The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University is pleased to announce the following funding opportunities, tenable from October 2006:

2 ESRC 1+3 Quota Studentships
These are four-year studentships, which provide fees plus maintenance (circa £12,000) for home students and fees only for EU students. In the first year you complete an MSc in Psychological Research Methods, followed by a 3-year PhD programme.

2 Departmental Teaching Studentships
These are three-year studentships, which provide fees plus an annual stipend (at Research Council rates) to support PhD research. The successful candidates will be expected to contribute to teaching in the Department.

The Department of Psychology at Lancaster University was rated 5a in the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise and achieved the highest rating (24/24) in its most recent Teaching Quality Assessment. We welcome applications from enthusiastic, motivated, well-qualified candidates who have or expect to obtain a first class or high 2(i) honours degree in Psychology or a related discipline.

We offer research supervision in the following areas:

• Cognitive Psychology
• Developmental Psychology
• Neuroscience
• Social Psychology

Please check our staff interests and supervision areas at: http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/research/areas.html.

Features of our doctoral program

• Excellent guidance and supervision, with 100% of our full-time students completing their doctoral dissertations within four years.
  
  
• Modern facilities for laboratory-based cognitive and social psychology research, including rooms for computer-based group and individual testing, and a social psychology research suite.
  
  
• A unique Centre for Research in Human Development, which houses our state-of-the art developmental psychology laboratories.
  
  
• The new Sensory Neuroscience Unit, which houses eye-movement recording equipment, EEG and multichannel evoked potential recording facilities, and two sound-proofed booths for auditory research. Neuroscience research in the department also benefits from a dedicated fMRI analysis suite.

More details about our PhD programme can be found at: http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/pg/phd_info.html

Purpose-built living accommodation and social facilities are available in the University Graduate College. Further details may be found at: http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk

For information about how to apply, please contact (as soon as possible): Dr. Mark Levine, Director of Postgraduate Studies for the Department; (01524) 592915; Email or Dr Jenny Harding, Postgraduate Co-ordinator; (01524) 594975; Email:

Closing date for applications: 15th March 2006
Interviews will be held in the week beginning: 20th March 2006