research students | Scholarship for Nigerians and Africans - Part 2

2 PhD Anniversary Research Studentships at Bangor University, UK: Implementation in Health and Social Care

Children with disabilities tend to have frequent contact with health, social care, and specialist education services as they grow up. Whilst health outcomes have improved, disabled children experience some of the most significant physical and mental health disparities in our society. Some children and families, however, appear to be more ‘resilient’ to early challenging childhood experiences than others. Current services rarely specifically focus on promoting wellbeing and resilience in children with disabilities. Little is known about what constitutes ‘resilience promoting’ interventions and services to promote wellbeing, and work needs to be undertaken to understand better how resilience can be promoted and measured. This studentship will explore conceptual, methodological, measurement and interventional issues in relation to wellbeing, resilience and disabled children. Significant energies are directed at closing the gap between the producers of knowledge, public policy, service delivery and the experiences and outcomes of service users. In health and social care, for example, there is a need to base practice on evidence of ‘what works’, although getting evidence into practice is complex and dependent on multiple factors. A wide range of international and national implementation research programmes are being conducted at Bangor University with partners in health and social care and other public services which will provide a foundation for PhD studentships.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 1 April 2011

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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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Postgraduate Studentship in Agriculture and Rural Development 2011/12 at a University in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland

Each year the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland (DARD) offers a limited number of Postgraduate Studentships for a three year period of research normally leading to a PhD qualification at a
University in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.  Funding is provided for full-time students only. Part-time study will not be supported. The DARD Postgraduate Agricultural and Food Studentships competition is aimed at students wishing to undertake Doctoral programmes by research.

Numbers are determined by Departmental priorities and budget availability.  Support is available to provide approved fees and maintenance grants to students being trained in methods of research.  Proposals must be aligned to our priority research themes. For the 2011 Competition applicants should also demonstrate how their project meets one of our evidence and innovation gaps and priorities.  No more than two research studentships will normally be provided in any one project area.  PhD Research Studentships may be held in Higher Education Institutes in the United Kingdom or Republic of Ireland.

Awards are not tenable abroad but, exceptionally, consideration may be given to a student spending part of his/her research training or course of study overseas, if the subject is one which can best be studied abroad. Preferably the request for such training should be included in the application for an award.  The award is not means tested.

Scholarship Application Deadline: 25 February 2011

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