PhD funding
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4 year PhDs at the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Quantum Information Science and Technologies (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 2 February 2026 9:00
Up to 10 4 year EPSRC scholarships in Quantum Information Science and Technologies
AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award PhD Scholarships for research in Arts and Humanities (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 12 December 2025 16:00 - the deadline has now expired
5 fully-funded Arts and Humanities PhD scholarships
AHRC Doctoral Landscape Award Stuart Hall Foundation Studentships (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 12 December 2025 16:00 - the deadline has now expired
2 fully-funded Arts and Humanities PhD scholarships
China Scholarship Council (CSC) University of Sussex Scholarships (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 12 February 2026 16:00
Up to 14 scholarships for outstanding PhD students from China
Climate Leaders Scholarship (2026)
Level: UG, Masters (taught), PhD (research)
Application deadline: 1 July 2026 23:59
Funding type: Sussex funded
£3,000 scholarships available to active environmentalists (in any subject) bringing about real-world behaviour change
Doctoral Studentship on European Research Council Project ‘Promiscuous Print: Legal Deposit Libraries, Rejected Texts, and New Methods for Negative Bibliography’ (PromPrint) (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 27 February 2026 16:00
The scholarship covers PhD fees, research costs, and a tax-free stipend for three years’ full-time study.
EPSRC Science and Engineering studentships (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 6 January 2026 23:45 - the deadline has now expired
A living allowance at UK Research Council rates (£20,780 in 2025-6) , PhD fees plus a research and training allowance
Modelling, Analysis and Optimisation of Friction Damping in Critical Structures (2025)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 26 February 2026 23:45
A 3.5 PhD Engineering studentship under the supervision of Dr Evgeny Petrov.
PhD studentship in the Experimental Particle Physics group (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 28 February 2026 23:45
PhD studentship in the Experimental Particle Physics group
PhD Studentship on the SBND Neutrino Experiment (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 28 February 2026 23:45
PhD studentship in the Experimental Particle Physics group
PhD Studentships in the Ideas of Anti-Autocratic Movements in Africa (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 6 March 2026 23:45
PhD Scholarship in the Ideas of Anti-Autocratic Movements in Africa
Public Service Transformation, Digitalization and the Future of Work in Local Government (ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work PhD Studentship) (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 1 February 2026 17:00
Digit PhD Studentship on the role of digitalization in public service transformation: full home or international fee and stipend in line with UKRI.
STFC PhD Studentships in Theoretical Particle Physics, Experimental Particle Physics or Astronomy (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 28 February 2026 23:45
PhD studentship in the TPP, EPP and Astronomy groups
The Impact of Digital Transformation on Skills, Wages, and Career Trajectories in the United Kingdom (ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work PhD Studentship) (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 28 January 2026 17:00
Digit is offering a studentship, with a stipend and Home or International fees covered, starting in late September 2026
Wessex One Health BBSRC Doctoral Landscape Award scholarships (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 23 January 2026 23:59
Biological Sciences PhD studentships available from the Wessex One Health Doctoral Landscape Award