York Graduate Research School Overseas Research Scholarships

Open to International (including EU) students only.

You must:

• have applied for a place of study on a PhD programme at York by 29 January 2021
• be liable to pay tuition fees at the international rate
• start your research studies in the 2021/22 academic year (between 1 October 2021 and 1 September 2022)

You must not hold a 100 per cent tuition fee scholarship from elsewhere or be fully sponsored.

Distance learning students are eligible to apply, however if successful, would be awarded a full fee waiver only.

Applicants for the following pathways are not eligible to apply for the YGRS Overseas Research Scholarships:

• Hull York Medical School
• International Pathway College
• Kaplan International College London
• Students applying for MPhil or MA by Research programmes

Application deadline: Friday 29 January 2021, 11.59pm GMT

There isn't a separate application form for these scholarships. Depending on your application status, you can be considered for these awards in two ways:

• When you apply for your PhD
  Select the 'UoY Overseas Research Scholarship' option from the drop-down menu when asked how you intend to finance your studies.
• If you've already applied
  Email the Postgraduate Administrator in your department and ask them to add the ‘UoY Overseas Research Scholarship’ tag to your PhD programme application before the scholarship deadline.

Each department selects one preferred and one reserve nominee. If you are selected, your department will pass your details to the University selection panel, with a supporting statement outlining:

• your academic excellence
• how your project fits with the department’s research or international strategy
• how your project fits with the University’s research or international strategy

The selection panel will rank the nominees based on your departments' supporting statements and the strength of your PhD application.

Accepting your scholarship

We aim to notify successful applicants in late March 2021. You will receive a formal letter offering the scholarship, which you must accept within two weeks.

You must accept your scholarship within two weeks of being offered it. Otherwise, you will lose your scholarship and it will be offered to another candidate.

If you defer your start at the University of York until the 2022/23 academic year, you will lose your scholarship. You are free to reapply the following year.

If you defer your start within the same academic year (for example starting 1 January 2022 instead of 1 October 2021) you can keep your scholarship.

• Term dates