Funding yourself during your PhD

Sometimes you need funding in addition to pay from a part time job. This is competitive and time consuming but some key funding resources to try are:

• Postgraduate study - funding in the UK
  Sources of funding for postgraduate study in the UK listed on the LSE Careers website.
• The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding
  LSE Careers has a subscription to this database. It includes good advice on putting together funding applications to charities and a database of unusual pots of funding that postgraduate students may be eligible for.
• Research Professional
  LSE has a subscription to this funding database and so you will be able to create an account from an LSE computer and then access it off-site using your account. It includes funding at all levels including conference funding, travel funds, early-career research fellowships etc.

Other funding sources

• All-Acad.com

  Search thousands of positions and grants in science, research and industry at worldwide leading universities, colleges, schools, research institutions and companies.

• Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

  Small and large grants, and project grants for students in humanities-biased social sciences

• Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

  Funding provider for research into biological systems

• Commonwealth Scholarships

  Offer opportunities to Commonwealth citizens to study in the UK and to identify UK citizens to study overseas

• Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS)

  Information on European research initiatives, including EU-funded research programmes

• Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

  The UK's largest organisation for funding research on economic and social issues

• eduPASS

  Wide range of information about studying as an international student in the USA. Includes information on paying tax on pay, scholarships, grants and other funding. Information for international students who are thinking about pursuing an undergraduate, graduate, or professional education in the United States

• Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

  Funding for Information Systems and Mathematics research

• EURAXESS - European Commission

  This is a one-stop shop listing for research jobs and funding in Europe

• Find a PhD Funding Page

  List of funding opportunities for PhD students from the Find a PhD Website

• FindAPhD

  Postgraduate research degrees, PhDs, studentships and scholarships.

• Ford Foundation

  Provides grants to support research into social change and development

• Fulbright Scholar Program

  The U.S. government's flagship program in international educational exchange

• Funding for US Study

  A database of scholarships, fellowships and grants organized and maintained by the Institute of International Education (IIE)

• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) - scholarship database

  Database of scholarships and funding opportunities in Germany

• GlobalGrant

  Database of international scholarships and grants

• GrantsForIndividuals.org.uk

  Directory of grants to fund further study

• International Education Financial Aid (IEFA)

  Searchable for scholarships and other sources of funding available to international students wanting to study abroad, including the USA. Resource for financial aid, college scholarship and grant information for US and international students wishing to study abroad

• Jobs.ac.uk

  Academic jobs website which also advertises scholarships. Leading UK site for academic and academic-related jobs; includes some overseas jobs. Advertises specifically jobs in science, research, academic and administrative employment.

• Joseph Rowntree Foundation

  Endowed charity that funds a large, UK-wide research and development programme focussing on social policy issues

• Leverhulme Trust

  Funding for cross disciplinary research

• LSE Research Funding Opportunities
• National Institute for Health Research (NIHR)

  Supporting researchers in health and social care

• Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

  The UK's main agency for funding and managing research, training and knowledge transfer in the environmental sciences The UK's main agency for funding and managing research, training and knowledge exchange in the environmental sciences

• Nuffield Foundation

  Fund research and innovation in education and social policy

• Research

  News, funding opportunities and jobs for researchers. Paid subscription is required for certain news stories and funding opportunities

• Research Grants
• Research Professional

  This online newspaper for the international research world has UK and international jobs

• Scholarship Times

  International scholarships, financial aid news & updates for Higher Education

• SOAS Funding

  Information from SOAS listing external sources of funding to fund or supplement the funding of a PhD.

• Social Science Research Council (SSRC)

  An independent nonprofit organization devoted to the advancement of social science research and scholarship

• The Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding

  This is a book which is available in the Careers Library (3rd Floor, Tower 3). Lists charities and other sources of funding. Advice on extending the funding for your PhD.

• The Association of Commonwealth Universities

  View available courses across 5 continents. Also read publications and find out about awards and scholarships. The oldest and one of the largest inter-university networks in the world. Lists vacancies, funding opportunities and news

• UK Research Office

  The UK's leading information and advice service on European Union funding for research and higher education

• Wellcome Trust

  Grants for human health related research