Fees and Funding
Please see below for a list of PhD studentships available in the School of Natural and Built Environment. This list is updated regularly as studentships become available. Successful applicants will commence their PhD on 1 October 2021. On this web page we have also outlined details of funding organisations and provided advice on how to search for PhD funding.
Funding organisations and their PhD studentships
| Studentship | Further information | Closing date |
|---|---|---|
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Northern Ireland Department for the Economy (DfE)* |
All forms and guidance notes can be downloaded from the DTP website: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/department-economy-studentships |
Applicants to apply to QUB by 16:00 on Wednesday 20 January 2021 go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply |
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AHRC Northern Bridge Awards Standard PhD/ Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA)* |
AHRC Northern Bridge provides funding for projects orientated towards the humanities. For further details of this competition, please visit www.northernbridge.ac.uk Collaborative Doctoral Awards |
Applicants for both the Standard PhD and CDA routes should apply to QUB by 16:00 on Wednesday 13 January 2021 |
|
EPSRC* |
https://epsrc.ukri.org/ |
Applicants to apply to QUB by 16:00 on Friday 29 January 2021 go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply |
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ESRC NINE DTP PhD Studentships* |
https://www.ninedtp.ac.uk/ |
Applicants to apply to QUB by 16:00 on Friday 22 January 2021 go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply |
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QUADRAT NERC |
10 Awards for supervisor-led projects. |
Applicants to apply directly to QUADRAT (not QUB) by Monday 18th January 2021 |
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QUB-China Scholarship Council (CSC) awards |
Candidates must be citizens of the People's Republic of China at the time of application. 20 studentship places for the joint QUB-China Scholarship Council (CSC) awards for PhD research will be available across the University: |
Steps 1 and 2 must be completed in full by Tuesday 26 January 2021. |
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Commonwealth Scholarships |
These Scholarships are for candidates from least developed countries and fragile states in the Commonwealth, to undertake full-time doctoral study at a UK university. |
18 January 2021 |
* Studentships will be available for specified research projects for 2021/22 start. They will be advertised as they become available on FindaPhD (see above) and on the Queen's University database A-Z of Research Opportunities.
How to Search for Funding
High quality applications to QUB School of Natural and Built Environment have a good record of success in scholarship competitions.
You can search the A-Z of Research Opportunities for both funded and unfunded PhD Studentships at the School of Natural and Built Environment.
Look for additional Postgraduate funding and scholarship opportunities available at Queen’s.
International students should visit the University's international postgraduate research scholarships webpage.
It is also worth visiting www.jobs.ac.uk/phd for possible sources of PhD funding.
Please note that there are differences between the PhD entry requirements and requirements for funding, which are often assessed separately.