The Faculty is offering up to 2 studentships for new PhD students commencing doctoral research in 2015/16. The value of a Scholarship will be up to £20,000 each year for three years. They are available for Home UK/EU and Overseas students undertaking full time research towards a PhD in corporate law or tax law, with annual renewal subject to satisfactory academic performance. Studentships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and research potential.
The studentships include a requirement that scholars contribute to the Law Faculty as part of their research training, in the form of providing up to 10 hours a week of teaching (in term time) on the LLM in corporate law papers (Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance, Corporate Insolvency), or tax law papers (International Commercial Taxation).
Applications for Faculty of Law School PhD Studentships close on 9 January 2015. Interested applicants can download the application form. Queries about the studentships may be addressed to phdadmissions@law.cam.ac.uk.
For more information about funding for new PhD students, please refer to the funding information for prospective research students page.