Further Study Funding

Further Study Funding is offered by these Member Organisations:

Anatomical Society – Anatomical Society Research Studentships

The Anatomical Society offers a limited number of Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland.

The Anatomical Society offers a limited number of Research Studentships to be held in departments of anatomical sciences in the UK and Ireland. Applications are currently being invited from prospective supervisors for Research Studentships to commence in October 2013. The closing date for applications is Friday 7th September 2012.

The advertisement, application form and information and conditions can be found with the links below or contact the Honorary Secretary, Professor Clive Lee care of Mary-Anne Piggott.

BBSRC - Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards

These postgraduate studentships aim to attract the best research students from around the world. Each award is sponsored by BBSRC and an industrial partner.

Award: Studentship funding is awarded to universities and research institutions and not directly to the student, thus students should contact the institution at which they wish to undertake their research degree.

Biochemical Society - Krebs Memorial Scholarship

The scholarship is awarded to an individual within the top 5% of candidates who wishes to study for a PhD in Biochemistry or an allied biomedical science or a candidate who wants to undertake a postdoctoral fellowship.

Award: The current value of the scholarship is £18,500.

Application Deadline: 31st March 2011.

British Society for Medical Mycology (BSMM) /UCL MSc/Diploma in Medical Mycology

A scheme to award bursaries to people wanting to study for a Diploma / MSc in Medical Mycology with UCL.

British Pharmacological Society – The Schachter Award

Designed to support the visit of a postgraduate student member to another laboratory to learn a technique.

Award: 2 grants of £500 a year.

Application Deadline: 30^th January and 30^th June each year.

British Pharmacological Society – BPS A J Clark PhD Studentship

Enables young scientists with degrees in pharmacology or related disciplines to carry out research in pharmacology leading to a PhD in recognised departments in the UK or the Republic of Ireland. Candidates should intend to follow a career in Pharmacology.

Award: PhD Studentship and £5,000 Research Costs.

2011 Application Deadline: 31^st October 2010.

British Society for Plant Pathology – MSc Project Bursary Fund

Aims to allow graduates to complete their research project and to provide supervisors with an additional pair of hands to undertake short research projects for which funding is increasingly difficult to find.

Award: £200 per week to cover their living expenses with £500 in total for consumables.

Application Deadline: 1^st April each year.

Experimental Psychology Society – Grants for Study Visits

The purpose of the visit is to develop the applicant's research skills in experimental psychology, and may involve learning at first hand about experimental procedures employed in the host laboratory, or designing and running studies that cannot already be carried out in the applicant's home department.

Award: Maximum of £1200 to any individual. (For travel to and accommodation at another institution outside an individual's academic base).

Application Deadline: 1^st March and 1^st September. Retrospective applications will not be considered and study visits may not start until two months after the submission date (ie 1st May or 1st November).

Experimental Psychology Society - Postgraduate and Postdoctoral Workshops

The Society will sponsor workshops designed to bring together postgraduate students and/or junior postdoctoral researchers (usually within two years of their PhD) who are working on a certain topic or wish to learn a particular technique.

Award: One day meetings are awarded up to £1,200 and two day workshops are granted up to £2,500.

Application Deadline:

L'Oréal UK and Ireland Fellowships For Women in Science

Fellowships are awarded annually to outstanding female postdoctoral researchers. They are tenable at any UK or Irish university/research institute to support a 12-month period of postdoctoral research in any area of the life or physical sciences. The fellowships have been designed to provide practical help for the winners to undertake research in their chosen fields.

Award: £15,000 (equivalent € for candidates in Ireland)

Application: Opens 1^st February.

RNID – PhD Studentships

Aims to encourage the best students to become involved in hearing, deafness and tinnitus research in the UK.

Award: PhD Studentships in a UK hearing research lab.

2011 Application Deadline: 20^th September 2010.

Society for Applied Microbiology – Hardship Grant

This grant is available for SfAM members (full or student) studying for an MPhil/PhD in applied microbiology under the direction of a supervisor who is also a SfAM member. The funds will be used to contribute towards university fees.

Award: Maximum of £3000 per annum for three years (full-time study or equivalent if studying part-time).

Application Deadline: See Website.

Wellcome Trust - Masters Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine

Residents of a low- and middle-income country who hold a first degree in a subject relevant to public health or tropical medicine (clinical or non-clinical) with limited research experience are eligible to apply for this fellowship. Fellows must be based at an eligible institution in a low- and middle-income country for the research project, which should be in the field of public health or tropical medicine.

Award: Payment of Masters course fees and usually provides support for up to thirty months.

Application Deadline: August 2011

Wellcome Trust - Research Fellowships

This scheme is for individuals not yet in established academic posts, who wish to undertake a period of postdoctoral research. Due to the multidisciplinary nature of biomedical ethics research, Research Fellowships may provide postdoctoral researchers with support to enable them to obtain research training, either in a new discipline or in a new aspect of their own field, e.g. a humanities scholar who wishes to be trained in social science.

Award: Research expenses and a salary, including appropriate employer's contributions.

Application Deadline: 20^thJune and 2^nd December.

Wellcome Trust - Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowships

This fellowship provides a unique opportunity for newly qualified postdoctoral researchers to develop their research careers, working in the best laboratories in the UK and overseas. Candidates should take an important biomedical research question and deliver a personal programme to achieve their research aims. Applicants must be in the final year of their PhD studies or have no more than one year of postdoctoral research experience from the date of their PhD viva to the full application submission deadline.

Award: £250,000 (Salary and Research expenses).

Application Deadline: 1^st November 2010 (preliminary applications) and 31^st January 2011 (full applications).

Wellcome Trust - Training Fellowships in Public Health and Tropical Medicine

This fellowship provides researchers from low- and middle-income countries at the early stages of their research careers with opportunities to gain research experience and high-quality research training relevant to health in low- and middle-income countries. Applicants must hold a degree in a subject related to public health or tropical medicine with a PhD and no more than three years' postdoctoral experience. Research projects should be in the area of public health or tropical medicine, aimed at understanding and controlling human and animal diseases of local, national or global health importance.

Award: Salary and Research Expenses.

Application Deadline: Applications are considered three times per year.

Wellcome Trust - Veterinary Research Entry Fellowships

This scheme provides a year's support for those who hold a first degree in veterinary medicine or veterinary science who wish to undertake a Master's degree by research. Candidates must have an eligible sponsor and a supervisor at one of the UK veterinary schools.

Award: The fellowship includes Master's course fees and a travel allowance.

Application Deadline: 7th February 2011.

Next preliminary application deadline: 8 October 2010; Full application deadline: 13 December 2010.

External Sources of Funding:

Professional and Career Development Loan - www.direct.gov.uk/adultlearning

Anyone over the age of 18 looking to pursue work related learning might consider the Professional and Career Development Loan. This is a commercial bank loan of anywhere between £300 and £10,000 to help support the cost of up to two years of learning (three years if it includes one year’s relevant unpaid practical work). The government pays the interest on the loan during the course and for one month afterwards. The loan can be used to pay course fees or other costs such as travel and living expenses. It can also be used to supplement other forms of support such as grants or bursaries. The loan should be considered as one option of a wider package of financial support for learning which may be available and individuals should research and make an informed decision based on their personal circumstances.

For further information on financial assistance for learners, individuals should visit their website or contact Careers Advice on 0800 100 900.

Prospects - Postgraduate funding database

Prospects has developed a database of all funding available for postgraduate study from sources such as research councils, charities, employers and higher education institutions.

For further information visit their website.