Northern Ireland Department for the Economy (DfE)*

The Department for the Economy (DfE) sponsors postgraduate studentships at Queen's University Belfast (QUB). Further information available on their website:  www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/department-economy-studentships

Studentships will be advertised as they become available on FindaPhD (see feed below) and on Queen's University's PhD Opportunities

AHRC Northern Bridge Awards

AHRC Northern Bridge provides funding for projects orientated towards the humanities.

We have three AHRC Northern Bridge (NBC) subject areas in our School as follows:
 
(1) Archaeology, (2) Architecture History, Theory and Practice and (3) Cultural Geography

For further details of this competition, please visit: www.northernbridge.ac.uk/applyforastudentship/theopenstudentshipcompetition/

The 2022/2023 NBC competition is closed. The new competition for entry in October 2024 is expected to open in October 2023 and will be announced on their webpage. Applicants apply to QUB by the advertised deadline:

go.qub.ac.uk/pgapply 

AHRC Northern Bridge Awards

Collaborative Doctoral Award (CDA)*

Collaborative Doctoral Awards (Staff-led)
These are supervisor-led projects. The 2023/2024 competition, for projects beginning in October 2024, is open. 

For further details of this competition, please visit: www.northernbridge.ac.uk/applyforastudentship/cda/ 

EPSRC* 

Guidance for applicants: 

www.ukri.org/councils/epsrc/guidance-for-applicants/ 

Studentships will be advertised as they become available on FindaPhD (see feed below) and on Queen's University's PhD Opportunities

ESRC NINE DTP Studentships* 

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Northern Ireland and North East (NINE) Doctoral Training Partnership – for studentships in Social Sciences https://www.ninedtp.ac.uk/   We have two  subject areas in our School:

(1) Human Geography and (2) Environmental Planning.

Full details on the Queen's University website

The deadline for applications to QUB will be published once the competition is launched. It's likely to be at some point in mid/late January 2024.

The Bryden Centre

The Bryden Centre is a €9.4 million cross-border, renewable energy research centre funded by the EU under the Interreg VA programme.

www.brydencentre.com/  

Ongoing

QUADRAT NERC 

Up to 5 Awards available for supervisor-led projects.
www.quadrat.ac.uk/projects/ 

Applicants to apply directly to QUADRAT (not QUB) by 23.59 (UK Time) on 9 December 2022.
www.quadrat.ac.uk/how-to-apply/ 

QUB-China Scholarship Council (CSC) awards

Candidates must be citizens of the People's Republic of China at the time of application.

Up to 20 full PhD scholarships were available for candidates starting their studies in the 2023-24 academic year.

Application deadline will be 24 January 2023.

Further information about 2023 competition

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission

A range of scholarships and fellowships are available for citizens of developed and developing Commonwealth countries. Details at https://cscuk.fcdo.gov.uk/scholarships-filter-search/