PhD Scholarships and Funding

There are various scholarship and funding opportunities available to MPhil/PhD students at The Bartlett School of Architecture, allowing them to pursue further studies and ground-breaking research.

果冻影院 Scholarships

View听a full list of scholarships and听more general funding information

Scholarships for students听not currently enrolled听听

If applicants are planning to apply for funding, it is听crucial听that you have had ongoing positive conversations with your potential supervisor(s) to request a reference and submit your 果冻影院 admissions application in good time (minimum 2 months) prior to scholarship deadlines

The Research Excellence Scholarship

Deadline: 12听January 2024

The 果冻影院 Graduate Research Scholarships and Overseas Research Scholarships is now The Research Excellence Scholarship.听

果冻影院鈥檚 Research Excellence Scholarship (果冻影院-RES) is The Bartlett's new prestigious scholarship which aims to attract outstanding scholars to undertake doctoral research at 果冻影院. 40 fully funded 果冻影院 Research Excellence Scholarships (RES) are available to exceptional applicants from any country. Both prospective and current 果冻影院 doctoral students can apply. 听

Applicants should听submit a Research Scholarship cover sheet, CV, lay summary, academic transcripts and TWO references to Emmy Thittanond听with the subject line in the following format: RES Application 鈥� your name.

For further information on how to apply, please consult: /scholarships/research-excellence-scholarship
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All applicants for the 果冻影院-RES听who have an overseas fee status and are permanent residents of the People鈥檚 Republic of China will automatically be considered for, if applicable, to the 果冻影院-CSC (China Scholarships Council) Scholarships (TBC).听

Research Excellence Scholarships for Cross-disciplinary Training (One-Year)

Deadline: 26听January 2024

The Graduate Research Scholarships for Cross Disciplinary Training (One Year) is now听Research Excellence Scholarships for Cross-disciplinary Training (One-Year).

果冻影院's Research Excellence Scholarship for Cross-disciplinary Training (RXD) is our new award for current research students to spend a year in another department acquiring new research skills. Up to 4听scholarships annually are available to听full-time 果冻影院 MPhil/PhD and EngD students from any country wishing to spend an additional year of their MPhil/PhD or EngD听in another 果冻影院 department acquiring research skills and knowledge from a different discipline, which can be applied in their normal area of research. Training should be of one year's duration听to permit sustained exposure to the new discipline.听The scholarships can be taken at any point during the fee-paying period of their MPhil/PhD or EngD听programme.听Applications听must be made by the Head of the student's home department听in conjunction with the听. This should be sent by听email to Student Funding.听Application guidance and documents can be located on the听Research Excellence Scholarships for Cross-disciplinary Training (One-Year)听webpage.

果冻影院 Research Opportunity Scholarship

Deadline: 12 January 2024

果冻影院's Research Opportunity Scholarship (果冻影院-ROS) supports BAME postgraduate research degree students. 果冻影院 is running this scholarship in partnership with the听. The scheme offers full financial support and a skills development programme, both designed to promote academia as a more attractive career option.听The scholarships consist of fees equivalent to the standard postgraduate UK/home听rate plus a maintenance stipend for full-time study (benefits are calculated 'pro rata' for part-time students). The scholarship also includes additional research costs of up to 拢1,200 per year for the stated duration of the programme plus a one-off conference cost of 拢1000.

Please see听here听for further information and guidance on the application process.

London Arts & Humanities Doctoral Training Partnership Award

Deadline: 26 January 2024, 5pm (UK Time)

果冻影院 is part of the London Arts and Humanities Partnership (LAHP), an AHRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnership that offers up to 90 postgraduate studentships per year for PhD research in the Arts and Humanities.
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For further information on the application process, please consult the听. The LAHP Open studentship competition for 2024/25 entry will open for applications on 27 November 2023.

果冻影院 EPSRC DTP 鈥撎齇pen Doctoral Studentships Competition

Application deadline (Round 1): 8 January 2024, 1pm (UK Time)

The 果冻影院 EPSRC DTP Studentships aims to recruit outstanding students to undertake fully-funded PhD projects at 果冻影院. All studentships are fully funded for 4 years. They provide: 4 years fees (Home rate), maintenance stipend at the 果冻影院 EPSRC DTP enhanced rate, and Research Training Support Grant (RTSG). This is to cover additional costs of training e.g. courses, project costs, conferences, travel. For overseas fee status students, a 果冻影院 award听covers the fee difference between the Home and international fee rate. Students will be initially registered for 4 years and are expected to submit their thesis within the 4-year funded period.The 果冻影院 EPSRC DTP 2024/25听听has now been updated with relevant information for prospective applicants to review. Please browse the听, and select 鈥楤artlett School of Architecture鈥� under Faculty of the Built Environment to review projects available within our department.

