Postgraduate funding: PhD

The Centre is accepting expressions of interest from students wishing to pursue a postgraduate course in Renaissance Studies at Warwick (form top left). Students are able to explore various avenues for funding, depending on the course they are choosing and other criteria. Applicants are encouraged to investigate the opportunities below, check the deadlines carefully, and communicate their intentions as soon as possible with the Director of Graduate Studies, Dr Aysu Dincer (A.Dincer@warwick.ac.uk), so that the strongest possible funding proposal may be prepared. Co-tutelle is also possible, as the Centre has strong links with multiple European institutions. Key Deadlines:

Course Applications - 8 December 2025 16:59 (GMT)

Scholarship Applications - 11 December 2025 16:59 (GMT)

Offers released - 23 February 2026

For Autumn 2026 entry, we would be delighted to support excellent candidates for the University Postgraduate Research Scholarships across several schemes. You submit a single scholarship application and are automatically considered for all funding for which you are eligible. Find out about other Postgraduate Research scholarship opportunities .

We are delighted to offer PGR scholarships across several Doctoral College managed schemes:

• Chancellors Scholarships (Faculty & Interdisciplinary)
• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Scholarships
• Doctoral Access Scholarships- Sanctuary
• Doctoral Access Scholarships – Pathway
• Shanghai Jiao Tong University - Warwick Joint Scholarship (SJTU)
• Monash - Warwick Alliance Joint Scholarships (MWA)
• China Scholarship Council - Warwick Joint Scholarships (CSC)

Preliminary steps for applying:

Students interested in applying for a doctoral programme in our Centre are encouraged to identify potential supervisors and contact them as soon as possible in order to discuss their research proposal. Further information about the Department’s research staff can be found here. (Please note, you should search for 'academic staff' only, by using the 'filter by role' tick box option on the left of the People page.) FindaPhD has some excellent advice about how to write the research proposalLink opens in a new window.

For enquiries / expressions of interest in our PhD, please complete this form as soon as possible, attaching your research proposal (max 2 sides of A4), CV and transcripts. There are several parts to the application process, which can take quite some time and also requires action on the part of administrative and academic staff, so you should submit your formal application (if encouraged to do so) well in advance of the closing date. Realistically, EOIs received less than four weeks before course application the closing date, will struggle to make the best case for funding, so please do contact us asap. We always interview, so this has to be factored into the time available.