PhD & Research Scholarships
Fully-funded doctoral positions, research fellowships, and university PhD stipends open to Sri Lankan applicants. Most PhD funding is matched to a specific supervisor — we help you find the right lab and frame the proposal that wins the slot.
224 active awards for Sri Lankan applicants.
Atlantic Technological University (ATU)
Eligibility
International applicants admitted to an ATU Bachelor's or Master's; merit-based tuition reduction on academic record.
Canadian University Dubai
Eligibility
International applicants admitted to a Canadian University Dubai programme; merit-based tuition reduction graded by academic results.
University of Canterbury
Eligibility
Full-fee-paying international students in their first year at UC, undergraduate or postgraduate. No separate form: an expression of interest to a UC recruiter counts as your application. Value is decided by a committee and is not advertised.
University of Camerino (UNICAM)
Eligibility
International applicants to UNICAM's English-taught programmes; merit fee-waiver scholarships and grants awarded on academic record. Regional ERDIS need-based grants also available.
Xamk - South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences
Eligibility
Non-EU/EEA students on Xamk's English-taught Bachelor's and Master's programmes, including Sri Lankan nationals.
LazioDiSCo (Ente Regionale per il Diritto allo Studio e alla Conoscenza, serving Lazio universities including Roma Tre and Tor Vergata)
Eligibility
Non-resident international students document their family's foreign income and assets through an ISEEUP, certified by Italian diplomatic authorities, to access the same right-to-study grant as Italian students.
Maltese Government (TESS)
Eligibility
Malta-resident students paying for accredited further or higher education; this is a domestic tax-credit scheme, not an open international scholarship.
Österreichische HochschülerInnenschaft (ÖH)
Eligibility
Enrolled students at Austrian universities — including international students — facing documented financial hardship; a needs-based support grant, not a recruitment scholarship.
University of Calabria (Università della Calabria)
Eligibility
International students access the right-to-study grant on equal terms with Italian students, provided they document their family's foreign income through an ISEE Parificato issued by an authorised CAF.
Zuyd University of Applied Sciences
Eligibility
Non-EU/EEA, Swiss or Surinamese nationals paying the highest institutional fee on selected English-taught Zuyd programmes.
Global College Malta
Eligibility
International applicants admitted to a Global College Malta (GBS) programme; merit-based tuition reduction.
Otago Polytechnic, Dunedin
Eligibility
New international students starting full-time study on one of seven named Otago Polytechnic programmes. Applied automatically at enrolment — but you lose it if you already hold another scholarship or fee concession.
Then start here instead. Scholarships are competitive, usually partial, and decided by someone else — they are the least reliable way to make studying abroad affordable. Your destination and course choice move the number far more, and both are entirely within your control.
Tuition, living costs, visa funds and flights for your destination — so you know the gap you are actually trying to close.
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