About PGR International Studentships 2021/22:
This is an international studentship to finance MPhil/PhD studies in any of the King’s Health Faculties or the Faculty of Natural and Mathematical Sciences. The project must begin in June 2022.
Subject areas:
MPhil/PhD programmes that fall in any of the following faculties:
- Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine
- Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience
- Faculty of Natural & Mathematical Sciences
- Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care
- Faculty of Dentistry, Oral & Craniofacial Sciences
Funding type:
- Tuition fee
- Stipend
- Bench Fees / Research Training & Support Grant
Academic year:
2021-22
Grant code:
2122-INTCDS
Study mode:
Postgraduate research
Application closing date:
01 October 2021
Duration:
Studentships are funded for up to 4 years
Number of available studentships:
Nine (9)
Award value:
Awards are for 01 June 2022 start ONLY
This Scholarship covers:
- Full international tuition fees
- An annual stipend (UKRI-level) of £17,609 (for 2021/22)
- Research costs of up to £5000 per annum (depending on the project)
Eligibility criteria:
- The candidate must be an overseas student with no prior affiliation with King’s College London.
- The candidate must be pursuing a full-time MPhil/PhD programme in one of the disciplines listed.
- The MPhil or PhD programme of the candidate must begin in June 2022.
- By 31 January 2022, the candidate must have received an admission offer to King’s College London in the relevant programme.
- The candidates must not have started their doctoral studies at King’s College London yet.
- Applicants who intend to join distance learning programmes are ineligible to apply.
- Professional doctorate degrees such as MD(Res) and DClinPsy are not acceptable.
- Applicants who intend to participate in joint PhD programmes are not eligible to apply.
Selection Process:
The faculty will evaluate eligible individuals who have successfully submitted for the studentship before October 1, 2021. Faculty members must nominate and rank a small number of their best candidates by January 31, 2022 (23:59 GMT) for consideration by a central panel. Those who have been shortlisted should have received an admission offer by this point. The following criteria will be used to make the decision:
- Academic excellence of the candidate
- Research proposal
- Statement of Justification
The successful candidates for the studentships will be determined by a central assessment panel.
By the 1st of March 2022, the results will be sent out through email.
Refer to the official webpage for guidance on how to apply & conditions & regulations of funding.
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