Funding for Doctoral Research in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Manchester

[Rachel Platonov]

Funding for Doctoral Research in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Manchester


The University of Manchester is offering a range of awards for which candidates working on topics related to Russia and Eastern Europe are eligible to apply. The two main awards, which comprise a fee bursary and a maintenance grant, are ESRC studentships in Language-Based Area Studies and the University-funded President’s Doctoral Scholar Awards. 

1. The North West Doctoral Training Centre, jointly run by the Universities of Lancaster, Liverpool and Manchester, is offering 3 PhD studentships in Language-Based Area Studies, in fields which include Russian and East European Studies.

This award covers home/EU fees and offers a maintenance grant. (Last year the value of the grant was £13,590.) Successful candidates will be based at the University of Manchester. The University has wide-ranging expertise in Russian and East European Studies with relevant members of staff based across the Faculty of Humanities, particularly in the School of Social Sciences; the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures; and the School of Arts, Histories and Cultures. In 2008, Russian and East European Studies at Manchester was assessed in the UK's independent Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) as the best in the country for research in the field. We will be able to offer supervision on a wide range of topics concerning Russian and East European societies, politics and history.

For description of the North West DTC and of the opportunities for post-graduate studies that it offers, please go to the NWDTC website. The deadline for the application for the ESRC studentships is 23 March 2012. Please note that prior to this deadline you should apply for a place on the PhD programme in one of the three Schools mentioned above. The choice of School will depend on the location of the member of staff you wish to be supervised by. For informal inquiries, please contact either

Professor Vera Tolz, School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures, at vera.tolz at manchester.ac.uk

or

Professor Yoram Gorlizki, School of Social Sciences, at yoram.gorlizki at manchester.ac.uk

 

2. This year, the University of Manchester has launched a new 2.5m investment in PhD training with the creation of the President’s Doctoral Scholar Awards. These awards are open to all new PhD students from all nationalities and research areas.

The Department of Russian and East European Studies in the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures is keen to receive applications for this funding scheme from candidates working on topics related to Russia and Eastern Europe. The award covers tuition fees (home/EU or international, as appropriate) and the equivalent of the research council stipend (£13,590 in 2011-12).

The following application deadlines should be observed in relation to this award: an application for a place on a doctoral programme should be submitted to the School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures by Wednesday 15 February 2012 at the latest; a completed funding application form should be submitted by Friday 1 March 2012 at the latest.

For guidelines on how to apply, please visit our postgraduate funding page. Further information about the application process and general information about postgraduate study within the School is available on our postgraduate pages. 

For informal inquiries about the academic side of the application process, please contact Professor Vera Tolz at vera.tolz at manchester.ac.uk

For questions about the administrative side of the application process, please contact Ms Rachel Corbishley at rachel.corbishley at manchester.ac.uk

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