Understanding the pain experiences of adults with cerebral palsy

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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* van der Slot, W. M., Benner, J. L., Brunton, L., Engel, J. M., Gallien, P., Hilberink, S. R., Månum, G., Morgan, P., Opheim, A., Riquelme, I., Rodby-Bousquet, E., Şimşek, T. T., Thorpe, D. E., van den Berg-Emons, R. J., Vogtle, L. K., Papageorgiou, G., & Roebroeck, M. E. (2021). Pain in adults with cerebral palsy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 64(3), 101359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rehab.2019.12.011