ESRC Studentship: Urban Studies, Transport and Architectural Space

The Urban Studies, Transport and Architectural Space pathway is one of 25 pathways that comprise the 果冻影院, Bloomsbury and East London Doctoral Training Partnership (UBEL DTP).

This pathway can submit candidates for consideration via a competitive process for both +3 and 1+3 awards. The 1+3 route provides funding for 1 year of the Space Syntax: Architecture and Cities MSc then 3 years of PhD research.

Students considering applying to the DTP for studentship funding should in the first instance familiarise themselves with their proposed pathway and get in touch with the pathway leader(s).听For guidance on applying, please consult:听.听

Applications for 2024 entry will open in the autumn term, further information on听听and a schedule of deadlines will be available in due course.听

The Bartlett Promise PhD Scholarship

The Bartlett Promise aims to enable students from backgrounds underrepresented in The Bartlett, 果冻影院鈥檚 Faculty of the Built Environment to pursue a PhD at The Bartlett. The scholarship covers full tuition fees plus an annual allowance to cover living and study expenses, for the normal duration of the programme at 果冻影院. All Promise scholars will also receive on-going academic and career support during their study. Further details are available on The Bartlett Promise PhD Scholarship page.

Scholarships for听currently enrolled students

The Bartlett Faculty Funding

The Bartlett Faculty has three schemes with rolling deadlines to help fund the various activities of current MPhil/PhD students and these should be the first port of call for financial requests concerning conference funding or research projects funding.

The Bartlett Student Conference Fund
The Bartlett External Training Fund
The Bartlett Doctoral Initiative Fund
The Bartlett Exentuating Circumstances Fund

For more information, please email the Admissions team at听bartlett.pgr-admissions@ucl.ac.uk.

The Architectural Research Fund

The Architecture Research Fund (ARF) funds excellence in architectural research projects completed before 30 June 2024 for all related costs/expenditure which:

Demonstrate excellent research REF2028 (Research Excellence Framework) quality and impact;
Build capacity in early career researchers as individuals or through collaboration with senior colleagues;听
Develop streams of research with the potential to attract future external funding.

We especially encourage applications which respond to 果冻影院's 2022-27 Grand Challenges: Climate Crisis, Mental Health and Wellbeing, Data-empowered societies, Inequalities, Intercultural Communication. Find out more about the Grand Challenges here.

In cases where conference or research project expenses are not fully covered by Faculty funds, students may apply for top-up or matched funds through the Architectural Research Fund, which has two rounds every year (November and February).

In cases where a proposed student-led event or initiative is not eligible for Bartlett Faculty Doctoral funds, students are instead eligible to apply to the Architectural Research Fund听with their proposal in the February round. Information about this fund听is circulated at the start of each term.

Applications are now open for the November funding round.

The following funds are available for:听

The production of research outputs by individual staff of all categories (max. 拢2,500);
Collaborative research projects by two or more staff members (max. 拢5,000);
MPhil/PhD led research training otherwise unavailable at 果冻影院 (max. 拢700).
MPhil/PhD conference attendance (which may be applied for in conjunction with the Faculty Student Conference Fund (max. 拢500).听

Please also note:听

Overall ARF funds are reduced for this round, which will affect the number of successful applications awarded.
This round is not open to sabbatical applications.听
Completed applications (see attached files) should be emailed to bartlett.arch.researchandenterprise@ucl.ac.uk听as a single PDF, before 17:00,听Monday 27 November.
Please read the recently updated policy听and also note that any application which exceeds the required page length will not be considered.

For more information, please contact the Research Team.

The Bartlett-Canadian Centre for Architecture Collection Research Grant

Since 2008, The Bartlett and the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) have had a research grant partnership. It听enables students from The Bartlett's Architectural Design MPhil/PhD,听Architectural & Urban History & Theory MPhil/PhD, Architectural Space & Computation MPhil/PhD听and Architecture & Digital Theory MPhil/PhD听to conduct research at the CCA鈥檚 Library and Collections in Montreal, Canada, alongside doctoral students in architecture from many other institutions.

This is a unique opportunity to conduct research at one of the world鈥檚 leading centres for the study of architecture. The CCA has an outstanding library collection, as well as a vast collection of architectural design documentation - conceptual studies, drawings, plans, models, prints, and master photographs, archives and oral histories of individual architects (including Cedric Price, Aldo Rossi, Gordon Matta-Clark and James Stirling).

In order to better promote its other aim of stimulating academic exchange between students, the CCA requires grant recipients participate in its Toolkit seminar, a week-long event in July听each year devoted to discussing current research practices and the growth of critical thinking in developing new areas of scholarship.听

Details of this grant听will be circulated as soon as they are available.

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