ESRC Awards 2012 Entry

Department of Sociology/Centre for Women's Studies

Introduction

Department Awards

Applications for all ESRC and White Rose Studentships for 2012 Entry are now closed. Information on 2013 Studentships will be available in November.

We have been awarded 2.5 ESRC Scholarships as part of the Sociology cluster of training pathways within the White Rose Doctoral Training Centre, a major new collaboration between the Universities of Leeds, Sheffield and York with a total of 48 ESRC studentships per year over 5 years. The WR DTC is one of the largest consortia in the country and offers a wealth of supervisory expertise across the social sciences as well as numerous training opportunities, particularly focused upon maximising the social and economic benefits of your research. Students will work together with others studying in their discipline from across Yorkshire and have lots of opportunities to develop their Interdisciplinary networks and expertise.

Two awards are for the Department of Sociology/Centre for Women's Studies and one award is a joint collaboration between the Department of Sociology and Department of Politics for a Sociology/Political Science research proposal.

All candidates are required to have established UK residency. For guidance on eligibility and full detail on the application process please read the University information available on the University ESRC Scholarships web page.

Department of Sociology Areas of Research

These scholarships are available on a 1+3 or a +3 basis. Applications in the following areas are particularly welcome:

Students entering the Sociology pathway on a 1+3 basis should have at least  2.1 degree qualification in a discipline cognate with Sociology.

Students entering on a +3 basis must have a Masters level qualification in Social Research from an ESRC recognised outlet.

Further White Rose Studentships

We are also able to nominate applicants for studentships in the following areas:

  1. Advanced Quantitative Methods (4 awards are available across the DTC).
  2. CASE studentships with an external partner (3 awards are available across the DTC)

Students applying for these White Rose studentships on a 1+3 basis should have at least a 2.1 in a discipline cognate with Sociology.  Students entering on a +3 basis must have a Masters level qualification in Social Research from an ESRC recognised outlet.

3. As a participating School/dept in the Sociology interdisciplinary/challenge cluster(s) of pathways we are also able to bid for a White Rose Studentship Network with our colleagues at York and Sheffield. Each network will have 3 students, based at each of the Universities, with co-supervision provided by another University. A stipend is paid to students to cover travel costs.

Application Deadline

The deadline for applications for ESRC funded studentships is 3 February 2012. For further details about the application procedure please contact Alison Taylor (sociology-pg@york.ac.uk) or Dr Nicholas Gane (nicholas.gane@york.ac.uk). To ensure fairness and transparency we do not accept applications after the deadline.

Sociology/CWS Applications

ESRC Application Process (Department of Sociology/CWS) - 2 Awards

This is a two stage process.

1. University Application:  applicants must complete a University online application for either:

  • MA Social Research (1+3) or
  • PhD Sociology (+3)

There will be another process for the ESRC application itself but you must first have applied for a place at the University of York.

You are also strongly advised to contact your prospective supervisor and start to prepare your research proposal.  This is essential for ALL applications; 1+3 and +3.

2. ESRC Application: The application form is available from Alison Taylor at sociology-pg@york.ac.uk . Two copies of the completed forms should be returned to:

a)  the Student Financial Support Unit, Sally Baldwin Building – B Block, University of York. Scholarship applications may be submitted either by post or online via scholarships@york.ac.uk. We are only able to accept scholarship applications from individuals who have already applied for a place on the relevant programme and been offered a place. 

b) Alison Taylor, Graduate Administrator via sociology-pg@york.ac.uk

Interviews

It is anticpated that interviews will be held in February 2012.  As soon as the shortlist has been produced we shall inform the successful applicants

Sociology/Politics Applications

ESRC Application Process (Department of Sociology/Politics) - One Joint Award

This is a two stage process.

1. University Application:  applicants must complete a University online application for either:

It is essential that you state in the "Funding Information" on the University Application Form that you intend to apply for the Sociology/Politics joint ESRC funding.

There will be another process for the ESRC application itself but you must first have applied for a place at the University of York.

You are also strongly advised to contact your prospective supervisor and start to prepare your research proposal.  This is essential for ALL applications; 1+3 and +3.

2. ESRC Application: The application form is available from Alison Taylor at sociology-pg@york.ac.uk . Two copies of the completed forms should be returned to:

a)  the Student Financial Support Unit, Sally Baldwin Building – B Block, University of York. Scholarship applications may be submitted either by post or online via scholarships@york.ac.uk. We are only able to accept scholarship applications from individuals who have already applied for a place on the relevant programme and been offered a place. 

b) Alison Taylor, Graduate Administrator Sociology via sociology-pg@york.ac.uk or
Caroline Carfrae Graduate Administrator Politics via  caroline.carfrae@york.ac.uk

Interviews

It is anticpated that interviews will be held in February 2012.  As soon as the shortlist has been produced we shall inform the successful applicants

 
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