The United Kingdom offers a strong portfolio of STEM funding for women, including Research Councils UK fellowships, Royal Society grants, and industry partnerships through the Athena SWAN Charter. Programs cover undergraduate through postdoctoral levels.
Engineering
Deadline: Spring
A partnership between the Royal Academy of Engineering and Amazon awarding scholarships to women from low-income backgro…
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A UK scholarship programme run by the educational charity The Smallpeice Trust that identifies and supports high-potenti…
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Scholarships from the Institute of Physics for people beginning physics teacher training in England, funded in partnersh…
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The UK's only fellowship program specifically for researchers returning to STEM after a career break of two or more year…
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A UK professional membership society founded in 1919 that supports women in engineering through its MentorSET cross-sect…
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Deadline: Spring
Annual fellowships of £15,000 each awarded to early-career women researchers in the UK and Ireland conducting postdoctor…
View details →Royal Society
All STEM
Deadline: October
Up to 1.87M GBP over 8 years for early-career researchers who need a flexible working pattern due to caring responsibili…
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Other
A postdoctoral fellowship enabling early-career international researchers in the natural and social sciences to work at …
View details →Wellcome Trust
Biomedical
A Wellcome Trust award giving early-career researchers in health-related science the funding and support to develop thei…
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Three-year postdoctoral fellowships in the UK for researchers within four years of their doctorate, open to any subject …
View details →UK Research and Innovation
Other
Deadline: Recurring rounds (Round 11 deadline June 2026)
A flagship UKRI scheme supporting early-career researchers and innovators across all disciplines to establish independen…
View details →The Royal Society
Other
Deadline: Annual (~September)
A prestigious eight-year fellowship enabling outstanding early-career scientists (three to eight years post-PhD) in the …
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Around 35 postgraduate fellowships and scholarships awarded annually by the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 …
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A Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub programme for engineers and technologists commercialising a deep-tech inno…
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A Royal Academy of Engineering scheme supporting outstanding early-career researchers to establish an independent resear…
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A nine-week mentored AI safety research fellowship based at the London Initiative for Safe AI (LISA) in London, with ext…
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A 13-week full-time technical AI safety research programme in London, run twice a year, in which participants write a te…
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A UK charity founded in 1984 that works with schools, universities, and employers to increase the participation of women…
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An award-winning UK social enterprise running mentoring programs, hackathons, work experience, and qualification academi…
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Multiverse delivers employer-based apprenticeships in software engineering, data, and AI, where apprentices learn on the…
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A UK program offering paid return-to-work placements for experienced STEM professionals re-entering the workforce.…
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UK charity running mathematics challenges and olympiads for hundreds of thousands of students annually, plus team challe…
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A UK programme placing students in the first year of a post-16 STEM course alongside professional scientists, technologi…
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A UK charity programme giving under-represented and low-income 16 and 17 year olds studying at least one STEM subject an…
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The UK's national physics competition series for secondary school students, running a graded sequence of rounds through …
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The Royal Society of Chemistry's national chemistry competition for UK students aged 16 to 19. Round one is a written pa…
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The UK's flagship biology competition for students in the final years of secondary school, developed and run by UK Biolo…
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The UK National Cyber Security Centre's programme for developing young cyber security talent, spanning free courses for …
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Residential university summer schools run by the Sutton Trust for UK state school students from backgrounds under-repres…
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The Engineering Development Trust runs UK-wide STEM experiences for school and college students, centred on the Industri…
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A UK return-to-work programme for experienced technologists re-entering the industry after a career break, aimed particu…
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A five-week in-person technical training program in machine learning engineering for AI safety, run at the London Initia…
View details →Institution of Civil Engineers
Engineering
Deadline: May
Provides up to GBP 8,000 over the course of study plus paid summer placements to students starting an ICE-accredited civ…
View details →Institution of Engineering and Technology
Engineering
Deadline: September
Undergraduate engineering scholarships from the Institution of Engineering and Technology supporting students on accredi…
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Deadline: June 30
IMechE Undergraduate Scholarships is a engineering scholarship or research award providing funding to undergraduate stud…
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Royal Society of Chemistry Undergraduate Research Bursaries is a chemistry scholarship or research award providing fundi…
View details →King’s College London
Other
A £3,000-per-year undergraduate scholarship (up to three years) for female, non-binary, and trans students in the Facult…
