Funding available for Taught MA Applicants

The Graduate School will hold an amalgamated competition for AHRC Masters awards, the Santander Masters Scholarships, and the International Office Masters Scholarships. Further information about these schemes can be found by following these links: AHRC, Santander, International Office.

Please complete this expression of interest  if you would like us to consider you when deciding the departmental nominees for these awards.

The Department of History has been granted one three-year doctoral scholarship by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for study beginning in 2012-13. This award could also be considered by MA applicants, for it could alternatively be a '1+3' scholarship - covering 1 year of taught MA studies, and the 3 years of the doctorate.

The award covers course fees and maintenance, and is designed to allow students to undertake three years study towards a PhD (or four years, if it were to be a 1+3 scholarship). To be eligible, students need to demonstrate a residency connection with the UK. (Students from the EU, who have not been resident in the UK, may be eligible for a tuition-only award).

The ESRC primarily funds research in the social sciences, but also supports work in the fields of economic and social history. Economic and social here can be defined quite broadly, and if you are in doubt as to whether your intended project falls under the remit of the ESRC, contact the Director of Graduate Studies.

To be considered for this award, you should complete the application form , and send it to the Postgraduate and Research Coordinator (both electronic and hard copies are accepted) by 30 April 2012.

The Department of History will offer one Departmental Bursary on 2012/13, which cover fees at Home/EU rate for any of our Taught MA programmes. In order to apply for this bursary, you need to complete the application form by 15 April 2012.

Application form

The Wellcome Trust currently allocates one Quota Award to the MA in the History of Medicine annually, plus the opportunity to apply for Pool Awards. The Centre for the History of Medicine will be awarding a minimum of two £10,000 bursaries from its Strategic Award for 2012-2013. Undergraduates interested in the MA are encouraged to contact the Centre for more information.

Current funding deadlines and information   (Please note this deadline has been extended.)

 Funding available for MA by Research Applicants

Three International Office Masters Scholarships of up to £17,000 are to be made available to three outstanding candidates who wish to undertake a one year taught Masters or Masters by Research programme in any field of study for 2012 entry.

Funding available for MPhil/PhD Applicants

The Department of History has been granted one three-year doctoral scholarship by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) for study beginning in 2012-13.

The award covers course fees and maintenance, and is designed to allow students to undertake three years study towards a PhD. To be eligible, students need to demonstrate a residency connection with the UK. (Students from the EU, who have not been resident in the UK, may be eligible for a tuition-only award).

The ESRC primarily funds research in the social sciences, but also supports work in the fields of economic and social history. Economic and social here can be defined quite broadly, and if you are in doubt as to whether your intended project falls under the remit of the ESRC, contact the Director of Graduate Studies.

To be considered for this award, you should complete the application form , and send it to the Postgraduate and Research Coordinator (both electronic and hard copies are accepted) by 30 April 2012.

The Warwick History Department is pleased to announce that the competition for the Richard and Anne Crossman Memorial Scholarship is open. Funded by a generous gift from an anonymous donor, this award will be offered to an outstanding applicant expected to matriculate in the History Department in autumn 2012. The award is open to new MPhil/PhD candidates in any field of study supported by the Department. In keeping with the Crossmans’ sustained engagement with and contribution to 20th-century British society, culture and politics, preference may be given to candidates in the field of modern British history.

A distinguished Labour politician, Richard Crossman (1907-1974) served as MP for Coventry East from 1945-1974. A member of the Labour Party National Executive Committee (1952-1967), he was appointed Minister of Housing and Local Government (1964-66) by Harold Wilson and subsequently served as Leader of the House of Commons (1966-68) and Secretary of State for Heath and Social Security (1968-70). He became editor of the New Statesman in 1970, upon the Conservatives’ return to power. The Crossman Papers form a major archival collection within Warwick’s Modern Records Centre, comprising extensive correspondence, diaries, publications, press clippings and photographs. Anne Crossman (1921-2008), Richard Crossman’s third wife, read PPE at Oxford before wartime service at Bletchley Park. Founder of a craft gallery and buttery at the couple’s Oxfordshire home, she served as her husband’s literary co-executor, successfully challenging the Cabinet Office in the Courts to publish Crossman’s political diaries, and thus to open a unique window for historians onto power relations and personalities in Harold Wilson’s government.

In order to be considered for this scholarship, you need to complete the application form , and send it to the Postgraduate and Research Coordinator by 30 April 2012.

For 2012-13 entry the Warwick Graduate School expects to award around 45 Chancellor's Scholarships (formerly WPRS). Awards made for entry in October 2012 may include either or both of the following, depending on the ranking of the application:

• The payment of academic fees at the Home/EU rate (£3,900 for full-time students in 2011-12)
• A maintenance grant in line with the UK Research Council stipend (£13,590 for full-time award holders in 2011-12)

The Chancellor's Scholarship pays academic fees at the Home/EU rate, so overseas students awarded a Chancellor's Scholarship will need to fund the difference between the Home/EU fee rate and the Overseas fee they will be required to pay. Occasionally, academic departments may be able to assist in funding the difference, entirely at their discretion and as their budget allows.

However, all eligible overseas students applying for a Chancellor's Scholarship will also be considered for a Chancellor's International Scholarship, which pays the full overseas fee, by using a single application for both competitions.

Further information can be found here.

Although allocation is subject to confirmation from Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Department of History has traditionally been allocated 2 AHRC Doctoral Awards. Applicants must be UK citizens or EU citizens who have resided in the UK for the past three years (other than for the purpose of full time education) in order to receive a full award covering both the payment of academic fees and a maintenance stipend. EU citizens who have not resided in the UK for the past three years are eligible for a fees-only award.

Further information about this award can be found here.

Three Wolfson Foundation Scholarships of £25,000 per annum will be available to PhD students applying for entry in Autumn 2012 in the areas of History, Literature and Languages.

• Scholarships will be available at the level of £25,000 per annum for a maximum of three years
• This includes a maintenance payment of £15,000 which will be awarded per annum to the award holder
• The remaining funds will be paid towards course fees. Any funds still available after the deduction of maintenance and course fees will be retained by the Graduate School as a Research, Training and Skills Grant and funds will be available to the award holder on request

Further information about these scholarships can be found here.

Doctoral studentships that provide funding for up to three years are also available from the Wellcome Trust. Candidates must have completed, or be registered on, a Master's in the History of Medicine or a Master's of 'equivalent standing' to be eligible.

Current funding deadlines and information

The Centre for the History of Medicine (Department of History) is offering a Doctoral Studentship within the field of the History of Medicine within the Modern period.

Further information can be found here.