Application Deadline: September 2, 2024, by 2pm.
LOCATION: United Kingdom
Instituted under the will of Dr Aaron Sims, a former student of Birkbeck, University of London, the Aaron Sims MPhil/PhD Scholarship is a bursary covering full-time (three years) or part-time (five years) tuition fees up to the equivalent of UK Home enrolment fees, even if the actual fee payable is higher.
ELIGIBILITY:
Applicants must be Home/EU or International students.
Applicants should either:
have applied to an MPhil programme, for the 2024/25 academic year, offered by the School of Creative Writing, Culture and Communication, ideally starting in October 2024. Programmes currently eligible:
MPhil Comparative Literature
MPhil French
MPhil German
MPhil Iberian and Latin American Studies
MPhil Japanese
Be currently enrolled on a MPhil programme offered by the School of Creative Writing, Culture and Communication in either your first year full-time or first or second year part-time (current eligible programmes same as the above).
Applicants will also need to demonstrate academic excellence (at least a 2:1 or equivalent in an undergraduate degree) and ensure they have made sufficient financial provision to meet the remaining costs associated with their studies.
BENEFIT:
Funding covers tuition fees up to the equivalent of UK Home enrolment fees (students who are not eligible for home fees will need to pay the difference), for either full time (three years) or part time (five years).
The overall length of the student’s PhD may be up to four years (full time) or seven years (part time).
The bursary is paid directly into the awardee’s fee account after they have enrolled each autumn.
