Postgraduate research funding
These scholarships and studentships are available to postgraduate researchers in the School of Physics, Engineering and Technology.
Your chosen course, level of study and other statuses may all affect your eligibility for the opportunities listed here.
Centres for doctoral training (CDTs)
Some of the funding options below are part of CDTs. These offer unique opportunities for postgraduate researchers, including specialised research training and professional development skills.
Research projects
Our academics are working on a wide range of projects suitable for research students to join. Some of these projects are funded.
The Institution of Engineering and Technology Travel Awards
The IET provides funding for members to attend conferences or take part in research visits within the UK or overseas.
ANID / Becas Chile
We offer a 25% tuition fee discount for Becas Chile-sponsored postgraduate students.
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.
John Monash Scholarship
The John Monash Scholarship provides yearly funding to outstanding postgraduate taught and research students from Australia.
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.
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.
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.
Yorkshire Bach Choir
We are now accepting applications for our choral scholarship scheme for 2025/26. 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 to altos, tenors and basses who are undergraduate or postgraduate students.
Previous funding opportunities
These opportunities are closed to applications. They may reopen in future years.
- Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund
- China Scholarships Council Scholarship
- Doctoral Landscape Awards (Widening Participation)
- Physics MSc by research fee waivers
- Schlumberger Foundation Faculty for the Future Grant
- The IAEA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme
- EPSRC CDT in Chemical Synthesis for a Healthy Planet (CSHP)
- BBSRC White Rose DTP (WR DTP) in Mechanistic Biology: Diverse Talent Scholarships
- Beca Carlos Quijano
- COLFUTURO
- 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
- Marshall Scholarship
- NERC Panorama Doctoral Training Partnership
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Doctoral Fellowships
- Rem@ke PhD Studentship
- Saïd Foundation Scholarship
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowships
- Tan Kah Kee Scholarship
- York Graduate Research School PhD Scholarship