Lord Kelvin Adam Smith PhD Scholarship Project Proposal Form 2016/17
1) College of Lead Supervisor
2) Project Title
3) Project Team
Supervisor
Title
First Name
Surname
School/Research
Institute
College
Email
Lead
2nd
3rd
4th
4) Project Summary
Please give a description (maximum 500 words) of what the project will achieve.
Other
Printing/
Stationery
Postage/
Carriage
Transcription
Software
Lab Costs*
Conference
Accommodatio
n/Subsistence
Travel
Year
1
2
3
4
Total
Equipment
5) Project Costing
Total
Include any further information you wish to provide about the consumables funding which will be
required (max 300 words). *Lab costs – both direct and reallocated shared lab costs should be
accounted for. The basis for the reallocation shared lab costs should be transparent, consistent and
equitable.
6) Collaboration
The LKAS Scheme is intended to pump-prime new multi-disciplinary activities within the University.
Provide details of each project team member’s contribution to the project. Provide details of any
existing collaborations between team members and how this project will develop a new research
interest (maximum 300 words).
7) Innovation
How will the project create a new research area within the University? Give details of any other work in
this area and what the proposed project can add to this (maximum 300 words).
8) Sustainability
Scholarships are intended to develop into a sustainable programme of research. Provide details of the
prospects for future sustainability – for example, opportunities for generating external funding or how
this project meets strategic research goals of the University (maximum 300 words).
9) Impact
What is the anticipated impact of the project, e.g. on the international standing of the University or the
potential for increasing future research capacity (maximum 300 words).
10) The Scholarship & Scholar’s contribution
Indicate the scholar’s role in the project and how this represents high quality doctoral training. The
project should form an achievable PhD project and provide excellent training for a PhD candidate
(maximum 500 words). If a potential scholar has been involved in the development of the project and
the intention is to put the scholar forward for the award, please make a brief statement to this effect in
this section.
11) Have any of the supervisors previously supervised a LKAS scholarship?
Name of
Supervisor
Name of LKAS
candidate
Supervisory
Role
Lead, 2nd, 3rd,
4th
If the project is
now completed,
did the candidate
submit within 4
years?
If No, why not?
Thank you for completing this application!


Submit this form in PDF format to the Graduate School of the Lead Supervisor by 12 noon, Friday 30
October 2015.
 Arts
Adeline.Callander@glasgow.ac.uk
 MVLS
mvls-gradschool@glasgow.ac.uk
 Science & Engineering
scieng-gradschool@glasgow.ac.uk
 Social Sciences
socsci-gradschool@glasgow.ac.uk
The PDF file should be saved using the format:
‘College, Lead Supervisor Surname, Abbreviated Title.pdf’
ie ‘Arts, Lavery, Performing Geochronology.pdf’