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 Awards (PDS Awards). These prestigious awards are open to all nationalities and research areas.
Within the Faculty of Humanities, PDS Awards funding will be allocated to our most outstanding applicants seeking PhD training opportunities starting from October 2012. We aim to award around 40 scholarships as part of our 2012 PhD recruitment round, which will include a number of collaborating schemes such as:
- 2012 School PhD Studentships
- ESRC North West Centre for Doctoral Training Studentships
- Alumni 'Research Impact' Studentships
- AHRC BGP Doctoral Awards
Based on the academic track-record of applicants, and evidence of research potential, we will select our Presidential Scholars from the various applicants across our 2012 funding schemes.
PDS Award status will entitle our successful candidates to a further £1, 000 enhancement to their funded stipend/living allowance. They will also have the opportunity to:
- Be invited to attend a series of exclusive events where you’ll have the opportunity to meet the University of Manchester President and Vice Chancellor, interact closely with our academic community and network with other PDS Award students.
- Benefit from international research leadership under distinguished scholars
- Become a PDS Award ambassador for the University
- Receive a President’s Doctoral Scholar medal at graduation
- Benefit from our extensive transferable skills training for PhD researchers
Criteria
Applicants must have obtained (or expect to obtain) a minimum first-class honours degree (or equivalent), and ideally hold a Masters-level qualification at merit or distinction. They should have a track-record of engaging with research. This may include contributions to publications/articles, promoting their research to a wider audience, prizes/accolades for previous research work, setting up research collaborations with other groups etc.
How to apply
Applications for PDS awards are invited from prospective PhD students in all the arts, humanities and social science disciplines represented within the Faculty.
Applicants must apply directly to the School where they intend to study. Please be aware that schools may have different deadlines and application processes for the various awards.
Here are the links to our school’s PDS Awards pages:
- Manchester Business School
- School of Arts, Histories and Cultures
- School of Education
- School of Environment and Development
- School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
- School of Law
- School of Social Sciences
We expect to confirm our set of successful PDS Awards applicants throughout the period of March to May 2012.
Any enquiries on PDS Awards funding within the Faculty of Humanities should be directed to the relevant School (see above for details).