Am I eligible for Research Council funding?
Studentships are allocated based on academic excellence. You should have qualifications of the standard of a good honours degree at first or upper second class level. If applying for an award without an undergraduate degree, you may be accepted for doctoral funding if you have achieved a Master’s degree. Membership of professional bodies or learned societies usually requires students to have achieved, through formal training or work experience, a level of experience which can be equated to that achieved by an honours degree student. A Research Council may accept such a professional qualification providing the candidate has also undertaken three years’ subsequent full-time relevant professional work experience.