MCLC: Manchester doctoral funding

[Denton, Kirk]

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From: Elena Barabantseva <E.V.Barabantseva at manchester.ac.uk>
Subject: Manchester doctoral funding
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Application for a place on a PhD program should be made by
mid-February at the latest, in order to meet further deadlines for
funding in March. Applicants are advised to make contact with faculty
members who are potential supervisors in advance of formal
application. For informal inquiries, please contact: Doctor Sharon
Kinsella, School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, at
sharon.kinsella at manchester.ac.uk

The North West Doctoral Training Centre, jointly run by the
Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester, is offering 3 PhD
studentships in Language-Based Area Studies, in fields which include
East Asian Studies, Chinese and Japanese Studies. These are open to
Home and EU students. In addition to which the University of
Manchester is allocating about 40 President Doctoral Scholar (PDS)
awards to outstanding applicants across the Humanities. Approximately
20 of these PDS awards will top up an AHRC or ESRC award by an
additional 1K, to raise the overall level of funding to 14, 590. A
further 20 awards will be awarded to Home, EU and International
applicants without AHRC or ESRC awards and will include tuition fees
and an annual allowance of 13, 590.

Successful candidates will be based at the University of Manchester.
The University has wide-ranging expertise in contemporary East Asian
Studies with relevant members of staff based across the Faculty of
Humanities, particularly in the School of Languages, Linguistics and
Cultures; and the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures. We will be
able to offer supervision on a wide range of topics on historical,
modern and contemporary China, involving East Asian societies, media,
politics, population, and history.

For description of the North West DTC and of the opportunities for
post-graduate studies which it offers, please go to

http://www.humanities.manchester.ac.uk/humnet/acaserv/pgresearch/DTC/index.
html

The deadline for the application for the North West DTC studentships
is 25 March, 2011.

For description of the Presidents Scholar Awards, please go to

http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/

The deadline for applications to the President Doctoral Scholar (PDS)
Award is the 1st March 2012.

UK and EU applicants are advised to apply for both awards in order to
be eligible for both an ESRC and a PDS award.

Please note that prior to these deadlines you should apply for a place
on the PhD programme in one of the two Schools mentioned above. The
choice of School will depend on the location of the member of staff
you wish to be supervised by and your field of study.

Sharon Kinsella
East Asian Studies, SLLC
University of Manchester
Oxfird Road
M13 9PL
UK
+44 (0) 161 275 3543