Wellcome Trust-funded Master's at CHSTM, Manchester
Deadline for preliminary applications: Friday 16 March
2018
The Centre
for the History of Science, Technology and Medicine, University
of Manchester,
invites expressions of interest and applications for a Master’s
studentship in
Humanities and Social Science, funded by the Wellcome Trust.
The
studentship covers full fees and a living allowance for one year
of taught
Master’s study. UK universities are eligible to nominate one
candidate per
institution. As the University of Manchester’s leading centre
for teaching and
research in the field, CHSTM has a strong record of success in
securing
studentships in this competition.
Applicants
must be strongly committed to building a research career
relevant to the themes
covered by the Wellcome Trust’s Master’s
Awards in Humanities and
Social Sciences scheme, and must meet the scheme’s eligibility
requirements.
Applications
will be considered for the CHSTM taught Master’s programmes:
·
MSc
History of Science,
Technology and Medicine, including the specialised pathway in Medical Humanities
A CHSTM
panel will review all applications for its programme and select
one candidate
to enter the University-wide competition. The final decision of
whether
funding is awarded to the University’s nominated applicant rests
with the
Wellcome Trust.
If you are
interested in applying, please contact Dr Rob Kirk, robert.g.kirk@manchester.ac.uk as soon
as possible to discuss
the possibilities. Should you then wish to submit an application
for the award,
the first stage is to prepare a brief preliminary proposal, as
described below.
Application
information and
deadlines
Preliminary
applications should be sent to Dr Kirk at the address above no
later than Friday
16 March 2018. Your preliminary application should
include:
- a brief CV with details of undergraduate degree held or being undertaken
- details of the research proposed (maximum of two pages)
- a letter of support from a current academic sponsor
The
successful application will be chosen by a committee of CHSTM
staff, who will
appoint an academic sponsor to work with the candidate to
develop the full
proposal for the Wellcome Trust. You will need to be available
to work on
completing the proposal to a deadline in April, in order to meet
the Trust’s
final deadline of Wednesday 2 May.
General
information about CHSTM’s taught Master’s programmes is
available at: http://www.chstm.manchester.