PhD: Evaluating how multilateral development banks produce and use benefit-cost evidence in water and sanitation project decisions

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

London, UK 🇬🇧

Project 1 – Evaluating how multilateral development banks produce and use benefit-cost evidence in water and sanitation project decisions

The Bloomsbury Colleges group was set up in 2004 and consists of five institutions: BirkbeckLondon School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and the UCL Institute of Education (UCL–IOE). These studentships were set up to increase collaboration and interdisciplinary research opportunities across the colleges.

Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship, to start in the academic year 2023-24 based at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) as the lead institution.

Funding

The studentship will provide

for the duration of the award.

Project details

For details of studentships available at other Bloomsbury colleges but in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, please see the Bloomsbury Colleges website. Please apply directly to the lead institution only.Project 1: Evaluating how multilateral development banks produce and use benefit-cost evidence in water and sanitation project decisions

Eligibility

Applicants must meet minimum LSHTM entry requirements. Please see the specific project details above for further information.

This studentship is open to applicants assessed as both ‘Home’ and ‘Overseas’ fee status.  For further information about Fee Status Assessments please see the School’s Admissions policies.

Successful applicants who are nationals of low income countries and lower middle income countries (LLMICs) may be eligible for an LSHTM bursary to cover the fee top up costs. LLMIC applicants who are short-listed for interview, will be contacted by the LSHTM Scholarships Team at that time to provide further details of the LSHTM bursary scheme as per our UKRI international recruitment statement.  

Successful international applicants who are not from an LLMIC will be required to cover the tuition fee top up costs from other sources (e.g. other scholarship or bursary awards). Awardees may not use their Bloomsbury studentship stipend or personal funds to top up fees. 

To apply

Information about the MPhil/PhD programme structure at LSHTM, as well as application guidance and a link to the portal, can be found on the School’s Research Degrees and Doctoral College pages.

To apply for this studentship, applicants should submit an application for research degree study via the LSHTM application portal. The applicant should apply via the Faculty of the Primary Supervisor for their proposed project. ‘2023-24 Bloomsbury PhD Studentship’ must be selected in the Funding Section on the application. Students should submit a research proposal based on the advertisement for this project.

Incomplete applications will not be considered for this studentship.

Applications for this project will only be reviewed and processed after the deadline. All applications that are submitted before the deadline will be considered equally, regardless of submission date.  

By submitting an application for this funding applicants agree to its Terms & Conditions.

Deadline

The application deadline for this project is 23:59 (GMT) on Sunday 19 February 2023.


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