Commonwealth Scholarships

🎓 The University of Salford is advertising 10 Widening Participation PhD Scholarships for UK candidates starting in September 2027 . The project areas are centered on financial inclusion , microfinance , and co-operatives , including credit unions and financial co-operatives . This is a strong fit for applicants interested in doctoral research at the intersection of Economics , Finance , and related business/management themes. Funding includes: full UK tuition fees, a 3.5-year stipend of £21,611...

University of Leeds is offering the ESRC Centre for Digital Futures at Work Scholarship (PGR-F-449), a highly competitive PhD studentship based in Leeds University Business School within the ESRC Research Centre for Digital Futures at Work (Digit). The project is titled “Building good work and digital skills within a regional digital eco-system” . It will examine how local authorities and regional agencies can build an inclusive digital and skills ecosystem in a regional labour market context. T...

Economics Key Discipline PhD Scholarship at the University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC) is open for a PhD in Economics. This opportunity is based in the Department of Economics, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, with research areas available through the programme’s research-area listings. The scholarship is for one place and lasts up to 36 months, subject to satisfactory progression. Funding: tuition fees are covered and the scholarship includes a monthly stipend of RMB 4,500. In a...

Fully funded PhD studentships in Economics are available at Cardiff Business School, Cardiff University through the Wales Graduate School for the Social Sciences (WGSSS) ESRC Doctoral Training Partnership . The programme is open in Economics and related quantitative areas such as econometrics, financial economics, macroeconomics, microeconomics, and political economics . These are open awards , so applicants are encouraged to contact a potential supervisor before submitting an application and to...

UBEL DTP is advertising ESRC-funded studentships across six London partner institutions and 30 disciplinary pathways in the social sciences. The competition supports doctoral study routes including PhD studentships and also notes that the same pathways are used for Postdoctoral Fellowships . The studentships are fully funded , covering tuition fees at the UKRI rate and an annual maintenance stipend. For 2026/27, the award covers tuition fees of £5,238 and a minimum stipend of £23,805, including ...