ESRC Studentship Applicationoctober 2016 Entry

ESRC Studentship ApplicationOctober 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 beforecompleting this form:

Guidance Notes for Applicants:
ESRC Postgraduate Funding Guide:

1:Applicant Details

Title

Forename

Middle name(s)

Surname

Male/Female

Applicant ID

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) / Full-time award / Part-time award
Date on which your study will begin or, if already started, date on which it began: / End date of study:

Title of intended Masters course(1+3 and 2+2 and 2+3 programme applicants):

Title of Pathway:

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 InstitutionCountry (if not UK)
Mode of attendance
(please tick the relevant box) / Full-time / Part-time / Full-time / Part-time / Full-time / Part-time
Month and year in which your course started and finished (or will finish) / 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.

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 / Module title & short description / Grade
(if available) / Credits
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.
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/full-time

6: Professional Experience that is relevant to this application

Dates (mm/yy) / Full or part-time? / Employer/Organisation (including location) / Status and responsibilities
From / To

7: Project summaryand 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+3programme 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 programmeapplicants 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.

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.

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)
egPlus3-Smith-A-Economics-application.doc

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