Please note: To be considered by any funding body you first need to be offered a place on the course, so apply! Once you have your acceptance letter, you can contact funding agencies.
UK and EU students
There are four BBSRC studentships available for UK and EU students. Please state on your application form if you wish to be considered for one of these awards; studentships are awarded according to academic excellence.
For UK students Career Development Loans are available. For more information visit http://www.lifelonglearning.co.uk/cdl.
International students
Contact the British Council (http://www.britcoun.org) for local funding opportunities such as Chevening Scholarships (http://www.britcoun.org/chevening/index.htm) and British Council Scholarships. Also try the Ministry of Education in your own country where information on funding from organisations such as UNESCO can be found. Your own government, employer or industrial/commercial sponsors can also be sources of funding.
The Commonwealth Office offers awards for postgraduate study for candidates in Commonwealth countries or British Overseas Territories. Scholarships are usually advertised by the Ministry of Education in your own country. Applications are made to the Commonwealth Scholarship Agency. Details are available from the Association of Commonwealth Universities, John Foster House, 36 Gordon Square, London, WC1 0PF, UK, or from their website (http://www.acu.ac.uk/).
International students should contact the UEA International Office for country-specific funding advice (intl.office@uea.ac.uk).
In addition the UEA offers a variety of scholarships (see http://www.uea.ac.uk/international).
Partial Scholarships
A number of scholarships worth up to 50% of the tuition fees are available for excellently qualified international (non EU) students. Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and all successful applicants will automatically be considered.
UEA/Fulbright Scholarship
US candidates can apply for a scholarship offered jointly by UEA and the Fulbright Commission. One scholarship is available. Prospective candidates must obtain and fill in an application form, available from http://www.iie.org/fulbright/ or from the Institute of International Education, 809 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017-3580, telephone (212) 984 5330.
Publications available
The Grants Register. MacMillan Publishers, distributed by Globe Book Services Ltd, Brunel Road, Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 2XS, UK.
Educational Grants Directory. Michael Eastwood and David Casson. published by the Directory of Social Change.
Money to Study: The Complete Guide to Student Finance. Available from Family Welfare Association, 501-505 Kingsland Road, Dalston, London, E8 4AU, UK.
Also see: International Grant Register http://www.nature.com/nature/grants/
