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AARON SIMS SCHOLARSHIP: FOR PHD STUDENTS ON LANGUAGE OR COMPARATIVE LITERATURE MPHIL PROGRAMMES

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.

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SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ON ANTARCTIC RESEARCH (SCAR)

Application Deadline: September 9, 2024.

LOCATION: United Kingdom

The SCAR Fellowship Program is designed to encourage the active involvement of early-career researchers in furthering our understanding of Antarctica. The Fellowships enable early-career researchers to join a project team from another country, opening up new opportunities and often creating partnerships that last many years and over many Antarctic research seasons.

ELIGIBILITY:

SCAR fellowships are open to researchers within 5 years of finishing their PhD in Antarctic and Southern Ocean-related disciplines. Full details of eligibility can be found on the information page.

The SCAR Fellowship Programme is for PhD students, or those within five years of having completed a PhD, to undertake research at major international laboratories, field facilities, and/or institutes in or operated by SCAR member countries with the goal of exposing them to recent advances in research and to develop long-term scientific links and partnerships.

The work must be carried out in a research group of a SCAR member country different from that of the applicant’s origin and current residence. Fellowships are awarded on the selection criteria for competitive selection, which are clearly stated in the Evaluation section on the Information page.

Topics of projects proposed should align with SCAR’s mission and ideally with one or more of our various groups. SCAR fellowships are open to researchers from SCAR member countries.

BENEFIT:

4-5 awards for 2024

Up to USD $15,000 per award;

Home institute to bear in-home country costs (e.g. visa costs, domestic travel);

Host institute to waive bench fees, if any.

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