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10 Fully-funded Chancellor’s International Research Scholarships in UK

Othuke Andrew Akpeli9 years ago6 years ago04 mins

Chancellor’s
International Research Scholarship (2017)

The University of
Sussex welcomes applications from outstanding international applicants across
the arts and humanities for 10 fully funded Chancellor’s International Research
Scholarships.

Scholarships are
tenable for one year in the first instance, renewable annually for a maximum of
3 years.

The scholarship
covers international fees and provides a stipend that matches that provided for
UK doctoral students by the UK Research Council. Find out more aboutlatest stipends levels.

Type
of award

Postgraduate
Research

Award
amount

Fees and stipend

Eligibility

Applicants must
apply for a PhD in one of the following Schools at the University of Sussex:

School
of English
School
of Media, Film and Music
School
of History, Art History and Philosophy

Applicants must be
classified as an international fee paying student and able to commence their
PhD in September 2017.

Application
procedure

Applicants will need
to complete TWO
online applications in order to be considered for a scholarship:

1. Applicants must
apply online for a PhD at Sussex (the deadline for applications has yet to be
confirmed).

2. Applicants must
complete a separate online application for the scholarship (the deadline for
applications has yet to be confirmed).

When completing the
scholarship application applicants will need to attach the following documents:

Project
Summary (no longer than 2 sides of A4 and needs to outline the overall
goals and proposed timeline of the proposed research project. It must
contain details of any language training and fieldwork that will be
necessary to carry out the proposed research.
Two
references (at least one must be an academic reference)

In addition,
applicants will need to provide their University of Sussex application number
when completing the scholarship application form (the application number will
be provided once applicants have applied for a PhD).

Timetable

The deadlines to
apply for this scholarship are yet to be announced.

If you would like to
register your interest or learn more about the scholarship then please contact:

Anna Izykowska at doctoralfunding@sussex.ac.uk

Further
information

Applicants must meet
the University’s academicentry requirements and Englishlanguage requirements.

Successful
applicants will be expected to support the University’s international strategy.
This might involve supporting international partnership development and
promotional or ambassadorial activities. This would involve up to a maximum of
6 hours per week and would not exceed 180 hours in any one academic year.