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Funded studentships and scholarships

Learn more about funded studentships or scholarships for postgraduate researchers.

Key information

Studentship payments 

Managing your finances as a doctoral candidate can be stressful, and it's important that issues with your payments don't interrupt your progress.

When doctoral candidates who have funding enrol at NTU, Academic Registry (PGR Admin) sets up their award with the Finance team as part of the enrolment process. Once the award has been set up, all payments are managed directly by the Finance team.

Candidates who have a funded studentship, scholarship or similar who are issued a stipend are paid directly by the Finance team.

As your awards are subject to your studies, your payments must be processed by the Finance team each month rather than via payroll. This means that your payments may not be made on the same date each month, but should always be received by the first of each month.

The scheduled days for Doctoral payments for 2025/26 are:

28/07/2025

28/08/2025

29/09/2025

30/10/2025

27/11/2025

18/12/2025

29/01/2026

26/02/2026

30/03/2026

30/04/2026

29/05/2026

29/06/2026

30/07/2026

27/08/2026

If you have not received your payment within three working days of the expected date, please email expenses@ntu.ac.uk or telephone (+44) 0115 8486500 to speak with the Finance Team. You can also visit or contact the Ask NTU Hub.

NTU studentships 

As an NTU funded candidate, the terms of your studentship award will have been outlined when you received your award.

If you are unsure of the details of your funding, or what is required of you as a candidate, you can refer to the studentship contract you signed with your funder when you began your degree.

The resources required for your studies are managed by your academic School. If you need additional resources or materials for your research, you will discuss your needs with your supervisory team before approaching your Director of Doctoral Programmes.

Collaboratory 

As a Collaboratory-funded PhD candidate, you are required to engage with Collaboratory-specific training and events, and to meet the requirements of your primary institution and local department.

If you are unsure of your local department requirements, please ask your supervisor or relevant department lead (e.g. a Director of Doctoral Programmes).

If you have any questions about the your Co(l)lab Studentship, then please refer to the Collaboratory PhD handbook, which includes details regarding conditions of funding, expectations, stipend payments, and guidance.

If you need any resources, training or travel for your studies, then you should discuss this with your supervisory team. Your Director of Studies (DoS) is listed as the budget holder for your project’s research training, development, and consumables grant, and will have a record of your individual budget code. Your DoS will also need to approve any expenditure.

For queries regarding this budget, please speak to your Director of Studies in the first instance. Otherwise, please contact the Collaboratory Finance Manager, Zoe Nwosu.

Other studentships and DTPs

Are you an externally funded candidate on a studentship, scholarship or Doctoral Training programme? Find further details on your programme below.

For guidance on UKRI funded studentships at NTU, please review this policy document.

Midlands 4 Cities

The Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) funded Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership (M4C) brings together eight leading universities across the Midlands to support postgraduate researchers in becoming experts in their field and take their knowledge forwards into their career futures.

Current M4C cohorts are encouraged to use the Virtual Postgraduate Platform (VPP) to access funding guidance, news, M4C training events and student-led activities. The VPP is also used to record supervisions and complete your mid-year and end of year review documentation.

M4C candidates should record their supervision and monitoring points on both the M4C VPP and the NTU PGR Dashboard. This is to ensure that your progress and milestones are properly recorded on an internal NTU system and visible to administrators. You can either upload your M4C record as a document to the PGR Dashboard, or simply copy and paste the information.

Contacts for NTU M4C award holders:

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council DTP (BBSRC)

The Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) and Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) partner with the University of Nottingham, Nottingham Trent University, and the National Biofilms Innovation Centre.

The collaboration aims to provide studentships to tackle the biggest health challenges using the latest technological and scientific advances in bioscience.

If you began your research studies prior to October 2025, you are part of the DTP. If you started in October 2025, you are part of the DLA.

BBSRC DTP and DLA candidates should record their supervision and monitoring points on the NTU PGR Dashboard. This is to ensure that your progress and milestones are properly recorded on an internal NTU system and visible to administrators.

Contacts for NTU BBSRC DTP and DLA award holders:

The EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Chemistry: Feedstock to Function

The Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Chemistry: Feedstock to Function (CDT-F2F) is one of 65 Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Centres for Doctoral Training that will support leading research in areas of national importance.

The CDT-F2F is a Regional Partnership that brings The Universities for Nottingham together in partnership with a consortium of stakeholders including midlands-based SMEs and multinational performance chemicals manufacturers, all of whom share a common commitment to drive down the environmental impact of chemicals manufacturing and develop circular processes such that long-term supply chains are secured.

CDT-F2F candidates should record their supervision and monitoring points on the NTU PGR Dashboard. This is to ensure that your progress and milestones are properly recorded on an internal NTU system and visible to administrators. CDT-F2F candidates should also record their annual leave on the NTU PGR Dashboard.

Contacts for CDT-F2F award holders:

Economic and Social Research Council DTP (ESRC)

Nottingham Trent University is part of the Midlands Graduate School (MGS), an accredited Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP). The MGS DTP is a collaboration between eight Midlands-based partner institutions that span various social science disciplines across 17 different training pathways offering innovative research training.

At NTU, candidates may apply via any of the below pathways, but their main supervisor must be either from the history or the law department. Consequently, all projects must have a history or law alignment even if they engage with one of the other themes.

  • Cross-disciplinary Methodologies and Advanced Data Analysis
  • Economic & Social History
  • Living in a Digital Society
  • Sustainable Development, Net Zero and Climate Resilience
  • Socio-Legal Studies

MGS DTP candidates should record their supervision and monitoring points on the NTU PGR Dashboard. This is to ensure that your progress and milestones are properly recorded on an internal NTU system and visible to the administrators.

ESRC Doctoral Training Partnerships (DTPs) are designed to enhance the capabilities of doctoral candidates and develop a world-class, highly skilled workforce for the UK.

Contacts for NTU ESRC MGS award holders:

  • Last updated: 17/04/2026