Funding for Research Students
*The deadline for 2012-13 funding has now passed (2nd March 2012)*
2012 President's Doctoral Scholar Awards
The University of Manchester has launched a further £2.5m investment in PhD training with the creation of the President's Doctoral Scholar (PDS) Awards. These awards are open to all nationalities and research areas.
Applications will be ranked according to two key criteria: the candidate’s academic track-record, and the quality of the research proposal.
- Track-record: Applicants must have a first-class honours degree (or non-UK equivalent), hold or expect to achieve a Masters-level qualification, which we would expect to be at distinction level or equivalent. Additional indicators of academic quality will include prizes awarded and information supplied by the applicant’s referees.
- Research proposal: Proposals will be judged according to their cogency of exposition and evidence of the project’s originality.
Fees Bursary
The Centre for Museology and Centre for Arts Management will have jointly one PhD/Professional Doctorate fee bursary (or two part-time). The bursary is set at the level of Home/EU Fees for the relevant programme. Please note that for Overseas students, any fees bursary awarded would reduce the tuition fee payable by the amount of the Home/EU fees. The awards are for three years full time or six years part time (subject to satisfactory progress) for new starters, reduced pro rata for existing students.