The Graduate School is proud to offer three funding schemes to support its Doctoral Researchers with their studies at the University of Westminster – the Globally Engaged Research Doctoral Scholarship Scheme, Professor Geoffrey Petts Memorial Fund and the Doctoral Researcher Hardship Fund.
Doctoral Researcher Hardship Fund
The Doctoral Researcher Hardship Fund aims to support doctoral researchers facing unexpected financial challenges, ensuring that PhD candidates, regardless of their background, have the opportunity to succeed and thrive in their educational pursuits.
The scheme aims to help and award doctoral researchers with funds to respond to unexpected or unforeseen costs. The scheme cannot be used to pay tuition fees.
See our Doctoral Researcher Hardship Fund page for further information, including details on how to apply,
Globally Engaged Research Doctoral Scholarship Scheme
The University is home to a vibrant community of doctoral students pursuing innovative, high-quality research projects. Our research is globally engaged, which is reflected in the many international topics investigated, as well as the participation of our researchers in conferences around the world. In support of this global engagement, we are pleased to offer a series of scholarships to doctoral researchers fully enrolled on any of our programmes.
The scholarships are for the following four activities:
- Participation in academic or professional conferences nationally or internationally, where doctoral researchers have been selected to present their research
- Attendance at and participation in training courses and workshops, to develop and enhance research methods skills
- Organisation of seminars and conferences at the University of Westminster. This funding is for doctoral researcher-initiated events which seek to foster and develop our research community both within the university and beyond it
- Doctoral researcher led training/development where funding is awarded for a specific piece of training or development activity that is not on offer at Westminster. Funds would cover costs of hosting a training event which would be open to all doctoral researchers
See our Globally Engaged Research Doctoral Scholarship Scheme page for further information, including details on how to apply.
Professor Geoffrey Petts Memorial Fund
In memory of the late Professor Geoffrey Petts, former Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Westminster, the University has established a research fund to recognise the distinguished contributions he made to interdisciplinary river science research and his belief that all students, regardless of their financial situation, should have the opportunity to succeed.
The Professor Geoffrey Petts Memorial Fund offers two forms of financial support to doctoral researchers:
- Financial support to undertake fieldwork
- Financial support for the purchase of research equipment
The fund offers particular support for interdisciplinary research which addresses global challenges.
See our Professor Geoffrey Petts Memorial Fund page for further information, including details on how to apply.