Registry
Scholarships available on SOAS Research Degree Programmes (MPhil/PhD)
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Title |
Country/Nationality |
Description |
Open |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and Humanities Council (AHRC) - CHASE | Normally UK/EU - see RCUK residency criteria |
For research degree (MPhil/PhD) in the Arts and Humanities (New admissions and current students) |
Closed |
| AHRC Research Training Support Grant | not applicable | for current AHRC Studentship award holders at SOAS (Current students only) | Open |
| Alphawood Scholarships | Normally be resident in one of the following countries: Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar/Burma, Singapore, Thailand or Vietnam | The scholarships are open to full-time MPhil/PhD applicants whose research topic focuses on ancient to pre-modern Buddhist and Hindu art and/or architecture of Southeast Asia (New admissions only).For applicants who are considering applying for an MPhil/PhD degree we strongly recommend taking an MA first to adjust to the UK system and develop a strong research proposal that may form the basis of the MPhil/PhD application the following year.The Alphawood Scholarships programme is part of the Southeast Asian Art Academic Programme. The programme aims to make a significant and positive impact on the understanding and preservation of ancient to pre-modern Buddhist and Hindu art and architecture in the Southeast Asia region. | Currently unavailable. Please check HERE for up-to-date information |
| Check each individual project |
The Bloomsbury Colleges is a consortium of six University of London colleges.Three Mphil/PhD studentships of 3 year's duration (New admissions only) are available for 2019-20 at SOAS for the following projects: 1.Innovation in Psychiatric Crisis Care: An Ethnographic Investigation into Peer-supported Open Dialogue (POD) in Inner London. Principal Supervisor: Professor David Mosse 2. Mining ‘realms of memory’ for alternative histories of Mao’s China. Principal Supervisor: Dr Andrea Janku 3. Investigating the Interface between Maternal Health, Wellbeing and Work in Emerging Economies. Principal Supervisor: Dr. Hannah Bargawi |
Open | |
| Brough Sanskrit Awards | Any | 3 awards of up to £1500 for SOAS postgraduate research and master's students who use Sanskrit in the work and will use the funds for fieldwork, conference or workshop attendance (Current students only) | Open |
| Any | for full-time Research Degree with a focus on Korean Studies (New admissions and Current students) | Open | |
| CSJR Postgraduate Student Bursary | Any | for full-time or part-time Research Degree: Religions and Philosophies in JAPANESE RELIGIONS (Department of Religions and Philosophies, School of History, Religions and Philosophies) (New admissions only) | Open |
| ESRC Collaborative Studentship - Farmer's decision making process: lessons learnt from rural farming communities in Ethiopia & Kenya | UK/EU. Overseas students are also eligible in any cluster as long as they are using Advanced Quantitative Methods. | Mphil/PhD Development Economics - Project: Farmer's decision making process: lessons learnt from rural farming communities in Ethiopia & Kenya | Open - NEW - DEADLINE: 24 February 2019 |
| Economics and Social Research Council (ESRC) Studentships | UK/EU. Overseas students are also eligible in any cluster as long as they are using Advanced Quantitative Methods. | Research Degree (MPhil/PhD): in Anthropology & Sociology; Research Degree (MPhil/PhD): in International Development (Department of Development Studies); Research Degree (MPhil/PhD): in Development Economics (Department of Economics); Research Degree (MPhil/PhD): in Law; Research Degree (MPhil/PhD): in Gender Studies; Research Degree (MPhil/PhD): in Politics and International Studies; Research Degrees (MPhil/PhD): Linguistics | Closed |
| Elisabeth Croll Scholarship for fieldwork in China | Any | for students currently enrolled in an MPhil/PhD degree programme at SOAS planning to undertake fieldwork in China, including mainland China and Taiwan (Current students only) | Open |
| Felix scholarships | India | for any full-time MPhil/PhD degree programme (New admissions only) | Closed |
| JRC Fuwaku Scholarships | Any | Any full-time MPhil/PhD student (new admissions and current students) whose thesis topic focuses on any aspect of Japan. | Open |
| Jit Kaur Babak & Chanchal Singh Babak Nottingham Research Award | Any | in Punjabi/Sikh Studies or Punjabi/Urdu Literature, for students currently enrolled in an MPhil/PhD at SOAS (Current students only) | Available. Please check here mid-December 2018 for up-to-date information |
| Jordan Travel Grant | Any | for currently enrolled research students in Religions and Philosophies at SOAS to help with travel expenses (Current students only) | Open |
| Kamran Djam Scholarships | Any | for full-time MPhil/PhD (New admissions only) in any of the following subject areas: Persian Language, Persian Literature and Iranian History | Open |
| Meiji Jingu Japanese Studies Research Scholarships | Any | in Japanese studies - Two scholarships are offered annually, either for existing PhD students at SOAS, or newly enrolling full-time MPhil students. Students may be registered in any department, and be of any nationality, but must be working on some aspect of Japanese Studies (Current students and New admissions) | Open |
| Mo Ibrahim Foundation - GDAI - PhD Scholarships | Africa | for full-time Mph/PhD in the field of Governance for Development in Africa for applicants domiciled (or permanent residents) in an African country (New admissions only) | Open |
| Neil Kreitman Scholarship | Any | For full-time MPhil/PhD students, which involves undertaking research in the field of Buddhist art, architecture or archaeology of Gandhara or of another Northern Central Asian Buddhist Culture | Open |
| Ouseley Memorial Scholarship | Any | currently enrolled research students at SOAS whose research requires the use of any Middle Eastern or Asian language (Current students only) | Open |
| Santander Mobility Awards | Any | for students currently enrolled in an MPhil/PhD degree programme at SOAS. Available for overseas fieldwork (Current students only)There are two rounds of fieldwork funding: 1. For doctoral researchers leaving for fieldwork from 1 January 2019 to 30 June 2019 inclusive: Application Deadline 1 December 2018. 2. For doctoral researchers leaving for fieldwork after 30 June 2019: Application Deadline 1 March 2019. |
Open - For information including application and instructions, please contact the Doctoral School: doctoralschool@soas.ac.uk |
| Saraswati Dalmia Scholarship | Any | For full-time or part-time Mphil/PhD which involves undertaking research in the field of Indian art from 1500 up to the present day. Preference will be given to those who undertake research in the field of modern and contemporary Indian art (Current first-year students and New admissions) | Closed |
| Sasakawa Postgraduate Studentships | Any | for any full-time research programme which focuses on any aspect of Japan (Current students and New admissions) | Closed |
| Shapoorji Pallonji Scholarships | Any | Full-time MPhil PhD (new admissions only, starting in September 2019) in the following subject areas:i) Zoroastrianism, both ancient and modern ii) Zoroastrianism with Avestan, Pahlavi, Persian or Gujarati languages. | Open |
| SOAS Research Studentships | Any | For any full-time MPhil/PhD degree programme (new admissions). Priority groups are indicated in full within the candidate criteria | Open |
| SOAS Roots fieldwork Award | Any | For a current SOAS MPhil/PhD students from the department of Music undertaking research in the field of Mande music and going on fieldwork in the 2018-19 academic year. | No longer available |
| Sochon Foundation Scholarship | Any | in Korean Studies (New admissions) | Open |
| The Centre for Global Finance (CGF) | UK/EU | For full-time MPhil/PHD Finance and Management, whose thesis topic focuses on the research programme of the CGF. | Closed |
| Tibawi Trust Awards | Palestinian | for Palestinian postgraduate students currently enrolled on a programme at SOAS. Available for fieldwork and conferences (Current students only) | Open |