Financial Support

The Philosophy Department has a dedicated fund for subsidising PGRs attending conferences. Be sure to discuss with your supervisor any conferences you wish to attend. The PG Researcher Administrator will then tell you how much funding is available to you and about the procedure for booking travel and paying fees. Please do not pay for anything until you have spoken with the administrator.

Please note the following:

• PG researchers in the UK on Student Visas who wish to attend a conference outside of the UK for more than two (2) days must complete a Change of Study Location request on e:Vision.

• The PGR Conference Fund is only available to registered PGRs up to the point of viva. Any conference or event after the viva date is not eligible, even if the PGR has had a revise-and-resubmit outcome.

• The PGR Conference Fund excludes travel to attend a viva or other meeting if a PGR has chosen to be away from York.

Staff and PG researchers travelling on authorised University business outside of the UK are required to log their trip on the Travel Log and to adhere to travel risk assessment requirements. Once the trip has been logged, the University’s Business Travel Cover insurance will apply, subject to the terms and conditions. The business travel insurance is free of charge for its staff and PG researchers for any number of journeys (each to be logged) and any duration of trip up to twelve months. NB: This website can only be accessed via a University PC located on campus, or from the Virtual Private Network (VPN) from your laptop or off-campus computer.

Postgraduates studying for an MA or Research degree in the Department of Philosophy are eligible to apply to the David Efird Postgraduate Student Research Travel Fund for a small travel bursary in support of their research. This prize is generously funded by the family of Dr David Efird, who taught at York from 2002 until his sudden death in 2020. The Fund is open to International (including EU) and UK (home) students in the Department of Philosophy. Priority is given to students studying philosophy of religion. Further details may be obtained by contacting the PG Researcher Administrator at philosophy-postgrad@york.ac.uk.  

Staff and PG researchers travelling on authorised University business outside of the UK are required to log their trip on the Travel Log and to adhere to travel risk assessment requirements. Once the trip has been logged, the University’s Business Travel Cover insurance will apply, subject to the terms and conditions. The business travel insurance is free of charge for its staff and PG researchers for any number of journeys (each to be logged) and any duration of trip up to twelve months. NB: This website can only be accessed via a University PC located on campus, or from the Virtual Private Network (VPN) from your laptop or off-campus computer.

Other sources of funding are listed on the YGRS website. Among them:

YGRS Conference Fund: Self-funded PhD researchers can apply for funding to attend conferences when other funding options have been exhausted.

Santander International Connections awards funds for international visits and projects. For this and similar opportunities see the University’s Independent Travel Awards webpage.

Finally, keep an eye on your emails and the YGRS newsletter for updates and application deadlines.