Research staff vacancies
- none at present
Prospective PhD students
- I am currently reviewing applications for a start date of Autumn 2026.
Funding
Note that in order to have your application processed in time to be considered for funding you should aim to submit before the first Friday in December.
- Try the UCL Scholarships Finder
- UCL’s Research Opportunity Scholarship (UCL-ROS ) is intended to support UK-permanent residents from certain BME ethnic groups.
- Additional funding opportunities for UK/EU PhD students to start in Autumn of each year are advertised on the UCLIC page.
- See also the Funding section on the Psychology and Language Sciences webpage
- Information for overseas students can be found on the UCL website.
How to apply
Full details of the application process are online here
Help with your proposal
Know what kind of contribution you want to make:
Use Seven Research Contributions in HCI by Jacob O. Wobbrock to help you think about what you want to do.
How should you structure your proposal?
The following advice is based on Andrew Derrington’s PIPPIN magic formula for structuring a research proposal.
- Briefly state the PROMISE. What will your programme of research deliver?
- Say why it is IMPORTANT. What gap in the literature does it address? Or which applied problem does it aim to solve?
- State up to 3 sub-PROBLEMS. What are the things you need to find the answer to in order to deliver on your promise?
- Introduce your PROJECT. Briefly say what sort of approach you will take.
- Next decribe how you intend to IMPLEMENT your programme of research. Which methods will you use to find the answer to your 3 sub-problems.
- And finally, say what will happen NEXT. What is the potential impact of your project?