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The National Quantum Computing Centre's annual hackathon for students and early-career researchers, who use quantum algo…
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Bursaries from the London Mathematical Society supporting undergraduates registered at UK institutions to undertake a su…
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Deadline: 31 March annually
Bursaries from the Royal Astronomical Society enabling motivated undergraduates considering a research career to spend p…
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Studentships from the Royal Society of Biology supporting undergraduate students to carry out a summer research project …
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Studentships funding six-week summer placements for undergraduates in biochemistry, molecular bioscience, and related su…
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Studentships from the Genetics Society enabling undergraduate students in any area of genetics to gain research experien…
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A limited number of awards from the Microbiology Society enabling undergraduates to work on a microbiological research p…
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A long-running Royal Academy of Engineering award for undergraduates at UK universities who show potential to become lea…
View details →University of London
Computer Science
Deadline: Intakes October 2026 and April 2027
A University of London bachelor’s in computer science that can be studied fully online or in person at a local teaching …
View details →British Council
All STEM
Fully funded one-year Master's degrees at UK universities for women from 30 eligible countries across Asia, Latin Americ…
View details →University of Oxford
Other
Deadline: Aligns with course application deadline
Roughly 140 fully funded graduate scholarships per year at the University of Oxford across all degree-bearing subjects, …
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IChemE Catalysis Summer School Bursary (Andrew Legacy Scheme) is a engineering scholarship or research award providing f…
View details →UK Research and Innovation
Other
Deadline: September 8
A funded three-month internship placing UKRI-funded doctoral students with UK government and parliamentary host organisa…
View details →Commonwealth Scholarship Commission
Other
Deadline: Varies by nominating agency
Fully funded Master's and PhD scholarships for Commonwealth-country students to study in the UK across all fields includ…
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A British Heart Foundation scheme funding four-year multidisciplinary PhD studentship programmes in cardiovascular resea…
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PhD studentship grants awarded by the charity Heart Research UK to support doctoral training in cardiovascular research …
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A doctoral scholarship fund administered by the Institute of Physics, endowed by Dame Jocelyn Bell Burnell, supporting f…
View details →University of Bristol
Chemistry
A UK doctoral training centre led by the University of Bristol School of Chemistry that trains PhD researchers in aeroso…
View details →University of Manchester
Computer Science
A four-year UKRI-supported doctoral training programme run jointly by the University of Manchester and the University of…
View details →University College London
Engineering
Deadline: Pre-applications reopen November 2026 for 2027-28 entry
A joint UCL and University of Cambridge doctoral training centre in photonic and electronic systems, delivered as an int…
View details →University of Bristol
Physics
Deadline: Applications for September 2027 entry open autumn 2026
An EPSRC-funded doctoral training centre in superconductivity run collaboratively by the Universities of Bristol, Cambri…
View details →University of Strathclyde
Physics
Deadline: Applications for 2027/2028 entry open November 2026
A fully funded PhD training centre in applied quantum technologies led by the University of Strathclyde with the Univers…
View details →University of Lincoln
Computer Science
Deadline: October 2027 entry projects advertised from September 2026
A UKRI AI doctoral training centre led by the University of Lincoln with the Universities of Aberdeen and Strathclyde an…
View details →University of Cambridge
Engineering
An EPSRC doctoral training centre at the University of Cambridge Department of Engineering focused on decarbonising infr…
View details →University of Cambridge
Engineering
The Cambridge Sensor CDT trains PhD researchers in sensor technologies and their application under real-world uncertaint…
View details →Henry Royce Institute
Engineering
An EPSRC-funded doctoral training centre (grant EP/Y035100/1, running from April 2024 to September 2032) delivered with …
View details →University of Glasgow
Other
Deadline: Recruitment for September 2027 entry opens in autumn 2026
A University of Glasgow doctoral training centre offering fully funded four-year interdisciplinary PhDs that pair global…
View details →University of Manchester
Engineering
Deadline: Applications for the September 2027 intake open 1 October 2026
An EPSRC doctoral training centre in two-dimensional materials run by the University of Manchester in partnership with t…
View details →University of Edinburgh
Biomedical
A UKRI AI doctoral training centre at the University of Edinburgh training interdisciplinary researchers at the intersec…
View details →University of Surrey
Computer Science
A UKRI doctoral training centre led by the University of Surrey with Royal Holloway, University of London, researching a…
View details →University of Southampton
Computer Science
A UKRI AI doctoral training centre based in Electronics and Computer Science at the University of Southampton, training …
View details →Key UK programs include the L'Oréal–UNESCO UK & Ireland Fellowships for Women in Science, Royal Society Grants, the Daphne Jackson Fellowship for returners, and the Women in Engineering Society bursaries. Many UK universities also offer dedicated women's scholarships at the undergraduate level.
The Daphne Jackson Fellowship is a UK-specific program designed for women (and some men) returning to a STEM career after a break of two or more years. Fellows receive a part-time research fellowship, typically lasting two years, hosted at a UK university or research institute.
It varies by program. Some UK scholarships (e.g., Chevening, Commonwealth Scholarships) are specifically for international students. Others (e.g., Research Council fellowships) typically require UK residency or citizenship. Check individual program eligibility requirements.
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