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Please see listed below scholarships offered by the School of Economics.

University of Kent Postgraduate Research Scholarship 2012

The University of Kent has established a scholarship fund of £1.5M to support research students. This fund allows the University to provide support for more than 100 students in any one year.

The School of Economics is offering up to two scholarships which will cover tuition fees at the Home/EU rate plus a maintenance grant.  The maintenance grant will vary in amount, but the maximum may be the equivalent of that offered by the Research Councils (£13,590 in 2011-12).

These scholarships will be offered for one year in the first instance, renewable for a maximum of three years subject to satisfactory academic performance.

Award holders may be asked to teach for the equivalent of up to six hours per week across autumn and spring terms. The teaching requirement includes teaching small groups on School of Economics first and second year modules, answering student queries, marking coursework, marking student attendance and recording this attendance on the University’s database. Module convenors usually provide guidance for their teaching assistants through regular meetings and other training is provided by the School and the University. All teaching is in English

For self-funded students we may be able to offer the possibility of hourly-paid teaching for small groups.

The funding competition is open to all postgraduate research applicants. We accept candidates in any area in economics, but we encourage applicants to check staff research interests, as all candidates need to identify a potential supervisor.

All applicants for a scholarship should have completed a Master's degree in Economics or a closely related subject.

The application deadline for this scholarship for 2012 has passed. Full details for 2013 will be published here when available.

Offers of a scholarship are conditional on applicants being admitted to the University as a PhD student. Applications to the University can be made online.

To apply for this scholarship please send a CV, including the names of two referees, a brief research proposal, transcripts of your previous degrees and a covering letter to the School Administration Manager, Hilary Saunders (H.B.Saunders@kent.ac.uk).

For enquiries, candidates may contact Prof Hans-Martin Krolzig (HM.Krolzig@kent.ac.uk)

Doctoral Research Scholarships in Economics 2012

The School of Economics is offering up to five scholarships for MPhil/PhD students which will cover tuition fees at the Home/EU rate plus a maintenance grant (£10,000 per year).

These scholarships will be offered for one year in the first instance, renewable for a maximum of three years subject to satisfactory academic performance.

Award holders may be asked to teach for the equivalent of up to six hours per week across autumn and spring terms. The teaching requirement includes teaching small groups on School of Economics first and second year modules, answering student queries, marking coursework, marking student attendance and recording this attendance on the University’s database. Module convenors usually provide guidance for their teaching assistants through regular meetings and other training is provided by the School and the University. All teaching is in English.

For self-funded students we may be able to offer the possibility of hourly-paid teaching for small groups.

The funding competition is open to all postgraduate research applicants. We accept candidates in any area in economics, but we encourage applicants to check staff research interests, as all candidates need to identify a potential supervisor

All applicants for a scholarship should have completed a Master's degree in Economics or a closely related subject.

The application deadline for this scholarship for 2012 has passed. Full details for 2013 will be published here when available.

Offers of a scholarship are conditional on applicants being admitted to the University as a PhD student. Applications to the University can be made online.

To apply for this scholarship please send a CV, including the names of two referees, a brief research proposal, transcripts of your previous degrees and a covering letter to the School Administration Manager, Hilary Saunders (H.B.Saunders@kent.ac.uk).

For enquiries, candidates may contact Prof Hans-Martin Krolzig (HM.Krolzig@kent.ac.uk)

CEAS Scholarship 2012

For 2012/2013, the School of Economics, through the Centre for European Agri-Environmental Studies (CEAS), is offering a one-year scholarship of £3,000 open to students applying for an MSc in Agricultural Economics or Applied Environmental Economics.

The award of the scholarship is conditional on:

• Accepting a University offer for a place to study either MSc in Agricultural Economics or Applied Environmental Economics
• Supplying a short CV (up to two pages)
• Supplying a one-page application letter stating the reasons why you wish to study on this programme and indicating whether you have another sponsor in place to fund the rest of your degree.

The deadline for applications for 2012 has passed. Full details for 2013 will be published here when available.

Decisions will be made by Tuesday 10 July 2012.

Please send your applications to Prof Sophia Davidova (S.M.Davidova@kent.ac.uk)

School of Economics MSc Scholarship 2012

For 2012/2013, the School of Economics is offering a one-year scholarship of £3,000 open to students applying for an MSc degree offered by the School of Economics (excluding the first year of the MSc conversion programme).

The award of the scholarship is conditional on:

• Accepting a University offer for a place to study an MSc degree offered by the School of Economics
• Supplying a short CV (up to two pages)
• Supplying a one-page application letter stating the reasons why you wish to study on this programme and indicating whether you have another sponsor in place to fund the rest of your degree.

The deadline for applications for 2012 has passed. Full details for 2013 will be published here when available.

Decisions will be made by Tuesday 10 July 2012.

Please send your applications to the School Administration Manager, Hilary Saunders (H.B.Saunders@kent.ac.uk)

Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) 2013

The University of Kent is proud to be part of the South-East ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) in partnership with the Universities of Reading, Royal Holloway and Surrey.

This centre of excellence in social science postgraduate research training will have studentships across the consortium for students commencing their studies in the 2013-14 academic year. PhD studentships will be awarded on the basis of the academic excellence of both the candidate and the research proposal.

Detailed information plus application deadlines will be published on this web page in autumn 2012.

The School of Economics may have information about further funding. Please see their webpages