Research funding opportunities

Full details of all studentships and funding opportunities will be advertised on this page as and when they become available. If you are applying for one of the studentships, you must follow the application guidance detailed at the end of each advert. Do not apply directly via the University's online application system at this stage.


Studentship titleApplication deadlineStart date
Sasakawa Studentship
10 March 2026
September 2026
Sasakawa Studentship
10 March 2026
September 2026

Biocomputation by Neuronal Networks (BYRON)

20 February 2026
September 2026

Nigel Groome Studentship: Off-Site Construction for Resilient Healthcare Infrastructure and Agile Healthcare Supply Chain Performance

20 February 2026
September 2026
Nigel Groome Studentship: Unravelling Context-Specific Hormonal Control of Gene Expression in Drosophila
20 February 2026
September 2026
Nigel Groome Studentship: Food, Nutrition, and Health in female prisoners: A mixed-methods assessment of dietary sufficiency, intervention, and lived experience
20 February 2026
September 2026
Nigel Groome Studentship: iBIO-Meniscus — Imaging Meniscus Biology for Repair Innovation
20 February 2026
September 2026
Nigel Groome Studentship: AI-Enhanced Battery State of Health Estimation Using Ring Probabilistic Logic Neural Networks
20 February 2026
September 2026
HEALS: Heat, Health and Learning: Co-Designing Climate- Resilient Strategies for Primary Schools in Oxfordshire
20 February 2026
September 2026
Nigel Groome Studentship: NatureNet: AI systems for conservation and the management of human-wildlife conflict
20 February 2026
September 2026
AD[A]PT Studentships - AHRC funded Doctoral Focal Awards
5 March 2026October 2026
AHRC Landscape Award PhD Studentship in the Arts and Humanities30 January 2026
October 2026

The Oxford Interdisciplinary Life and Environmental Science training programme (ILESLA)

8 January 2026

September 2026 / October 2026

Self-funded research opportunities

If you are interested in undertaking a research degree at Oxford Brookes University, visit the Postgraduate research page to find out more about the range of subject areas offered within our research communities, centres, groups, academic faculties and schools.

Sources of funding

The UK Government's Postgraduate Doctoral Loan and Postgraduate Masters Loan schemes are available to eligible students.

Contact us

Research Degrees Team

rdt-researchdegrees@brookes.ac.uk