Funding
Find details on how to find and apply for PhD or MScR/PhD funding.
You must contact a supervisor in your School and secure their support several weeks in advance of applying for funding.
PhD funding
There are several funding options available to PhD students.
Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) Studentships
8 NERC studentships awarded to Edinburgh GeoSciences
The School awards NERC PhD studentships annually to UK applicants and EU applicants who have lived in the UK for the previous three years. In order to be considered for a fully-funded NERC scholarship, please apply to one of our PhD projects listed in the link below.
Application deadline: 1 February 2013
Interviews will be held in March.
School of GeoSciences Studentships
The School provides several partially funded studentships to UK and EU PhD applicants each year.
To be considered, you must be able pay at least half of your PhD costs over the three-year period or have secured financial support through your intended supervisor.
You must apply for a School Studentship through your supervisor, so we advise students to contact their supervisors about this type of funding early in the application process.
Application deadline: 1 February 2013
China Scholarship Council/University of Edinburgh China Research Scholarship
The School provides a Research Training Support Grant of £1,000 for successful applicants.
British Geological Survey Funding
You may obtain collaborative funding from the British Geological Survey.
MScR/PhD funding
The following sources of funding are also available, for MScR/PhD students.
Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Studentships
UK and EU residents are eligible to apply for AHRC studentships allocated to the Human Geography Research Group.
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Studentships
ESRC studentships are available for entry in September for UK and EU residents. Studentships are available for candidates who wish to follow the 4-year MSc +PhD route or the 3-year PhD route.
Contact the Postgraduate Director for the Social Science Programme Dr Fraser MacDonald for more information on ESRC or AHRC studentships.
MSc funding
This article was published on Dec 13, 2012