Horizon Europe fee waiver
This fee waiver supports the UK re-joining Horizon Europe, the EU’s key funding programme for PhD research and innovation.
Key information
- Funding type
- Fee reduction
- Total value
- The difference between UK and International tuition fees for 3.5 years
- Application deadline
- No deadline
- Eligibility
- PhD students from eligible countries
Overview
We offer a fee waiver to support the UK re-joining Horizon Europe, the EU’s key funding programme for PhD research and innovation. This fee waiver funds the difference between UK and international tuition fees for 3.5 years.
Unlike some of our other funding awards you can use this fee waiver if you are self-funding your studies or alongside other schemes such as UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), industry or government funding.
What you get
The difference between UK and international PhD tuition fees paid for up to 3.5 years of study.
Deadline
Start your studies between 1 August 2027 and 31 January 2028
Eligibility
To get this scholarship you must:
- have accepted a PhD offer
- start your studies between 1 August 2027 and 31 January 2028
- be a permanent resident of an eligible country
Permanent residency
We consider your permanent residency to be where you have lived for 3 or more years before the start of the course.
This does not include where you have been living solely for study purposes if it is different from your permanent place of residency.
How to apply
You do not need to apply separately for this scholarship. We will automatically award this scholarship if you are eligible and let you know by email.
- Find a PhD supervisor
Browse our supervisors accepting PhD applications by name or keyword.
- Apply to a PhD project
You can choose from our current projects or create your own proposal.