benefit of society, medicine, and technology
We invite innovative research proposals on any topic within consciousness science that have a strong Informatics focus. The proposed research should contain a substantial mathematical or computational modelling component and/or utilise cutting-edge data science methodology. Your proposal can be focused within one discipline, or bring together methods and concepts from different disciplines within the Centre. In your application, you should name a preferred main supervisor from the Department of Informatics faculty. In addition, you can optionally propose a second supervisor from one of the other Schools participating in the Centre. Proposals must lie within the scope of the supervisor(s) expertise and have feasible equipment and data requirements.
Based in our Informatics lab, you will be part of a diverse, interdisciplinary team which spans the departments of Informatics, Philosophy, Psychology and BSMS, and which enjoys a wide range of experimental and computational facilities (including EEG/TMS/fMRI and VR). The group has strong collaborative links beyond Sussex, including leading consciousness researchers both nationally and internationally.
Eligibility
This scholarship is available to UK, EU and overseas applicants.
Eligible candidates will have an upper second-class (2:1) undergraduate honours degree (or equivalent qualification) in a related field.
The University of Sussex believes that the diversity of its staff and student community is fundamental to creative thinking, pedagogic innovation, intellectual challenge, and the interdisciplinary approach to research and learning. We celebrate and promote diversity,equality and inclusion amongst our staff and students. As such, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.
Deadline
26 April 2024 0:00How to apply
Please clearly state on your application that you are applying for the Sussex Centre for Consciousness Science Scholarship, and the member of our faculty who is your preferred supervisor.
Please ensure you application includes each of the following:
- A research proposal. For guidance on preparing your proposal, please see here.
- A personal statament.
- Your CV.
- The name of the faculty member(s) you wish to nominate as your supervisor(s). Our Informatics faculty can be found here. You may nominate up to 2 potential supervisors. Please contact any prospective supervisor prior to nominating them to ensure that your research interests align and that they are currently accepting new PGRs.
- Degree certificates and transcripts.
- 2 references, including a minimum of 1 from any institution studied at within the last 5 years.
- If your first language is not English you will need to demonstrate that you meet the University’s English language requirements, see here for details of our accepted documentation.
Contact us
For general enquiries, please email phd.informatics@sussex.ac.uk.
Timetable
Application deadline: 26th April 2024
Entry date: 16th September 2024
Availability
At level(s):
PG (research)
Application deadline:
26 April 2024 0:00 (GMT)
the deadline has now expired
Countries
The award is available to people from these specific countries: