Published: 14 Nov 2023 494 views
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.
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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.
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:
