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Kayoko Tsuda Bursary (Japanese Studies)

Deadline: 24 May 2013

The Japan Research Centre (JRC) is pleased to invite applications to the bursary created through the generosity of Ms Kayoko Tsuda.

One is offered to the value of £7,000 (untaxed), and will be paid in three instalments: £3,000 at the beginning of Term 1, £3,000 at the beginning of Term 2, and £1,000 once the applicant’s supervisor informs the Chair of the JRC that the thesis is complete (in the event on non-completion during tenure of the Bursary, this final payment will be withheld).

Eligible Programmes

  • PhD degrees at SOAS involving any aspect of Japanese Studies

Candidate Criteria

  • Applicants may be of any nationality and in need of the bursary to fund completion of their thesis.
  • The bursary is for full-time or part-time PhD students who will submit the thesis before the end of the academic session 2013/14. It is expected that the student who gets awarded this bursary will be enrolled on Extension of Writing up (continuation) status during the academic session 2013/14. Students on Extension of Writing-up status are required to submit the thesis for examination within a maximum of three terms or within the students prescribed SOAS deadline (whichever is sooner).
  • Those working on any aspect of Japanese studies are eligible.

Candidate Assessment

  • Candidates will be assessed based on a combination of financial need and academic merit. 
  • Selection will be made by the Steering Committee of the JRC.

Other Conditions 

The successful applicant will be expected to:

  1. Submit a high resolution personal photo and introductory paragraph about their research (about 200 words) in June 2013 which may be published on the JRC web page.  
  2. Give a JRC seminar in the week following the Annual Tsuda Lecture (normally the 7th week of Term 2); 
  3. Submit a final report in May 2014 (about 300 words) which will be published in the ‘JRC Annual Review' and on the JRC web page.

Scholarship Application Deadline

  • Complete scholarship applications must be received no later than Friday, 24 May 2013. 
  • Late or incomplete applications will not be considered.

Notification of Results

All candidates will be notified by email regarding the outcome of their application, generally by mid-July. The successful candidate will also be notified by letter. If you have not heard by mid-July, please contact the Scholarships Officer.

Scholarship Application Procedures

A scholarship application form is available for download from the download box at the top right or can be obtained from:

The Scholarships Officer
Registry
SOAS
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London
WC1H 0XG
UK

Email: scholarships@soas.ac.uk
Telephone: (+44) 020 7074 5094/509