Doctoral Project Briefs
The below Doctoral Project briefs are relevant for September 2021 entry, which has now closed. Doctoral Project briefs for September 2022 entry will be released in autumn 2021. If you have any questions regarding the next available intake, or would like to join our Research degree opportunities mailing list please contact research@falmouth.ac.uk
Falmouth University invites MPhil and PhD project proposals that align with and respond to the Doctoral Project briefs.
About Doctoral Project briefs
Doctoral Project briefs are prospective research calls devised by Falmouth University staff to indicate our priority areas of research interest for research degree applicants.
Each brief considers our overarching Research & Innovation strategy and has been subsequently designed to align with one, or more, of our Research & Innovation themes and one, or more, of our transdisciplinary Research & Innovation programmes. It's expected that research MPhil and PhD applicants will emphasise the link between their proposed project idea and at least one of our Research & Innovation themes and programmes within their application.
Doctoral Project briefs are expressed in the form of challenges and have been designed to elicit a range of creative responses. In each case, it is imperative that applicants are able to demonstrate an imaginative, methodologically robust and independent response to the thematic area.
How to apply
Responding to a Doctoral Project brief is a straight-forward process, simply:
- Check out the Doctoral Project briefs: we've listed them below so you can find the challenge you'd like to explore during your research PhD or MPhil.
- Check out the Research & Innovation programme aligned with the Project brief to understand the drivers behind the Project call.
- Check out our Research & Innovation themes and strategy pages to understand the wider context of the Project briefs.
- Check out our How to apply for a research degree page to start your application.
Key Dates for Application
Applications for September 2021 entry are now closed. Expressions of Interest are welcomed at any time. Full details and key dates for September 2022 applications will be available soon. If you have any questions regarding the next available intake, or would like to join our Research degree opportunities mailing list please contact research@falmouth.ac.uk
Funding
We have a range of options to help you fund your research degree. Applicants responding to any of our Doctoral Project briefs are eligible to be considered for a Falmouth Doctoral Studentship or to make use of a Doctoral Loan.
List of Project briefs
Please note: the below Doctoral Project briefs are relevant for September 2021 entry, which has now closed. Doctoral Project briefs for September 2022 entry will be released in autumn 2021.
Our Doctoral Project briefs are split by Research programme:
Dark Economies
Digital Creativity
Creative Industries Futures
Games for Advertising as Creative Media or Creative Source Material
Explore the transdisciplinary area of games and advertising, to position games as interactive, participatory and procedural environments.
Decolonising Dance
Explore the potential of improvisation as a strategy for de-constructing embodied white supremacy in dance.
Digital Entrepreneurship and Financial Innovation
The Role of Universities in Regional Innovation Ecosystems
What is the role of universities in the creation of regional innovation ecosystems in rural environments?
University-Based Incubation
Compare business incubation undertaken in a university environment versus incubation made outside a university.
Design for Health and Wellbeing
Re-thinking diagnosis: an artistic approach to diagnosis in mental health
Examine the concept of diagnosis and consider the impact of non-diagnostic artistic methods.
Inequality & Storytelling
Augmented Reality Technology to Offer Empowerment Experiences
How can we use AR technology to offer empowerment experiences for Minorities?