SYLFF Fellowships (2017)

What you get

Fee waiver of up to £8,000 for Home UK/EU students. Fee waiver of up to £15,000 for International students.

Type of award

Postgraduate Masters

Eligibility

You are eligible to be considered for a SYLFF Fellowship if you are national of and resident in one of the following countries:

• Albania
• Azerbaijan
• Belarus
• Bosnia-Herzegovina
• Croatia
• Georgia
• Kazakhstan
• Kosovo
• Kyrgyzstan
• Macedonia
• Moldova
• Montenegro
• Russia (Russian Federation)
• Serbia
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan
• Ukraine
• United Kingdom
• Uzbekistan

In addition, you also need to be applying for one of the following masters degree courses:

• Anthropology of Development & Social Transformation
• Anthropology
• Development Economics
• Environment, Development & Policy
• Gender and Development
• Gender Studies
• Global Political Economy
• Human Rights
• International Criminal Law
• International Relations
• Science and Technology Policy
• Strategic Innovation Management

There are three fellowships available:

• Two fee waivers of up to £8,000 for Home UK/EU students
• One fee waiver of up to £15,000 for an Overseas student

Students in receipt of the SYLFF Fellowship can not also hold the Chancellor's Masters Scholarship, the Sussex Graduate Scholarship, the Chancellor's International Scholarship or the Sussex MBA Scholarship.

Deadline

15 May 2017 23:59

How to apply

Application deadline: 15th May 2017 (23:59 BST).

Scholarship applications must be submitted online here. Confirmation of submission will be sent automatically following your submission. If you do not receive this, please ensure that you check your junk/deletion folder for this notification as it may be sent directly to these folders depending on your email security settings.

Please note that you must have submitted your application on the University of Sussex online postgraduate application system.

Sponsors

Criteria	Low Score		High Score
Has clearly defined goals relating to the pursuit of leadership in international affairs	Limited goals specified AND/OR goals are purely for personal gain and have little relevance to international affairs	Goals are less personal but remain undefined e.g. only relating to a general field of interest such as Law or Politics	Clear and specific goals with defined links to the course of study being undertaken.
Has the ambition and drive to reach the stated goals	Has little or no drive. Has shown themselves to be apathetic in reaching previous targets or in taking opportunities	Has enthusiasm for the course and the area of study but demonstrates little drive for later goals in international affairs	Has high levels of drive for a future in international affairs and connects enthusiasm for their course with wider goals
Has relevant work experience or extra-curricular activity	Limited or unrelated work experience	Some relevant work experience or activity	Significant experience in international affairs or in related extra-curricular activities
Academic excellence in previous study	Poor academic record	Has some achievement in academia	Has excellent grades

Contact us

Scholarships Office
Sussex House
University of Sussex
Falmer, Brighton
BN1 9RH

Email: scholarships@sussex.ac.uk

Timetable

Applicants will be informed of the outcome (both successful and non-successful) by 20 June 2017.