ESRC Studentships
Four ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Centre Studentships now available for 2012/13
One +3 Network Studentship
Project: Bioscience and the Ageing Society
Supervisors: Professor Anne Kerr, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds
Professor Andrew Webster, SATSU/Department of Sociology, University of York
Three Quota Studentships on a 1+3 or +3 basis
Areas
- Social Research
- Gender Studies
- Social Policy
Three Quota studentships in Social Research, Gender Studies and Social Policy training pathways within the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre.
DEADLINE: Now extended to 17th February 2012. Please note that this is the deadline for submitting the ESRC application form, you must be holding an offer of a place to be considered for nomination for an award. You are strongly advised to submit your application(s) for a place well in advance of this to allow time for the decision making process.
Entry Requirements
Students entering on a 1+3 or +3 basis should have, at minimum, a good 2.1 degree qualification, and, additionally, if on a +3 basis, a Masters level qualification in a relevant field from an ESRC recognised outlet, or an appropriate research training programme.
How to apply
The School will nominate applicants for consideration by the White Rose DTC Academic Quality Committee, which will make decisions on the final awards (expected end of March 2012).
Applicants must submit an application for postgraduate study AND and application for an ESRC studentship.
To be eligible for nomination all applicants must be holding an offer of a place on the 1+3 or +3 programmes. See How to Apply for details on making an application. Applicants are strongly advised to submit applications for postgraduate study well in advance of the ESRC application deadline and ensure that all supporting documentation is available, this includes:
- Full transcripts (or transcript of results to date where a degree result is not yet known)
- Two academic references
- A Research Proposal (see how to apply for guidance)
Deadline
The deadline for applications for ESRC funded studentships applications is 17 February 2012.
For further details about the application procedure, please contact our postgraduate admissions office.
ESRC WR DTC Advanced Quantitative Methods (AQM) Studentships
Deadline for applications: 17 February 2012
There is also the opportunity to nominate candidates for up to four scholarships in Advanced Quantitative, which are available to applicants who intend to use Advanced Quantitative Methods in their project (in particular using large-scale datasets), with appropriate training in relevant pathways.