Read our guidance on applying for an LCAB funded studentship

How to apply

Useful documents

We welcome applicants from any relevant disciplinary background and encourage you to approach the topics from your own perspective. As well as being a member of LCAB students also have a home department which is most appropriate to their research and applications are made to this department.

Please read the FAQs and/or guidance documents above before completing your application via the University of York application portal (use the links on the currently recruiting page to apply to the correct programe). When applying all candidates should submit an application for a full-time, September 2025 start and a:

CV
Academic transcripts
Personal statement
Language certificate (if applicable)
a research proposal:
- - a 1-page proposal outlining how you would approach the research project for named projects.
  - a 1500 word proposal including the questions or hypotheses to be addressed, the sources to be consulted and the methods to be used for those submitting their own projects.

Please note you must enter ‘Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity’ as the source of funding when prompted with “How do you intend to finance your studies”.

Key dates

Application deadline: Sunday 2 February 2025
Anticipated interview dates: March 2025
Start date: September 2025 (Full-time)

Eligibility
Students with, or expecting to gain, at least an Upper Second Class Honours degree, or equivalent, are invited to apply. Some departments also require a Masters and you should check this with the department you intend to apply to if you are submitting your own research proposal.

Applicants must be eligible to pay UK fees. This studentship covers UK fees for 4 years and a tax-free stipend to match the UKRI’s minimum rate (£19,237 for 2024/25) for 3.5 years.

To qualify for UK (home) fee status you normally need to have UK nationality, and to have been ordinarily resident in the UK for some years to be classified as a home student. Time spent in the UK for educational purposes is not counted as ordinary residence.

Students living in the Isle of Man, Guernsey and Jersey are usually charged the same fee as UK students. EU citizens with settled or pre-settled UK status, and Irish nationals living in the UK or Ireland, are eligible for a UK rate if the usual residency requirements are met.

If you have any queries please do not hesitate to get in touch via lcab-enquiries@york.ac.uk

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