Postgraduate research funding for UK (home) students
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.
Funding
ESRC stipend (£21,805 2026/27) plus full fee waiver (updated rates for 2027/28 will be published in early 2027)
Academic year
2027/28
Open to
International (including EU), International (non-EU) and UK (home) students
White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Partnership Studentships
Wolfson Humanities Scholarship
With generous funding from the Wolfson Foundation, the Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships fund doctoral research in three areas: History, Literature and Languages.
Funding
£38,000 per year
Academic year
2027/28
Application deadline
Wednesday 20 January 2027, 5pm GMT
Open to
International (including EU), International (non-EU) and UK (home) students
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.
- Bio-Boost iDLA
- Joan Samuels Scholarship
- Leverhulme Centre for Algorithmic Life PhD scholarship
- Santander Scholarship Programme
- School for Business and Society PGR project scholarship
- Snowdon Masters Scholarship
- The IAEA Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship Programme
- The formation, governance and business models of Fair Trade: managing north-south relationships in commodity markets
- York Graduate Research School PhD Scholarship