News and information for all postgraduate researchers at the University of York.
Self-funded PGRs can apply for funding to attend UK and international conferences when other funding options have been exhausted. The closing date for the next round of the YGRS Conference Fund is midnight on 1 June 2023. Find out more about the YGRS Conference Fund
What could you do with £1000? The GSA is offering funding of £1000 for at least four community building projects designed to specifically benefit the postgraduate student community. Applications are welcome from individual students, networks and societies, and University of York staff members. Previous examples of projects include: Find out more on the GSA website
Created in collaboration with YuFund, the Postgraduate Events Hardship Fund is for postgraduates who are struggling to attend GSA events due to financial constraints. Apply to the Postgraduate Events Hardship Fund. This funding is specifically relating to events – if you are struggling financially, please see support and advice on our cost of living hub.
Deadline: 2 December 2022, 5pm GMT Are you a female post-doc researcher working in Physical Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science, Life Sciences or Sustainable Development? As part of their 2023 Rising Talent Programme, the L’Oréal For Women in Science Team will be awarding five outstanding early-career women scientists a grant of £15,000 (equivalent € … Continue reading Applications now open: 2023 L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science UK & Ireland Rising Talent Programme
As part of Open Access Week, the Open Research Team are pleased to share the York Open Research Skills Framework, launched to coincide with International Open Access Week 2022. This framework provides an accessible guide to help University of York researchers navigate the values, benefits and practicalities of embedding open research in their work. It … Continue reading York Open Research Skills Framework & Open Access Fund
In recognition of the importance of PGRs to York’s research and teaching endeavours, the University has agreed to support our PGR community who are particularly affected by the cost of living crisis. PGRs who are not in receipt of funding for their postgraduate research, i.e. are self-funded, will be eligible for a £500 lump-sum payment. … Continue reading Cost of living support for self-funded PGRs
Self-funded PhD students can apply for funding to attend research training events when other funding options have been exhausted. The fund may be bid into to support attendance at conferences held either in or outside the UK. Applicants will be expected to demonstrate the relevance of the conference to their specific PhD project and what … Continue reading Apply for the YGRS Conference Fund
The Joan Samuels Scholarship offers one award of £1,000 to be paid against University tuition fees for one postgraduate taught student or postgraduate researcher with a disability each academic year. Applications are now being accepted until 5pm on Friday 4 November 2022. The successful candidate will be notified no later than Friday 11 November 2022. Find … Continue reading Joan Samuels Scholarship 2022 – Call for Applications
Deadline: 17:00 (UK Time), 30 June 2022 About the opportunity The new ESRC Vulnerability and Policing Futures Research Centre, co-hosted at the Universities of York and Leeds, is advertising a fully funded PhD studentship on over-policing communities of colour and vulnerability. This studentship is ringfenced for British BAME candidates and is part of a co-ordinated plan to increase diversity and inclusion among our postgraduate research community. The closing date … Continue reading ESRC and White Rose funded PhD studentship opportunity
We are pleased to announce the return of the York Open Research Awards. This scheme provides an inclusive opportunity to celebrate projects and advocacy initiatives across a variety of disciplines, recognising work which encourages dialogue, reflection and broader thinking about some of the issues involved in open research and its implementation. This year’s awards have been organised in … Continue reading York Open Research Awards Returns