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

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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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LUCE/ACLS DISSERTATION FELLOWSHIPS IN AMERICAN ART

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Application Deadline: 9:00 PM EDT, October 30, 2024.

LOCATION: USA

ACLS invites applications for Luce/ACLS Dissertation Fellowships in American Art, which support graduate students pursuing research on the history of art and visual culture of the United States, including all aspects of Native American art, and who are at any stage of PhD dissertation research or writing. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must:

be a doctoral student at a university in the United States in art history or a related field, such as Native American and Indigenous studies, ethnic studies, or African American studies. (Students preparing theses for the Master of Fine Arts degree are not eligible.)

have a dissertation focused on a topic in the history of the visual arts of the United States, including all facets of Native American art. Projects should be focused foremost on the art object and/or image and employ an art-historical or visual studies approach.

have completed all requirements for the PhD except the dissertation before beginning fellowship tenure.

have not previously applied for this fellowship more than once.

be a US citizen, permanent resident, Indigenous person residing in the United States through rights associated with the Jay Treaty of 1794, DACA recipient, asylee, refugee, or individual granted Temporary Protected Status in the United States.

BENEFIT:

The total award of $42,000 includes a stipend and additional funds for travel and research. This program is made possible by the generous support of the Henry Luce Foundation.

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