Postgraduate research funding
White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership
The Economic and Social Research Council White Rose DTP is a regional consortium of seven universities with social science research excellence and involves the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and York as well as Bradford, Hull, Manchester Metropolitan and Sheffield Hallam.
ECOSOLUTIONS DFA
Led by the Universities of Sheffield and York, and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, ECOSOLUTIONS is a cutting-edge, transdisciplinary initiative, combining science, policy, and societal engagement to transform chemicals policy and management.
Adapting to the Challenges of a Changing Environment (ACCE)
Our fully-funded PhD programme offers projects aligned with the grand challenges in environmental research: securing ecosystem services and environmental resources; predicting and mitigating impacts of climate change; understanding the dynamics of biodiversity; and mechanisms of evolutionary change.
John Monash Scholarship
The John Monash Scholarship provides yearly funding to outstanding postgraduate taught and research students from Australia.
Tan Kah Kee Scholarship
The Tan Kah Kee Scholarship offers postgraduate scholarships for Singapore citizens and permanent residents pursuing full-time PhD or Masters degrees.
Commonwealth Scholarship
The University of York is a host university for the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission. Various opportunities are available throughout the year. The majority of awards are funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund Lånekassen
The Ministry provides grants and loans for higher education study outside of the Nordic region.
Overseas PhD Scholarships for University of the Punjab in service non-PhD teachers
This scholarship is aimed at candidates who have secured a PhD place for at a university ranked in the top 200 of the QS World University Rankings.
Overseas PhD Scholarships for University of the Punjab in service non-PhD teachers
Jansons Scholarships
Jansons scholarship will help to finance studying abroad for certain postgraduate degrees.
Gowrie bursary
This bursary is targeted at those who are serving or have served in the Australian Defence Forces and their lineal descendants, particularly those for whom the monetary value will make a real difference.
Roberta Sykes scholarship
The Roberta Sykes Indigenous Education Foundation provides supplementary financial assistance to Indigenous Postgraduate students who wish to undertake studies at recognised universities outside of Australia.
COLFUTURO
We grant a 25% tuition fee discount to most COLFUTURO-sponsored postgraduate students. It is possible to combine this discount with most University of York partial scholarships.
Yorkshire Bach Choir
We are now accepting applications for our choral scholarship scheme. The 12-month scholarships will be open to all four voice parts.
York Minster Choral Scholarships
York Minster offers choral scholarships lasting 12 months or longer.
Previous funding opportunities
These opportunities are closed to applications. They may reopen in future years.
- NERC DLA in Adapting to the Challenges of a Changing Environment (ACCE+)
- Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Grant
- BBSRC White Rose DTP (WR DTP) in Mechanistic Biology: Diverse Talent Scholarships
- Beca Carlos Quijano
- Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Foreign Study Award
- EPSRC CDT in Process Industries: Net Zero (PINZ)
- IODE War Memorial Scholarships
- Joan Samuels Scholarship
- Marshall Scholarship
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Doctoral Fellowships
- Rem@ke PhD Studentship
- Santander | British Council Online English Course 2025
- Saïd Foundation Scholarship
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowships
- York Graduate Research School PhD Scholarship