Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund

Open to UK (home) students only.

In order to be eligible you must also have an offer for a place on this course: PhD Physics

The scholarship fund is to support full- or part-time graduates who wish to study towards a doctorate in physics, and are from groups that are currently under-represented in physics.

Application deadline: Sunday 8 December 2024, 5pm GMT

Please apply for PhD in Physics and specify in your PhD application that you would like to be considered for the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund (BBGSF). You will need to include a one-page personal statement with your PhD application addressing the following:

1. Your reasons for wanting to study for a Doctorate
2. How you meet the BBGSF eligibility criteria clearly stating which underrepresented group you identify as
3. How you propose to gain benefit from a grant if awarded
4. How you would be an ambassador for the scheme

Please provide this by the deadline of Friday 8 December 2024. You should obtain the support of an academic member of staff and indicate a title project and supervisor in the statement.

BBGSF application deadline
Note that two candidates selected by the School will be asked to submit a full application via the IOP website by the BBGSF application deadline of 5pm on Monday 20 January 2025.

A School panel will review student applications received by 8 December 2024, based on predetermined criteria and will support up to two applications for submission to the IOP.
The Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund is administered and managed by the IOP, and supported by a panel that reviews qualifying applicants and selects those to be funded. Find out more about how the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund is administered.

Details about the Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship Fund including FAQs can be found on the IOP website.