Sunday 15 December 2013

2014-2015 Chancellor’s International Scholarships at University of Warwick in UK

Each year, the University of Warwick offers Chancellor’s International Scholarships for PhD students. Around 53 scholarships are offered for international students. Applicants must be applying for a PhD at the University of Warwick to begin in October 2014. The application deadline is 13th January 2014 for 2014/15 entry. 
About Scholarship: Each year the University of Warwick continues to invest in postgraduate researchers by funding the Chancellor’s and Chancellor’s International Scholarships. In 2012/13 alone the University distributed over £3 million of funding via the Chancellor’s and Chancellor’s International Scholarships. The Chancellor’s International Scholarships are allocated annually via a combined postgraduate research scholarship competition and are open to students of any nationality and to any discipline offered at Warwick. 
Study: Scholarships are provided for anyone courses except Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships (History, Literature and Languages) offered by the university at the University of Warwick in UK Course Level: Scholarships are available for pursuing postgraduate research degree level at University of Warwick in UK Scholarship Provider: University of Warwick, UK Scholarship can be taken at: UK 
Eligibility: -Applicants for a Chancellor’s International Scholarship must also be applying for a PhD at the University of Warwick to begin in October 2014;
-Applicants must expect to be ‘overseas’ students for fees purposes, but there are no other nationality criteria;
-Applicants may be from any discipline at Warwick. 

Scholarship Open for: International students (except Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships) can apply for these scholarships. 
Number of awards: Around 53 scholarships are offered. (Around 25 Chancellor’s International, around 25 Chancellor’s Scholarships and three Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships) 
Duration: Scholarship is offered for Chancellor’s Scholarships are 3.5 years, three years for Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships and Chancellor’s International Scholarships for duration of the course. 
Value: For Chancellor’s International Scholarships: Awards made for entry in Autumn 2014 will include both of the following: The full payment of overseas tuition fees (worth up to £17,130 at 13/14 rates). A maintenance stipend in line with RCUK rates (provisional £13,863* for full time award holders in 2014-15).
For Chancellor’s scholarships: Awards made for entry in Autumn 2014 will be up to 3.5 years* of full time funding and include both of the following: The full payment of overseas tuition fees (provisional £3,936 for full-time students in 2014-15)  and A maintenance stipend in line with RCUK rates (provisional £13,863* for full time award holders in 2014-15)
-For Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships: Scholarships will be available at the level of £27,000 per annum for a maximum of three years. This includes full payment of the academic course fees and a maintenance payment of the remaining funds. The maintenance payment will be paid directly to the award holder to enable them to utilize the funds for research and training costs. 

Notification: Results of the PGR Scholarships Competition will be communicated through email by mid March 2014. 
Apply: Chancellor’s Scholarships will be awarded through a combined postgraduate research scholarship competition. The combined PGR scholarship competition allocates the following scholarships:
- Chancellor’s Scholarship
-Chancellor’s International Scholarship
-Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships

Applicants will be considered for all scholarships listed above for which they are eligible when applying to the postgraduate research scholarship competition.
To apply to the postgraduate research scholarship competition there is one application form required, the majority of applicants will apply via the joint postgraduate admissions and scholarship application form- further details about ‘How to Apply’ can be found in the ‘Guidance Notes for Applicants’. 
Deadline: The application deadline is 13th January 2014.
Further Information: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/academicoffice/gsp/scholarship/typesoffunding/phd/chancellorsinternationalscholarships/

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