Postgraduate Funding
There are many opportunities for funding available. These are advertised through the University's Funding and Finance database.
Funding opportunities
The University's Postgraduate Funding and Finance database enables you to search for all kinds of funding, from studentships to charities and corporate sponsorship. It will help you find the most relevant opportunities for your needs.
Please remember that the offer of a place to study at Newcastle is made separate from any scholarship award to cover the cost of tuition and maintenance.
To apply for any of our courses and search for funding opportunities, please see the University postgraduate webpages.
Funding opportunities are promoted throughout the year, mostly between October and April.
The following funding opportunities are available to a wide range of students:
Alternatively, you can browse what funding opportunities are available across all of our courses.
We welcome applications to doctoral training competitions across the Faculty. We're able to support applications to:
- Northern Bridge (Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC))
- ESRC NINE DTP (Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
- The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) via NERC IAPETUS
- The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) via NERC ONE Planet
From time to time, the School may advertise for project-linked studentships. These will be advertised through the University’s Funding and Finance database
NUAcT PhD Studentship: Data, Reproductive Politics and Society
The school invites applications for a doctoral research studentship on social science perspectives on reproductive technologies and/or data-centric technologies.
The successful candidate will be supervised by Dr Mwenza Blell and will have the opportunity to shape a project with points of connection with Mwenza's current anthropological research on reproduction, technology, ethics and politics.
The successful candidate will join a vibrant research community at Newcastle with internationally-recognised expertise in social anthropology and sociology.
Read more about this studentship, including award value and applications details
Application closing date: 13 February 2023 (expressions of interest to Dr Mwenza Blell by 7 January 2023).
Postgraduate Doctoral Loan Scheme
The Postgraduate Doctoral Loan Scheme is open to new English and non-UK EU doctoral applicants starting their studies after August 2018. The Scheme is not means tested and is considered a contribution towards tuition fees and living expenses for Doctoral studies.
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All new Postgraduate Research students registering with the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology will also have the use of a laptop or desktop computer for the duration of their studies.
Find out more
- Guide to funding
- Living Expenses
- disability support - see also the Snowdon Trust (formerly The Snowdon Award Scheme) and Action on Access
- Help and Support