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.
Research projects
Our academics are working on a wide range of projects suitable for research students to join. Some of these projects are funded.
China Scholarships Council Scholarship
We're pleased to offer up to ten joint-funded PhD scholarships in collaboration with the China Scholarships Council.
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.
Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund
The IOP and leading physicist Professor Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell launched the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund to encourage greater diversity in physics.
United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education Scholarships
The United Arab Emirates Ministry of Education offers a number scholarships for Emirati students to study abroad.
Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund Lånekassen
The Ministry provides grants and loans for higher education study outside of the Nordic region.
ANID / Becas Chile
We offer a 25% tuition fee discount for Becas Chile-sponsored postgraduate students.
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.
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.
Beca Carlos Quijano
This scholarship aims to subsidise expenses for postgraduate training for students with Uruguayan citizenship.
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.
Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund
These scholarships offer £5,000 each year to eligible Canadians studying for a postgraduate degree who have completed their first year of study.
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.
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.
- 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
- 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
- Saïd Foundation Scholarship
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Doctoral Fellowships
- York Graduate Research School PhD Scholarship