Postgraduate research funding for UK (home) students
Bio-Boost iDLA
Led by the Universities of York and Newcastle the Bio-Boost Industry Doctoral Landscape Award (funded for 6 years by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) will train a generation of ‘industry and government ready’ scientists that will harness the power of waste water treatment.
Santander Scholarship Programme
We’ve partnered with Santander Universities to offer two £5,000 scholarships to support our students during the 2025/26 academic year. This scholarship is designed to help with education-related costs – from tuition fees and course materials to accommodation and career development.
York Performance Award
The York Performance Award is the result of a generous endowment by Sir Ron and Lady Barbara Cooke. The Award enables University of York students to perform in a venue beyond York in a drama and/or music performance.
Departmental funding information
- Centre for Applied Human Rights
- Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies
- Centre for Health Economics
- Centre for Medieval Studies
- Centre for Modern Studies
- Centre for Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
- Department of Archaeology
- Department of Biology
- Department of Chemistry
- Department of Computer Science
- Department of Economics and Related Studies
- Department of Education
- Department of English and Related Literature
- Department of Environment and Geography
- Department of Health Sciences
- Department of History
- Department of History of Art
- Department of Language and Linguistic Science
- Department of Mathematics
- Department of Philosophy
- Department of Politics and International Relations
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Sociology
- School of Arts and Creative Technologies
- School for Business and Society
- School of Physics, Engineering and Technology
- York Law School
Other schemes and resources
External opportunities are not vetted or endorsed by the University.
- FindAPhD scholarships (findaphd.com)
- Intelligent Games and Games Intelligence (iggi.org.uk)
- Science and Technology of Fusion Energy (fusion-cdt.ac.uk)
- Government funding for postgraduate study (gov.uk)
- Postgraduate Studentships (postgraduatestudentships.co.uk)
- Prospects funding advice (prospects.ac.uk)
- Research Professional (researchresearch.com)
Previous opportunities
Many funding opportunities are renewed annually. Some of those listed below may reopen for applications later in the year.
- Joan Samuels Scholarship
- School for Business and Society PGR project scholarship
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship
- The IAEA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme
- White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership
- White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership (collaborative)
- Wolfson Humanities Scholarship
- York Graduate Research School PhD Scholarship