There are seven government-funded research councils that offer financial support to postgraduate students. The seven UK research councils are publicly funded bodies that support research and studentships across a range of subjects.Details of UKRI funding available at the University can be found below:
The AHRC-funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C) brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands to support the professional and personal development of the next generation of arts and humanities doctoral researchers. This doctoral training partnership provides PhD scholarships, plus opportunities for networking and collaboration and links with leading cultural and creative economy partners. How to apply to Warwick through the M4C programme, or email us at m4c@warwick.ac.uk
MIBTP is a BBSRC funded Doctoral Training Partnership between the universities of Aston, Birmingham, Harper Adams, Leicester and Warwick. The MIBTP has an ambitious vision to deliver innovative, world class research across the Life Sciences to boost the growing Bioeconomy in the Midlands and across the UK. PhD Studentship projects are focused in vital research areas such as Sustainable Agriculture and Food, Understanding the Rules of Life, Renewable Resources and Clean Growth and Integrated Understanding of Health and use interdisciplinary and quantitative approaches to biology.
Hetsys is currently recruiting students from across the physical sciences who enjoy using mathematical skills to solve complex problems. For more information, please see their webpages, or email hetsys@warwick.ac.uk.
Mathsys is training students in advanced quantitative skills and applied mathematical modelling critical to addressing the contemporary challenges arising from biomedicine, health, modern industry and the digital economy. For more information, please see their webpages, or email complexity@warwick.ac.uk.
EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
The University of Warwick has been awarded over 100 EPSRC-funded studentships, spanning departments across the faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine. To find out more about individual projects, please contact the department which you are interested in joining. Staff guidance for EPSRC DTP
A number of Medical Research Council-funded PhD studentships are available across Warwick Medical School and the School of Life Sciences through the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Doctoral Training Partnership (IBR DTP). The programme focuses on addressing important biomedical quesitons in the key areas of Quantitative Cellular Dynamics and Molecular Microbiology. To find out more, please visit the webpages, or email mrcdtp@warwick.ac.uk.
A number of fully funded studentships in environmental sciences are available. These studentships are available as part of the NERC DTP CENTA consortium. You can find out more about applying for a PhD studentship as part of the NERC CENTA online, or by emailing phd.lifesciences@warwick.ac.uk.
The STFC funds a small number of funded studentships across research areas such as Astrophysics, Astronomy and Elementary Particle Physics in the Department of Physics. For more information about this funding please visit the Department of Physics webpages or email PhysicsPG@warwick.ac.uk
