Wellcome Trust-funded Master's at CHSTM, Manchester
The
Centre for the
History of Science, Technology and Medicine at the University of
Manchester in the UK (CHSTM)
seeks a candidate for the 2016 Wellcome Trust’s Master’s Award
scheme, offering
fees and living allowance for one year of taught Master’s study
in the history
of medicine or medical humanities.
The
University of
Manchester can propose one candidate per year to the Wellcome
Trust, which
considers applications from various institutions and has the
final say in
whether funding will be awarded. CHSTM has a strong track record
of successful
applications to the Master’s scheme. Full details of Trust’s
policy on
selection and entry requirements are provided at
CHSTM
will run an
internal selection process to choose a candidate to put forward,
and we now
invite expressions of interest. Applicants may apply to support
either of the
following study pathways:
Applicants
must be
strongly committed to developing a research career, and must
have (or be
predicted) at least a very high Upper Second-class degree at
undergraduate
level or international
equivalent.
Applications
from
international students are welcome. In addition to a living
allowance, the
scheme covers full fees for all UK and European Union students,
or full
overseas fees for students from a list of eligible
countries
maintained by the
Welcome Trust. Applicants from other countries outside the EU
are eligible to
apply, but would need to make a significant fees contribution to
make up the
difference between the UK/EU and overseas fee rates.
To
express interest or
discuss the possibility of an application, please contact the
Director of
CHSTM, Dr Ian Burney (ian.burney@manchester.ac.uk).
To
apply for the
studentship, please send a preliminary application to Dr Burney
by Monday 11 April 2016,
consisting of:
·
a case for support of up to
750 words. You
should explain briefly your relevant experience to date, the
source of your
interest in the field, and your priorities for future research. If
you have
already developed a more concrete research proposal in
consultation with CHSTM
staff, please describe it here.
·
a current CV, 1 to 2 pages in length
·
certificates and transcripts of performance from all
academic degrees
taken to date (if you are final-year undergraduate, please
provide the most
complete transcript possible)
·
two references from people who have knowledge of your
academic ability
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
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
Tuesday 3 May.