dimanche 2 novembre 2014

PhD scholarships @ Kent for 2015/16 start


The School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent is offering several University 50th Anniversary scholarships to start in 2015/16. Each Scholarship will cover tuition fees at the Home/EU rate plus a maintenance grant (typically the equivalent of that offered by the Research Councils). 

This is a real opportunity for a bright student wanting to pursue a PhD in animal behaviour, ecology or conservation (or a combination of these). We now have three staff with interests in behavioural ecology and primatology: Brandon Wheeler & Tatyana Humle, and myself - together with other staff with related interests - and between us we would be able to supervise a broad range of projects. Anyone who is interested should drop one of us an email to get the ball rolling. 

Full staff list is here: http://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/staff-profiles/index.html, while information about the scholarships is here: http://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/scholarships/index.html; I’ve pasted the eligibility criteria:

"Candidates must hold a good BA/BSc and a Master's degree at distinction level (or equivalent) in a relevant subject. Applicants without a MA/MSc must have a first class honours BA/BSc (or equivalent) and be able to demonstrate relevant experience that is at least equivalent to Master's level training. The scholarship competition is open to all postgraduate research applicants from the UK and EU. Candidates from outside the UK/EU will be considered providing they can submit evidence that they have secured funds from other sources to meet the fee differential at the time of application. The School will NOT be able to meet the fee differential for such students. The scholarship is competitive, and students wishing to be considered need to have completed the full application process by the closing date: 31 January 2015."



Nick Newton-Fisher