University College London (UCL) Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships 2024

The Wolfson Foundation is offering six postgraduate research awards in the humanities for 2024/25. These will be for three areas in history, literature and languages.

For the 2024/25 academic year, there will be 6 awards offered in total (3 for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and 3 for the Faculty of Social and Historical Sciences).

The intention is that Wolfson Scholarships will be awarded to outstanding students who demonstrate the potential to make an impact on their chosen field. Wolfson Scholarships will be awarded solely on academic merit. Ideally, the successful students would aspire to an academic career.

Table of Content

• Summary
• Benefits
• Requirments
• Application Deadline
• How To Apply

Summary

• Application DeadlineJanuary 26, 2024
• Study LevelPhD
• SponsorUniversity College London
• City to studyLondon
• School to studyUniversity College London
• Eligible CountryAll Countries

Benefits

Each student starting in 2024/25 will receive a total of £105,000, which equates to £35,000 per annum.

The funding available covers a stipend, fees and a research allowance.

Requirements

• Both applicants from the UK and outside are eligible for the Wolfson Scholarships.
• Students may be nominated for the Wolfson Scholarships by departments within the faculties of social and historical sciences as well as arts and humanities.
• Three academic fields—history, literature, and languages—that closely correspond with the Foundation's goals will be offering Wolfson Scholarships.
• Only doctorate research is eligible for these grants, which will be given out over a three-year period (or up to a six-year part-time period). It is anticipated that full-time students would finish their doctorates in three years.
• Students should have an exceptional academic background, ideally with an undergraduate honors degree and a master's degree from an accredited university in a subject related to their intended doctorate research.
• The recipients of the awards will be PhD students starting in the academic year 2024–2025.

Application Deadline

How To Apply

Candidates do not apply directly for the Wolfson Scholarships, but must be nominated by their department. Candidates should check their own department's application procedure (details can be found on the department's website) and inform their Departmental Graduate Tutor that they would like to be considered for the Wolfson Scholarship.

Once departmental selection processes have concluded, Departmental Graduate Tutors should send nominations (normally no more than three for any one subject discipline and up to a maximum of six per department/unit) to the Joint Faculties' Office ([email protected]).

Nominations should include the following:

• an indication of the subject discipline most relevant
• the full UCL PhD application form, excluding written samples and including:
  • academic transcripts
  • CV (if available)
  • academic references in support of the application
  • personal statement
• an expanded outline of the research project of no more than 2 pages, which does not need to contain references or a bibliography
• a letter from the proposed supervisor confirming that they are willing to supervise the specific project outlined.