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Apply for an MPhil/ MRes

  • Would you like to join the 2025 cohort of funded LAURA students?
  • Applications will close on 28 February 2025
  • Recording of our webinar for applicants

We are looking for people who have the potential to do excellent research in aural diversity. Our main selection criteria are the quality of your research proposal and your ability to carry it out. We provide interdisciplinary supervision, a vibrant research community and the opportunity to make a unique contribution to knowledge

Who is eligible?

  • A 2:1 or better in a relevant undergraduate degree or a relevant Master’s degree.
  • Students who will pay UK fees

Timeline

We operate a two-stage process. First you apply for a MPhil/ MRes. If successful, this generates an offer of an unfunded place. If you get this offer, you can then apply to us for funding.

  • MPhil/ MRes application deadline: 28 February 2025
  • MPhil/ MRes Interviews: April 2025
  • Funding application deadline: 6 June 2025
  • Funding decisions: 27 June 2025
  • Register to start the MPhil/ MRes on campus: 17 Sept 2025

Questions?

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  1. Study the list of suggested research topics and supervisors. Note that the topics are typically envisaged as PhD projects. However, many topics could be re-worked (or cut down) to an MPhil /MRes project. For example, the supervisor might have in mind three linked experiments or studies for a full PhD, and you could do the first one as an MPhil. It’s therefore essential that you contact the lead supervisor of the ONE topic that most interests you and ask them if it could be an MPhil or MRes. If they agree, they will likely ask you to send them a written outline. If the supervisor(s) like this, then they can help you to expand it into a strong proposal.
  2. After discussing your project with your potential supervisor, you should apply through the Salford PGR system.
  3. You must state that you are applying for LAURA funding in your application use the drop-down list in the portal to select Leverhulme Scholarships in the Finance box
  4. Your application via the portal must include:
    1. 2000-word research proposal
    2. Degree certificate
    3. Transcript
    4. A personal statement outlining your research training so far and how this will equip you for postgraduate research. (For example your dissertation project might have used relevant methods, etc.)
    5. Referee details

Advice on how to write your proposal. This is geared toward PhD proposals, but the essential elements of literature review, research question(s), proposed method(s) and timeline are still needed for MPhil / MRes.

Informal enquiries about specific research topics subjects should be made to the supervisor. General enquiries about LAURA and the application process should be made to see-laura@salford.ac.uk

The closing date is 28th February 2025.