Fully Funded PhD Scholarship in Psychology at the University of Sheffield
University of Sheffield – Department of Psychology
Qualification type: | PhD |
Location: | Sheffield |
Funding for: | UK Students, EU Students |
Funding amount: | Not specified |
Hours: | Full Time |
This is one of many projects in competition for the current funding opportunities available within the Department of Psychology
Project title: The reward circuits of the striatum
Primary supervisor: Dr Enrico Bracci
Project description: The striatum is a brain area crucially involved in action selection and reward-mediated learning. Unravelling the neuronal circuits underlying these functions is essential to understand their operation and to find therapies for when things go wrong (for instance in drug addiction). State of the art electrophysiological techniques and photostimulation (optogenetics) will be used.
Start date: 1 October 2016
Requirements: Applicants must have, or expect to obtain, a minimum of a first class or high upper second-class honours degree in psychology or a related discipline. In general awards are usually made to applicants with first class undergraduate degrees and/or at least a merit at masters level.
For further details and the application process please visit: www.sheffield.ac.uk/psychology/prospectivepg/funding
Closing date for applications is 5pm Tuesday, 2 February 2016 – applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application before 29 April 2016
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