Postgraduate research funding
White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships
The White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership (WRDTP) is a partnership of seven Universities including York. Each year, WRDTP offers a range of social sciences PhD studentships, alongside comprehensive training, to develop the next generation of social science leaders for a diverse range of careers.
White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships
Department of Politics & International Relations Departmental Scholarship
Our friendly PhD community is an intrinsic part of the intellectual life of the Department of Politics and International Relations. We offer a nurturing environment and dedicated support to develop skills and help ideas thrive.
Department of Politics & International Relations Departmental Scholarship
AHRC Doctoral Landscape Awards in the Arts and Humanities
The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funds outstanding original research across the arts and humanities. The University of York is pleased to be awarding six of these AHRC Doctoral Landscape awards to fund students beginning their doctoral research.
John Monash Scholarship
The John Monash Scholarship provides yearly funding to outstanding postgraduate taught and research students from Australia.
Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program
The Canada Graduate Research Scholarship - Doctoral Program supports research excellence in a wide variety of disciplines and broad fields of health, natural sciences and engineering and social sciences and humanities, including interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary research.
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.
Norwegian State Educational Loan Fund Lånekassen
The Ministry provides grants and loans for higher education study outside of the Nordic region.
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.
Saïd Foundation Scholarship
The Saïd Foundation awards fully-funded scholarships to outstanding individuals from Syria, Jordan, Lebanon and Palestine looking to study a one-year Masters in the UK.
Joan Samuels Scholarship
Two awards, to be paid as a living cost stipend, for two postgraduate taught students or postgraduate researchers with a disability each academic year.
COLFUTURO Scholarship Loan programme
We grant a 25% tuition fee discount to most COLFUTURO-sponsored postgraduate students. You can combine this with most University of York partial scholarships.
Previous funding opportunities
These opportunities are closed to applications. They may reopen in future years.
- ANID / Becas Chile
- China Scholarships Council Scholarship
- Roberta Sykes scholarship
- Marshall Scholarship
- BBSRC White Rose DTP (WR DTP) in Mechanistic Biology: Diverse Talent Scholarships
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship
- York Graduate Research School PhD Scholarship
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Doctoral Foreign Study Award
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Doctoral Fellowships
- IODE War Memorial Scholarships
- Beca Carlos Quijano
- Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund
- Rem@ke PhD Studentship
- Overseas PhD Scholarships for University of the Punjab in service non-PhD teachers
- Jansons Scholarships
- Santander Scholarship Programme
- Gowrie bursary
- Santander | British Council Online English Course 2026