The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences PGR

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences PGR Open Day 2019 Applying for funding for arts and humanities Ph. Ds from the AHRC via the NWCDTP Dr Matthew Bradley Faculty Director of Postgraduate Research

Applying for funding for arts and humanities Ph. Ds from the AHRC via the NWCDTP • • • These awards fall under the North West Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership (NWCDTP) which brings together the Universities of Manchester, Keele, Lancaster, Liverpool, Manchester Metropolitan, the Royal Northern College of Music and Salford. The NWCDTP entered a new round of funding in October 2019. In 2018 12 Liverpool students received Ph. D funding from the NWCDTP. These schemes have strict eligibility criteria and are open to Home/EU students only. A full postgraduate award for full-time study provides funds to meet: • The payment of approved fees to the institution. • A maintenance grant: £ 15, 009 p. a. for 2019/20 (subject to confirmation from the AHRC). Students opting to study part time will receive a pro rata maintenance grant of the equivalent of a full-time award. ‘Fees Only Awards’ for eligible EU students provide the payment of tuition fees only. ‘Fees-only’ award holders are not eligible to receive a maintenance grant from AHRC funds.

The NWCDTP has 16 pathways via which students can apply for studentships The following 13 pathways are eligible for funding at Liverpool: Classics – Fred Hirt (fredhirt@liverpool. ac. uk) Creative Writing – Sandeep Parmar (sparmar@liverpool. ac. uk) English – Julian Ferraro (ferraro@liverpool. ac. uk) Heritage - Eleni Asouti (easouti@liverpool. ac. uk) History – Marios Costambeys (costa@liverpool. ac. uk) Language Based Area Studies – Stefania Tufi (steftufi@liverpool. ac. uk) Law – Sujitha Subramanian (sujitha@liverpool. ac. uk) Linguistics – Ursula Kania (kania@liverpool. ac. uk) Media and Cultural Studies - Sarah Thomas (S. K. Thomas@liverpool. ac. uk) Modern Languages and Translation Studies - Stefania Tufi (steftufi@liverpool. ac. uk) Music – Haekyung Um (hkum@liverpool. ac. uk) Philosophy – Barry Dainton (bdainton@liverpool. ac. uk) Visual Arts – Marco Iuliano (marco. iuliano@liverpool. ac. uk)

Deadlines • The deadline for applications to be submitted is 5. 00 pm GMT on Friday 7 February 2020. • To apply for an award, candidates must have applied for a place on a programme at one of the seven NWCDTP institutions by Monday 13 January 2020. • http: //www. nwcdtp. ac. uk/prospective-students/

How are applications assessed? • Your application will initially be assessed by the Institutional Pathway Panel. Each application is judged on its own merits based on the information provided in the AHRC Application Form and your transcripts and references. Applications receive two marks: one for academic track record; one for the research proposal. • The Panel agrees a mark for each application and applications are then ranked. • Do make sure that you discuss with your proposed referees your project so that they can write the best possible reference for you. • The Institutional Pathway Panels then forward their selected applications for consideration by the NWCDTP Pathway Panel. This consists of one nominated pathway lead for each NWCDTP institution represented on the specific pathway. This panel will decide which applications will go through to the final Studentship Committee. • Finally, the applications which have passed the previous two stages are presented to the NWCDTP Studentship Committee by the overall Pathway Lead. This Committee will then decide on studentship allocation across the NWCDTP. This NWCDTP Studentship Committee will take place on the 25 March 2019.

Key questions on the application form, or pitfalls to avoid… • Question 4 asks you to state the pathway for which you are applying and your institution. • If your project is interdisciplinary discuss with your potential supervisors which pathway to apply for; you can name two pathways. • Question 5 relates to the research proposal: • You must (under 5 a) list between six and ten keywords that best sum up your project. • Question 5 b asks for your research proposal. Please note that the word count for the proposal is 1, 500 including references; proposals which exceed the word limit will be deemed ineligible. • Questions 9 a and 9 b are asking you to describe your research ‘readiness’. • Under 9 a please give details of the Masters programme and research training undertaken. • Under 9 b you are asked to describe ‘The relevance of Masters and other previous training to your Ph. D project (up to 100 words)’: do explain here how your Masters has equipped you to carry out your proposed project. • Question 10 relates to research training needs: do consider the key skills that you need to develop and suggest a proposed plan for these. If you work requires an overseas visit (to archives or for a field trip) you must say.

ANY QUESTIONS?