Funding opportunities
Scholarship opportunities for 2026-27 entry
ESRC White Rose Social Science Doctoral Training Partnership scholarships
These scholarships are awarded to UK and international students wishing to start in October 2026. The competition provides the following awards:
WRDTP Pathway Awards
WRDTP Advanced Quantitative Methods Awards
WRDTP Advanced Data Analytics (ADA) awards
It is encouraged and expected that applicants will have contacted their proposed supervisor and discussed their research proposal well in advance of the below study application deadline. This deadline is for all documents to be finalised and submitted to the application portal.
You must have a study offer (a PhD place) in place to be considered for a scholarship. You must apply for the PhD with your finalised documents no later than Wednesday 7th January 2026 if you also intend to apply for a scholarship. This is a strict deadline.
Further information can be found on the main scholarships pages.
The role of icebergs in heat, freshwater and nutrient exchanges in Greenland’s fjords
We have an exciting opportunity to support a 3.5 year PhD project as part of the UKRI-funded “Fjords Exchange Heat, Freshwater and Nutrients between the Greenland Ice Sheet and the North Atlantic Ocean (FEISO)” project. The successful candidate will join a growing team of scientists at Sheffield University investigating ice-ocean interactions in Greenland’s glacial fjords.
Closing date: Thursday 7th January, 2027