Postgraduate research funding for UK (home) students

We offer scholarships, bursaries and other funding to help you with tuition fees and living expenses.

Funding opportunities open and close all the time, so please check this page throughout the year.

Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) and Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs)

Government schemes, like Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) and Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs), are the main sources of financial support for postgraduate researchers. We award over £7m of funding each year through UK Research and Innovation (ukri.org).

In addition to covering tuition fees in full, membership of a funded CDT or DTP usually includes a UKRI stipend, funding for research costs (such as fieldwork or conferences), and access to networking, cohort activities, and specialist training. These programmes offer a strong research community and help you build skills and experience valued both in academia and beyond.

Discover our Centres for Doctoral Training (CDTs) and Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs)

UK Government loans

You may be entitled to a postgraduate loan to help fund your studies. Full details of these opportunities are available on gov.uk:

Doctoral loans (for a PhD)
Masters loans (for an MPhil or an MA/MSc by research)

Funding for students with disabilities

If you have a mental health problem, long-term illness or any other disability, you may be eligible for additional financial support.

Funding for students with disabilities

Open opportunities

We don't have scholarships to show here at the moment. Have a look at our general postgraduate research funding information, explore funding through our centres for doctoral training, or the departmental opportunities below to see what might be available.

Departmental opportunities

Many of our departments and centres offer additional opportunities and specialised guidance on funding your studies.

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.