Doctoral Scholarship Awards
Doctoral Scholarships
- The Society awards a limited number of doctoral scholarships each year — see Doctoral Scholarships for further details. The following candidates have recently received the award.
2026:
Margherita Grassi
Undertaking degree of PhD at Universitat de Barcelona
Research area: Philosophy of Mind, Feminist Philosophy, Social Philosophy, Social Epistemology
Sara White
Undertaking degree of PhD at University College London
Research area: Applied and Social Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, Disagreement
2025:
David Chandler
Undertaking degree of PhD at University College London
Research area: Authenticity, Metaphysics, Moral Philosophy, Personal Identity
Alice Roberts
Undertaking degree of PhD at University of Cambridge.
Research area:
Research area: Social Philosophy, Objectification, Propaganda, Philosophy of Mind
2024:
Rebecca Brione
Undertaking degree of PhD at King’s College London
Research area: Applied Ethics, Speech Act Theory, Bioethics, Philosophy of Birth
Miguel De La Cal Moreno
Undertaking degree of PhD at University of St Andrews and University of Stirling
Research area: Climate Ethics, Moral Knowledge, Eco-philosophy
2023:
- Lorenzo Elijah (University of Oxford)
- Kristine La Cour (University College London)
2022:
- Alex Fisher (University of Cambridge)
- Emilia Wilson (University of St Andrews)
- Dilara Boga (Central European University (Vienna))
2021:
- Virginia De Biasio (University of York)
- Anna Milioni (King’s College London)
- Leora Sung (University College London)
2020:
- Daniella Meehan (University of Glasgow)
- Lee Wilson (University of Edinburgh)
- Joshua Kelsall (University of St Andrews)
SAP Annual Conference
SAP Annual Conference 2027
02 – 04 July
St Anne’s College, Oxford
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SAP Annual Lecture 2026 –The Generality of Moral Reasoning and the Specificity of Moral Wrongs: On the Justification and the Direction of Moral Obligations, R Jay Wallace (UC Berkeley)
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Society for Applied Philosophy — Annual Conference 2027
The Society’s 2027 conference will take place at St Anne’s College, University of Oxford. Papers will be given on a wide range of topics across the field of applied philosophy (Authors of papers selected for inclusion in the programme can
Funding Opportunities and Awards
The society is proud to support a range of activities in applied philosophy: • Event Funding of up to £3000. (Deadlines: 01 January, 01 May, 01 September.) • Doctoral Scholarships (up to £10,000 in year of award) – Awards are
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