University of Nottingham Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities 2026 - 2027

The Wolfson Foundation awards funding to outstanding students who demonstrate potential to make an impact on their chosen field. Wolfson Scholarships will be awarded solely on academic merit. Ideally, the successful applicants should aspire to becoming significant contributors to society, whether in the academic sphere or in other areas of intellectual and cultural leadership. 

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirements
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineJanuary 19, 2027
• Value£111,750
• Study LevelPhD
• SponsorUniversity of Nottingham
• City to studyNottingham
• School to studyUniversity of Nottingham
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

Each Scholarship offers a fixed sum of £111,750 over three years for full-time study or six years for part-time study and covers:

• Home (UK)/International Tuition Fees (where an International applicant is successful, the Faculty will cover the difference between Home and International fee levels)
• A maintenance grant (referred to as a stipend) fixed at £27,500 per year (pro rata part-time) which is tax-free and paid monthly
• A research and training allowance

Requirements

• The awards are open to UK and International (including EU) applicants who will commence campus-based doctoral (PhD) study at the University of Nottingham at the start of the relevant academic year
• Applicants’ intended PhD research must be in the discipline(s) of history, literature or languages (these are broadly drawn, please see Definition of eligible subject disciplines below)
• Applicants should be resident in the UK for the duration of their studies and live within reasonable distance of UoN (except for periods of fieldwork)
• Applicants should have a track record of academic excellence. This will usually be demonstrated by:
  • a good undergraduate degree, usually a first-class honours degree resulting in a BA
  • AND EITHER a Master’s degree in a field of study relevant to their proposed doctoral research (the Master’s must either be held at the point of application or completed by the time an applicant begins their PhD, even though the final examination board may not yet have taken place and the overall result is therefore not yet known) OR professional qualifications and experience equivalent to a Master’s qualification.
• Applicants should have applied to study for a PhD at the University of Nottingham before they submit their Wolfson Scholarship application.  It is, however, not necessary to have received a formal offer by the point of application.

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Application Deadline

How To Apply

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