Research Studentships
PhD Studentships will be posted on this page as they become available. Please refer to the table below for a list of organisations that provide funded PhD studentships.
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Northern Ireland Department for the Economy (DfE) |
The Department for the Economy (DfE) sponsors postgraduate studentships at Queen's University Belfast (QUB). Further information available on their website: www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/department-economy-studentships |
Studentships will be advertised as they become available on Queen's University's PhD Opportunities |
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AHRC Northern Bridge Awards Standard PhD |
AHRC Northern Bridge provides funding for projects orientated towards the humanities. We have three AHRC Northern Bridge (NBC) subject areas in our School: For further details of this competition, please visit the Northern Bridge webpage and the QUB Northern Bridge webpage. |
Application deadline Tuesday 7 January 2025. Apply through the Queen's Portal: go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply Applicants must be selected for nomination by their school/department. Applicants who submit an incomplete and unsolicited Nomination Form, either direct to schools or departments or direct to the Northern Bridge Consortium, will not be considered. |
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AHRC Northern Bridge Awards Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA) |
Collaborative Doctoral Awards (Staff-led) For further details of this competition, please visit: www.northernbridge.ac.uk/applyforastudentship/cda/ |
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EPSRC |
Guidance for applicants: |
Studentships will be advertised as they become available on Queen's University's PhD Opportunities |
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ESRC NINE DTP Studentships |
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Northern Ireland and North East (NINE) Doctoral Training Partnership – for studentships in Social Sciences https://www.ninedtp.ac.uk/ We have two subject areas in our School: (1) Human Geography and (2) Environmental Planning. |
Application deadline Monday 20 January 2025. |
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The Bryden Centre |
The Bryden Centre is a €9.4 million cross-border, renewable energy research centre funded by the EU under the Interreg VA programme. |
Ongoing |
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QUADRAT NERC |
Up to 5 Awards will be available for supervisor-led projects. Applicants must apply directly to QUADRAT (not QUB). |
Application deadline for entry in Oct 2025 will be available soon. |
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Joint Queen's-China Scholarship Council (CSC) awards |
Candidates must be citizens of the People's Republic of China at the time of application. Up to 20 studentship places for PhD research will be funded for 2025-26. Applicants currently in the first year of a PhD programme at Queen's in the 2024-25 academic year may also apply, if they meet the eligibility requirements |
Application deadline Tuesday 21 January 2025. |
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Commonwealth Scholarship Commission |
A range of scholarships and fellowships are available for citizens of developed and developing Commonwealth countries. Details at https://cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships-filter-search/ |
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How to Search for Funding
High quality applications to QUB School of Natural and Built Environment have a good record of success in scholarship competitions.
You can search the A-Z of Research Opportunities for both funded and unfunded PhD Studentships at the School of Natural and Built Environment.
International students should visit the University's Scholarships and funding webpage.
It is also worth visiting www.jobs.ac.uk/phd for possible sources of PhD funding.
Please note that there may be differences between PhD entry requirements and requirements for funding, which are often assessed separately.
The QUB Funding & Scholarship Finder
The Funding & Scholarship Finder helps prospective and current students find funding to help cover costs towards a whole range of study related expenses.
This is not an exhaustive list of scholarships and funding opportunities. Please visit https://www.qub.ac.uk/Study/Scholarshipsandfunding/ for more funding opportunities and information.