PhD Scholarships & Doctoral Fellowships 2026

PhD funding works differently from Masters funding. Many doctoral awards are attached to a specific project and supervisor rather than to you as a candidate, which means the real first step is often an email to a prospective supervisor months before the formal application opens.

Read the stipend line carefully. A doctoral award that pays a monthly salary is a different financial proposition from one that waives tuition only, and the two are frequently described using the same words. Where the provider states an amount, it appears in the funding section of each listing.