The Department of History, Royal Holloway, University of London invites applications for the following Postgraduate Scholarship:
Friendly Hand Charitable Foundation/History Department, Royal Holloway, University of London
The Friendly Hand Charitable Foundation will fund a three-year PhD scholarship, starting in September 2018, for research relating to the histories of humanitarianism, from the nineteenth century to the present day. The scholarship must be held full-time. It covers academic fees at Home/EU levels and an annual stipend at RCUK rates (for 2017-18 the rates are £16,553 for maintenance and £4,195 for academic fees). Overseas students may apply, but would be required to indicate how they intended covering the difference in academic fees payable. No further funds could be applied for from the Friendly Hand Trust or from Royal Holloway to meet overseas fees. The scholarship holder may apply direct to Friendly Hand for additional funding to complete field research necessary for the PhD. The scholarship does not provide sick pay. A Friendly Hand scholarship holder whose illness extends beyond 13 weeks would be expected to apply to Royal Holloway for a formal interruption of study. There is no provision for paternity/maternity/ shared parental leave within the Friendly Hand scholarship.
The scholarship holder will be supervised within the History Department at Royal Holloway according to the norms for doctoral supervision laid out in the relevant College and departmental regulations. The Friendly Hand Scholarship holder will be required to provide an annual update of their academic work to the Donor, and to permit their ‘Student profile’ to be featured on Royal Holloway’s website and in publications such as the prospectus or Year End Review. The Friendly Hand Scholarship holder may also be required to undertake administrative support for humanitarian-related academic events organised by Royal Holloway’s History Department in collaboration with the Friendly Hand. S/he may also be offered the opportunity to do undergraduate teaching within the Department. The total teaching and administrative support will not exceed 6 hours per week, or 180 hours per annum.
Applicants should complete a standard Royal Holloway online application form. For further information and College online application procedures see here.
Online applications should be accompanied by a research proposal not exceeding 500 words in length. This proposal, with your name clearly indicated on it, should also be e-mailed separately to the History Postgraduate Administrator, by the same deadline (pg.history@royalholloway.ac.uk). All enquiries and questions about the scholarship should also be directed to the History Postgraduate Administrator.
Applications and supporting documents (including references) must reach the Royal Holloway by 5pm on Friday 27 April 2018 (note this extended deadlin). All applications will be reviewed by relevant academic staff in the History Department and by a representative of the Friendly Hand Foundation. All applicants will be notified of their outcome by Friday 8 June 2018. For more information on Royal Holloway History department, one of the largest and most innovative in the UK, see here.
Members of History staff with a research interest and/or teaching specialism in the broad area of humanitarian aid/refugees include Dan Stone, Simone Gigliotti, Becky Jinks, Zoe Laidlaw, Rudolf Muhs, Helen Graham, George Vassiadis, Markus Daechsel and Sarah Ansari.
