The Centre for Doctoral Studies provides the following bursaries and grants for doctoral researchers across all faculties at King's. 

Conference Fund (King's log in credentials required)
The Centre for Doctoral Studies recognises the importance of giving paper or poster presentations at conferences and has created a fund to assist some postgraduate students to do this. Max £300.

PGR Student Wellbeing Communities Fund
Apply for up to £700 to support initiatives which allow you and your peers to address the mental, physical and social wellbeing challenges of doing a doctoral degree. The next application window will open in Autumn 2024.

Public Engagement Small Grants
Do you have a great idea for a public engagement activity? Are you keen to get experience of engaging people with research? PhD students, research staff and academic staff at King's are invited to apply for a small grant of up to £750 to deliver a public engagement activity. The next application window will open in Autumn 2024.

King's College London also offers a Global Research Grant to provide a financial contribution to enable King's research mobility overseas. Apply for funding from £500 to £2000.

The Health Studies Doctoral Training Centre (HSDTC) provides the following small funding awards for doctoral research students in the four health faculties at King's College London. The 2024-25 application round has now opened. You can find out more about the funding and bursary schemes on our SharePoint page (King's credentials required), or use the links below to go directly to the online application forms.

HSDTC Advanced Training Fund

Up to £300 to support training in a method, technique or application to advance your doctoral research project. This includes Winter and Summer Schools where there is a clear training and development benefit.

Complete the online application form before 6 July 2025 to apply for the fund.

HSDTC PGR Student Forum Fund

Up to £750 to support your new or existing PGR Student Forum. Recently funded groups include Analytical, Environmental & Forensic Sciences (AEFS) PhD Seminars, the Denmark Hill PGR Association and the Forensic & Neurodevelopmental Sciences (FANS) & Child & Adolescent Psychiatry (CAP) PhD Student Forum. 

Complete the online application form before 6 July 2025 to apply for the fund.

HSDTC Adobe Creative Cloud Bursaries

A limited number of bursaries are available to Health Science to fund a 12-month subscription to the full-suite of Adobe Creative Cloud apps. For training and more support, visit our Visual Communication Pathway KEATS page (King's log in credentials required).

This bursary scheme runs for two rounds in 2024-25. The first round is now open and the application deadline is 3 November 2024. To find out more and submit your application, please go to the online application form.