DCU Business School PhD Scholarship

Our PhD programme combines scholarly theory-building with a strong applied focus. Research scholars work under the supervision of academic experts and are an important part of DCU Business School’s vibrant research community. The scholarship will allow the successful student to undertake research in one of the following academic groups:

• Work, Psychology & Strategy
• Enterprise & Innovation
• Financial & Operational Performance

Further details on the academic groups in DCU Business School, including faculty profiles, research interests and publications, are available here: https://business.dcu.ie/academic-staff/

The successful candidate must:

• Successful applicants are required to meet the PhD eligibility criteria of DCU (https://www.dcu.ie/registry/making-postgraduate-research-application). They will normally hold an honours master’s degree (taught or by research). Students in the final year of a master’s degree may apply.
• Applicants must have the support of a DCU Business School academic supervisor. Potential supervisors can be identified from the DCU Business School website: https://business.dcu.ie/academic-staff/
• The DCU Business School Scholarship will only be awarded for full-time PhD study based at DCU for the period of the award. Successful applicants will register in year 1 during the academic year 2023/2024.
• Applicants should indicate if they have any additional stipend or alternative external sources of funding. DCU Business School scholars on an annual stipend of €19,000 cannot normally be in receipt of a concurrent scholarship or educational grant greater than €4,000 per annum during the period of their scholarship.

Scholarship Application Guidelines and Process

All DCU Business School PhD Scholarship applicants are required to submit the following
documentation in soft copy as a single PDF file:

• A fully completed 2023 DCU Business School PhD Scholarship Application Form.  Applications should be typed. Signatures from you and your proposed DCU supervisor are also required. This form includes your research proposal. For details on the requirements for the research proposal, please go to https://business.dcu.ie/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Writing-a-Research-Proposal-DCUBS-PhD-Scholarship-1.pdf 
• Scanned copies of a full set of original, notarised academic transcripts of results for all years of your undergraduate and postgraduate degrees, if not completed in DCU, are required.
• IELTS or Duolingo Test results, if applicable, are required.  DCU Business School PhD Scholarship Guidelines 2023 Page 4 of 6
• Two references provided by independent referees who have knowledge of the candidate’s academic and/ or other professional achievements. Note that these referees should not be the proposed supervisor.

Applications should be submitted as a single PDF file by email to DCU Business School
Research Officer, Ruth Finnegan (dcubsresearch@dcu.ie).

• The file name should be: surname_firstname_DCUBS_2023.pdf.
• Late and incomplete applications will not be accepted.
• The DCU Business School Research Officer will acknowledge receipt of applications by e-mail.

Applicants who choose to withdraw their application after submission should inform the Research Officer by email (dcubsresearch@dcu.ie) at their earliest convenience.

• Shortlisted applicants will be required to attend for interview in person or via zoom if
  necessary.
• Award of the scholarship is conditional on acceptance of a place on the PhD programme.
  Submission Dates
• Call opens on Monday 22nd May 2023
• Applications must be received, in full, by 12 mid-day GMT on Thursday 20th July 2023
• Interviews will be held during the week of Monday 11th September 2023

Click to view Business School PhD Scholarship Guidelines 2023

Start your application Business School PhD Scholarship Application Form 2023