Commonwealth PhD Scholarships

Canada Graduate Research Scholarship (CGRS) is a major fully funded scholarship opportunity for students planning research-based Master’s or doctoral study in Canada . The program is supported by the Government of Canada through CIHR , NSERC , and SSHRC , and is intended for research students at eligible Canadian institutions. The post highlights two funding streams: CGRS-M for Master’s students, offering CAD $27,000 for 1 year , and CGRS-D for doctoral students, offering CAD $40,000 per year fo...

Brunel University of London and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) are offering 20 full PhD scholarships for academically outstanding Chinese students. The opportunity is open across all disciplines at Brunel University of London, with study starting in October 2027 or January 2028 . The scholarship provides full tuition fees for up to 48 months . The CSC also covers a living stipend (including medical insurance), one international round-trip economy airfare between China and the UK, and reimbu...

Imperial College London’s Department of Chemical Engineering is advertising a funded PhD project on next-generation hybrid PV-X technologies for the sustainable, independent provision of solar heat, power, clean water, fuels, and other renewable vectors . The project builds on photovoltaics , solar thermal , and hybrid PV-T collectors , with a new concept that integrates secondary processes synergistically within the collector. Research themes include spectral splitting , improving electrical ef...

Imperial College London is offering the President's PhD Scholarships for outstanding candidates seeking a PhD place with full funding. This is a highly competitive doctoral scholarship for talented applicants from Imperial, the UK, and worldwide, with no nationality restriction. The scholarship supports a research project of the student’s choosing, supervised by an Imperial academic supervisor. It is designed for candidates with strong academic performance and clear research potential across a w...

Nanyang Technological University, Singapore is recruiting a PhD student for the Jan 2027 intake in the area of seawater batteries. The opportunity is posted by Professor Hong Jin Fan, who is affiliated with Nanyang Technological University and serves as Editor in Chief of Materials Today Energy . The research topic suggests a strong focus on energy storage, electrochemistry, and materials science, with possible overlap in chemistry and electrical engineering. The post states that the PhD positio...