General

• Doctoral Loan
• Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding – register using your University email address (or pin 1849 for prospective students)
• Disabled Students’ Allowance

 

Financial support from the University

• The University’s Financial Advice team within the University's Wellbeing department is available to provide guidance and assistance to all students seeking financial advice
• Study Support Grant
• Doctoral School Research Awards
• Your School may have a scheme to provide some financial support – refer to your department’s PGR handbook or contact your Director of PGR Education for more details

 

Studentships

• Studentships
• Maternity/adoption/paternity leave for funded students
• Sick leave for funded students

 

Awards for women

• Funds for Women Graduates (FfWG): supports women typically in final year of PhD with living expenses, financial crisis and other areas of education
• Graduate Women International (GWI): offers fellowships and grants
• British Federation of Women Graduates (BFWG): offers a range of awards to support women studying in higher education

 

Miscellaneous

• The Anglo-Danish Society: scholarships for Danish citizens enrolled on postgraduate programmes in the UK
• Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund: scholarships for Canadian citizens enrolled on postgraduate programmes in the UK
• Colt Foundation: fellowships for qualified persons in science or medicine who are conducting
• Gilchrist Educational Trust (grants to individuals): funding for students facing unexpected financial difficulties that may prevent them from finishing their degree or higher education, as well as travel grants for students required to spend time studying in another country as part of their degree. 
• Grants for PhD students and postdocs in quantitative fields
• Structural Transformation and Economic Growth (STEG): is a research initiative funded by the UK Government's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office that aims to provide a better understanding of structural change, productivity, and growth in low- and middle-income countries and offers PhD research grants.
• Student Health Association Assistance Fund: funds of up to £500 to help students with disabilities to keep up with their studies.
• PhD Funding from Charities