UCL Research Opportunity Scholarships – United Kingdom

Applications are invited for Fully Funded UCL Research Opportunity Scholarships at The University of London, United Kingdom.

Details

UCL’s Research Opportunity Scholarship (UCL-ROS) is offered in partnership with the Windsor Fellowship and is intended to support BME postgraduate research degree students. It is open to prospective students and current students.

The scheme offers full financial support and a skills development programme, both designed to promote academia as a more attractive career option.

Benefits

The Fully Funded UCL Research Opportunity Scholarships consist of fees equivalent to the standard postgraduate UK / home rate (2021/22: £5,526 – tbc) plus a maintenance stipend (2021/22: £17,631 – tbc) for full-time study (benefits are calculated ‘pro rata’ for part-time students). The scholarship also includes additional research costs of up to £1,200 per year for the stated duration of the programme.

Awards are normally tenable for years 1, 2, and 3 of a full-time MPhil/PhD/EngD degree programme (or years 1-5 of a part-time programme), subject to annual review and renewal.

Where students are undertaking integrated four-year doctoral programmes the award will be extended to the final year of study.

If granted, funding begins at the start of the next academic year.

The UCL-ROS scholarships also offer a comprehensive personal and professional development support package.

• Coaching, mentoring support and advocacy;
• Training and skills development through UCL’s Doctoral Skills Development Programme (including the “Brilliant Club” scholars programme) and the Windsor Fellowship;

Eligibility

To be eligible for Fully Funded UCL Research Opportunity Scholarships, applicants must:

•  be a UK-permanent resident from one of the following BME ethnic groups:
  • Black (Black or Black British African, Black or Black British Caribbean, Black or Black British other or Mixed Black or Black British)
  • Pakistani (Pakistani or Pakistani British, or Pakistani Mixed or Pakistani Mixed British)
  • Bangladeshi (Bangladeshi or Bangladeshi British, or Bangladeshi Mixed or Bangladeshi Mixed British)
     
• have applied to a research degree at UCL in one of the following faculties:
  • Arts & Humanities
  • Brain Sciences
  • Life Sciences
  • Mathematical and Physical Sciences
  • School of Slavonic and East European Studies

Applicants must apply for admission and also inform your department that you wish to be considered for this scholarship.

Application

Prospective students please do Step 1-3

Current students please go directly to Step 3

• You should first make an informal research enquiry before submitting your application for admission to UCL. You must submit a complete application for admission onto a research degree programme by the specified deadline. You do not need to have secured an offer of a place at UCL in order to apply for the scholarship, but you must have submitted your admission application by 13th January 2021.
• When completing the research degree application for admission you should indicate in the ‘Funding’ section that you are also applying to the UCL-ROS programme.
• You must contact your academic department/institute/division/unit to notify them that you would like to be considered for a UCL-ROS.  You must have done this by 12pm on 13th January 2021.
• All the applicants in your faculty will then be considered and shortlisted by a faculty panel based on academic merit. This will happen by the end of February 2021.
• If you are selected the Student Funding Office will contact you early March 2021 with to request additional information about your financial need and to complete a personal statement.
• UCL and the Windsor Fellowship will then consider your academic merit, financial need and personal statement.

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