Awards: External bodies awards

A number of bodies award research grants and other funding for projects both in the UK and abroad.

The following are a small number of these.

If you know of others which should be listed here please email the Careers Service.

• Student Money
  Hotcourses and UCAS bring you a comprehensive guide to everything you need when planning and organising your student finances. You can search for funding as well as predict future earnings
• Research Councils
  Links to all the major UK Research Councils
• Scottish HE Funding Council
  Funding in Scotland
• British Government Scholarships
  Part of the British Council site
• British Science Association Media Fellowships
  Intended to create greater awareness and understanding of the workings of the media among practising engineers and scientists
• The Royal Society
  Funding for Research Scientists
• British Council Partnerships
  Developed to promote links and contacts between British and other European higher education, research institutions and laboratories
• Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship Program
  Awards available to students from other Commonwealth countries for graduate study in Canada
• Marie-Curie Actions
  This website provides an overview of the training, mobility and career development opportunities covered under the European Union's Framework Programme for R&D
• ERASMUS
  The SOCRATES/ERASMUS programme offers you the chance to study abroad in another European country. Study grants are available