Funding opportunities and receiving payments for:

• Postgraduate research UK students
• Postgraduate research EU students
• Postgraduate research international students
  Information from the Student Support Finance team on sources of funding, including Doctoral loans (where applicable), other sources of support, including for those with eg dependents, disabilities, etc, how to make the most of your money, and an A-Z of money advice terms and supporting information. Basically - start here!
  
  
• Receiving payments from the University
  Includes postgraduate monthly stipends for those eligible to receive these.
• Award payment dates
  Handy reminder of when payments are made (and how long you'll have to wait between payments - it varies between 21 and 35 days).
  
  
• Tuition fees
  Student Support information on what you need to pay and how you pay your fees
• Make the most of your money
  Money advice from Student Support including discount schemes, travel advice and looking out for scams and other risks

Finding funding for a doctoral research degree (for those currently doing a research degree at Masters level)

• University postgraduate research funding site
  University postgraduate funding search plus other sources of funding, including doctoral loans and charities.
• Funding contacts and resources at University of Manchester
  This page lists contacts and links to further School and Faculty based funding opportunities

Finding further support during your research degree

• Research professional - funding database
  An amazing source of information about scholarships, travel awards, small grants specifically aimed at "predoctoral" researchers (in addition to its main focus on major research grants for academics and institutions). If you want some funding to go to that conference in Hawaii, get planning!
• Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding Online
  The University subscribes to this online publication giving advice and sources of charitable and other funding to support postgraduates.
• Cumberland Lodge PhD Scholarships
  2 year scholarships to enable PhDs from any discipline to contribute to and benefit from the work of Cumberland Lodge (an educational charity focused on inter-disciplinary work including conferences to tackle social divisions, based in Windsor Great Park)

Finding part-time paid work

• Working while you study
  Information and resources from the Careers Service to help you find part-time work. Includes information for International students on working during study.

Immigration and visas

• While you are a student
  Information on visas, what to do if your circumstances change, you lose your passport, you want to travel in the UK or Europe, you want to work during your programme and more.
• Working in the UK after your studies, including the Doctorate Extension Scheme
  An overview of the different types of UK visa which may be open to you after your complete your PGR degree. Further information for international students wanting to work in the UK is available from the Careers Service. In addition, if you are a doctoral researcher, there is a special programme to potentially enable you to work in the UK for up to a year after your doctoral degree.

• Funding contacts and resources at University of Manchester
  This page lists contacts and links to further School and Faculty based funding opportunities, including in FSE
• Research funding
  Funding information for FSE including scholarships and travel prizes