• Award value:
• fees per year for 1 year only fees and maintenance allowance

• Application deadline:
• 24-Feb-12*
  *This is the last application deadline supplied by the provider for this award, we are currently working on updating this information.

• Award type:
• Academic excellence

• Award coverage:
• Varies

• Award level:
• All

• Subject area:

• Number of awards:
• 4

• Award duration:
• 1 Academic year

• Nationality:
• All

• Gender:
• Both

• Eligibility requirement:
• Up to four scholarships annually are available to full-time UCL MPhil/PhD and EngD students from any country wishing to spend an additional year of their MPhil/PhD or EngD in another UCL department acquiring research skills and knowledge from a different discipline, which can be applied in their normal area of research. Training should be of one year's duration to permit sustained exposure to the new discipline. The scholarships can be taken at any point during the MPhil/PhD or EngD programme. Eligibility Criteria Applicants must be: in receipt of the offer of admission to or currently registered at UCL for full-time MPhil/PhD or EngD research, and; in receipt of three years funding for their normal MPhil/PhD or EngD programme. Where the student is in receipt of a scholarship or funding e.g. from a Research Council, written permission for the arrangement must be sought from the relevant body.

• Application details:
• Applications must be made by the Head of the student's home department; Applications should include all the following six documents: 1. A training proposal outline, indicating: i. the student's full name ii. the PhD/EngD project and subject area iii. the host department iv. the benefit to the student from sustained training in the area outside his/her principal discipline v. the student's abilities, and likelihood of completing the course in due time The department must be satisfied that the student is sufficiently qualified to benefit from the training. 2. Detailed description of the training programme; The training programme should be designed for the particular student, and will normally involve some course work (undergraduate or postgraduate). The training programme should provide the student with more than just a specific research tool (such as knowledge of a particular research technique, or a language); the aim should be broader, namely to immerse the student in the methods, approaches and ways of thinking of another discipline. 3. Student's full Curriculum Vitae (CV); 4. One-page outline of the PhD/EngD research project; 5. Evidence of three year's PhD/EngD funding; 6. A letter signed by the heads of both the home and host departments certifying: i. that the host department has agreed to accept the student for the training programme specified and to allow the student full access to all relevant courses, tutorials, equipment and facilities The student should be supervised within the host department with arrangements for reporting across to the student's primary supervisor in the home department. ii. that the relevant Research Council (where appropriate) has agreed the proposal Where the student is in receipt of funding for the MPhil/PhD or EngD, e.g. from a Research Council, written permission for the arrangement from the relevant body must be provided. iii. that the necessary financial arrangements between the two departments have been agreed Financial arrangements must be made to ensure that the allocation of resources from College to the host and home departments reflects the proportionate responsibilities of each. Complete applications must be submitted by 24 February 2012 before the start of the relevant academic session. Late or incomplete applications will not be considered for funding. Applications should be sent to: UCL Student Funding The Regsitry University College London Gower Street London WC1E 6BT UK