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Elisabeth Croll Scholarship for MPhil/PhD Fieldwork in China

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The Elisabeth Croll Scholarship for fieldwork in China has been created to honour the memory of Elisabeth Croll (1944-2007), vice principal of SOAS and Professor of Chinese Anthropology. The scholarship offers a current MPhil/PhD student at SOAS £1000 towards the cost of fieldwork in China (Mainland China & Taiwan).
All candidates will be notified by e-mail regarding the outcome of their application. The successful candidate will also be notified in writing. Selection will take place in May and candidates should hear of the results by the end of June. If you have not had a response to your application by the end of June, please contact the Scholarships Officer.
Any student accepting an Elisabeth Croll Scholarship for fieldwork in China must be enrolled (i.e. full-time, part-time or study leave status) for the academic year in which he/she applies and for the academic year in which his/her Award is taken. Students on Continuation (Writing-up) are not eligible for these awards.

The Elisabeth Croll Scholarship for fieldwork in China does not normally consider retrospective applications therefore students are advised to apply in good time before leaving for fieldwork.On completion of the fieldwork, the student must submit a 1000-word report, signed by the supervisor, to the Scholarships Officer within one month of returning to the UK or within one month of the end of the fieldwork, whichever is sooner.

Scholarship Application Deadline:18 April 2011.

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PhD Studentship in Modern Languages at Newcastle University, UK

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The School of Modern Languages is offering a full PhD studentship (Graduate Teaching Assistantship) starting in October 2011, to enable a student to carry out doctoral research on a topic in one of the following fields: Chinese and Japanese Studies; French and Francophone Studies; German Studies; Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies; Film Studies; Linguistics; Translating and Interpreting Studies. As a Graduate Teaching Assistant, the successful candidate will teach up to 6 hours per week and in return will receive: An annual stipend of £ 13,000 A waiver for UK/EU fees throughout the 3-year period. Appropriate training for doctoral research and teaching.The studentship will commence on 01/10/2011 or as soon thereafter as possible, for a period of 3 years. Informal enquiries can be made to the Director of Postgraduate Studies of the School of Modern Languages, Dr Sarah Leahy, The School of Modern Languages at Newcastle is one of the leading departments for research in the UK, with particular strengths in Linguistics; History, Politics and Society; Cultural Studies; Film and Visual Media; Literature; Translating and Interpreting. We work as an integrated school in terms of both research and teaching, allowing us to develop true interdisciplinarity within and across our language sections, and with other schools in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HASS).

Scholarship Application Deadline: 11 March 2011

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The Jordan Travel Grant for Research Students in the Department of the Study of Religions, SOAS, UK

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The Jordan Travel Grant is made available to Research students in the Department of the Study of Religions to help with travel expenses incurred by their research projects.The Award is payable following the trip for which the expenses are being claimed. A receipt must be produced in order for the Award to be allocated.
On completion of the project for which the grant was awarded, a report on the work undertaken should be forwarded to the Jordan Travel Grant committee.The Receipt and report are to be submitted to Pascale Dionnet, room 326, in the Arts and Humanities Faculty Office within four weeks after completion of the travel for which the expenses are being claimed.
Please note that if a sufficient sum to cover all expenses detailed in the application was raised by other means, the award would be declined.The Department’s Jordan Travel Grant Committee will meet in March to decide upon the distribution of the awards, and those who have been granted an award will be informed shortly thereafter.

Scholarship Application Deadline:8 March 2011

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