Scholarships and funding

Information about scholarship and funding opportunities for PhD students.

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Current PhD scholarships

The School has a number of Fully Funded PhD opportunities through the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award scheme. These offer a minimum of 3.5 years of funding and some projects have industry collaboration/supervision. All projects can be found on the FindAPhD webpage and the DLA projects have a closing date for applications of 29th January 2025. 
 

Other funding opportunities

The University of Sheffield invests heavily in the development of our postgraduate community. There are many other University funded schemes available. There is help and advice about where to look, depending upon whether you are a UK, EU or international applicant. 

PhD scholarships

Some charities, foundations and trusts provide funding for postgraduate study, from small grants to full scholarships. There is a list of funding bodies which may help you to find other scholarships.

Additional postgraduate funding

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