Research calls

The Scottish Sentencing Council undertakes research into sentencing in Scotland. To enable us to do this, we will be commissioning research both through specific requests for tenders to fulfil identified research needs and through open calls for research proposals that fit the Council’s research priorities.  All current and completed open research calls will be published here.  Limited invitations to tender for research below £50,000 will be issued through Public Contracts Scotland.

Current calls

• There are no current open calls.

Closed calls

• The Council sought two Ph.D. students to work with us as part of the Scottish Government-Scottish graduate School of Social Sciences internship scheme on death by driving offences and sexual offences.  Interested applicants were invited to apply via the SGSSS  by 5pm on 24 January 2018.  One intern was recruited for the period of mid-April to mid-July 2018.
• The Council advertised for two Ph.D. students to work with us on three month internships.  Applications were sought through the Scottish Government-Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences internship scheme before 19 July 2017.  One Ph.D. intern was recruited for a three month period from mid-October 2017 to mid-January 2018.
• The Council recruited a Ph.D. student to work with us on a three month internship examining youth offending from mid-May to mid-August 2017.  Applications were made through the Scottish Government-Scottish Graduate School of Social Sciences internship scheme during the winter 2016/17 period.