Deadline 31 January & 27 February 2012 - UK

Funding Opportunities for Research in Anthropology at SOAS, 2012-13

The Department of Anthropology and Sociology at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies) University of London, founded in1948, is part of the largest concentration of Africa and Asia scholars in the United Kingdom. Our students benefit from:
• close working relations with world leading experts in African and Asian languages,
• the full range of arts and social sciences applied to Africa and Asia,
• access to a research library that is unparalleled in the UK,
• the extraordinary range of seminars and lectures that take place at SOAS, and
• SOAS being a Doctoral Training Centre in partnership with Birkbeck, the Institute of Education and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. The Bloomsbury Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) is accredited by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), one of only 21 such centres in the UK. See http://www.bloomsburydtc.ac.uk/home

For information about the department, staff and research, visit http://www.soas.ac.uk/anthropology/

Competitions for the following funding scholarships are now open.

1.

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Studentships 2012-13. SOAS Anthropology will be offering two ESRC Studentships in 2012-13.

For information about the ESRC Studentship awards and application process, see http://www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships/economic-and-social-research-council-esrc-studentships.html.

Candidates for the ESRC Studentship award must apply both for the award(s) and for admission to one of the MARes programmes or to the MPhil/PhD programme. Applications for admission to the programme must preferably be received by 27 January 2012, but not later than the scholarship application deadline of 5:00pm on 27 February 2012. Offers of admission are based on your qualifications, the strength of your statement and the research proposal.
Further details about the programme structure and application process can be found at http://www.soas.ac.uk/anthropology/programmes/maanthresmethods/

CLOSING DATE: 27 February 2012

2.

Two SOAS Research Studentships for a research degree in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at SOAS in the academic session 2012/13, providing remission of tuition fees at the UK/EU rate and a maintenance allowance of £12,470 (2011/12 rate).

3.

Four SOAS Doctoral Scholarships (open to UK/EU applicants) will be available for students proposing to register full- or part time for a research degree in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at SOAS in the academic session 2012/13. This scholarship will provide remission of the tuition fees only.

For details of these award schemes, see http://www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships/soas-doctoral-scholarships.html

NB Candidates for the SOAS Research Studentship and the SOAS Doctoral Scholarship must apply both for the award(s) and for admission to the MPhil/PhD programme. Applications for the award(s) and to the programme can be made at the same time.

The deadline for application for both awards is 31 January 2012. For information about the MPhil/PhD programme structure and application process, see http://www.soas.ac.uk/anthropology/programmes/phd/

CLOSING DATE: 31 january 2012

For a full listing of funding opportunities at SOAS, see http://www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships/
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