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.
Austrian Science Fund (FWF) – at Austrian universities & institutes
Eligibility
Master's graduates hired onto FWF-funded research projects or doctoral programmes. Salaried employment, not a tuition scholarship.
La Trobe University
Eligibility
Offer holders for an eligible La Trobe undergraduate or postgraduate coursework programme — automatic merit-based award.
Scuola Normale Superiore (Pisa)
Eligibility
Outstanding international applicants to SNS doctoral programmes in sciences and humanities; admission is by competitive selection and includes full funding.
Trinity College Dublin
Eligibility
PhD candidates at Trinity College Dublin, EU and non-EU alike, on projects proposed by a Trinity principal investigator.
United Arab Emirates University
Eligibility
Merit-based and automatic on admission. Undergraduates need roughly a 3.0/4.0 equivalent record; graduate funding comes through teaching and research assistantships.
Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST)
Eligibility
International Master's and PhD applicants admitted to English-taught graduate programmes at UNIST in science and engineering.
University of Canterbury (UC), Christchurch
Eligibility
Strong PhD applicants to the University of Canterbury. International (domestic-rate) tuition for PhD students; Sri Lankans eligible.
University of Alberta
Eligibility
High-achieving international applicants to the University of Alberta; merit-based admission scholarships.
University of California, Berkeley
Eligibility
Berkeley students (undergrad or grad, international or domestic) accepted to live at International House — need-based with merit consideration.
Bournemouth University
Eligibility
International undergraduate and postgraduate offer holders at Bournemouth — open to Sri Lankan applicants and applied automatically.
ER.GO — Regional Agency for the Right to Higher Education, Emilia-Romagna
Eligibility
Need-based regional award at Bologna, Parma, Modena-Reggio and Ferrara. Open to Sri Lankan students, but you must document family income and property back home for the Italian authorities.
Teagasc (Agriculture and Food Development Authority)
Eligibility
Research Master's/PhD students working on a specific Teagasc-supervised project at a partner Irish university in agriculture, food, animal or environmental science.
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