Funding for postgraduate research

This is an extremely competitive Faculty-level award that is open to all nationalities and research areas to support entry to a PhD programme in September 2021.  Awards will be made on the basis of evidence of academic ability and research aptitude.

Candidates can only be nominated by an applicant's supervisor and candidates must have secured an academic offer of study for a place on the PhD programme prior to the nomination deadline.  Following initial shortlisting within the Department a final decision on awards are made by a Faculty panel.

We are waiting for confirmation that this scheme will run to support entry to a PhD in September 2021.

For more information, please visit the Dean's Doctoral Scholarship webpage.

The Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering is offering a fully-funded PhD studentship to an outstanding female candidate.

The studentship will be for a period of up to three years and will cover standard fees at either the Home/EU or standard International rate in addition to an annual stipend at the RCUK rate to cover living costs. For a PhD starting in the 2024/25 academic session this is expected to be £19,237.

Candidates can only be nominated by an applicant's supervisor and candidates must have secured an academic offer of study for a place on the PhD programme prior to the nomination deadline.

For more information, please contact fse.doctoralacademy.admissions@manchester.ac.uk

Below is a list of organisations which offer funding to students of specific nationalities or gender. If any further information is required such as eligibility and criteria details please contact the organisation directly.

Scholarships

• British Federation of Women Graduates - Scholarships available for female postgraduate research students.
• British Marshall Scholarships - Scholarships for high calibre graduate students from the US to study in the UK.
• Commonwealth Scholarships - Postgraduate scholarships for Commonwealth students administered by the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU).
• Croucher Foundation - Scholarships for Hong Kong-born students.
• Fulbright student scholarships - Applicants from the United States can apply to the US-UK Fulbright Commission for a Fulbright Award.
• Global Education Program (GEP) - Russian government funding program that offers Russian citizens an opportunity to study at leading foreign higher education institutions.
• Institute of Mechanical Engineers - for exceptional graduates from an accredited mechanical engineering degree programme.
• LPDP Funding Indonesia - Full funding for students with Indonesian nationality, graduated from an accredited Indonesian university or an overseas university acknowledged by the Indonesian Higher Education Directorate (DIKTI), maximum age 40 (for PhD programme).
• UK-India Education and Research Initiative (UKREI) - This is a major government funding initiative supported by the DfES, FCO and OSI.

Support funding

• Henry Lester Trust - Awards given to Chinese students (including those from Hong Kong) studying for a PhD.
• Postgrad Solutions now offer an Engineering bursary.

There are many other organisations not included in this list that may be able to offer support. Students should apply directly to the relevant organisation.

The University of Manchester has collaborations with a number of international partners.  As an extension of this joint research, we are developing dual-award PhD programmes to allow postgraduate research students access to world-class facilities, expertise and field environments. Visit the University website for more information about the Dual-awards via the Global Doctoral Research Network.

The Osborne Reynolds Doctoral Scholarship has been established in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering with the aim to support outstanding PhD students in the area of fluid mechanics.

One scholarship will be awarded annually. The award provides a total amount of £1,500 annually for each scholarship. The scholarship is open to students of all nationalities who have been accepted for a full-time PhD programme in subjects related to fluid mechanics. No preference will be given between computational and experimental research or between 'fundamental' and 'applied' topics.

These scholarships will be supplied from the Department's EPSRC DTP allocation.  Home students are eligible for these awards.  It may also be possible to consider international students for awards through the relaxation of eligibility requirements permitted by research councils.  However, due to the limited number of places available through the relaxation, only the most able applicants can be considered in this way.

For more information, please contact fse.doctoralacademy.admissions@manchester.ac.uk