Research scholarships

New Centenary Scholarships for Research Degrees at the Institute of Education, University of London

(For the issue of IOE Life pictured above, click here)

To be considered for any of the scholarship awards listed below, candidates should have received an offer of a place at the Institute of Education for entry in 2007-2008 academic year. Applicants for the scholarship who have not yet submitted an application to the Doctoral School for a place at the Institute should do so by 1 March 2007 (www.ioe.ac.uk/courses). Consideration for the scholarship will be contingent upon having received an offer of a place before the closing date for scholarship applications. The closing date for applications is 27 April 2007.


China
One award for 2007 is open to prospective full-time MPhil/PhD students in any subject area. Applicants should be nationals of the People’s Republic of China not currently registered on a research degree course at the Institute.

The successful candidate will receive a scholarship for three years of full-time study, comprising an annual stipend of £13,000 plus academic fee payment for three years, subject to satisfactory progress each year:


Sub-Saharan Africa
One award for 2007 is open to prospective full-time MPhil/PhD students in any subject area. Applicants should be nationals of one of the countries in Sub-Saharan Africa not currently registered on a research degree course at the Institute.

The successful candidate will receive a scholarship for three years of full-time study, comprising an annual stipend of £13,000 plus academic fee payment for three years, subject to satisfactory progress each year:


Doctor in Education (EdD) Scholarship
One award for 2007 is open to prospective part-time International EdD students. Applicants should be liable to pay fees at the overseas rate and should not be currently registered on a research degree course at the Institute. They should have received an offer of a place at the Institute of Education for entry in 2007-2008 academic year.

The successful candidate will receive a scholarship for five years of part-time study, comprising academic fee payment plus a stipend of £1,750 per annum for four years, subject to satisfactory progress each year and completion of assignments by the agreed deadline.


MRes Scholarship
One award for 2007 open to prospective full-time research students in any subject area. Applicants should be nationals of a non EU country and liable to pay fees at the overseas rate. They should have received an offer of a place at the Institute of Education for entry in 2007-2008.

The scholarship will cover the successful candidate’s academic fees for one calendar year and provide a small research training grant of £2,000.


MPhil/PhD Scholarships
Three awards for 2007-2008 academic year open to prospective full-time research students in any subject area wishing to undertake the MPhil/PhD. Applicants should be nationals of a non EU country and be liable to pay fees at the overseas rate. They should not currently be registered on a research degree course at the Institute.

The scholarship will cover the successful candidate’s academic fees for three years of full-time study and provide a small annual research training grant of £2,000. Continuation of the scholarship will be subject to satisfactory progress each year.


(Thanks to Joana for the heads-up)