Funding your studies

The Faculty of Arts Alumni Scholarship Awards are available for degree students entering the University of Nottingham in September 2024. 

The awards offer financial support of £4,500 over 3 years for students who have encountered and overcome barriers to their educational journey.

It is intended to assist students with their essential living costs whilst studying, paid in equal instalments at the start of each term for three years. It is not intended to be used towards tuition fees.

The deadline for application for students starting in September 2024 is Wednesday 1 May 2024. 

You can find more details and make your application here. 

Aimed at home students wanting to do an on-site Masters and intending to progress on to PhD study. The course can be done either full-time (one year) or part-time (two years). This scholarship is only open to Home students.

The studentships cover:

• The equivalent of home tuition fees for the Faculty of Arts.
• A stipend of £9600.

Full scholarship details

A range of funding is available for students from different countries - application details and deadlines will be released when they are available.

See the full range of Masters scholarships available

Postgraduate loans are available for eligible students who are studying a taught or research Masters course.

Full details on the Student Services website

The Jean Rich Foundation of Canada offers the Pauline Roberts Scholarship to United Kingdom nationals to support one student on the MA in History. The Scholarship has a value of 8,000 Canadian dollars per annum (approximately £4,500 depending on the exchange rate) and is tenable for one year.

The Scholarship is intended to be awarded to an applicant of academic merit who has commitment to complete the programme of study and who is in great need of financial support. The Foundation has stipulated that the award is open only to United Kingdom nationals, and they would prefer to support those candidates who can demonstrate a social contribution to the community.

For enquiries, please contact Dr John Condren (PGT director for the Department of History) at john.condren@nottingham.ac.uk. 

Two tuition fee scholarships, worth £2,500 each, will be awarded on a competitive basis to full-time or part-time postgraduate students enrolled on the MRes in Music. The scholarships are particularly intended for students specialising in vocal performance or researching an aspect of singing or the voice. The awards will be made for the 2024/25 academic year and cannot be deferred. To be eligible to apply you must have a UK fee status and have an offer of a place on the MRes programme. 

Applications have now closed

Please direct any queries and applications concerning the scholarship to Rebecca Thumpston-Gallagher. 

The Alan Richardson Studentship in Christian Theology is designed to assist distance learning students who are currently studying for the MA in Systematic and Philosophical Theology. 

Two studentships of £900 are available for the current academic year, which may be used either towards the cost of fees or incidental expenses. If you wish to apply, please apply in writing by 12 noon on Friday 14 March 2025 stating, in no more than 500-700 words, why you would benefit from the bursary, and how it would aid your intellectual flourishing in the programme.

Include a copy of your up-to-date CV with your application and send both by email to AR-HU-research (AR-HU-research@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk) using the subject heading “Alan Richardson Studentship – [your name]”. 

Should you have any questions, please email Michael Burdett (staff) at atzmb@exmail.nottingham.ac.uk.

The bursary will be awarded on the basis of both academic excellence and benefit to the individual as set out in the application. It will be payable to the successful candidate by the end of the spring semester 2024-2025.

The Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C DTP) provides UK/EU research candidates with:

• funding
• expert supervision (including opportunities for cross-institutional supervision)
• training
• access to a wide range of facilities
• cohort events
• placement opportunities with regional, national and international partners in the creative and cultural sectors.

Full details and how to apply

With generous funding from The Wolfson Foundation, we are now inviting applications for Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships for doctoral (PhD) study in the broad subject areas of history, literature and languages.

The Wolfson Foundation awards funding to outstanding students who demonstrate potential to make an impact on their chosen field. Wolfson Scholarships will be awarded solely on academic merit. Ideally, the successful applicants should aspire to becoming significant contributors to society, whether in the academic sphere or in other areas of intellectual and cultural leadership.

More information and application form

One scholarship is available for tuition fee and annual living allowance set at UK Research Council rates.

Eligibility

You can apply for this scholarship if you hold an offer to start (or are in the first year of) a PhD in the Faculty of Arts or Faculty of Social Sciences at University of Nottingham UK.

International students are eligible to apply but funding is only at the level of home (UK) fees and maintenance grant. Each school with the faculties can nominate one student. The award is open to full and part-time students.

A range of funding is available for students from different countries.

A range of funding opportunities can be found by following the link below.

See the full range of PhD scholarships available

Postgraduate loans are available for eligible students who are doing a PhD or equivalent course.

Full details on the Student Services website

The Midlands Graduate School (MGS) is one of several accredited Economic and Social Research Council Doctoral Training Partnerships in the UK.

The Department of History leads two DTP pathways:

• Area Studies (Russian and East European Studies)
• Economic and Social History.

We invite applications for fully-funded 1+3 programmes of study, comprising a one-year MA in Social Sciences Research Methods followed by three years study for a PhD in modern Russian and/or East European socioeconomic history (from the mid-19th century).

Applications for entry in October 2025 closed on Tuesday 21 January 2025 (midday GMT).

Students who are planning to make a MGS funding application will need to apply for a place on the University of Nottingham PhD programme first.

There is a virtual open day on 6 November for students who are interested in applying. Register here.

Full details on funding applications through the Midlands Graduate School