Postgraduate research funding for UK (home) students
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- Location
- York, United Kingdom
- Funding
- Studentships; Living cost stipend; Full tuition fees
- Application deadline
- See university guidance
About the project
We offer scholarships, bursaries and other funding to help you with tuition fees and living expenses.
Funding opportunities open and close all the time, so please check this page throughout the year.
Doctoral Training at York
Government schemes, like Doctoral Focal Awards (DFAs) and Doctoral Landscape Awards (DLAs), are the main sources of financial support for postgraduate researchers.
In addition to covering tuition fees in full, membership of a funded DFA or DLA usually includes a UKRI stipend, funding for research costs (such as fieldwork or conferences), and access to networking, cohort activities, and specialist training. These programmes offer a strong research community and help you build skills and experience valued both in academia and beyond.
- Discover Doctoral Training at York
UK Government loans
You may be entitled to a postgraduate loan to help fund your studies. Full details of these opportunities are available on gov.uk:
- Doctoral loans (for a PhD)
- Masters loans (for an MPhil or an MA/MSc by research)
Funding for students with disabilities
If you have a mental health problem, long-term illness or any other disability, you may be eligible for additional financial support.
- Funding for students with disabilities
White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships
The White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) is a partnership of seven Universities including York. Each year, WRDTP offers a range of social sciences PhD studentships, alongside comprehensive training, to develop the next generation of social science leaders for a diverse range of careers.
White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships
Joan Samuels Scholarship
Two awards, to be paid as a living cost stipend, for two postgraduate taught students or postgraduate researchers with a disability each academic year.
Joan Samuels Scholarship
Wolfson Humanities Scholarship
With generous funding from the Wolfson Foundation, the Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships fund doctoral research in three areas: History, Literature and Languages.
Wolfson Humanities Scholarship
Departmental opportunities
Many of our departments and centres offer additional opportunities and specialised guidance on funding your studies.
- Centre for Applied Human Rights
- Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
- Centre for Health Economics
- Centre for Medieval Studies
- Centre for Modern Studies
- Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
- Department of Archaeology
- Department of Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Economics and Related Studies
- Department of Education
- Department of English and Related Literature
- Department of Environment and Geography
- Department of Health Sciences
- Department of History
- Department of History of Art
- Department of Language and Linguistic Science
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Politics and International Relations
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Sociology
- School of Arts and Creative Technologies
- School for Business and Society
- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology
- York Law School
Other schemes and resources
External opportunities are not vetted or endorsed by the University.
- FindAPhD scholarships (findaphd.com)
- Intelligent Games and Games Intelligence (iggi.org.uk)
- Science and Technology of Fusion Energy (fusion-cdt.ac.uk)
- Government funding for postgraduate study (gov.uk)
- Postgraduate Studentships (postgraduatestudentships.co.uk)
- Prospects funding advice (prospects.ac.uk)
- Research Professional (researchresearch.com)
Previous opportunities
Many funding opportunities are renewed annually. Some of those listed below may reopen for applications later in the year.
- Bio-Boost iDLA
- Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life PhD scholarship
- Santander Scholarship Programme
- School for Business and Society PGR project scholarship
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship
- The IAEA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme
- The formation, governance and business models of Fair Trade: managing north-south relationships in commodity markets
- York Graduate Research School PhD Scholarship
Contact us
- pgr-finance @york.ac.uk
Related links
- Tuition fee rates
- Check your fee status