Postgraduate Grants & Scholarship Information

At a time when higher education funding is decreasing nationally, the Parkes Institute is fortunate enough to be able to offer a number of both partially- and fully-funded internal studentships and has an impressive track record in attracting funding from the Arts and Humanities Research Council.

The Parkes Institute and the University of Southampton are pleased to announce a number of annual competitive studentships:

For MA/MRes studies:

Ian Karten Studentships (Tuition Fees depending on availability)
Studentships for full- and part-time students of the MA/MRes programmes in Jewish History and Culture. Further information.

School of Humanities International Study Grant
Varying amounts open to non EU, graduate students enrolled in MA/MRes, MPhil/PhD. Further information.

For PhD studies:

The University of Southampton Archive Studentship (Tuition Fees and Maintenance)
A full PhD/MPhil studentship based on the major archival and special research collections holdings, including the James Parkes printed collections and archive. Further information.

For MA/MRes, PhD:

Arts and Humanities Research Council

AHRC Postgraduate Studentships
In 2009 the AHRC changed the way that it allocated funds for doctoral study.  The University of Southampton was successful in applying for a Block Grant Partnership (BGP), a series of awards allocated to various subjects within Humanities over a five-year period.

The School will advertise these awards on an annual basis.  The next funding round will take place in 2011.

Further information can be found on our Postgraduate funding pages or, alternatively, contact our Postgraduate team (pghums@soton.ac.uk).

World Universities Network
The University of Southampton is also a member of the World Universities Network, which, through the Global Exchange Programme (GEP), provides scholarships to facilitate staff and postgraduate student exchange between the WUN partner institutions. The aim of the scheme is to increase the opportunities of young researchers and postgraduate students to engage in international collaborative research and to experience different research environments. The scheme also contributes to the development of networks and longer term research links with WUN partners in the United States, China and Europe. Further information on this scheme.