The following information is for departments who wish to nominate students to receive postgraduate research studentships.
- All external PGR funding opportunities should be discussed with the Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Postgraduate Research) (Professor Dawn Watling) in the first instance.
- All departments should complete the nomination form and return this to doctoralschool@royalholloway.ac.uk.
- If match-funding / co-funding from the University is required, please ensure this has been approved by the Associate Pro-Vice Chancellor (Postgraduate Research) before submitting the nomination form. Find out more about requesting College co-funding.
- It is possible for supervisors to pay a student’s Writing Up fees from personal budgets, however please note, this is a studentship and the full studentship nomination process must be followed in order for the fees to be covered.
- Please note that if there are ANY changes to the studentship or a student changes to a different award at a later date, a new nomination form must be completed and submitted to doctoralschool@royalholloway.ac.uk.
PGR Studentship Nomination Form
- The nomination form should be completed by the student's supervisor, signed off by the Director of Postgraduate Education, and submitted via Microsoft Forms.
- Please read the instructions carefully and complete each relevant section, in accordance with the type of studentship the student is to receive.
- For guidance on how to complete each section, please view our guide to completing the form.
- For studentships with multiple funders, you may also find it useful to use the Studentship Funding Tool to assist with costing. If you require any help with the Funding Tool, please contact Finance: Grants & Contracts at Finance-Research-Studentships@royalholloway.ac.uk.
All departments should complete the following:
- Section A - General information
- Section E – Additional information, checklist and approval from Director of Postgraduate Education
- and either:
- Section B – Central College funding with or without additional departmental funding OR
- Section C – External funding e.g. UKRI, charities, industry etc. with or without funding from Royal Holloway (section D - to be completed in addition only if the student is funded by UKRI)