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Funding Opportunities

Applications are invited for the following Masters awards for 2013-14. Please note that, for all awards, you must have already applied for and accepted an offer of a place on one of the relevant programmes.

All awards are open to all applicants for the following programmes unless otherwise stated:

Scholarship	Details	Deadline
1x Departmental MA fees-only scholarships	Tuition fee covered at UK/EU rate; open to EU/UK.	22 March 2013
2x Faculty Scholarships, overseas (Fees-only)	Awards will normally be made in the form of a fee waiver.	22 March 2013
2 x Faculty scholarships 1+3 home/ EU	This covers fees for a one year MA followed by 3 years PhD; open to UK/EU applicants only	22 March 2013
Geoffrey Leech Scholarship	Tuition fee covered at UK/EU rate; open to EU/UK applicants.	22 March 2013

Scholarship Details

Departmental / Faculty MA Scholarships (fees only)

For students wishing to study for a Masters degree. Recipients will need to meet their general living expenses themselves. The full terms and conditions are available here.

Award criteria: The scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis. Candidates for a scholarship will be ranked based on the following criteria:

1. Academic ability (as evidenced by academic record and references)
2. Suitability for the programme applied for
3. Commitment to scholarship in the relevant field(s)
4. Potential for contribution to scholarship and society more generally

Faculty 1+3 Scholarships (fees only)

1+3 fees-only bursaries for students wishing to study for a Masters degree followed by a PhD. Recipients will need to meet their general living expenses themselves. The full terms and conditions are available here.

Award criteria: The scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis. Candidates for a scholarship will be ranked based on the following criteria:

1. Academic ability (as evidenced by academic record and references)
2. Suitability for the programme applied for
3. Commitment to scholarship in the relevant field(s)
4. Potential for contribution to scholarship and society more generally

Geoffrey Leech Scholarship (fees only)

The Geoffrey Leech Scholarship is only open to UK/EU applicants. The value of the award will be equivalent to the UK/EU tuition fees.

This scholarship for MA study was set up by the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster to mark the retirement of Professor Geoffrey Leech. Geoff Leech is one of our most eminent and long-serving colleagues, and internationally renowned for his pioneering work in modern English grammar, stylistics, and corpus linguistics. As co-author of the Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language and the Longman Grammar of Spoken and Written English, he is one of the foremost authorities on the English language. The scholarships are for study on any of the MA programmes listed above.

Award criteria: The scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis. Candidates for a scholarship will be ranked based on the following criteria:

1. Academic ability (as evidenced by academic record and references)
2. Suitability for the programme applied for
3. Commitment to scholarship in the relevant field(s)
4. Potential for contribution to scholarship and society more generally
5. Financial need. Please include enough detail about your financial situation to allow the Department to assess your need. All applications will be treated confidentially.

 

How to Apply

Please note that, for all awards, you must have already applied for and accepted an offer of a place on one of the relevant programmes.