Student research bursaries

The Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence
New Call for PhD Bursaries (2022 / 2023)

1.Introduction

The Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE) is a partnership between the University of Manchester (UoM), Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and the University of Chester (UoC). We strive to strengthen the intellectual community in European Studies (broadly defined), while also facilitating local and regional links with practitioners, researchers, students and others interested in European affairs.

Further details can be found on our website: https://www.manchesterjmce.ac.uk/

The Manchester JMCE is now inviting proposals for PhD bursaries that aim to support short research visits of doctoral students from, or to, the three partner institutions (UoM, MMU and UoC).

The bursary supports two categories of activities:

• For students from the three partner institutions: to conduct short research visits to Europe (‘internal bursaries’);
• For students studying outside the UK: to conduct short research visits to the UK, in association with one of the three partner institutions (‘external bursaries’). The bursary does not automatically entitle visiting students to an office facility and a library card, although the three partner institutions will try to accommodate such requests (depending on the length of stay).

The bursaries will be up to £500.

Eligible activities may include:

• Visiting from/to the UK for fieldwork purposes (interviews, archival and library searches etc).
• Visiting from/to the UK for attending conferences.
• Visiting from/to the UK to facilitate research collaborations.

Activities supported by a bursary should take place between 1 October 2022 and 31 July 2023.

2.Eligibility

For ‘internal bursaries’, the JMCE will only consider applications from students from its fee-paying stakeholders:

• University of Manchester (you must be based within SoSS, SALC or AMBS)
• Manchester Metropolitan University
• University of Chester

For ‘external bursaries’, the JMCE will consider applications from students of any non-UK university.

3.Structure of proposals

Proposals should not exceed 1,000 words and should be structured as follows:

• Title of project;
• Name of the applicant, their Department and university affiliation, and contact details;
• The nature and purpose of the short research stay abroad;
• Detailed budget;

4.Deadline

The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is Friday 24 June 2022. Applications should be sent to Dr. Paul Tobin (paul.tobin@manchester.ac.uk).

5.Evaluation

All proposals will be evaluated by a subcommittee of the Manchester JMCE after the deadline. Successful applicants will be notified by within two weeks of the deadline.

All proposals will be evaluated according to the following:

• The quality and clarity of the proposal and its objectives;
• anticipated benefit (preferably multiple benefits) of the fieldwork for the student’s project;
• any partnerships involved in the project (e.g. between academics, students, policy makers, local community, etc.) and whether the applicant intends these to continue;
• whether the applicant is willing to present their research to the JMCE;
• value for money, and whether the funding is ‘topping up’ other funding.

6.Other requirements

Successful applicants will be reimbursed for their expenses after the activity has been completed. They are also required to submit a brief project report of up to 400 words, which will be uploaded to the Manchester JMCE website and may be used for promotional purposes. We will be grateful if you can include within the report a photo taken during your visit, but understand if you would prefer not to.

7.Further information

Queries about the proposals should be directed to the Chair of the selection committee, Dr. Paul Tobin (paul.tobin@manchester.ac.uk).

The Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence expects to award their grants within two weeks after the deadline and will sadly be able to inform successful bids only.

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Call for PHD Bursaries  2022 / 2023

1. Introduction

The Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence (JMCE) is a partnership between the University of Manchester (UoM), and Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU). We strive to strengthen the intellectual community in European Studies (broadly defined), while also facilitating local and regional links with practitioners, researchers, students, and others interested in European affairs.

Further details can be found on our website: https://www.manchesterjmce.ac.uk/

The Manchester JMCE is now inviting proposals for PhD bursaries that aim to support short research visits of doctoral students from or to, the three partner institutions (UoM, and MMU).

The bursary supports two categories of activities:

• For students from the two partner institutions: to conduct short research visits to Europe (‘internal bursaries’);
• For students studying outside the UK: to conduct short research visits to the UK, in association with one of the three partner institutions (‘external bursaries’). The bursary does not automatically entitle visiting students to an office facility and a library card, although the three partner institutions will try to accommodate such requests (depending on the length of stay).

The bursaries will be up to £500.

Eligible activities may include:

• Visiting from/to the UK for fieldwork purposes (interviews, archival and library searches etc).
• Visiting from/to the UK for attending conferences.
• Visiting from/to the UK to facilitate research collaborations.

Activities supported by a bursary should take place between 15 November 2022 and 31 July 2023.

2. Eligibility

For ‘internal bursaries’, the JMCE will only consider applications from students from its fee-paying stakeholders:

• University of Manchester (you must be based within SoSS, SALC or AMBS)
• Manchester Metropolitan University

For ‘external bursaries’, the JMCE will consider applications from students of any non-UK university.

3. Structure of proposals

Proposals should not exceed 1,000 words and should be structured as follows:

• Title of project;
• Name of the applicant, their Department and university affiliation, and contact details;
• The nature and purpose of the short research stay abroad;
• Detailed budget;

4. Deadline

The deadline for receipt of proposals in response to this call is Friday 28 October 2022. Applications should be sent to Dr. Paul Tobin (paul.tobin@manchester.ac.uk).

5. Evaluation

All proposals will be evaluated by a subcommittee of the Manchester JMCE after the deadline. Successful applicants will be notified by within two weeks of the deadline.

All proposals will be evaluated according to the following:

• The quality and clarity of the proposal and its objectives;
• anticipated benefit (preferably multiple benefits) of the fieldwork for the student’s project;
• any partnerships involved in the project (e.g. between academics, students, policymakers, local community, etc.) and whether the applicant intends these to continue;
• whether the applicant is willing to present their research to the JMCE;
• value for money, and whether the funding is ‘topping up’ other funding.

6. Other requirements

Successful applicants will be reimbursed for their expenses after the activity has been completed. They are also required to submit a brief project report of up to 400 words, which will be uploaded to the Manchester JMCE website and may be used for promotional purposes. We will be grateful if you can include within the report a photo taken during your visit, but understand if you would prefer not to.

7. Further information

Queries about the proposals should be directed to the Chair of the selection committee, Dr. Paul Tobin (paul.tobin@manchester.ac.uk).

The Manchester Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence expects to award their grants within two weeks after the deadline and will sadly be able to inform successful bids only.