Cardiff University: Postgraduate Funding Opportunities

[Lise Fontaine]

Hello everyone, 

I'd like to let people know about various funding opportunities for 
post-graduate study and research in Language and Communication at Cardiff 
University.  Please see below.

with best wishes
Lise

Cardiff University
Centre for Language and Communication Research
School of English, Communication and Philosophy


Postgraduate Funding Opportunities in Language and Communication Research

ESRC Studentships in Language and Communication at Cardiff
The Centre for Language and Communication Research (CLCR) is able to 
support applications to the ESRC Open Studentship Competition for PhD 
studentships, covering tuition fees for British and EU students plus a 
generous stipend.
You must apply for your Cardiff University degree programme by Monday 7th 
February  2011. 
Further information is available at 
http://www.esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/opportunities/postgraduate/Guidance.aspx#0
In order to be considered for a studentship, in the first instance you 
need to apply for postgraduate study at Cardiff University. Please contact 
Dr Justine Coupland (PhD Admissions, CouplandJ at cf.ac.uk), or Professor 
Peter Garrett, (Director of Postgraduate Research, GarrettP at cf.ac.uk) or 
Mrs Dawn Harrington (CLCR Postgraduate Administrator, clcr-pg at cf.ac.uk) 
for further details.

Arts and Humanities Research Council Studentships (AHRC)
Under the Block Grant Partnership between the AHRC and the Centre for 
Language and Communication Research can also support applications for 
studentship awards, available in 2011/12, in the subject areas of 
Linguistics and in English Language and Literature. We invite applications 
for: 

1 Research Preparation Masters in Linguistics. 
1 doctoral award in Linguistics
3 doctoral studentship awards in English Language and Literature

You must apply for your Cardiff University degree programme by Monday 7th 
February  2011. 

For further details, application forms and guidance notes please visit: 
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/pg/funding/ahrcawards/index.html


Cardiff University President’s Research Scholarships
The University is making available 72 “flagship” postgraduate research 
awards which carry the prestige of association with the University’s new 
President, the Nobel Prize for Medicine (2007) winner, Professor Sir 
Martin Evans. A number of these awards are available for postgraduates 
seeking to research in the area of 'Re-constructing Multiculturalism'.
Deadline: The 2011/12 application process is beginning in Autumn 2010.
For more information, see: 
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/presidents/multiculturalism/index.html

School Research Bursaries and 'Cardiff 125' Scholarships 
Please see the following webpage for more information.
http://www.cf.ac.uk/encap/degreeprogrammes/postgraduateresearch/schoolfunding/



Please visit the Centre for Language and Communication website to find 
details of our primary research areas:
http://www.cf.ac.uk/encap/degreeprogrammes/postgraduateresearch/langcommunicationmphil/index.html


For more information about these and other funding opportunities please 
contact: 
Sarah Robertson, Academic Support Officer (encap-ac at cf.ac.uk). 
http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/for/prospective/pg/funding/index.html