Faculty of Arts PhD Studentship ring-fenced for applicants from BAME backgrounds

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The Faculty of Arts is committed to undertaking initiatives which support under-represented groups to study with us. One initiative is this faculty-funded studentship.

Application deadline:
14:00, Friday 7 March 2025

Eligibility

The studentship is open to candidates who:

identify as being from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background
hold an offer of a PhD place in the School of Humanities, the School of English, or the School of Cultures, Languages and Area Studies (current PhD students are not eligible to apply)
have a Home tuition fee status
hold an offer to begin studying for a PhD in the 2025/26 academic year in a school or department within the Faculty of Arts in the 2025/26 academic year

What the studentship covers

Home tuition fees three years full-time or six years pro-rata part-time.
A stipend which is tax-free, does not need to be paid back and will match the UKRI stipend (as an indication, the UKRI stipend for 2024/25 is £19,237 per year for full-time study, pro-rata part-time).

Your research proposal

Successful applicants will have an extremely well-thought-through proposal which, above all else, shows what the project going to address, why it is important that this should be addressed, and how it will address this.

The project must be clearly focused, feasible (in terms of being completed within three years, and in terms of practical aspects such as methodology), innovative, and timely. We expect research questions to be set out, and for it to be clear how the methodological plans will allow applicants to answer these questions. The proposal needs to be accessible to non-specialists, and to demonstrate the importance of the project and what it brings to the discipline.

How to apply

Application deadline: 14:00, Friday 7 March 2025

To apply for the studentship:

Read the guidance notes.
Develop your application using the draft application form. You may choose to share this document with intended supervisor(s).
Use spelling and grammar checkers and check you are not exceeding word limits.
When you are ready to apply, go to the online application form. You may choose to copy and paste text from your draft document into the online application form.
Make sure you press submit at the end of the online form. When you submit, a confirmation message will appear on your screen.

If you are unable to apply online, please email AR-Arts-admin@nottingham.ac.uk.