Level: PhD
Tuition: Full coverage
Deadline: Apr 5, 2025
Duration max: 99  months

The Duncan Norman Research Scholarship at the University of Liverpool was established in 2004 following the receipt of a generous donation from The Duncan Norman Charitable Trust in memory of the late Duncan Norman.

Recently, we celebrated the 10 Year Anniversary of the Scholarship, to mark this event, we asked scholars, both past and present, to tell us how the scholarship had benefitted them.

  • Afghanistan
  • Albania
  • Antarctica
  • Algeria
  • American Samoa
  • Andorra
  • Angola
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Azerbaijan
  • Argentina
  • Australia
  • Austria
  • Bahamas
  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Armenia
  • Barbados
  • Belgium
  • Bermuda
  • Bhutan
  • Bolivia
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Botswana
  • Bouvet Island
  • Brazil
  • Belize
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • Solomon Islands
  • Virgin Islands, British
  • Brunei Darussalam
  • Bulgaria
  • Myanmar
  • Burundi
  • Belarus
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Canada
  • Cape Verde
  • Cayman Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Sri Lanka
  • Chad
  • Chile
  • China
  • Taiwan
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos Islands
  • Colombia
  • Comoros
  • Mayotte
  • Congo
  • Congo
  • Cook Islands
  • Costa Rica
  • Croatia
  • Cuba
  • Cyprus
  • Czech Republic
  • Benin
  • Denmark
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Ethiopia
  • Eritrea
  • Estonia
  • Faroe Islands
  • Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
  • South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
  • Fiji
  • Finland
  • Eland Islands
  • France
  • French Guiana
  • French Polynesia
  • French Southern Territories
  • Djibouti
  • Gabon
  • Georgia
  • Gambia
  • Palestine
  • Germany
  • Ghana
  • Gibraltar
  • Kiribati
  • Greece
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
  • Guadeloupe
  • Guam
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Vatican
  • Honduras
  • Hong Kong
  • Hungary
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Italy
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Jamaica
  • Japan
  • Kazakhstan
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • North Korea
  • South Korea
  • Kuwait
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Laos
  • Lebanon
  • Lesotho
  • Latvia
  • Liberia
  • Libya
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
  • Luxembourg
  • Macao
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Malta
  • Martinique
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Mexico
  • Midway Islands
  • Monaco
  • Mongolia
  • Moldova
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Oman
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Nepal
  • Netherlands
  • Curacao
  • Aruba
  • Sint-Maarten
  • Bonaire, Sint-Estatius and Saba
  • New Caledonia
  • New Zealand
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Niue
  • Norfolk Island
  • Norway
  • Northern Mariana Islands
  • United States Minor Outlying Islands
  • Micronesia
  • Marshall Islands
  • Palau
  • Pakistan
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Pitcairn
  • Poland
  • Portugal
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Timor-Leste
  • Puerto Rico
  • Qatar
  • Reunion
  • Romania
  • Russian Federation
  • Rwanda
  • Saint Barthelemy
  • Saint Helena
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
  • Anguilla
  • Saint Lucia
  • St. Maarten
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • San Marino
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Singapore
  • Slovakia
  • Vietnam
  • Slovenia
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • Zimbabwe
  • Spain
  • Southern Sudan
  • Sudan
  • Western Sahara
  • Suriname
  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands
  • Swaziland
  • Sweden
  • Switzerland
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Tajikistan
  • Thailand
  • Togo
  • Tokelau
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Tunisia
  • Turkey
  • Turkmenistan
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Ukraine
  • North Macedonia
  • Egypt
  • United Kingdom
  • Guernsey
  • Jersey
  • Isle of Man
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • United States
  • Virgin Islands, U.S.
  • Burkina Faso
  • Uruguay
  • Uzbekistan
  • Venezuela
  • Wallis and Futuna
  • Samoa
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • South Ossetia
  • Kosovo
  • Vanuatu
  • Aland Islands
  • French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical & Marine Engineering
  • Agriculture, Forestry, Animal & Related Sciences
  • Animation
  • Anthropology
  • Applied Sciences & Professions
  • Art
  • Art & Art History
  • Astronomy
  • AuPair
  • Behavioral Science
  • Bio & Biomedical Engineering
  • Biology
  • Biomedicine
  • Business
  • Business & Technology
  • Business Administration
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry
  • Civil & Private Law
  • Civil Engineering, Architecture & Construction
  • Climate Studies & Meteorology
  • Communications
  • Computer Science & IT
  • Criminal Law and Criminology
  • Dentistry
  • Design
  • Development & Social Policy and Planning
  • Earth Sciences
  • Ecology, Biodiversity & Conservation
  • Econometrics
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electronics & Embedded Technology
  • Energy Engineering
  • Engineering & Business
  • Engineering & Technology
  • Engineering Physics
  • Entrepreneurship
  • Environmental Biotechnology
  • Environmental Chemistry & Toxicology
  • Environmental Economics
  • Environmental Engineering
  • Environmental Impacts & Human Health
  • Environmental Sciences
  • Environmental Systems Analysis
  • Ethnic Studies
  • European Law
  • Family and Consumer Science
  • Fashion, Textiles and Luxury goods
  • Film and Theatre Studies
  • Finance
  • Gender Studies
  • Geo-information
  • Geography
  • History
  • Hospitality and Tourism Management
  • Human Medicine
  • Human Resource Management
  • Humanities
  • Hydrology & Water Management
  • Information Science
  • International Law
  • Internship + English
  • Journalism and Mass Communications
  • Language, Literature and Cultural Studies
  • Law
  • Life Sciences, Medicine & Health
  • Management
  • Management & Organisation
  • Marketing studies
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Military Science
  • Music
  • Natural Sciences
  • Nursing
  • Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Pharmacy
  • Philosophy
  • Physics
  • Physiotherapy
  • Political Science & International Relations
  • Project Management
  • Psychology
  • Public Administration
  • Public Health
  • Public Law
  • Religious Studies and Theology
  • Social Sciences
  • Social Work
  • Sociology
  • Soil Science & Soil Ecology
  • Sport
  • Supply Chain Management & Logistics
  • Sustainable Management, Policy & Governance
  • Veterinary Medicine

This prestigious Scholarship consists of the following funding and research support: Competitive annual maintenance stipend of £15,000 (or top-up to this level of maintenance if the candidate is in receipt of another source of funding) Full payment of tuition fees (Home, EU or Overseas) Free University accommodation of up to £4,635 pa or an allowance of the same amount for students wishing to live off campusLaptop or desktop computer of up to £1000 in valueSupport for conference expenses of up to £500 in years 2 & 3 The Scholarship is awarded for one year in the first instance and, subject to satisfactory academic progress, will be renewed for a total period of up to three years. Priority will be given to students in receipt of Research Council or other equivalent funding. 

The Scholarship is open for application to all prospective full-time postgraduate research students irrespective of nationality, tuition fee status or subject area, starting an academic programme between 1st October and January 2nd of the following calendar year. Please note that prospective MRes, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, and currently registered University of Liverpool MPhil/PhD students, are not eligible for application to this scholarship. Prospective applicants must hold a formal offer of study for a PhD programme at the University of Liverpool for the relevant academic session (as noted above) and only students who already hold, or are likely to attain in forthcoming examinations, a first-class honours degree (or its equivalent) are likely to be considered by the University’s Scholarship Awarding Committee.

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