The Future of Domestic Energy: Assessing the Impact of Solar PV and Battery Energy Storage Adoption in Northern Ireland (FDENI)

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Location: Coleraine, NORTHERN IRELAND

These scholarships will cover full-time PhD tuition fees for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance) and will provide a £900 per annum research training support grant (RTSG) to help support the PhD researcher.

Applicants who already hold a doctoral degree or who have been registered on a programme of research leading to the award of a doctoral degree on a full-time basis for more than one year (or part-time equivalent) are NOT eligible to apply for an award.

Please note: you will automatically be entered into the competition for the Full Award, unless you state otherwise in your application.

The scholarship will cover tuition fees at the Home rate and a maintenance allowance of £19,000 (tbc) per annum for three years (subject to satisfactory academic performance).

This scholarship also comes with £900 per annum for three years as a research training support grant (RTSG) allocation to help support the PhD researcher.


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​MacIntyre, S., McCord, M., Davis, PT., McCord, J., & Zacharopoulos, A. (2022). A spatial examination of solar PV adopters in Northern Ireland: the role of housing market and socio-economic characteristics. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction.

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