Postgraduate Funding

The Northern Bridge competition grants a fully-funded doctoral studentships every year. The consortium selects the best doctoral candidates across the full range of arts and humanities subjects. The deadline for 2022 is Wednesday 12th January. For details and how to apply for the Open Studentship competition: http://www.northernbridge.ac.uk/studentships/theopenstudentshipcompetition/

CDA Project details including HCA School based projects for 2022 and how to apply: http://www.northernbridge.ac.uk/studentships/cda/

The Eleanor Pinkney Oddie Scholarship offers an award of £1,000. It is available to one full-time student undertaking a dissertation on a Latin-related subject. They must be undertaking the dissertation as part of one of the following programmes of study:

• MA Classics and Ancient History
• Classics and Ancient History MPhil
• Classics and Ancient History PhD (first year of study)

The award was established by the late Professor Guy Oddie (BArch 1944; Dip Town and Country Planning, 1945) to encourage the study of the Latin language. It is named after his mother, whose determined support enabled him to come to Newcastle University.

How to apply

Write to Professor Jakob Wisse  by 1st June 2023 giving:

• your plans/expectations for funding your studies
• your previous experience of Latin
• your results in your studies so far (degree class or equivalent)
• the title of your proposed project, and a brief outline (of at most 100 words) of your proposed research

You do not have to have studied the language, but you must take a full year of Latin (40 credits) at the appropriate level (which may be Beginners).

This applies to students who have already received an offer of a place for one of the above programmes as well as to students who haven't yet applied. In the latter case, you will need to have applied for a place by 1st June 2023.

Eligibility

UK, EU and international students are eligible for this award.

The Northern Ireland and North East Doctoral Training Partnership (NINE DTP) is a new and exciting collaborative enterprise. It comprises seven universities across Northern Ireland and the North East of England. The Economic and Social Research Council, with support from the Department for the Economy Northern Ireland (DfENI), funds the partnership.

NINE DTP provides outstanding students with fantastic opportunities to conduct their doctoral studies and develop core research skills in an exciting and creative environment. 

More than 50 PhD studentships are available across the universities of: 

• Newcastle
• Durham
• Queen's Belfast
• Ulster
• Northumbria
• Teesside
• Sunderland

Newcastle University awards NINE DTP studentships to learning pathways in the following areas: 

• Economic and Social History
• Education
• Environmental Planning (includes Planning, Environment, Food and Rural Development)
• Human Geography
• Language-based Area Studies
• Law and Society
• Linguistics
• Management, Business and Economics
• Psychology (PhD only)
• Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work
• Children, Youth and Families
• Conflict, Security and Justice a
• Health, Well-being and Society
• Media and Society

Find out how to apply.

Find out about Postdoctoral Fellowships with NINE DTP.

History of Medicine MA

Wellcome has granted Newcastle University a Master's Programme Award in Humanities and Social Science for the period 2021/22 to 2023/24. We are awarding five studentships over this three-year period to students studying on the MA in History of Medicine. The one-year studentships cover home tuition fees, a personal stipend for each award holder of £16,000 a year, a personal research and personal development fund of £250, and a package of training and mentoring to support the transition to postgraduate study. International students are eligible to apply, but would need to cover the difference between home and international fees. Please note that the stipend cannot be used for this purpose. Applicants should hold, or expect to achieve, a 1st class honours degree or high 2:1.

We are offering two studentships starting in September 2023. If you wish to be considered, please submit the following to pg.historical@ncl.ac.uk by 12:00 on 24 March 2023: 

• a personal statement, no longer than one side of A4, which outlines why you want to undertake the course
• a proposal for a masters dissertation project, no longer than a side of A4 (longer proposals with not be considered)
• a transcript of current grades
• a CV of one or two pages

Informal queries can be directed to Vicky.Long@newcastle.ac.uk. We aim to recruit a diverse cohort of students. If your studies have been affected by illness, disability, breaks from study or other such factors and you wish to disclose this in your submission, we will take this into consideration when evaluating your application.

Scholarships worth between 40 and 70% of the international tuition fee for postgraduate students. Students do not need to apply for these, they will be awarded automatically and students will be notified of the scholarship by email, once they receive their conditional offer.

Merit awards offering a £6,000 per year reduction in the tuition fee to 15 postgraduate students, on top of the percentage discount from the Vice Chancellors EU Scholarships (see section above). Deadline to apply is the 22nd May 2022. 

You might be able to receive limited funding from the School. This may provide funds to cover research expenses incurred from:

• travelling to archives nationally
• attending conferences to meet other postgraduates

We encourage you to seek external funding wherever possible. If you have a specific requirement essential to your research project, you can apply for funding from the School.

You should discuss this in advance of your trip with the Degree Programme Director, or your dissertation supervisor. You should make your application to the Postgraduate Director. You’ll need to provide the School with all necessary receipts.