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Who can apply?

Within the Faculty of Science, there is one scholarship available for a 2024/25 entry and is inviting applications from UK National, classified as ‘Home’ for tuition fee purposes candidates who are:

• Black or Black British (of African or Caribbean heritage)
• Asian or Asian British (of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian heritage)
• multiple ethnic background including one of the ethnicity groups listed above

What will the scholarship include?

• UK (home) tuition fees for 3.5 years
• A UKRI stipend for 3.5 years (currently £18,622 per year tax free for 2023/24)
• A Research, Training and Support Grant (RTSG) for 3.5 years towards research costs and training
• A budget for reasonable projects costs (where these fall outside of the RTSG)

The scholarship is also offered on a part time basis for 7 years. Part time scholarships are paid at 50% of the full time rate.

Eligibility 

• You should have, or expect to achieve, a first or upper second class UK honours degree or equivalent, and meet any other entry requirements stipulated by your chosen department. 
• You should be applying to start your first year of study on a full-time or part-time PhD in the 2024/25 academic year.

The scholarships are open to applicants who have received an offer to study on any programme that does not come with an attached funding package (studentship), including self-proposed projects.

We welcome applications to any of the following:

• Bioscience - project page (self-funded/student led projects only)
• Chemistry - project page (self-funded/student led projects only)
• Maths-departmental opportunities (self-funded/student led projects only)
• Physics - project page (self-funded/student led projects only)
• Psychology - project page (self-funded/student led projects only)

How to apply

All applicants are required to complete the following:

• An application via the Postgraduate Online Application Form. 
• The additional 'Scholarship Application' section of the Postgraduate Online Application Form. This section of the form is only accessible to those who select a PhD start date of 1 September 2024 or later.
• A declaration form and upload it to their application.

Applicants must select a start date of no earlier than 1st September 2024. Current offer holders with a start date of September 2024 or later will be able to log back into their study applications to access the scholarship form.

Further details about the º£½ÇÉçÇø process can be found here