Economic Social Research council studentships (MSc+PhD or PhD only - UK and EU nationals)

The SGPE has been awarded “Advanced Course Research Training” status by the ESRC. This is explicit recognition by the ESRC that the MSc Programme offers excellent and full research training. The SGPE has a number of ESRC “1+3″ (1 year MSc followed by a 3 year PhD) and “+3″ (3 year PhD) quota awards which are allocated to applicants by the Programme in April of each year. Students who fail to obtain a quota award from the SGPE will be told early enough to enable them to enter the Open Competition section of the ESRC - each of the eight SGPE University Economics Departments may submit one applicant to the Open Competition but for obvious reasons successful Quota applicants must not be submitted. The ESRC Scholarships cover course fees (UK and EU students) and reasonable living costs (UK students or EU students with three years UK residency only). They are intended solely for students either starting a PhD or intending to start a PhD following their MSc. Students wishing to apply for an SGPE “1+3″ or a “+3″ quota award must submit a written and credible research proposal for their PhD.

Applicants should:

• Email Mark Schaffer at m.e.schaffer[ at ]hw.ac.uk no later than 17th March 2008 to register their interest.
• Identify a research topic and specific supervisor within the SGPE before applying for the scholarship.
• After liaising with the proposed supervisor the applicant should write a PhD research proposal no more than 1000 words in length.
• The prospective supervisor should augment the student’s own research plan with his/her own case in favour of the student receiving the award.
• The proposal plus letter of support from the supervisor plus relevant transcripts indicating educational achievement in economics plus one further reference should be submitted to Andy Snell by email (a.j.snell[ at ]Ed.ac.uk) before the 31st March 2008.

Deadline: 31st March 2008