Doctoral Scholarships in the School of Business, Management and Economics (2017)

What you get

Full fee waiver plus a stipend of £8,500 per annum paid in three instalments in October, January and April.

Type of award

Postgraduate research

Eligibility

The School of Business, Management and Economics at the University of Sussex is seeking applications for scholarships to enable the holders to complete PhD degrees within one of the departments within the School.

The Scholarship is offered for a maximum of three years, renewable on a yearly basis, subject to satisfactory performance on the doctoral degree. Successful candidates will receive a full fee waiver plus a stipend of £8,500 per annum paid in three instalments in October, January and April. In addition, candidates are also permitted to undertake teaching within the School up to a maximum of six hours per week during term time. This will be paid at grade 5 or 6 of the University's Doctoral Tutor salary scale. The payment for teaching the maximum number of hours at Grade 6 is approximately £6,400.00 per annum at current rates, and will be paid on a monthly basis during term time.

The scholarships are available for UK/EU and overseas applicants. Applicants should have an upper second class honours degree, and already have, or currently be studying for, a Master's degree in a related subject, or equivalent qualification if an applicant that did not study in the UK. A good level pass (merit or distinction, where offered) is usually required for the Master's degree. Proof of proficiency in English is also required, i.e., an IELTS certificate taken within the last two years showing at least 6.5 overall with at least 6.0 in each of the four sections.

These scholarships will be held in one of the School's three constituent departments. Four scholarships are offered by the Department of Business and Management, enabling the holders to study for PhDs in either (i) Business and Management; or (ii) Accounting and Finance. Three are offered by the Department of Economics for PhDs in Economics. And three are offered by the Science Policy Research Unit for PhDs in either (i) Science and Technology Policy or (ii) Technology and Innovation Management.

Deadline

31 March 2017 23:59

How to apply

If you are interested in applying for a scholarship you must first be awarded a place on one of the PhD programmes. Details of the application process for PhD places are available here: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/study/phd/apply but you can also address questions to bmec-pgr@sussex.ac.uk.

There is no separate application form for these Scholarships. Please note your interest in the scholarship in the finance section of the application form or if you already have an offer please notify us of your interest by emailing bmec-pgr@sussex.ac.uk.

An important first step is to check the departments, research profiles, faculty members and PhD programmes of the departments you are interested in, to ensure your research interests can be accommodated; details for this are provided below. As part of your application you should seek to identify a faculty member with research interests that match yours, and you should mention preferred supervisors in your application where possible.

Department of Business and Management:

Departmental website: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/bam/

Information on research: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/bam/research

Faculty members: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/bam/people

Contact points: Dr Michelle Luke (m.a.luke@sussex.ac.uk) for PhDs in Business and Management; Dr Mike Osborne (m.j.osborne@sussex.ac.uk) or Professor Iqbal Khadaroo (i.khadaroo@sussex.ac.uk) -for PhDs in Finance and Accounting.

Department of Economics

Departmental website: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/economics/

Information on research: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/economics/research

Information on PhD degree:

http://www.sussex.ac.uk/economics/pgstudy/researchdegrees

Faculty members: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/economics/people

Contact points: Professor Giordano Mion (g.mion@sussex.ac.uk) or Professor Barry Reilly (b.m.reilly@sussex.ac.uk)

Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU)

Departmental website: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/

Information on research: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/research

Faculty members: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/people

Information on postgraduate study: http://www.sussex.ac.uk/spru/study

Contact point: Professor Tim Foxon (t.j.foxon@sussex.ac.uk)

Contact us

If you have any queries regarding the scholarships, please contact bmec-pgr@sussex.ac.uk.

Timetable

The deadline for applications is Friday 31 March 2017 for those applying for scholarships to be held in the Department of Business and Management or in the Department of Economics. For those applying for PhDs to be held in the Science Policy Research Unit, the deadline is Friday 12 May. We will aim to notify initially successful applicants within a month of the deadline.