arts and humanities | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 2

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

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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Isaac Newton – Dorothy Emmet Research Fellowships at Lucy Cavendish College, UK

Lucy Cavendish College is offering two stipendiary Research Fellowships and one non-stipendiary Research Fellowship for women, who hold PhDs.  For research in the Arts and Humanities, with a preference for Law and English. The stipend for each of these Research Fellowships will be £17,111 per annum, depending on funding already available to the candidate.Candidates who wish to hold the Research Fellowship on a part-time basis will also be considered, in which case the stipend would be pro-rata.The successful candidates will be expected to undertake four hours of small group teaching a week, to become members of the College, to reside in Cambridge and to participate fully in College life.  The appointments will be for one year in the first instance from 1 October 2011 and will be renewable annually until 30 September 2014, when the Research Fellowships will terminate. The Research Fellowships are subject to satisfactory progress and annual reports.Research in the Humanities and Social Sciences, in an area that relates scholarship to current issues facing the world.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 2 March 2011

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Faculty of Arts and Humanities Masters Scholarships -2011, London: History, Religion: Asia/Africa.

Four scholarships are available for overseas fee-paying students who are proposing to register for the full-time MA Religions or MA History: Asia/ Africa at SOAS for the academic session 2011/12.The scholarship, valued at £15,000, will be used to meet the cost of tuition fees at the overseas rate and the remaining sum may be used towards maintenance.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 29 April 2011

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