Collaborative Studentships
The Collaborative Studentships for 2026 competition are listed below. You can find the complete details of the project and how to apply in each of the adverts.
If you choose to apply for a Collaborative Studentship, please provide details of the Collaborative project and arrangements in your GUDTP Application form.
Bridging the Protection Gap: Lived Experiences of Insecurity and Local Governance
The Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford and The Open University with Growth and Reform Network.
Deadline: 28th January 2026
Contested histories: cultural memory, narratives and archives
The Department of Politics and International Studies, The Open University with Arcadia
Deadline: 7th January 2026
Weaving the baskets of HOPE: Exploring psychosocial reintegration pathways for children affected by the Boko Haram protracted armed conflict and crisis in North-East Nigeria
The School of Education Childhood Youth and Sports (ECYS), The Open University with International Alert
Deadline: 7th January 2026
Political geographies of self-determination: analysing the membership politics of the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation
The School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford with the Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organisation (UNPO)
Deadline: 27th January 2026
Capacity Building in Sport for Development: Contexts, Challenges and Change in East Africa
The Department of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences, Brunel University of London with Laureus Sport for Good.
Deadline: 9th January 2026
Child Protection and Education in the Context of Rising Heat and Drought Across Africa
The Department of Social Policy & Intervention, University of Oxford with the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Deadline: 27th January 2026