Potential Funders of Postgraduate Study

Many self-funding students have secured support from funding bodies (including employers, foundations and trusts), and students are recommended to pursue such opportunities as the number of QMU funded scholarships is heavily oversubscribed.

Each year Queen Margaret offers a small number of PhD studentships, which cover all tuition and bench fees and offer support towards living costs. Applications for studentships will be invited once per year (normally in February) and publicised via our website. (bursary competition) Studentships can only be awarded for research proposals in the advertised topics.

Full list of all research funders and information sources

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Agri-Food and Animal Sciences, Biological Sciences and other related physical sciences with some engineering

Arts & Humanities Research Council
Humanities but beware of borderline subjects

Carnegie Scholarships
Only for graduates with a first-class Honours degree from a Scottish University

Chevening Scholarships
For overseas students

Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Social Science but beware of borderline subjects with AHRB. See check list for approved courses

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
Engineering, Physical Sciences and Information Technology

Medical Research Council (MRC)
Medical and related sciences

Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)
Biodiversity, Environmental Risks & Hazards, Global Change, Natural Resource Management & Pollution and Waste

Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)
Astronomy, particle physics, micro-electronics, space science and nuclear physics

Students are also recommended to search the web for potential scholarships. A good starting point is: http://rdfunding.org.uk/