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Academic funding for MPhil/PhD students

Following is a summary of the types of funding available to 'home' and EU MPhil/Phd students for degrees starting in October 2011. (Click here for a summary of funding for international students.)

If you want advice, please contact our academic studentships team.

Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Award: museum studies

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

  • Who: PhD students doing interdisciplinary research in structural, chemical, and computational biology
  • What: Fees and stipend
  • More information: see details on the ISMB web site and the Department of Biological Sciences: Crystallography web site

Bloomsbury Colleges PhD scholarship

Commonwealth scholarships

  • Who: PhD candidates from: Australia, Brunei, Canada, Cyprus, Malta, New Zealand, Singapore and the Bahamas
  • What: fees and maintenance
  • More information: see the Commonwealth Scholarship web site.

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

  • Who: PhD Students.
  • What: Fees and Stipend.
  • More information:  Please contact the relevant School (check the PhD listings for details of ESCR funding and contacts). For further information, see the Birkbeck ESRC web site.

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Jason Schone award (law)

  • Who: PhD law students of outstanding academic merit and research potential
  • What: full-time or part-time tuition fees at the EU/home student rate and maintenance award
  • More information: see the School of Law web site

Marie Curie studentships in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

Ronnie Warrington Studentships (law)

  • Who: PhD law students of outstanding academic merit and research potential
  • What: Full-time or part-time tuition fees and maintenance award.
  • More information: see the School of Law web site

School of Arts research studentships

School of Biological Sciences

School of Social Sciences, History and Philosophy Research studentships

Wellcome Trust studentships