Postgraduate Studentships and Bursaries
The School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy actively seeks to offer funding to outstanding applicants for postgraduate study. It has traditionally awarded bursaries to selected students on its postgraduate taught degrees and studentships to outstanding students undertaking postgraduate research towards a PhD.
Postgraduate Taught Degree Bursaries– 2012 Entry
School Bursaries
In 2012-13 the School is funding two postgraduate bursaries. Each bursary will be worth £10,000 and will be awarded to an academically outstanding applicant. It is intended that one of the awards will be reserved for an applicant from one of the North American universities with which the School has a formal partnership arrangement. These universities are currently Georgetown, Vanderbilt, and Boston College. For the purposes of the award of a School Bursary, an academically outstanding applicant will normally possess at the time the Masters programme commences a relevant first class honours undergraduate degree, an undergraduate degree with a CGPA of 3.5 or higher, or the equivalent). Applicants are therefore welcome from academically outstanding students expecting to graduate in 2012.
Students who wish to be considered for a School Bursary must have applied for entry to the MA programme before 30 April 2012.
Students applying after this date will not be considered for a bursary.
Successful applicants will be notified of the offer of a bursary on or before 3 August 2012.
The School reserves the right, in the absence of suitable candidates, not to award one or more of the bursaries.
Northern Ireland Assembly Commission Bursaries
Students admitted to the MA in Legislative Studies and Practice are expected to receive a bursary that will cover fees and provide a maintenance grant in the region of £11,000.
Other funding opportunities
For further information on other possible funding opportunities, see the University’s Postgraduate Awards [LINK to http://www.qub.ac.uk/home/Research/PostgraduateCentre//PostgraduateAwards/] webpage
Postgraduate Research Studentships – 2012 Entry
The School has been awarded a number of studentships funded by the Department of Employment and Learning (DEL) in Northern Ireland to students commencing a research degree in September 2012. These DEL awards may be made in any area of research where the School has distinctive research strengths, and will cover approved tuition fees and maintenance payments. The studentships are and are available to UK and other EU and EEA nationals. Specific eligibility criteria apply.
Students wishing to be considered for a DEL award are required to have submitted a complete application, including reference, on or before 02 March 2012. The School expects to be in a position to make offers of an award to successful candidates before 23 March 2012.
It is imperative that references have been received by this date.
Funding opportunities for US students
Information on sources of additional funding specifically for US students is available here
Other funding opportunities
For further information on other possible funding opportunities, see the University’s Postgraduate Awards
Applications for China in Africa: an analysis of development, trade and security PhD project
Queen’s University Belfast invites applications from outstanding Chinese students from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Chongqing University to pursue PhD study at Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with the China Scholarship Council (CSC). There are 20 fully funded three year research studentships, commencing October 2011. The studentships provide fees and living costs, further details here.
The School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy invites applications for the following project:
China in Africa: an analysis of development, trade and security
This project will address China’s growing role and influence in Africa in the increasingly interdependent areas of development and security as documented in several notable studies. It will assess the main drivers and dynamics of evolving Chinese engagement with Africa amid growing involvement in peacekeeping in African conflicts, the provision of military assistance and weapons sales to African states, and increasing development assistance and investment, and the growing significance of Sino-African trade relationships.
Lead Supervisor: Dr Stefan Andreasson, email: s.andreasson@qub.ac.uk or telephone +44 (0)28 9097 3051
Queen’s University Belfast invites applications from outstanding Chinese students from selected Universities to pursue PhD study at Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with the China Scholarship Council (CSC). There are 20 fully funded three year research studentships, commencing October 2012. The studentships provide fees and living costs.
The School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy has been awarded three of these scholarships in the following areas:
China, Rising Powers and Coalition Building in Global Economic Governance (Drs Andreasson and Baker)
Sustainability and the transition to a low carbon economy (Dr. John Barry)
Theories of modernisation and the ecological crisis (Dr. John Barry)
To check if you are eligible to apply, please check the following website http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/ResearchEnterprise/ChinaScholarshipCouncilQueensUniversityScholarships/. If you are interested in any of these three PhD sscholarships, please contact the potential PhD supervisors above. Details on how to apply can be found here - http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/ResearchEnterprise/ChinaScholarshipCouncilQueensUniversityScholarships/ApplicationProcess/
