Candidates wishing to apply for EPSRC awards for Doctoral study or for the MSc in Mathematics and the Foundations of Computer Science

Candidates for DPhil places  who wish to apply for an EPSRC award should complete an online application.  You apply for EPSRC funding in the section "About your funding" on the application form.  You should choose EPSRC, applied for, £19000, All fees and living expenses, 3 years.  Funding is normally extended to 3.5 years if necessary, but you should only apply for 3 years in the first instance.

Roughly speaking, eligibility is as follows. Only UK/EU citizens normally resident in the UK/EU are eligible for EPSRC awards. Those who have been normally resident in the UK for the past three years are eligible for awards covering fees and stipend, while others are eligible for fees-only awards.

Please note that, although applications are made online, different deadlines are used for EPSRC applications. Applicants will be considered in regular gathered fields, with closing dates on Friday Dec 2nd 2011, Jan 6th 2012, Feb 3rd 2012, Mar 2nd 2012, Mar 30th 2012. Unsuccessful candidates from each gathered field will in some cases be rejected, and in other cases held for re-evaluation in further rounds unless they request otherwise. Candidates who have not gained an award may transfer their application to the route for unfunded places at any time before the end of July. This should be done by contacting the Graduate Studies Assistant.