Sources of postgraduate funding
Mile End Group MA Bursaries
These bursaries are offered by the Mile End Group in conjunction with the MA in Twentieth Century British History. For further details of the bursaries please visit the Mile End Group website or contact Dr Jon Davis (Executive Director of the Mile End Group) at j.m.davis@qmul.ac.uk for further details.
Leo Baeck Institute MA Bursaries
These bursaries are offered by the Leo Baeck Institute for the Leo Baeck MA in European Jewish History. For further details please visit the MA webpage or please contact Dr des. Daniel Wildmann (d.wildmann@leobaeck.co.uk).
Queen Mary PhD studentships and MA bursaries
Each year Queen Mary offers research studentships and master’s bursaries to its most highly qualified applicants. The awards allocated to Humanities and Social Science departments total more than £1 million per annum. These awards are available to both home and overseas students.
The terms of the awards are as follows:
Research studentships generally include payment of tuition fees (either home or overseas) for three years and an annual stipend at the relevant research council rate. All studentships are full-time. Holders of Queen Mary research studentships will receive teacher training and will have the opportunity to undertake a few hours of teaching in their third year of study.
Master’s bursaries are to the value of home tuition fees, although they may be awarded to overseas applicants.
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) studentships
These may be awarded for one year for MA students, or for three years to MPhil/PhD students and cover both the programme fees and a maintenance allowance. To be eligible you must be either a UK national or a citizen of another European Union country. In the case of the latter, you must have been resident in the UK for at least three years (including time spent studying at undergraduate level) otherwise you will only be eligible for a fees-only award that does not cover maintenance.
As of September 2008 the AHRC open competition has ceased to operate and has been replaced by the Block Grant Partnership.
Important information on how to be considered for these awards is available from the Graduate School in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Please note that, as for the Queen Mary awards, you will have to submit a précis in addition to the standard application (information via Graduate School link above) and the same advice in formulating this précis in conjunction with a potential supervisor still stands and is strongly recommended.
Medicine, Emotion and Disease in History PhD Studentships
The Centre for the History of the Emotions at Queen Mary offers one PhD studentship, funded by the Wellcome Trust to cover fees and maintenance between 2010 and 2013. Further information and details of how to apply can be found here. The deadline for applications is 12 February 2010.
Central research fund
Queen Mary, as one of the Colleges of the University of London, can offer grants of up to £2,000 for research expenses via the Central Research Fund of the University of London. Both PhD students and academic staff can apply and there are two deadlines each year, in October and January. For more information please contact the Postgraduate Administrator in the History department.
Institute of Historical Research fellowships
Research students entering their fourth year, or self-funded students entering their third year, may apply for an IHR research fellowship. These are offered for one year to enable students to finish their PhD and are funded at AHRC rates. For further details see the Institute of Historical Research website.
Other potential sources of funding:
It may be useful to look through The Grants Register (published by Macmillan) in case you qualify (whether by origin, religion, place of birth or other) for awards made by charitable trusts. It is also worth consulting the Directory of Grant-Making Trusts (published by the Charities Aid Foundation). Finally, History candidates may find very useful a publication produced by the Institute of Historical Research, entitled Grants for History: A Guide to Funding. It is available from the Institute of Historical Research. A copy is also available for consultation in the Departmental Administrator’s Office in the Queen Mary History Department.