Rawnsley Graduate Studentship - St Hugh's College, Oxford, UK

[Jan Fellerer]

Apologies for posting to this list the announcement below, as it will not be of immediate interest to everyone. It addresses colleagues in particular who know of prospective PhD students who qualify for UK university fees at Home / EU rate, and who intend to work on Czech, Slovak, or Polish language (or literature). I would be grateful if you could bring to their attention the opportunity below.
Many thanks, 
Jan Fellerer
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RAWNSLEY SCHOLARSHIP 2012
ST HUGH’S COLLEGE, OXFORD, UK
Rawnsley Graduate Studentship 2012

St Hugh’s College proposes to award a Rawnsley Graduate Studentship to a graduate student accepted by the College to read for the degree of DPhil from October 2012. This award will be made on the basis of academic excellence, and is designed to offer support to those who have not received funding from other sources and may not be held in conjunction with any other funding award.
The Studentship will pay the College and University fees (at the Home/EU rate) and a maintenance allowance of £12,300 per year. Subject to satisfactory progress, the studentship will be tenable for three years.

To be eligible for the Studentship, applicants must:
1. Have received an offer of a place to begin DPhil study at Oxford in October 2012. (If the successful candidate does not have a place at St Hugh’s, their first choice College will be asked to release them.)
And either-
2a. Be of Czech, Slovak or Polish nationality, working in the fields of Czech, Slovak, Polish, or English Language or Literature (or in a field which combines the study of these subjects).
Or-
2b. Be studying Czech, Slovak, or Polish Languages or Literature (or in a field which combines the study of these subjects). 

Applications will be considered by a selection committee including Fellows of the College in Modern Languages and in English. The committee considers applications according to academic merit and the criteria for eligibility. Applicants will not normally be interviewed.

An application should comprise:
- A covering letter explaining the pertinence of the applicant’s research to the academic interests of the Rawnsley Studentship.
- A copy of the applicant’s Oxford successful DPhil application, including the text of two academic references.

Applications should be sent, by Friday 9th March 2012 at the latest, to the Academic Registrar, St Hugh’s College, Oxford OX2 6LE; thea.crapper at st-hughs.ox.ac.uk. 
The application for the Rawnsley Scholarship is available here: http://www.st-hughs.ox.ac.uk/admissions/graduate-study/graduate-scholarships

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