# RADMA Doctoral Studies Funding

**Source**: https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/study/funding/radma/
**Parent**: https://www.york.ac.uk/business-society/study/funding/postgraduate-research/

The Research and Development Management Association (RADMA) Doctoral Studies Programme provides up to three years' funding to talented prospective or mid-study PhD students.

Funding

Fees and living expenses (see terms and conditions section)

Academic year

2024/25

Open to

International (including EU) and UK (home) students

Qualification level

Postgraduate research

Applications for 2024/25 are closed.

### RADMA Doctoral Studies Funding contact details

**RADMA**\
[info@radma.net](mailto:info@radma.net)\

Eligibility

Open to International (including EU) and UK (home) students.

In order to be eligible you must also have an offer for a place on this course:

- The expectation is that candidates will have a Masters degree in a relevant field or an excellent first degree or equivalent.
- Applications must be supported by the candidate’s PhD supervisor.
- RADMA is not able to support distance learning.
- RADMA’s support is focused on the field of ‘R&D management’, and we will give priority to research that explicitly links to the field.
- Though not intended as a rigorous and exhaustive list, the following four themes may be understood as a working definition of R&D management:
  - Management of scientific and technological activity within firms and public bodies.
  - Determinants of performance in research, development, product design and innovation.
  - The interaction of organisation-wide processes such as strategy formulation and human resources with R&D.
  - The relationship between organisation-level activities and performance, and national and regional innovation systems or technology, science and industrial policies.

How to apply

**Application deadline:** Thursday 29 February 2024, 11.59pm GMT

To apply, see the [RADMA Doctoral Studies Programme page](https://radma.net/funding-opportunities-list/doctoral-studies-programme/) (radma.net). Awards are usually announced in July.

Terms and conditions

The award will cover costs related to fees and specified living expenses up to a maximum of £22,264 outside London, per academic year (pro rata for part-time students; partial funding is a possibility), conditional upon the receipt of acceptable annual progress reports.

Full-time students can be awarded up to three years' funding (pro rata for part-time students).

## Contact us

- [sbs-admissions@york.ac.uk](mailto:sbs-admissions@york.ac.uk)
- [+44 (0)1904 32 1228](tel:+441904 32 1228)