Universitas 21 Prize Scholarship
Universitas 21 (U21) is an international network of leading research-intensive universities. Its purpose is to facilitate collaboration and cooperation between the member universities and to create entrepreneurial opportunities for them on a scale that none of them would be able to achieve operating independently or through traditional bilateral alliances.
U21 Prize Scholarships are being offered to full and part-time PhD students to participate in U21 mobility by spending a period of a month at a U21 partner institution. The purpose of the travel prize is not to provide funds for the student's core research programme (eg core fieldwork) but to fund activities that will give an added element to the student's research and career development opportunities.
The scheme is intended to have the following benefits:
Research students will be able to broaden and deepen their programme of study by having access to colleagues and resources in other research-intensive, international universities.
Winning a U21 Prize Scholarship will be a valuable addition to a research student's CV and may also lead to additional esteem factors, such as invitations to conferences or to publish, and possibly job opportunities.
For Schools, the scheme may have the following benefits:
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It may help strengthen existing, or lead to new, staff collaborations between Schools/Departments at Nottingham and at other U21 institutions.
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Advertising in promotional material that research students coming to a School/Department at Nottingham would be eligible to apply for funding to include a research stay at another leading international university may assist recruitment in a competitive market.
Universitas 21, and Nottingham within it, benefits because the scheme will:
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Raise U21's profile amongst academic staff and research students.
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Expand the student mobility scheme that is a key element in U21's mission to internationalise education by including research students.
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Be a response to a recommendation made by the U21 Student Network.
Eligibility
The scheme is open to all postgraduate research students, but preference will normally be given to those who have completed their first year of registration (for full-time students) or first two years (for part-time students).
Students in the writing-up or thesis-pending period are not eligible for support from the U21 Scheme.
A condition of the award is that successful applicants will be required to write a report on their period of study at the partner U21 institution, and may be asked to give a presentation at a School or Departmental seminar.
Levels of support
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up to £500 for visits within the UK
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up to £1000 for visits outside the UK
Application procedure
The application must be submitted in either MS Word or PDF format to u21@nottingham.ac.uk or by hard copy to Kathleen Fennemore, A3 Pope Building, University Park.
Applications submitted in the incorrect format will be returned to the applicant. Correctly completed forms can be resubmitted prior to the application deadline. Forms resubmitted after the application deadline will not be considered by the panel.
Closing dates
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Thursday 24 May 2012
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Thursday 22 November 2012
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Thursday 2 May 2013