CENTRAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOLARSHIPS
The awards available for 2013/14 are as follows:
1.
Alumni Scholarship
Number available for 2013
Value
Student eligibility
Programme eligibility
School eligibility
Additional criteria
One
Tuition fees (at home rate)
Maintenance stipend (at Research Council rate)
Open to new and current full-time PG students
Preference given (but nomination not restricted to) research-based programmes
All schools
Nominees must be an alumnus or child of an alumnus of the University of Birmingham.
Preference will be given to the wider contribution made by the nominee to the University.
2.
Joseph Chamberlain Scholarship
Number available for 2013
Value
Student eligibility
Programme eligibility
School eligibility
Additional criteria
One
Tuition fees (at home rate)
Maintenance stipend (at Research Council rate)
Open to new full-time PG students
Taught and research-based programmes
Birmingham Business School
School of Government and Society
School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion
School of Social Policy
All Engineering Schools
Nominees or parents/guardians of nominees must have been bona fide residents in the former West
Midlands County for four years prior to the start of the course.
3.
Neville Chamberlain Scholarship
Number available for 2013
Value
Student eligibility
Programme eligibility
School eligibility
Additional criteria
One
Tuition fees (at home rate)
Maintenance stipend (at Research Council rate)
Open to new and current full-time PG students
Research-based programmes only
Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity
School of English, Drama and American and
Canadian Studies
School of History and Cultures
School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and
Music
Preference is given to international students and towards research in the Political and Social History of Great Britain, the British Empire and the
Commonwealth from circa 1850.
Postgraduate Scholarships Notes 2013/14
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4.
Francis Corder Clayton Scholarship
Number available for 2013
Value
Student eligibility
Programme eligibility
School eligibility
One
Tuition fees (at home rate)
Maintenance stipend (at Research Council rate)
Open to current full-time PG students only
Taught and research-based programmes
Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity
School of English, Drama and American and
Canadian Studies
School of History and Cultures
School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and
Music
School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion
School of Education
School of Government and Society
School of Social Policy
None Additional criteria
5.
A E Hills Scholarship
Number available for 2013
Value
Student eligibility
Programme eligibility
School eligibility
Additional criteria
6.
Kirkcaldy Scholarship
Number available for 2013
Value
Student eligibility
Programme eligibility
School eligibility
One
Tuition fees (at home rate)
Maintenance stipend (at Research Council rate)
Open to new and current full-time PG students
Taught and research-based programmes
All schools
None
One
Tuition fees (at home rate)
Maintenance stipend (at Research Council rate)
Open to current full-time PG students only
Taught and research-based programmes
Birmingham Business School
School of Government and Society
School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion
School of Social Policy
Preference given to nominees who have made a valid application but have been declared ineligible for public funds (e.g. British Academy, ERSC, etc).
Additional criteria
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7.
George Henry Marshall Scholarship
Number available for 2013
Value
Student eligibility
Programme eligibility
School eligibility
Additional criteria
One
Tuition fees (at home rate)
Maintenance stipend (at Research Council rate)
Open to new and current full-time PG students
Taught and research-based programmes
Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity
School of English, Drama and American and
Canadian Studies
School of History and Cultures
School of Languages, Cultures, Art History and
Music
Preference given to nominees from the West
Midlands and those studying Classics or History.
8.
Richard Fenwick Postgraduate Scholarship
Number available for 2013
Value
Student eligibility
Programme eligibility
School eligibility
One
Tuition fees (at home rate)
Maintenance stipend (at Research Council rate)
Open to new and current full-time PG students
Research-based programmes only
All schools with the exception of schools within the College of Medical and Dental Sciences
None Additional criteria
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