[Fully and directly funded opportunities. Funding includes Home or International fees for 42 months and UKRI standard stipend which is currently £20,780 for 2025/26 academic year. Funded by Faculty of Arts, Business, and Social Sciences.] The University of Surrey’s School of Arts, Humanities, and Creative Industries is offering four fully funded PhD studentships for outstanding postgraduate researchers. These studentships are designed to support innovative and impactful research that aligns with...

The President’s Doctoral Scholar Award at The University of Manchester offers a fully funded PhD opportunity focused on the prevention of species loss and its implications for human health and wellbeing. This interdisciplinary project explores the historical and cultural roots of conservation, de-extinction, and rewilding, tracing their development from the nineteenth century to the present. The research will examine how longstanding ideas about the therapeutic and restorative potential of natur...

The University of Manchester invites applications for a fully funded PhD project titled '[PDS Award] The Future of Sex: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Sexual Biology and Gender Studies.' This innovative doctoral research responds to the evolving role of 'sex' as an organising concept in the humanities, aiming to bridge insights from gender and sexuality studies with recent scientific developments in sexual biology. The project leverages the humanities' capacity to interrogate the social and cul...

The School of Journalism, Media and Culture at Cardiff University is offering a four-year, fully funded PhD studentship as part of the AHRC-funded Lles Doctoral Fund Award. The project, titled Enabling Activities: Narratives of Health and Wellbeing in Wales and Beyond , invites applications from researchers interested in exploring how arts and humanities can contribute to health policy and wellbeing. The studentship is embedded within the unique context of the Well-being of Future Generations Ac...

The University of Bristol is offering the GREAT Scholarships for international students seeking to pursue postgraduate (master's) studies in the UK. This scholarship provides a partial tuition fee contribution of £13,000, making it an attractive opportunity for students from around the world. Notably, there are no subject restrictions, so applicants from arts, science, engineering, health, social sciences, and business disciplines are all eligible to apply. The University of Bristol is a prestig...

The Leverhulme Unit for the Design of Cities of the Future (LUDeC) at Manchester Metropolitan University offers a transdisciplinary doctoral programme that integrates the Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences to address contemporary urban challenges. The programme encourages collaboration across disciplines, such as artists working with sociologists, historians with designers, and literary scholars with geographers, to foster a co-creative approach to urban design. LUDeC aims to promote a more h...

King's College London is offering the Harold Moody Postgraduate Research Studentships for the 2026/27 academic year, providing full funding for Black UK residents to pursue a PhD in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, Social Science & Public Policy, or King's Business School. The scheme, named after King's alumnus and civil activist Dr Harold Moody, aims to support Black British students who are eligible for home fees. Five studentships are available, each covering full tuition fees, an annual UKR...

Queen Mary University of London, in partnership with the Museum of the Home, is offering a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship under the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme. The project, 'Soundscapes of domesticity: music and lived experiences in non-elite English homes, 1780–1870', investigates the role of music in shaping domestic life, emotional responses, and social interactions in working-class and petit-bourgeois English homes. The research will contribute to museum displays and...

Queen Mary University of London, in partnership with the Museum of the Home, is offering a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship under the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme. The project, 'Soundscapes of Domesticity: Music and Lived Experience in Non-Elite English Homes, 1780–1870', investigates the role of music in everyday life across a range of domestic settings, from working-class cottages to petit-bourgeois households and institutional homes. The research will address how music sh...