The Dora Harvey Memorial Research Scholarship

 generous donation has been received by the University of Kent in memory of Dora Harvey. The purpose of the gift is to help support a full-time female research student in Social Sciences.

This scholarship will cover tuition fees at the home/EU rate, and is renewable for a maximum of three years subject to satisfactory academic performance.

Criteria

• Applicants must hold a Master’s degree or equivalent at merit or distinction level in a relevant subject
• The scholarship competition is open to female postgraduate research applicants in the Faculty of Social Sciences only 
• Full-time UK, EU and overseas fee paying students are invited to apply
• Applicants must have received an offer to study in the Faculty of Social Sciences for 2014-15, by 24 May 2014 or be a currently registered full-time PhD student at the University of Kent for the following academic year (2014-15)

How to apply

Please send the following by email to scholarships@kent.ac.uk or by post to Scholarships Unit, Enrolment Management Services, The Registry, Canterbury, Kent CT2 7NZ.

• Research proposal of approximately 2,000 words,
• CV,
• TWO academic references (on official headed paper) that include:
• full name and status/title of referee,
• name, address and telephone number of their institution or place of work,
• details of referee’s relationship to the applicant,
• full name of the applicant.
• Note: references from University of Kent academic staff may be emailed from their University email account. Under the UK Data Protection Act 1998, references received by the University may be disclosed to the applicant.

Deadline

Monday 31 March 2014

Facts

How much: Tuition fees at the home/EU rate

Who is eligible: FemaleSocial Sciences PhD applicants