Postgraduate taught funding

Scholarships and studentships are available to postgraduate taught students in the Centre for Medieval Studies (MA in Medieval Studies). Check the University general funding opportunities pages regularly for further opportunities which are posted throughout the application period.

MA in Medieval Studies Scholarships

The CMS will be awarding two full home MA fees scholarships this coming year (2025/6) to support students in the following categories:

To support excellence in academic scholarship
To support the university's widening participation goals

One scholarship will be awarded in April and the second scholarship will be awarded in June. All applicants who have been made an offer to study the MA in Medieval Studies by 4 April are eligible for the first round. If you wish to be considered for an award, please let us know by email (cms-office@york.ac.uk), no later than Friday 4 April 2025. Your application for funding will be considered on the basis of your MA application and academic record. If there are further circumstances you would like us to know about, please include them in your email. Our scholarships are open to both home and overseas students.

Please note: applicants who are not successful in the first round, will be considered again in the second round, which is awarded in June.

Additional Sources of Funding and Help

MA in Medieval Studies applicants may also be eligible for the following external funding sources:

Marshall Partnership Scholarship scheme and Fulbright Awards, for US citizens
GREAT Scholarships for Masters-level studies for students from China, Pakistan or Thailand
John Monash Scholarships, for PGT and Research students from Australia
MastersCompare Postgraduate Scholarship (masterscompare.co.uk)
FindAMasters scholarships (findamasters.com)
Postgraduate Studentships (postgraduatestudentships.co.uk)
Prospects search (prospects.ac.uk)
Scholarships Search (postgraduatesearch.com)
UK Study Online Scholarship (ukstudyonline.com)

Applicants with a disability may also be eligible for the Disabled Student's Allowance:

Disabled Student's Allowance (gov.uk)

Elizabeth Salter Fund

The Elizabeth Salter Fund was created in memory of Professor Elizabeth Salter (1925-1980), a member of the Department of English and Related Literature and one of the founders of the Centre for Medieval Studies. It supports research and career development of postgraduate students at the Centre for Medieval Studies in the form of grants to support all or part of the costs of travel to archaeological or historic sites, archives, libraries and museums to conduct research on unique holdings; to support the purchase of photographs or digital images in lieu of travel; or to contribute towards travel to and registration fees for conferences at which the student will give a paper. Grants are awarded in the first instance to unfunded research students, and if funds remain toward the end of the year they are also sometimes awarded to MA students who have a special need to conduct research away from York for their dissertations, or have extraordinary costs (such as purchasing digital images). Current students will be contacted when applications to the fund open.