Widening Participation Scholarships

The University of Salford is delighted to be offering widening participation scholarships for UK candidates.

The scholarship will cover tuition fees (UK tuition fees), a stipend for 3.5 years of £20,142, and an annual research budget of £1,000 (years 1-3). Please note: these costs are based on the 2024/25 academic year and may change in future years.

All research areas are eligible, you can study anything, but please note some research areas, such as laboratory work, come with additional costs that will need to be funded separately.

Any UK candidates (or eligible for UK fees) are able to apply, however these scholarships are targeted at increasing participation from groups currently underrepresented within research and priority will be given to students that meet one or more of the below criteria. Priority will also be given to University of Salford graduates.

Your home postcode (i.e. the postcode you used to apply to university through UCAS) is listed as a ‘1’ or ‘2’ in the POLAR4 column on the POLAR checking tool.
You are from an ethnic group that is underrepresented in research careers (Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic).
You identify as having a disability. The term ‘disability’ is quite broad, and further definitions of what might be considered a ‘disability’ can be found under the Equality Act 2010.
You are a first-generation student (you are the first person in your family to go to university).
You are a mature student (you were aged 21 or over when you started your first undergraduate course).
You are care-experienced or an estranged student.

Workshop details

This online one hour Postgraduate Research Widening Participation (WP) Application Workshop is designed for those who would like to find our more about the WP scholarships at the University of Salford and ask any questions you may have about the application process.

The session is jointly run by the Director of the Doctoral school, who will go through the application process, and the Postgraduate Research Directors from the different schools

Attendees will also find out about the current scholarships available and where to get addition information and support. The workshop will end with a Q&A session.

Accessibility requests: If you require any accessibility adjustments or have any questions about this session, please contact the the Researcher development team at Researcherdevelopment@salford.ac.uk least 5 days before the session date so that your requirements can be referred to the facilitator(s) who will make every effort to address them where possible.

Important: We take your privacy very seriously and will only use your email address to send you information about this session. Thereafter, we will contact you only where you have given us permission to do so. After that, you can opt-out at any time of receiving our communication by simply sending an email to researcher@salford.ac.uk

Postgraduate Research Widening Participation Application Workshop