MPhil/PhD Funding

LAHP is a Doctoral Training Partnership co-funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and eight Higher Education Institution (HEI) partners. The School of Advanced Study is one of these partners.

LAHP funds up to 90 PhD studentships each year at these HEIs in subjects across the Arts & Humanities. Of these studentships, 10% are Collaborative Doctoral Awards with a cultural or other external partner. There are separate competitions for CDA and open studentships.

Find out more regarding the student eligibility criteria for these studentships.

Applications open via the LAHP application portal.

The deadline for applications for 2024/25 entry was the 26th January 2024.

The University of London Scholars award is open to applicants who are resident in London and who have been offered a place on the School's MPhil/PhD Programme for September 2025 entry. There are two awards to a total value of £15,000 each to cover fees plus maintenance.

To be eligible to apply applicants must have an offer on the School's MPhil/PhD programme for September 2025 entry.

Applicants must be resident in London. (This scholarship is not available to distance learning students).

The primary criterion on which applications are judged is academic merit. The successful applicant will be of exceptional quality, evidenced by previous academic achievement at undergraduate level, with an outstanding mark achieved in the final-year project/dissertation.

The initiative is in support of the University of London’s strategy to help young people across London flourish – while narrowing social, economic and health inequalities. As well as aiming to close the attainment gap between students.

The awards therefore also prioritise students from disadvantaged backgrounds. We define disadvantaged as:

• Students with low household income or low socio-economic status (including those with an annual household income of £25,000 or less)
• Students receiving Universal Credit or income-related benefits because they are financially supporting themselves or financially supporting themselves and someone who is dependent on them and living with them, such as a child or partner
• Students who are care-experienced
• Students who have caring responsibilities
• Neither of the students’ parents can be found or it is not reasonably practicable to get in touch with either of them (estranged students)
• Refugees and asylum seekers
• Students with a disability
• Veterans - people who served in the active military, naval, or air service and who have been discharged or released .

Applicants will need to describe how the above criteria applies to them and what difference receiving such an award will make to their education and opportunity.

Complete the online studentship application form and send any supporting evidence to studentships@sas.ac.uk.

The deadline for applications is 23:59 (UK time), 20 March 2025.

The Yusuf Ali Fund was established in 1956, following the death of Mr Yusuf Ali. Its purpose then was to assist University of London students from India and Pakistan and was used in a discretionary manner for many years.

Today, we are honoured to offer the Yusuf Ali Scholarship for students of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi descent to enable them to study on one of the campus-based postgraduate programmes offered by the Institute of Commonwealth Studies and the Human Rights Consortium at the School of Advanced Study, University of London. Currently, these are for our research degrees only.

Awards will range in value between £3,000 and £7,795, depending on the financial need of applicants. The decision to make an award will be dependent on the excellence of the applicant’s academic and professional experience. The total amount awarded to any applicants is at the discretion of the selection panel.

Applications should be sent to Kay Musonda, Institute Administrator, including:

• a filled application form
• an up to date CV

The deadline for applications are 23:59 (BST), 30 April 2024. Any applications received after this time may not be considered.

The Rubinstein Scholarship is open to home students who have been offered a place on the Warburg Institute’s MPhil/PhD Programme.

It covers home fees and provides an annual £18,000 maintenance payment for a maximum of three years. This scholarship is not available to distance learning students.

To be eligible to apply students had to have been offered a place on the PhD programme and be categorised as an home student.

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit.

To find out more and apply please visit the Warburg Institute site.

The deadline for applications is 5pm on Friday, 14 March 2025.