Scholarships for postgraduate research students
Funding opportunities offered by York St John University
York St John University, in partnership with The University of Sheffield and Yorkshire Ambulance Service, is seeking applications from candidates interested in pursuing doctoral research in the areas of public health messaging, urgent and emergency care, and health behaviour change.
The ideal candidate is a researcher with experience or understanding of urgent and emergency care services research, health psychology, and/or related areas of healthcare and behavioural science, and who is motivated to work collaboratively with healthcare providers. The studentship will involve working closely with academics, ambulance services, Emergency Departments, and community stakeholders.
The research aims to have a positive impact by understanding how public health messaging influences decisions to seek urgent and emergency care, with the goal of improving service use, reducing unnecessary demand, and supporting equitable access to care. The project will explore how public health campaigns are designed, interpreted, and acted upon, using both qualitative insights and routinely collected quantitative data
PhD Scholarship
Institute for Health and Care Improvement, York St John University
Managing Growth and Maturation in Youth Swimming: Implications for Performance, Training, and Athlete Development
Application deadline: Friday 24 April 2026 at 5.00pm
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 4 May 2026
Start date: Wednesday 1 October 2026
50/50 Matched PhD Scholarship
The School of Science, Technology, and Health at York St John University, The Centre for Urgent and Emergency Care Research at The University of Sheffield, and Yorkshire Ambulance Service
Campaigns to Help Optimise Inappropriate Contacts with urgent and Emergency
care Services (CHOICES)
Application deadline: Friday 24 April 2026
Interviews: Week commencing Monday 4 May 2026
Start date: Wednesday 1 October 2026