ESRC Studentship Application
October 2016 Entry
Applicants for funding must hold an offer of a place to study at the University of Nottingham
and have already provided two academic references, via the university online application
system. The offer can be conditional or unconditional.
Please ensure you have read the following guidance before completing this form:
1. Guidance Notes for Applicants: www.nottingham.ac.uk/esrc-dtc/fundingapplication/index.aspx
2. ESRC Postgraduate Funding Guide: www.esrc.ac.uk/files/skills-andcareers/studentships/postgraduate-funding-guide-for-accredited-doctoral-training-centres/
1: Applicant Details
Title
Forename
Male/Female
Middle name(s)
Applicant ID
Surname
Date of Birth (dd/mm/yyyy)
Email Address
2: The School/Department in which you intend to study and your intended
programme of research
Please indicate which scheme you are applying for
1+3
2+2
2+3
+3
4-year programme
School/ Department
(if applicable)
Name of supervisors
1.
2.
3.
Are you applying for a FULL-TIME
award or a PART-TIME award?
(please tick the relevant box)
Date on which your study will begin
or, if already started, date on which
it began:
Full-time award
Part-time award
End date of study:
Title of intended Masters course (1+3 and 2+2 and 2+3 programme applicants):
1.
2.
Title of Pathway:
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3: Residency
Nationality
Country of birth
Country of permanent residence
On what date did you take up residence? If since birth please state.
Have you been resident in the UK for the past 3 years?
Yes
No
If No provide details and the exact dates of any non-holiday periods spent away
from your country of permanent residence. If for employment, please state if
fixed-term contract.
Dates
Location
Reason
4: Qualifications
Name of awarding Institution
& Country (if not UK)
Mode of attendance
(please tick the relevant box)
Month and year in which your
course started and finished
(or will finish)
Full-time
Part-time
Full-time
Part-time
Full-time
Part-time
Start date
Mm/yyyy
End date
Mm/yyyy
Start date
Mm/yyyy
End date
Mm/yyyy
Start date
Mm/yyyy
End date
Mm/yyyy
Qualification Subject
Level of study
Undergraduate/Masters/PhD
Qualification type
(for example, BA, MA, PhD).
Class of qualification
5: Masters Course
If you are applying for a +3 programme you must hold, or have completed by the time you
begin the programme, a Masters qualification with a high grade. Please give details of the
composition of your Masters course by listing modules you have (or will have) undertaken
against the applicable headings below. Please provide sufficient information to allow the School
to which you are applying to assess that the Masters you followed contained required training
in research methods and core discipline skills to ensure preparation for a research degree.
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The School/Cluster must confirm that this Masters is eligible for ESRC
funding as part of the approved DTC pathway under which the application is
being made.
Research Methods and
Core Skills
Research Design, Practice
& Ethics
Qualitative Methods
Quantitative Methods
Core Theory & Concepts
Research Management
Philosophy of Social
Science
Discipline Specific Skills:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Module title & short description
Grade
(if available)
Credits
Advanced /Specialist
Skills, e.g. Interview
skills, use of ESRC datasets
PhD (if already started)
Year awarded
or will be
awarded
mm/yy
Qualification
type
Qualification subject
Awarding
Institution
Mode study
part-time/fulltime
6: Professional Experience that is relevant to this application
Dates (mm/yy)
From
To
Full or
parttime?
Employer/Organisation
(including location)
Status and responsibilities
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7: Project summary and Project title:
Provisional Project title:
Provisional Project Summary:
In no more than 4,000 characters (including spaces and returns) describe your project in simple terms so
it can be read by a general audience.
8: Case for Support (all applicants)
Your case for support should be a maximum of 2 pages of A4 (9,000 characters including spaces and
returns), no smaller than Arial font 11(you may include an additional 1 side of A4 for references only)
1+3, 2+2 and 2+3 programme applicants need to give an indicative answer as your research interests will develop
further after the year of your Masters training, we are not looking for a research proposal at this stage only some
indication of your probable research area, give an indicative topic and how this will build towards a PhD.
+3 and 4-year programme applicants should give a provisional thesis title/topic, explain the context of the research,
its aims and objectives and its potential research outcomes. Students should give a description of their proposed
research topic including the questions or hypotheses to be addressed, the methods to be used, the sources to be
consulted and a brief timetable covering the period of study details of field work should be included in the timetable. If
you have already begun your doctoral study, please remember to refer to the research you have undertaken to date.
You should also identify and address here any ethical issues related to your research project.
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9: Overseas fieldwork trip (+3 and 4-year programme applicants only)
If you need to carry out an overseas fieldwork trip during the period of your award, please state your planned
destination, the expected duration and purpose of your visit, and indicate how it is relevant to your research.
Character count
(Total of 1000 characters including spaces and returns in Arial font no smaller than size 11)
10. Ethical and Intellectual Property Issues
Please identify any ethical and intellectual property issues associated with the project and how these have been / will
be addressed.
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11: Have you applied for an ESRC award at any other institution for a 2016 start?
Yes /No
If yes, please give details:
12: How did you find out about this funding opportunity?
University of Nottingham Faculty of Social Sciences website
University of Nottingham School website
University of Nottingham Graduate School website
Other
If other, please provide details:
Please name the file in the following format:
scheme-surname-initial-School-application.doc (or.pdf, or .docx)
e.g. Plus3-Smith-A-Economics-application.doc
Please submit your application form to your agreed School.
CHECKLIST:
Please tick the boxes to show you have:
Completed all the sections of this form as fully as possible
Named the file in the following format:
scheme-surname-initial-School-application.doc (or.pdf or .docx)
eg Plus3-Smith-A-Economics-application.doc
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