The deadline for submission of completed funding applications is 
10 February 2017
•	Applications should be returned by email to pgafh@southampton.ac.uk 
•	This form is IN ADDITION to the university’s Postgraduate Application Form, which should be completed and submitted separately online, by the same deadline of 10 February 2017: www.southampton.ac.uk/postgraduate/pgstudy/howdoiapplypg.html
***Applications for funding will only be considered if the postgraduate application form has been submitted, along with a completed Humanities funding application, by 10 February 2017. Please note that you do not need to provide all of your supporting documents by this date in order to be considered***
•	You should use this form to apply for funding advertised by the Faculty of Humanities for September 2017 entry.  Your application will automatically be considered for all types of funding for which you are eligible.  
NOTE: If you are applying to the AHRC this is a separate process and you will need to follow the application guidelines on the Consortium Partnership website at www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk.  
NOTE: If you are applying to the ESRC South Coast DTP this is also a separate process and you will need to follow the application process on the Partnership website at www.southcoastdtp.ac.uk. 
•	Once you have submitted your Humanities funding form it will be stored in your online University application record under ‘Funding Application’.  You can check this using the link below, login using the details used in your online application:
https://studentrecords.soton.ac.uk/BNNRPROD/bwskalog.P_DispLoginNon?cpbl=%2FBNNRPROD%2Fbzsksrch.P_Search
•	References: We will request references through the online application process for a place on the programme. When applying for funding it is important that the referees you nominate on the University online application are from your current or most recent programme of study and are able to comment on your academic ability (i.e. referees should be people who teach or have taught you at University level).
•	Current Humanities BA and MA students:  You do not need to submit a transcript with your online University application as we will check this information internally. 
•	Enquiries should be directed to the PG Admissions team, +44 (0) 23 8059 8062 or pgafh@southampton.ac.uk 
•	The short-listing process for Humanities funding in your subject area(s) may require an interview.  We will contact you if this is the case.  
PLEASE NOTE:  ONLY successful applicants are contacted with the results of the funding round.  If you have not heard from us by Friday 26 May 2017 you can assume that your application for funding was unsuccessful.  

Full Name		

I would like to apply for (Please delete as appropriate)	Masters Funding / Doctoral Funding	

University of Southampton ID Number (if known)		

Master’s Programme or Research Project Title		

MA/MSc applicants in no more than 800 words please explain:

•	why you are choosing this course; which particular modules interest you and why
•	why you wish to study this course at the University of Southampton
•	how this course will contribute to your possible career and/or personal development
•	how the additional financial support will assist you in your studies

You may also wish to include preliminary ideas on a possible Masters’ dissertation topic.

PhD applicants in up to 1500 words please detail your Research Proposal. For guidance on writing a Research Proposal, please see the guide at the end of this form.

	

PhD applicants only:
If you want to be considered for the Archival Scholarship, please indicate whether your proposed research project makes use of the Hartley library archival holdings (please delete as appropriate)
http://www.southampton.ac.uk/archives/
NB. Details of how your project makes use of the archives must be outlined in your research proposal.	Yes/No

If you have also applied for ESRC South Coast DTP funding please indicate here – 
(www.southcoastdtp.ac.uk)                                  	Yes/No	
If you have also applied for AHRC funding please indicate here – 
(www.sww-ahdtp.ac.uk) 	Yes/No	
If you are applying for any other external funding please give details 

I declare that the information provided in this application is entirely my own
(Place an ‘X’ in the box)

The deadline for completed applications is 10 February 2017

Applications should be returned by email to pgafh@southampton.ac.uk, in addition to your submitted University online application for a place on the postgraduate programme.

Humanities Postgraduate Research Application
Guidelines for preparing a Research Proposal

Along with your application for a research degree, we expect you to prepare and submit an outline research proposal. This is an important part of your application, because it provides us with information about:
•	Your area of interest, your knowledge of the field and possible topic within that area;
•	Your understanding of at least some of the existing literature, methodological approaches, theory and/ or current debates relevant to your topic;
•	Your understanding of possible research approaches to the problem/ issue you want to study.

The proposal will help our decision making about your ability and preparedness to undertake research. It also enables us to start matching you with a possible supervisor/ supervisory team with appropriate expertise.

There is no rigid format for your research proposal, and we do not expect this to be fully worked out – once accepted for research degree study, you must expect to develop and modify your proposal considerably, with the support and advice of your supervisory team. However we would expect a worthwhile proposal to run up to 1500 words (excluding your bibliography), and to include the following elements:

1.	An indicative title
2.	An introductory statement which outlines the general topic or area you are interested in, and explain the reasons why you want to undertake research in the field (about 200 words)
3.	A short survey which indicates the range of reading you have already done, relevant to your topic, and your reactions to this, including identification of existing ‘gaps’ where you could expect to make a contribution (about 400 words)
4.	A statement of one or more specific questions or issues which you plan to investigate, within the overall area of interest, and which will form the focus of your research (around 200 words)
5.	An outline of the data sources, research methods and/or critical approaches which you are considering adopting for your project. Depending on the kind of research envisaged, your work may involve e.g. documentary analysis, empirical fieldwork, theoretical analysis, literary criticism…. Or an interdisciplinary combination (up to 500 words)
6.	A concluding comment on how your completed project might be expected to contribute to the further development of the field (about 200 words)
7.	A bibliography including full references for the literature referred to in the proposal (not included in word count)

If there is any special training you believe you will need in order to undertake the project it would be helpful also to mention this briefly. Your research training needs will in any case be assessed fully and systematically addressed as part of your programme of study.  NB: Details about training needs are not included in the word count.