Postgraduate research Funding your postgraduate research

About the project

There are lots of different options to help you fund postgraduate research study!

The University has lots of current PhD and postgraduate research opportunities . Many of these opportunities will have funding provided. If not, there are a number of ways to help you secure external funding to assist your postgraduate research. Some of these include:

We have listed some of these options below, which are categorised by region. Please consult the individual links for further details on the application process and eligibility criteria.

• government funding
• research councils
• grant-giving organisations
• the private sector

Global

• Wellcome
• Commonwealth Scholarships (Least Developed Countries)
• Commonwealth Scholarships (High Income Countries)
• Commonwealth Split-Site Scholarships (low & middle income countries)
• Schlumberger Foundation

Scotland/Rest of UK

• Arts & Humanities Research Council
• Biotechnology & Biological Sciences
• Economic & Social Research Council
• Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council
• Innovate UK
• Medical Research Council
• Natural Environment Research Council
• Science & Technology Facilities Council

East Asia

• China Scholarship Council
• Canon Foundation
• JISP Scholarship

South Asia

• Charles Wallace India Trust
• INLAKS Foundation
• HEC Pakistan

South East Asia

• Indonesia Endowment Fund of Education (LPDP)
• MARA (Malaysia)
• National Science & Technology Development Agency (NSTDA - Thailand)
• Office of the Civil Service Commission (OCSC - Thailand)

Middle East

• Higher Education Scholarship Palestine (HESPAL)
• Embassy of Oman
• Embassy of UAE

Africa

• NDDC - Niger Delta Development Commission (Nigeria)
• Petroleum Technology Development Fund (Nigeria)
• Ghana Scholarship Secretariat
• Tetfund - Tertiary Education Trust Fund (Nigeria)
• Ghana Education Trust Fund

Americas

• Government of Canada: Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council
• CONACYT
• Marshall Scholarships
• Fulbright Commission
• CNPQ (Brazil)
• CONICYT
• CONACYT
• PRONABEC (Peru)
• Brazilian Association for International Education (Faubai)
• National Agency for Research & Development (Chile)
• Colfuturo (Colombia)
• Conape (Costa Rica)
• FUNDAPEC (Domincan Republic)
• Fundacion Guatefuturo (Guatemala)
• Hondufuturo (Honduras)
• Fundacion Beca (Mexico)
• FIDERH
• FUNED (Mexico)

Europe

• Global Education Program
• Bolashak (Kasakhstan)
• Ministry for Education & Employment (Malta)
• Embassy of Turkey

Ways to study

There are many different options for postgraduate research study. Find out more about some of these below:

Apply for postgraduate research study

• PhD
• PhD@Work
• Professional Doctorates
• Centres for Doctoral Training

Research areas