Funding Opportunities for 2013.
Updated: 28 May 2013
Please note that when we know of a new funding scheme it will be updated on this website immediately.
Funding is available under the following schemes:
Medical Humanities Sheffield Studentship
Project: "The socio-economic effects of geography on oral health"
Applications are now open for fully funded PhD scholarship. Please see the MHS group webpages to apply.
Deadline: 20 June 2013
ESRC Multidisciplinary Studentship
Project: Nuclear futures and the politics of scale.
Applications are now open for a fully funded PhD studentship.
Deadline: 5 July 2013.
University Prize and Faculty Scholarships (Human, Physical and Joint Physical-Human Geography)
University Prize Scholarships and Faculty Scholarships provide fees and an annual maintenance stipend of up to £16,000. For further information and details on how to apply please follow the links to the right. These are highly prestigious awards and, to be competitive, candidates will need to have/be clearly predicted a first-class undergraduate degree and/or a distinction at Masters-level. The deadline for application to these scholarship schemes is 1st February 2013. In order to be considered you must also please be sure to have fully completed your application for admission by 23rd January 2013, particularly ensuring that both references are included in this application by this date. To ensure the most rapid processing of your application, could you also please ask your referees to email their references to: geo-apply@sheffield.ac.uk.
Applications have now closed.
ESRC Studentships
Studentships for Human Geography postgraduate research will be available in the department for 2013/14 entry, as part of the White Rose Social Sciences Doctoral Training Centre (WRSSDTC). The department also has a strong record of success in winning funding for students under the Advanced Quantitative Methods scheme. Details of these studentships and of the application process are available here: http://www.sheffield.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/scholarships/esrc
Applications have now closed.