Funding

In section 9 of the application form, we ask about your intended funding sources. Please include all the funding competitions you'd like to be considered for. There's no limit to how many you can enter, but to be considered, each one must be listed in this section.

The section first asks 'Have you secured or do you intend to apply for funding to cover the cost of your studies?'.

• If you are self-funding your studies, select 'no'.
• If you would like to apply for funding,  select 'yes' and provide the details of your funding intentions.
• If you apply for multiple competitions, all must be detailed in section 9. There is no limit to the number of competitions you may enter.

To enter an internal competition, please add a funding source, and populate the fields as below:

• Type of funding: Uni of Manchester Scheme.
• Awarding body: In the free text box, enter the name of the funding competition (for example, 'ESRC NWSSDTP').
• Status of funding: Intend to Apply.

The remainder of the boxes may be left blank. Please give any further relevant details in the 'any other comments' box. Select Add+ to detail further competitions.

Each of our Schools has its own deadline for internal funding consideration: 

• Alliance Manchester Business School: 1 December 2024
• School of Arts, Languages and Cultures: 13 January 2025
• School of Education, Environment and Development: 20 January 2025
• School of Social Sciences: 1 December 2024

Each external funding competition – for example, the AHRC NWCDTP and ESRC NWSSDTP – has two key deadlines: one for submitting your funding application, and an earlier one for submitting your online programme application. You’ll find both deadlines clearly stated on the relevant funding competition pages, linked at the bottom of this page.

You may choose to apply for a supervisor-led project. Undertaking a defined project allows you to contribute to ongoing research and make a difference to an identified challenge in the field of Humanities.

Unless specified in the advert, you won’t need to submit a research proposal, you'll just need the relevant project title and supervisor(s). Details on how to apply are given on the project page.

• Browse our supervisor-led projects.

You’re also encouraged to explore other potential funding sources – for example, your home government, Ministry of Education or employer – to see if they offer schemes you can apply for.

If you’re studying a PhD or an equivalent doctoral programme, including professional doctorates, you may be eligible for a UK government doctoral loan.

To apply, you must be a UK national, ordinarily resident in England, aged 59 or under, and not already receiving funding from a UK Research Council.