PhD funding opportunities

The Roth scholarship scheme is funded by the Department of Mathematics and named after Klaus Friedrich Roth.

Key facts:

• Numbers: between 8-10 full scholarships per year
• The award covers 3.5 years: tuition fees + stipend + research training costs
• Eligibility: Home and Overseas applicants*
• Selection criteria: the selection panel looks for the best academic performance at undergraduate and postgraduate levels; strong endorsement from two referees; as well as published academic papers and academic prizes the applicant might have won.
• How to apply: all applications are automatically screened for this scheme at assessment time. It does not require a separate application.
• Outcome: the panel makes decisions at the end of each month (from January to May each year); applicants are normally informed about the scholarship award together with the offer of a place on the programme.

* Overseas applicants might be awarded this scholarship to cover part of tuition fees (Home amount); or might be given joint fund in combination with another scheme (subject to availability).

This Roth studentship is directly allocated to an individual member of academic staff to support a future PhD student. Applicants should contact the supervisors directly to discuss their research interests.

• Eligibility: Home and Overseas applicants*

Available Administrative Roth Scholarships:

* Overseas applicants might be awarded this scholarship to cover part of tuition fees (Home amount); or might be given joint fund in combination with another scheme (subject to availability).

Doctoral Training Partnership supported by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.

Key facts:

• Numbers: subject to annual EPSRC allocation. There have been an average of 8 scholarships per year in the past 5 years.
• The award covers up to 3.5 years: tuition fees + stipend + research training costs
• Eligibility: Home / Overseas*
• Selection criteria: the selection panel looks for the best academic performance at undergraduate and postgraduate levels; strong endorsement from two referees; as well as published academic papers and academic prizes the applicant might have won.
• How to apply: all applications are automatically screened for this scheme at assessment time. It does not require a separate application.
• Outcome: the panel makes decisions at the end of each month (from January to May each year); applicants are normally informed about the scholarship award together with the offer of a place on the programme.

* Normally, one outstanding overseas applicant per year might be offered this scholarship (subject to College total grant allocation). The Department of Mathematics will cover the difference between home and overseas tuition fees.

All applicants are authomatically considered for this scheme. No extra form is required.

Please visit the President's PhD Scholarships page for full information on the scheme, including applications deadlines and dates for the communication of outcome.

NERC-funded PhD studentships

The Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet (SSCP) Doctoral Training Partnership integrates six host partners and a number of business and policy sector partners, to offer an exciting programme that trains and inspires the next generation of environmental experts and leaders to tackle some of the toughest challenges of our time. The SSCP is funded by the Natural Environmental Research Council and based at Imperial College London.

View available projects

For a full list of these, and other projects, with links to detailed descriptions, information on eligibility and instructions on how to apply, please see SSCP studentship opportunities.

Imperial College London and the China Scholarship Council (CSC) have created a scholarship programme to enable talented Chinese students to undertake a PhD programme at Imperial.

It does not require a separate application in the first instance. All Chinese applicants who have submitted a regular application by the end of January will automatically be screened for this scheme at assessment time.

If the proposed supervisor decides to nominate an applicant to this scheme, the applicant will then be contacted to consent their nomination to the selecting panel.

Please read the CSC Imperial Scholarship page for full information on this scheme.

• Eligibility: to be considered for this scholarship, an applicant must ordinarily reside in mainland China or Hong Kong (excluding Taiwan)

PhD application submission deadline – 13 January 2025 through My Imperial 

There is no separate scholarship application, but applicants who wish to be considered for this scholarships must make it known to their prospective supervisors at the interview stage.

Please read The Lee Family Scholarships page for full information.