2024 UCL Research Excellence Scholarship (UCL-RES) | Fully Funded
About
UCL Research Excellence Scholarship (UCL-RES) is a prestigious scholarship which aims to attract outstanding scholars to undertake doctoral research at UCL.
UCL-RES is offering up to 40 fully funded UCL Research Excellence Scholarships (RES) to exceptional applicants from any country. Both prospective and current UCL doctoral students can apply.
The UCL Research Excellence Scholarship aims to enable and encourage international students from lower income backgrounds to pursue full-time postgraduate studies at UCL.
Awards are made for the normal length of the research portion of the programme of study. This is normally 3 years for a full-time MPhil/PhD/EngD degree programme (or 5 years for part-time study), subject to sufficient academic progress.
Where students are undertaking integrated four-year doctoral programmes, the award will be extended to the 4th year of research. The funding start date for the start of the academic year. For 2024/25 should be 23 September 2024.
Eligibility Criteria:
- have submitted a completed admission application to, or currently be registered on, an eligible full- or part-time eligible degree programme at UCL by the scholarship deadline.
- holding or expected to achieve at least an upper second-class honours UK undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification.
In order to be AWARDED IF SELECTED, you must:
- be in receipt of an offer of admission to, or currently be registered on, a full-time or part-time research degree programme at UCL.
Benefits:
The UCL-RES scholarship consists of full fees (either Home or Overseas) plus a maintenance stipend during the research portion of the progamme which increases each year with inflation.
Required Documents
- Research Scholarships cover sheet
- CV – Please ensure your CV is up to date and lists all publications, past/current prizes, awards, and scholarships.
- A lay summary of your research proposal, on a Word or PDF document (max. 200 words not including title)
- Academic transcripts – Please ensure you submit transcripts from all undergraduate and postgraduate programmes you have attended and that each academic transcript submitted includes clarification on the grading scale/range of grades possible for that degree.
- 2 References
How to Apply?
Step 1 – apply for admission to UCL
The following instructions apply to prospective students only – current students already enrolled on their research degrees can proceed directly to Step 2.
You must submit a complete application for admission onto an eligible degree programme by the specified deadline. You do not need to have secured an offer of a place at UCL in order to apply for the scholarship, but you must have submitted your admission application.
Step 2 – submit your scholarship application documents to your academic department.
