School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Kent

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Please see listed below scholarships offered by the School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science.

PhD Scholarships 2012

The School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science invites applications for several SMSAS scholarships to carry out doctoral research in any of the research areas covered by the School: Actuarial Science and Finance; Pure and Applied Mathematics; and Statistics.

Details of the research undertaken by the School can be found here

The School offers a lively research culture with a thriving group of over 200 taught and research postgraduate students. Kent is among the best research-intensive universities in the UK. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the university was ranked 24th out of 159 institutions for its world-leading research, with six of our subject areas (including statistics) in the top ten nationwide.

Two types of SMSAS scholarship will be available for a September 2012 start:

EPSRC-funded scholarships cover tuition fees at the Home/EU rate and provide a maintenance grant for 3.5 years (subject to satisfactory progress) at the same rate as the UK Research Council's (£13,590 per annum in 2011-12).

Graduate Teaching Assistantships cover tuition fees at the Home/EU rate and provide a combined maintenance grant and salary, equivalent to the maintenance grant offered by the UK Research Councils (£13,590 in 2011-12).  These are offered for 3 years (subject to satisfactory progress in research and teaching). GTA candidates may apply to the School for an extension scholarship (maintenance grant and home/EU fees) to support up to 6-12 months of additional research after the GTA has finished. The School expects that GTA students will do no more than 6 hours of teaching and teaching-related duties per week during term-time.

Applicants will be considered for both types of scholarships. For full details please see the School's website

Candidates must hold a good Honours degree (First or 2i) or a Master’s degree (MSc, MMath, MSci) at merit or distinction in a relevant subject or equivalent. For best consideration, candidates should either have a Master's degree or expect to finish their Master's by September 2012.
The scholarship competition is open to all PhD applicants. UK, EU and overseas fee paying students are invited to apply. Overseas students would have to make up the difference between the Home and Overseas tuition fees.

SMSAS scholarship applications will be considered in two rounds. The deadlines for receipt of a fully-completed application are:

• First deadline Friday 20 April 2012
• Second deadline Friday 22 June 2012.

To be eligible, candidates must make a formal application for postgraduate research study at the University of Kent. Applications to the University can be made online

Your application must include a proposed supervisor and give a clear indication of the research area in which you wish to work. You should also include details of your

• experience, if any, of academic or professional research
• experience, if any, of teaching or mentoring.

For informal enquiries please contact:

Email:smsaspgadmin@kent.ac.uk

School of Mathematics, Statistics & Actuarial Science
Cornwallis Building
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent CT2 7NF

50th Anniversary Research Scholarships 2012

In preparation for the University’s 50th anniversary in 2015, Kent has established 100 doctoral scholarships to be awarded annually from 2012. Known as Kent’s 50th Anniversary Scholars, successful candidates will demonstrate academic excellence and outstanding research potential.

The School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science invites applications for three Anniversary Scholars to carry out doctoral research related to any of the following projects:

Finance

• Applications of Optimization in a Constrained Financial Market
• Financial Market Microstructure Modelling and Estimation
• Financial Market Participation and Observed Prices

Mathematics

• Classical and quantum behaviour of Skyrmions
• Foulkes modules for symmetric groups
• Modular Invariants and Galois Algebras
• Polynomial modular rings of invariants of finite p-groups
• Positivity in dynamics and analysis
• Rings of invariants for four dimensional representations of elementary abelian p-groups
• Spectral Theory of Non-selfadjoint Operators
• Total Positivity, Poisson algebras and their deformations

Statistics

• Analysis of Ranking Data
• Application of Shape Analysis in Bioinformatics
• Bayesian inference for regression models with many variables
• Epistatic mixture models for genetic data
• Extensions of households SIR stochastic epidemic models
• New analytical methods for estimating key ecological parameters from camera trapping data
• Statistical theory for MEG-based brain activity screening

Research in the School covers a wide range of interests in pure and applied mathematics, statistics, actuarial science and finance. See the research pages on the School's website for more details. SMSAS scholarships are available to support research in all areas.

The School offers a lively research culture with a thriving group of over 200 taught and research postgraduate students. Kent is among the best research-intensive universities in the UK. In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), the university was ranked 24th out of 159 institutions for its world-leading research, with six of our subject areas (including statistics) in the top ten nationwide.

The 50th Anniversary Scholarships will take the form of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs). Students engaged as graduate teaching assistants hold a unique position in the University in that they are both registered students in receipt of a scholarship award and are employees of the University. The School expects that GTA students will do no more than 6 hours of teaching and teaching-related duties per week during term-time.

The scholarships cover tuition fees at the Home/EU rate and provides a combined maintenance grant and salary, equivalent to the maintenance grant offered by the UK Research Councils (£13,590 in 2011-12). 

Candidates must hold a good Honours degree (First or 2i) or a Master’s degree (MSc, MMath, MSci) at merit or distinction in a relevant subject or equivalent. For best consideration, candidates should either have a Master's degree or expect to finish their Master's by September 2012.
The scholarship competition is open to all PhD applicants. UK, EU and overseas fee paying students are invited to apply. Overseas students would have to make up the difference between the Home and Overseas tuition fees.
Applicants who have been rejected for a SMSAS doctoral scholarship since October 2011 are not eligible to apply for a 50th Anniversary Research Scholarship.

The deadline for applications for 2012 has passed. Full details for 2013 will be published here when available.
To be eligible, candidates must make a formal application for postgraduate research study at the University of Kent. Applications to the University can be made online
For application for an Anniversary Scholarship you should state clearly which project you wish to apply for and include details of your:

• reasons for choosing this project and how your studies have prepared you for research in the area
• experience, if any, of academic or professional research
• experience, if any, of teaching or mentoring

For informal enquiries please contact smsaspgadmin@kent.ac.uk

The School of Mathematics, Statistics and Actuarial Science may have information about further funding. Please see their website