Deadline: June 30, 2019
Applications are open for the ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships 2019. Funded by The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and the journal’s publisher, Routledge, in association with the ACU, these two new PhD studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth related themes.
Two studentships are available each year for study in the UK, one for UK-registered students and one for Commonwealth students in other countries to undertake a short study placement in the UK.
Proposed research must either:
- Relate to the Commonwealth as a whole or to any Commonwealth-wide institution or organisation, or
- Have a strong Commonwealth comparative aspect, or
- Be of relevance to a Commonwealth country other than the UK.
Funding
- The first studentship for UK-registered student has a value of £4,000.
- The second studentship for Commonwealth students to travel to the UK has a value of £8,000.
Eligibility
- The first studentship is open to registered PhD students from UK universities, who are resident in the UK at the time of applying for the award, although not necessarily UK citizens.
- The second is open to registered PhD students from ACU member universities anywhere in the Commonwealth, and to Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarship alumni who are PhD students at any Commonwealth university outside the UK, who wish to travel to a UK university for their period of research, before returning to complete their PhD at their home university.
- Chevening alumni would need to wait at least two years after the end of their Chevening award before applying for a Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentship, in order to satisfy the criteria for the Chevening award.
- Research should fall within the broad range of humanities and social sciences disciplines.
Application
Applications should consist of:
- Your CV
- A studentship plan, outlining:
- The work you plan to carry out during the studentship, in non-technical language
- The likely impact of your studentship work, and how it will advance knowledge in your field and contribute to greater understanding of the Commonwealth
- The planned outcomes and outputs of the studentship
- Letters of support from referees, one academic (preferably your PhD/DPhil supervisor) and one personal
- An outline of the intended use of the funds
- Applicants from outside the UK will also need to provide a letter from a UK university willing to provide academic mentoring support. It will be the responsibility of the successful applicants to arrange flights, accommodation, and visas.
For more information, visit ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships.
