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Other External Funding Schemes

Durham History Department is keen to support applicants applying to funding schemes for doctoral research in areas where we have appropriate supervision available.

Some of the most prominent external funding schemes are listed below. See also the Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding.

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission

Offers funding for students from Commonwealth countries
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Foreign Fulbright Program

Offers funding for foreign students to study in the USA
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Gerda Henkel PhD Scholarships

Offers funding for students studying historical topics in English or German
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Korea Foundation

Offers funding for students studying Korean history
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Daiwa Scholarships in Japanese Studies

This scholarship is to support Japanese Studies, which can be in either the UK or Japan
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Sasakawa Japanese Studies Postgraduate Studentship Programme

This programme funds up to 30 postgraduate studentships each year, to support the development of Japanese Studies in the UK

Japan Foundation

Offers the opportunity to do research in Japan

Japanese Government (MEXT) Postgraduate Scholarships

This scholarship is offered to UK graduates, to enable further study in Japan

Huntington Library Fellowships

Offers both short-term and long-term fellowship opportunities
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Folger Shakespeare Library Fellowships

This programme is offering non-residential research fellowships
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Lewis Walpole Library, Yale

Offers fellowships and grants to support study of eighteenth-century materials
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Economic History Society

The Economic History Society supports PhD students with bursaries and prizes
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Narottam Sekhsarai Scholarship

Offers financial support for students from India
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Tata Scholarship

This programme offers a loan scholarship to Indian students studying abroad
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The Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund (CCSF)

The CCSF award competition opens Monday 9 January 2023 for applications by Canadian students pursuing full-time, multi-year postgraduate programmes in the UK
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