Harry Worthington Scholarships Deadline: 3rd February 2015 OVERVIEW: Two Harry Worthington Scholarships are available to applicants wishing to undertake doctoral study in any Faculty of the University of Sheffield for entry in 2015-16. These scholarships were founded under the will of Miss Doreen Worthington in memory of her father Harry, a local steel manufacturer, and are awarded to two outstanding new PhD applicants. AWARD VALUE: A Harry Worthington Scholarship covers the cost of tuition fees (UK, EU or Overseas) and provides an annual, tax-free maintenance stipend at the standard UK Research rate (£13,863 in 2014-15). Awards are tenable for a maximum of three years full-time subject to satisfactory progress. ELIGIBILITY: + You should have, or expect to achieve, a first or upper second class UK honours degree or equivalent qualifications gained outside the UK in an appropriate area of study. + You should be applying to start your first year of study with the University in 2015-16 on a full-time or part-time programme of doctoral study (i.e. after 1st August 2015, exact start date to be agreed with your supervisor/ department). + Awards are open to UK, EU and international applicants. HOW to APPLY: Scholarships are awarded on a competitive basis - applications are assessed on the basis of academic success and qualifications, experience, research background, a clear well-articulated research proposal, the potential impact of the research and a good match with supervisor/ departmental expertise. On acceptance of an offer of admission you will be sent details of how to apply for scholarship funding. To apply for admission please see: sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/apply If you have already accepted an offer of admission please log into your Postgraduate application account and complete the additional Scholarship section shef.ac.uk/postgradapplication ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Please click here to see: + Writing a proposal: sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/sheffield/proposal + List of supporting documents: sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/supporting + FAQs [sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/scholarships/scholarshipfaq] If you have other questions, please email [email protected].
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 07:30:00 +0000
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