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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Full tuition fees and up to £22,780
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
- other
Description
UCL Graduate Research Scholarships (GRS) aim to attract high-quality students to undertake research at UCL.
UCL's Graduate Research Scholarships (GRS) are available annually to prospective and current UCL research students from any country.
Benefits
The UCL-RES scholarship consists of full tuition fees (either Home or Overseas) plus a maintenance stipend during the research portion of the programme which increases each year with inflation. For 2025/26, the stipend rate is £22,780 for full-time study (rates are calculated 'pro rata' for part-time students). For 2026/27, the stipend rate is to be confirmed.
The scholarship also includes additional research costs of up to £1,200 per year for the stated duration of the research portion of the programme.
Awards are made for the standard 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. Please note the funding does not cover CRS/writing up year(s).
Eligibility
To APPLY, you must:
- have submitted a complete admission application to an eligible** full- or part-time degree programme at UCL by the scholarship deadline;
- hold or expect to achieve at least an upper second-class Honours UK undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification.
To be AWARDED IF SELECTED, you must:
- be in receipt of an offer of admission to a full-time or part-time research degree programme at UCL.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
226 nationalities
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
08 Jan 2027
In order to apply for GRS, you must complete the following steps:
Step 1 - apply for admission to UCL
Step 2 - submit your scholarship application documents to your academic department
The mandatory documents are as follows:
Research Scholarship 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). When writing your research proposal/outline please note that the selection panel members are not likely to be specialists in your subject.
Academic transcripts - Please ensure that each academic transcript submitted includes clarification on the grading scale/range of grades possible for that degree.
2 References – Reference number 1 should relate to your most recently completed university programme/degree