RADMA Doctoral Studies Funding

The Research and Development Management Association (RADMA) Doctoral Studies Programme provides up to three years' funding to talented prospective or mid-study PhD students.

  • Funding: Fees and living expenses (see terms and conditions section)
  • Academic year: 2024/25
  • Open to: International (including EU) and UK (home) students
  • Qualification level: Postgraduate research
Applications for 2024/25 are closed.
Eligibility

Open to International (including EU) and UK (home) students.

In order to be eligible you must also have an offer for a place on this course:

  • The expectation is that candidates will have a Masters degree in a relevant field or an excellent first degree or equivalent.
  • Applications must be supported by the candidate’s PhD supervisor.
  • RADMA is not able to support distance learning.
  • RADMA’s support is focused on the field of ‘R&D management’, and we will give priority to research that explicitly links to the field.
  • Though not intended as a rigorous and exhaustive list, the following four themes may be understood as a working definition of R&D management:
    • Management of scientific and technological activity within firms and public bodies.
    • Determinants of performance in research, development, product design and innovation.
    • The interaction of organisation-wide processes such as strategy formulation and human resources with R&D.
    • The relationship between organisation-level activities and performance, and national and regional innovation systems or technology, science and industrial policies.
How to apply

Application deadline: Thursday 29 February 2024, 11.59pm GMT

To apply, see the RADMA Doctoral Studies Programme page (radma.net). Awards are usually announced in July.

Terms and conditions

The award will cover costs related to fees and specified living expenses up to a maximum of £22,264 outside London, per academic year (pro rata for part-time students; partial funding is a possibility), conditional upon the receipt of acceptable annual progress reports.

Full-time students can be awarded up to three years' funding (pro rata for part-time students).

Contact details

RADMA
info@radma.net