The Award

PAIS is delighted to confirm that nine awards of 50% of tuition fees each are available for students commencing MA/Diploma study in 2012-13. The award will automatically be deducted from the winners' tuition fees.

The awards will be allocated as follows:

• Four full-time Home/EU scholarships. These will be awarded to candidates from the UK and European Union who will undertake a full-time PAIS MA or Diploma programme commencing in October 2012.
  
• Four full-time Overseas scholarships. These will be awarded to candidates from outside the EU who will undertake a full-time PAIS MA or Diploma programme commencing in October 2012.
  
• One part-time Home/EU scholarship. This will be awarded to a candidate who will undertake a part-time PAIS MA or Diploma programme commencing in October 2012. This award is aimed in particular at mature British students; however, the competition is also open to EU students or Overseas students eligible for part-time study (however, the award will only cover 50% of the Home/EU fee amount). Please note that pending satisfactory academic progress, the award will be renewed for the successful candidates' second year of study.
  

Eligibility & Deadlines

• Open to applicants on all PAIS MA/Diploma programmes, including the Double Degrees. Please submit your application to the degree programme before submitting your scholarship application.
• Candidates must apply to the university no later than Thursday 31 May 2012.
• Candidates must apply for the scholarship no later than Thursday 31 May 2012.
• All supporting documentation for the university application, including references, must be received no later than Thursday 14 June 2012.
  
• Successful candidates must obtain an offer from the university before taking up the award.
• Candidates may apply concurrently to other funding sources; however, successful candidates who receive major tuition funding elsewhere (eg, the Warwick International Office scholarship) will be disqualified.

Entry Criteria

Each application will be judged on the following merits:

• Outstanding academic performance
• Outstanding case for support
  
• Interesting and relevant individual attributes (eg, background, relevant work experience, extracurricular activities, etc)

Application Guidelines

The primary factor determining an application's success is the strength of the case for support. This case for support should demonstrate why you fit the above criteria as well as reflect your motivations for choosing to do a postgraduate degree in your specialisation. Your case for support should be no more than 800 words in length and should differ from the statement of purpose submitted with your application to the university.

Application forms should be downloaded here and submitted via email to Melissa Venables no later than the above deadline.

We aim to make a decision on applications within six weeks of the closing date. If you have not received the results of your application within seven weeks of the closing date, you may assume your application was not successful.