Post-graduate Funding

Post-graduate funding at SoGE, Oxford

1) Central - Oxford University Scholarships

In order to be considered for these scholarships, you should apply no later than the January deadline for your programme of study. You should use the fees, funding and scholarship search which will help you to locate Oxford University scholarships that are specific to you.

New graduate funding opportunities for under-represented groups, including new Black Academic Futures scholarships for DPhil/PhD: Black Academic Futures. 

Black Academic Futures will offer full scholarships for up to ten UK Black and Mixed-Black students applying to start DPhil/PhD study in 2021-22. Find out more about funding opportunities for under-represented groups and the University's graduate access initiatives on the Graduate Access website.


2) College Scholarships

Scholarships offered by the colleges of the University. You will need to look at individual college web pages for details of available scholarships and for information on how to apply. College Scholarships may also be included in the results of any fees, funding and scholarship search. In recent years we [SoGE] have been able to offer joint scholarships with the following colleges: Hertford, Linacre, St Anne's, St Antony's, and St Cross. Information on the availability of any joint college / departmental scholarships will be advertised on this webpage and the corresponding college websites.


3) UK Research Councils Scholarships

To be considered for research council scholarships, applications must be submitted by the January deadline. Research Council Scholarships are only available to Home students. Most decisions are finalised by late April each year. The School of Geography and the Environment hopes to be able to offer research council scholarships each year for the following:

More about the NERC DTP (for PhD students): The Oxford DTP in Environmental Research has a large cluster of research supervisors based across 9 Oxford departments (one of which is SoGE) and their external research partners. The 3 streams of research conducted include Biodiversity; Physical Climate; Dynamic Earth; and Cross-Stream. The first year of a NERC DTP includes training modules that are followed by opportunities for collaboration of research projects with partner organisations. Find out more about NERC DTP applications here.


4) External Scholarships

You can find information on funding available from external organisations, trusts, and companies that provide support to graduate students on the University's Other funding sources and External scholarships webpages. These are managed by organisations external to Oxford, therefore various application processes and closing dates will apply. If you have any questions you should contact the relevant organisation directly. These include organisations and scholarships such as:

  • Clarendon Awards

  • Commonwealth Scholarships

  • OSI/FCO Chevening Scholarships

  • Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies (OCIS) Scholarships

  • Oxford-Weidenfeld and Hoffmann Scholarships and Leadership Programme

  • Hill Foundation Scholarships (Graduate)

  • Rhodes Scholarships

  • China Oxford Scholarship

  • China Scholarship Council - University of Oxford Scholarships

  • Felix Scholarships

  • Oppenheimer Scholarship

  • Fulbright Awards

  • Marshall Scholarships

  • CONACyT, Mexican Government Funding

  • Frost Scholarship

  • Oxford - Indira Gandhi Graduate Scholarship

  • Oxford Kobe Scholarship

  • St Antony's College: Swire/Cathy Pacific Scholarships (Hong, Kong, Japan and China)

  • Trudeau Foundation Scholarship

  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

  • IJURR Foundation Scholarship