PhD scholarships

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.

Management School PhD scholarship

The Management School funded PhD scholarships for 2025-26 have now closed.

The Management School will open a call for applications for funded PhD projects in Spring 2026. This page will be updated in February 2026 with further information for applicants.