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Postgraduate Research Funding Opportunities

Faculty of Humanities Overseas Research Scholarship

The Faculty of Humanities has available a research scholarsip for an overseas candidate with exceptional academic merit and research potential.

This scholarship will pay full time postgraduate research (PGR) students from outside the UK and European Union the difference between the international student tuition fees and the home/EU student tuition fees charged by the University.

Closing date: please contact the School in which you intend to register for advice on closing dates.

Please see the following link for more details:


  • ORS Faculty of Humanities (, 66 KB)
  • Faculty of Humanities Alumni Awards

    The Faculty of Humanities is pleased to offer 2 Alumni Awards for new students due to commence their PhD in September 2010.

    The awards comprise of £16,000 p.a. and are eligible to students who have graduated from the University of Manchester within the last 4 years. Applications are invited under the following research themes:

    Summaries of each of these themes can be found at http://www.manchester.ac.uk/alumni/donorprogrammes/philanthropicpriorities/

    Closing date: 30th April 2010

    Please see the following links for further details, guidance notes and the application form:

  • Guidelines for PhD Scholarships Application Form (, 27 KB)
  • Alumni Awards Scheme 2010 (, 30 KB)
  • Alumni Scholarships Form 2010-11 (, 57 KB)