Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Studentship Funding

Value of award (per year)

Home tuition fee for 2025-2026 at UKRI rate is £5,006

Annual stipend for 2025-2026 at UKRI rate is £20,780

Duration of award

The funding duration is for 3.5 years starting from 1 October for each cohort. The submission duration is for four years starting from 27 September for each cohort. It does not include periods of leave, write-up, continuation or extension.

At what stage of my course application can I apply for this scholarship?

Please apply after you have submitted your application for an eligible course at the University of St Andrews. Do not wait until you have received an offer of a place before applying.

Additional criteria

All funding and reporting goes through the University. Students will be requested to provide project details for the EPSRC annual submission through the student research data portal in October of the first year. Additional information may be requested at any time and any changes in status to the project should be forwarded to the DTG Coordinator.

Any issues with fees or funding should be reported to finschol@st-andrews.ac.uk in the first instance.

Current award holders should refer to the UK Research and Innovation training grants: standard terms and conditions of training grant for leave of absences or extensions likely to affect funding or submission dates. Requests for these changes should be emailed to Registry PGR Change of Circumstance Student Support and Finance Advice and Support (FAS).

If a student is prevented from working by illness for a continuous period of more than two weeks they must inform Registry PGR Change of Circumstance Student Support immediately and send a medical certificate confirming the period unfit to work, regardless of whether or not the student is suspending studies.

Current students can contact the School Postgraduate Secretary, Registry or Finance Advice and Support (FAS) for additional information regarding EPSRC or University terms and conditions.

How to apply

As a prospective PhD student, you will apply to work with an individual supervisor or supervisory team within a School, not a specific programme of study. It is therefore important that you look at staff research interests within the School of Chemistry, School of Computer Science School of Mathematics and Statistics and School of Physics and Astronomy and ensure that your project matches an existing area of research.

If you are unable to identify a possible supervisor, please email School contacts, which can be found on the relevant School website.

Any academic wishing to supervise an EPSRC DTP studentship should contact their Director of Postgraduate Studies in the first instance.

Prospective students are strongly encouraged to apply as early as possible.

Please note, to get information on the deadline for placing an application for funding commencing from October 2025, please email School contacts.

Terms and conditions

Please read the University of St Andrews scholarships terms and conditions.

If applying to this scholarship, please be aware of the following requirements:

• You must meet and agree to the Research Council terms and conditions for funding. Please be aware that funding is not normally available during write-up, continuation or non-medical leave of absence periods.
• You must be a registered student (have fully completed matriculation) before you can receive your funding, every year.
• All payments are made directly into a UK bank account, awardees should ensure that they have registered their bank details securely through MySaint and keep these up-to-date to ensure that there is no delay in receipt of payment.
• UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) handles all personal data in accordance with current UK data protection legislation and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) where appropriate.
• Further information is provided via the UKRI Privacy Notice.
• The University will collect and process your personal data to manage Award applications and to manage funds where an Award is made. This could include the passing of personal data to Award sponsors or their equivalent, only for the purposes of managing and monitoring an Award as required by the conditions of funding.
• It is the responsibility of the student to notify the University as soon as possible of any interruption to study and return to study thereafter. Guidance for a request can be found on our Leave of Absence webpage. Please refer to the Research Council terms and conditions regarding funding and interruptions.