The Warwick Medical School offers four fully funded scholarships to the most outstanding applicants for 2015/16 entry. Scholarships are open for Home/EU PhD applicants. scholarships cover full payment of Home/EU tuition fees and maintenance stipend. Length of funding is of 3.5 years. Applicants will be notifying in mid march 2015. The application deadline is 11:59pm (GMT) on Monday 12th January 2015.
Study Subject(s): Â Scholarship is awarded on the basis of courses offered by the University.
Course Level: Scholarship is awarded to the most outstanding PhD applicants.
Scholarship Provider: The University of Warwick
Scholarship can be taken at: UK
Eligibility: -
-Home/EU students applying to any PhD programme in Warwick Medical School.
-Due to funding restrictions this Scholarship is only open to Home/EU applicants
-Applicants for a WMS Scholarship must be applying for a PhD at the University of Warwick to begin in October 2015;
-Students currently enrolled on a PhD or MPhil/PhD at the University of Warwick may apply in their first year of registration only.
-Applicants may be applying to any programme within WMS.
Scholarship Open for International Students: Students of Home/EU can apply for this fully funded scholarship.
Scholarship Description: The Warwick Medical School offers a number of fully funded scholarships to the most outstanding Home/EU PhD applicants applying to programmes in the faculty.
Number of award(s):Â The scholarship provides 4 awards to the applicants.
Duration of award(s):
-Awards will be made on an annual basis for up to 3.5 years for full-time students subject to satisfactory progress. Current first-year PhD students who are successful will be allocated the scholarship for a maximum of 2.5 years funding. No funding is retrospective.
- It is not possible for the award to be renewed past the end of your registration or past 3.5 years, whichever expires first.
What does it cover?
-Awards made for entry in October 2015 will include the following:
-The payment of academic fees at the Home/EU rate (£4,015* for 2015-16)
-A maintenance grant in line with the UK Research Council stipend (provisional £14,140* for full-time award holders in 2015-16)
Selection criteria: Competition for the awards is very high and awards will only be made to those who are able to demonstrate academic excellence and the potential to be an outstanding researcher. When considering applications the relevant committee will pay particular attention to your degree results, research proposal, reference letters and supporting statements from departments, plus evidence of relevant professional or extracurricular experience.
Notification: Applicants will be notifying in mid march 2015.
How to Apply:
-New applicants can apply for a WMS Scholarship by completing the Joint Postgraduate Admissions and Scholarship Application form. If you are eligible for this scholarship you will be asked if you would like to be considered for funding as part of your application to the University. Please select YES at this point and you will be invited to complete further information that will form the basis of your application for this Scholarship.
-If you are in the first year of your PhD and would like to be considered for this Scholarship to fund the remainder of your studies please complete the Single Scholarship Application form.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 11:59pm (GMT) on Monday 12th January 2015.
Further Official Scholarship Information and Application