College of Social Sciences

Student funding opportunities

Find out more about scholarships and other funding available for our postgraduate students

Postgraduate research funding opportunities

Name	Closing Date
China Scholarship Council (CSC) PhD Scholarship	20 March 2020
ESRC AQM Studentship - Economic Predictions with Text Data	08 April 2020
ESRC Dataset Studentship - Heterogeneity in Urban Health Risk since Victorian Times: Socioeconomic Conditions, Social Interactions and Economic Fluctuations	08 April 2020
ESRC AQM Studentship - A Sociological Understanding of the Role of Social Relationship Perceptions in Suicide Risk	17 April 2020
Europe-Asia Studies PhD Scholarship	28 April 2020
CoSS PhD Scholarship - Are young people losing faith in democracy? An empirical test of generational shifts in support for democracy	08 May 2020
CoSS PhD Scholarship - Blockchain economics in a digital society	08 May 2020
CoSS PhD Scholarship - Open Science in Conservation: combining citizen science and remote sensing approaches for habitat monitoring	08 May 2020
University of Glasgow Staff Research Scholarship	31 December each year
Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Pathway PhD Studentships	TBC
Lord Kelvin/Adam Smith (LKAS) PhD Studentship	TBC
University of Edinburgh and University of Glasgow Joint PhD Studentships	TBC
University of Glasgow Alumni Discount	31 January 2021

Further postgraduate research funding opportunities

Name
Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)
British Council
Canada-UK Foundation
Canadian Centenial Scholarship Fund
The Carnegie Trust
Commonwealth Scholarships and Fellowships Plan (CSFP)
Erasmus+
FindAPhD
Institute of International Education (IIE)
jobs.ac.uk
Marshall Scholarships
Postgraduate Studentships
Research Professional
Scholarships and Funding Database (University of Glasgow)
Study in Scotland
Support and Development for Postgraduate Researchers (University of Glasgow)
Universitas 21

Travel funding

Name	Closing date
David Fleming Brown Postgraduate Travel Scholarship	01 May 2019
Mac Roberston Postgraduate Travel Scholarship	01 May 2019

Scholarship information for staff

Postgraduate taught funding

Information on Scottish Funding Council (SFC) funded places
University-wide information on scholarships and fees
Registry Student Finance

Financial Support

Name
Student Finance
Thesis Pending PGR Student Hardship Fund

Frequently Asked Questions about Research Scholarships