Join us

Joining the Thomas group

We welcome applications from potential PhD students, visiting students and post-docs from all backgrounds. For more information please contact Steve: stephen.thomas@ed.ac.uk

Funding

Please contact Steve about funding available now or in the near future. More information about available funding at the University of Edinburgh can be found here: https://www.ed.ac.uk/student-funding/postgraduate. 

Additional funding options

Please take a look at the following list of additional funding souces. 

PhD studentships 

• UoE Prize PhD Scholarships (for UK and some EU citizens)
• Commonwealth Scholarships (for citizens of other Commonwealth countries)
• Inlacks Foundation Scholarships (for Indian citizens)
• Fulbright Scholarships (for US citizens)
• Marshall Scholarships (for US citizens)
• CONICYT Becas (for Chilean citizens)
• China Scholarship Council (for Chinese citizens)
• Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Technología (for Mexican citizens)
• Faculty for the Future Fellowships (for female applicants from developing countries)
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• LPDP Scholarships (Indonesian citizens)
• Newton-Mosharafa Fund (Egyptian citizens)
• HEC Fellowships (for Pakistani citizens/residents)

Post-doctoral fellowships

• UoE Intenally Funded Fellowships
• EPSRC Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Leverhulme Trust
• Newton International Fellowships
• Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Individial Fellowships (IFs)
• The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851
• Ramsay Memorial Fellowship Trust
• The Royal Society Dorothy Hogkin’s Fellowship
• Branco-Weiss Fellowship
• Commonwealth Professional Fellowships (for citizens of other Commonwealth countries)
• Fulbright Scholarships (for US citizens)
• German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Fellowships (for German researchers)
• German Academic Research Foundation (DFG) Fellowships (for German citizens or international researchers who have conducted research in Germany for three years)
• Leopoldina Postdoctoral Scholarship (for German researchers)
• Feodor Lynen Postdoctoral Fellowship (for German researchers)
• Swiss National Science Foundation Early Postdoc Mobility / Advanced Postdoc Mobility (for Swiss citizens/residents or international researchers who have conducted research in Switzerland for three years)
• Swedish Research Council (for researchers holding a Swedish doctorate)
• Academy of Finland (for Finnish researchers)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (for Canadian citizens/permanent residents)
• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowships (for Japanese citizens/permanent residents)
• Canon Foundation (for Japanese citizens/permanent residents)
• The Croucher Foundation for postdoctoral fellowships (for Hong Kong citizens/permanent residents)
• HEC Fellowships (for Pakistani citizens/residents)
• The A*STAR International Fellowship (AIF) (for Singaporean citizens/permanent residents)
• Endeavour Fellowships (for Australian citizens/permanent residents)
• Faculty for the Future Fellowships (for female applicants from developing countries)
• Rubicon Postdoctoral Fellowships (for Dutch citizens/residents or international researchers who have conducted research in Switzerland for three years)