Postgraduate research funding opportunities

Your research

Any specific projects with funding associated which are currently available within the Faculty will be listed below. If you intend to create your own research plan you can explore our research areas to discover the themes and expertise relating to your field of study.

Fees

For information about postgraduate research degrees fees see the University’s research degree fees page.

Funding

There are many options available to help you fund your PhD, below are some of the options you may wish to research:

• Check relevant Research Council websites. Every year the University receives for further information over £7m from the Research Councils to fund new postgraduate scholarships (both Masters and research)  
• There are many trusts, charities and foundations that award partial funding for postgraduate study. There are huge numbers of applications for these sums of money, so you’ll need a strong case to make a successful application  
• The University's postgraduate scholarships website gives you access to a searchable database of all University postgraduate research funding opportunities. School-specific scholarships are below.

School scholarships

Any school-specific scholarships which are available will be listed below.

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School (or department) All schools School of Education School of Law School of Politics and International Studies School of Sociology and Social Policy

Funding schemes

Title	Subject area	Eligibility	Deadline
School of Education International Research Scholarship		International (excluding EU)	31 May 2019
School of Education Research Scholarship		UK and EU	31 May 2019