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Funding opportunity for new doctoral students in Mathematical Sciences

This scholarship is open to students of any nationality

The Mandy Norton PhD Scholarship in Mathematical Science

The scholarship provides funding commencing in September 2025 for students wishing to pursue a doctoral research project in the field of Mathematical Sciences. Applications are particularly encouraged from underrepresented groups, especially women.


The scholarship provides funding for up to 4 years. This includes:

  • Tuition fees at the Home or International rate
  • Training support fund of £5000 each year
  • Maintenance Stipend at the UKRI minimum rate

Additional funds for childcare can be considered as part of the scholarship. If these funds are required, please state so in your application and the Doctoral College will contact you if you are successful in receiving an offer. Any request for childcare funds will not be considered as part of the selection process.

Eligibility

You can apply for this scholarship if you wish to undertake a PhD programme and your intended PhD research project is within the field of Mathematical Sciences.

You must have the support of a suitable member of academic staff at the University of Bath who would be willing to supervise you.

You will need to be able to demonstrate exceptional academic merit and/or potential.

If English is not your first language, you must also meet our English language entry requirement before the published application deadline. An exception will be made if you are currently in your final year of studies at a UK-based higher education institution and are due to graduate at the end of the 2024/25 academic year. In this case, entry to the University of Bath would be conditional upon the successful completion of your current course, and this would also count as evidence of English-language proficiency.

You must satisfy all visa and immigration requirements.

How to apply

We encourage applicants to identify and contact a suitable supervisor in order to develop their project and application. We will not be able to consider applications which do not name an intended supervisor on the application form. Once you are ready to apply, identify your preferred doctoral programme and then click on the APPLY NOW button.

When completing the online application form, you must ensure that you:

  • In the ‘Funding your studies’ section, select ‘Donor or Alumni Funded Studentship’ from the drop-down menu and then state ‘Mandy Norton PhD Scholarship’ in the free text box.
  • In the ‘Your PhD project’ section, state your proposed project title and intended supervisor name in the appropriate boxes.

Failure to complete the above steps as instructed will mean that the application cannot be considered for the scholarship.

Application Deadline

Complete applications must be submitted by Monday 6 January 2025. The successful applicant will be contacted by mid-March 2025.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about doctoral funding, get in touch