Current Student Funding
Learn about the grants and scholarships available to current postgraduate research students.
Doctoral College Enhancement Fund
The Doctoral College is launching its Doctoral College Enhancement Fund (DCEF) from the 24th March 2022.
The DCEF is a new source of funding support to which registered Doctoral and MPhil students can apply. The fund provides bursaries to support Doctoral and MPhil students to undertake a wide range of activities to enhance their personal development during their research degree studies, (normally where there is no other source of funding available to undertake these activities).
If you have any queries about these Bursaries, please email doctoralcollege@ncl.ac.uk
(These bursaries have been created through the University’s QR Enhancing Research Culture Fund.)
Travel grants
NUIA student travel grant
If your research relates to ageing, you could be eligible for a NUIA (Newcastle University Institute for Ageing) travel grant.
These grants are to help you travel to a conference or lab for ageing-related work.
You must be a registered PhD student, and be on the NUIA mailing list.
Most applicants for these grants are Faculty of Medical Sciences (FMS) researchers. But you don’t need to be in FMS to apply.
Doctoral College Parental Leave Bursary Guidance
The Parental Leave Bursary provides funded support for Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave for Newcastle PGR University Studentship Holders, who are in receipt of a funded stipend on or after 1st August 2021, where there is no other source of financial support during a period of Maternity, Paternity and Adoption leave.
Further information is available here and any queries should be directed to doctoralcollege@ncl.ac.uk .
Other funding opportunities
Funding for FMS students
Graduate School travel Grant
Learn more, including how to apply
Post submission scholarship scheme
Are you a talented FMS student, writing your thesis or final dissertation? Do you have a vision for your next steps?
The post submission scholarship scheme could fund you to:
- apply for an internship related to your research
- explore how you could apply your research commercially
- reformat your thesis into a career-defining paper
Grants and Scholarships, learn more here
Funding for Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) students
There are currently no funding opportunities specifically for HaSS students. Keep an eye on this page for future updates.
Funding for Science, Agriculture and Engineering (SAgE) students
There are currently no funding opportunities specifically for SaGE students. Keep an eye on this page for future updates.