

These awards, established in 1994 and funded by Queen’s University and the Bank of Ireland, are available to provide financial support for postgraduate research students at Queen's who are Queen’s alumni or the children of alumni. Alumni are defined as students who have completed an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course at Queen’s University Belfast.
Award holders will be selected primarily on the basis of academic merit, including previous academic performance.
The Alumni Postgraduate Awards are designed to provide financial support for postgraduate research students at Queen’s University Belfast and may be used as contributions toward tuition fees or subsistence, to provide a travel scholarship or for such other purposes as are approved by the University. Preference may be given to postgraduate students who can evidence childcare costs.
Summary
- Application Deadline: June 9, 2025
- Country to Study: United Kingdom
- School to Study: Queen’s University Belfast
- Type: Postgraduate
- Sponsor: Queen’s University Belfast
- Eligible Country: All Countries
- Gender: Men and Women
Eligibility Criteria for Queen's University Belfast 2025 Alumni Postgraduate Research Awards
To be eligible for consideration, a candidate must:
- Be an alumni or child of an alumni of Queen’s University Belfast. Note an alumni is defined as a student who has completed an undergraduate or postgraduate degree course at Queen’s University Belfast; and
- Have obtained an Upper Second Class Honours degree from a University in the UK or Ireland, or qualifications deemed by the University to be equivalent to that standard; and
- Be enrolled at Queen's as a full-time or part-time postgraduate research student for 2024-25.
Benefits of Queen's University Belfast 2025 Alumni Postgraduate Research Awards
- For 2024-25 there will be five Alumni Postgraduate Research Scholarships awarded of £1,000 each maximum.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified? Go to Queen’s University Belfast on www.qub.ac.uk to apply
Candidates must complete an online application link and submit it by the deadline specified. References may be requested. Candidates are required to provide details of two referees on the application form.
Applicants will be asked to outline the intended use of the Alumni Postgraduate scholarship and the anticipated/added benefit to their research and/or ability to undertake research.
The Head of Postgraduate Student Services or nominee will convene a panel to assess applications. Eligible applications will be considered according to the following criteria:
- Evidence of financial need.
- Proposed use of the award.
- Additional context (e.g., childcare responsibilities).
- Academic merit, including previous academic performance.
Click here to access the Application Form.
Guidance notes for completing the application form is available here.
Candidates will be notified of outcomes week commencing Monday 30 June 2025
The Postgraduate Scholarships Complaints and Appeals process can be found here.
For more details, visit Queen's University Scholarship website
Application Deadline
June 9, 2025
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