Internal Funding
There are School-wide bursary competitions for Overseas students at MA and PhD level, and each Subject Area in the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures offers a number of bursaries. These internal awards come with the opportunity to teach (in the case of PhD students) or act as an assistant on a research project (for both MA and PhD students). The fees bursaries are set at the level of Home/EU Fees for the relevant course. The MA awards are for one year full time or two years part-time. The PhD awards are for three years full time or six years part time (subject to satisfactory progress). There are also a number of names awards in some subject areas that carry their own conditions.
Application process
Candidates for the various awards will be ranked by a Subject Area panel on the merit of an application form, that includes a record of achievement to date, references, and a statement of purpose (for MA) or research proposal (for PhD). The deadline for all awards is 15 March 2010, but early communication with the prospective Programme Director (at MA level) or supervisor (at PhD level) is essential. In order to be considered for an award, students must first have been accepted onto the relevant degree programme; the latest date for applying for a programme is 15 February 2010. For the application process, please see here.
School-wide Awards
Rylands Achievement Awards
£500 towards fees for Manchester graduates with first-class degrees undertaking an MA in the School.
MA Scholarships for Overseas (non-EU) Students
The School has a number of £2500 scholarships for Overseas (non-EU) MA students, awarded to applicants of exceptional merit.
Overseas Research Student (ORS) Awards
Although the UK Government scheme has now finished, the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures has introduced its own scheme to replace it. The School offers up to two awards, paying the difference between Overseas fees and Home/EU fees, to PhD candidates of exceptional merit. Students will also automatically be entered into the competition for the other internal bursaries offered by subject areas within the School. In most cases, these consist of Home fees awards; therefore a student successful in both the ORS competition and a subject area award would receive a fee waiver for the whole of the Overseas fees.
Access to Postgraduate Education Bursaries
Two bursaries of £1000 each are available to facilitate access to postgraduate study for students who would not otherwise be able to meet the cost: for example, students whose family responsibilities limit their ability to combine paid work with study. The bursaries are open both to those who hold offers to start a taught postgraduate programme (MA or MusM, full-time or part-time) in September 2009, and to current part-time students who would otherwise have difficulty in completing their programme. For further information follow the link below:
Access to Postgraduate Education Bursaries: 2009-10
Subject Area Awards
Archaeology
- Two PhD Home fees bursaries.
Art History and Visual Studies
- Two Marcia Pointon PhD Bursaries (Home fees plus £1500 towards maintenance per student).
Arts Management, Policy and Practice
- One MA Home fees bursary.
Classics and Ancient History
- One PhD Home fees bursary.
- It is expected that there will be one further award [details TBC]
Drama
- One MA Home fees bursary.
- One PhD Home fees bursary.
- One £2000 PhD bursary.
English and American Studies
- Two MA Home fees bursaries (one for the MA in American Studies; one for the MA in English and American Studies).
- Four PhD Home fees bursaries (one in pre-1800 Literature; one in post-1800 English Literature; one in Gender, Sexuality and Culture; one in American Studies).
- One £2500 bursary for an Overseas PhD student (can be held in conjunction with other awards).
- One Brook Scholarship in Medieval English Literature or English Language. May be held in the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures (for Medieval English Literature) or the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures (for English Language). Maintenance stipend of £3,000 pa (if held in SAHC), or Home/EU fees bursary and £3000 maintenance (if held in SLLC). SAHC candidates will also be considered for other eligible Home/EU fees bursaries in English and American Studies. [TBC]
Creative Writing
- One MA Home fees bursary.
- One PhD Home fees bursary.
History
- Two MA fees bursaries (with a preference for Modern European History, and World History).
- Four PhD fees bursaries (with a preference for Early Modern History, European History, Extra-European history, especially African and Latin American).
Centre for Museology
- One MA home fees bursary.
- One PhD fees bursary.
Music
- One MusM Home fees bursary.
- One PhD Home fees bursary.
- Keith Elcomb Fund: any area, but preference will be given to research relating to the Baroque era; up to £6,000 for Masters or PhD bursaries, which may be divided between one, two or three students
- McMyn: any area, but preference will be given to research relating to the Romantic period; up to £6,000 for Masters or PhD bursaries, which may be divided between one, two or three students
- Harry Clough: one home fees bursary, for one year, at Masters or PhD level
- Victor Sayer: two £2,000 bursaries, at Masters or PhD level
Religions & Theology
- One MA Home fees bursary.
- Two PhD Home fees bursaries.
[TBC] Additional bursaries (subject to eligibility):
- Chadwick Prize (MA fees bursary). Further information here.
- Lionel Black Bursary Fund: one bursary of £5,000 and six further awards of £500 to students taking either the MA in Jewish Studies or the MA in Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Further information here.
- Bishop Lee Greek Testament Prize (Senior): MA fees bursary for the MA in Biblical Studies. Further information here.
Dasturji Dr. Sohrabji Hormasji Kutar fund (1986) for studies in Zoroastrianism. (Variable funding awarded on an occasional basis.)
Mark Gibbs Bursary: maintenance grant and fees for 1 year full- or part-time MPhil, PhD or DPT in areas related to the history of the Christian laity and the Church(es) in the world.
- Hedley Lucas, Poet, Scholarship (1988) for students in Theology.
If you have any queries about Postgraduate funding and fees, please contact Andy Rigg on 0161 275 3144 or email: andrew.rigg@manchester.ac.uk