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: 1 December 2025 23:45
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
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
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
Climate Leaders Scholarship (2025)
Level: UG, Masters (taught), PhD (research)
Application deadline: 15 July 2025 23:59 - the deadline has now expired
Funding type: Sussex funded
£3,000 scholarships available to active environmentalists (in any subject) bringing about real-world behaviour change
Difficult to Digitalise hard work: barriers and opportunities for digital adoption in agri-food value chains (ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work PhD Studentship) (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 9 January 2026 17:00
Digit is offering a studentship, with a stipend and UK ('Home') fees covered, starting in 2026, on digital technology and work in agri-food industries
Digitalising healthcare work for sustainability: professional tensions and ethical paradoxes (ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work PhD Studentship) (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 9 January 2026 23:59
Funding type: Sussex funded
Digit is offering a studentship, with a stipend and UK fees covered, starting in late September 2026 on digital work in healthcare
EPSRC Science and Engineering studentships (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 6 January 2026 23:45
A living allowance at UK Research Council rates (£20,780 in 2025-6) , PhD fees plus a research and training allowance
Life Sciences PhD Biochemistry - Uncovering the molecular mechanisms governing transcription of the protein-coding and non-coding genome (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 15 December 2025 23:45
A fully-funded PhD studentship in the School of Life Sciences for 42 months
PhD Engineering Studentship: AI-Enhanced Diffractive Architectures for Real-Time Terahertz Signal Recognition (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 9 November 2025 23:45
£20,780 stipend, full fees for 3.5 years, and a one-off Research and Training Support Grant of £2,000.
PhD Studentship in “Applications of harmonic analysis in probability and equidistribution theory” (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 31 January 2026 17:00
A fully funded (3.5 years) PhD in Mathematics at the University of Sussex
SEDarc (ESRC) PhD scholarships for research in the Social Sciences (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 11 December 2025 16:00
A number of ESRC-funded standalone PhD and PhD with Masters scholarships across the social sciences.
Sports Scholarships Scheme (2025)
Level: UG, Masters (taught), PhD (research)
Application deadline: 1 October 2025 23:59 - the deadline has now expired
Funding type: Sussex funded
Cash scholarships available for students who have demonstrated sporting excellence
Sussex AI PhD Studentships (2026)
Level: PhD (research)
Application deadline: 12 January 2026 23:59
£20,780 stipend, full fees for 3.5 years, and a one-off Research and Training Support Grant of £2,000.