Masters and Doctoral Studentships

Current sources of funding for the study of the CEELBAS region

Masters
Doctoral

Masters

Institution	Source of Funding	Eligibility	Award	Details
UCL SSEES	MRes Scholarships	Home / EU students	up to 3 fees only scholarships	link
	OSI UCL Chevening Scholarships	Applicants from specified countries - see details	Full scholarship	link
Birmingham	AHRC	Historians taking the Russian and East European studies MA in preparation for a PhD may be eligible for a one-year award from the AHRC and will usually follow a partially different set of taught options (see link for historians below).	See details on Birmingham and AHRC webpages	Birmingham info AHRC info
	AHRC	Students wishing to pursue postgraduate MA study in the History or Culture of Russia and Eastern Europe at CREES can also apply to the University for funding from the AHRC	See details on Birmingham and AHRC webpages	Birmingham info AHRC info
	ESRC 1+3 funding	MA Russian and East European Studies students. Home / EU students only.	Full scholarship: Students are funded for a one-year research-training MA (two years part-time), and then funded for three years (five years part-time) for a PhD, subject to satisfactory progress	link
Cambridge	BP Centenary Scholarships	Overseas MPhil students from specified countries who select Murray Edwards College as their College of First Choice (see details).	£2,000 per year	link

Doctoral

Institution	Source of Funding	Eligibility	Award	Details
UCL SSEES	SSEES Foundation Scholarship	MPhil/PhD research students admitted to SSEES who are not in receipt of a full scholarship (fee plus maintenance) from another source	£15,000 per annum	link
	UCL Impact Scholarship for research on Russian legal cases in foreign courts	Home / EU Students	No less than 75% of the value of a standard UK Research Council studentship. Additional sponsorship of £5,000 provided by the EU-Russia Centre for the first year of this award, with possibility of renewal in second and third years.	link
	SSEES PhD Scholarships	Home / EU students	up to 3 fees only scholarships	link
	AHRC Block Grant Partnership Scholarships	Home / EU students	Fees, subsistence, research training and fieldwork support: SSEES is able to offer 3 MPhil scholarships in the AHRC Doctoral Competition for Slavonic Studies for 2010 and is also accepting applications under History.	AHRC info SSEES info
	Victor and Rita Swoboda Memorial Scholarship	MPhil/PhD students in Ukrainian studies admitted to SSEES who are not in receipt of a full scholarship (fee plus maintenance) from another source	£8000 for maximum of three years	link
	UCL Graduate Research Scholarship	MPhil/PhD and EngD students with a UK 2.1 honours undergraduate degree or equivalent. Home / EU students only	Standard graduate UK/EU fees plus stipend of £15,363 per annum	link
Manchester	PhD Studentship in Russian and East European Studies	Home / EU students	Home / EU fees plus £7,500 maintenance grant	link
Cambridge	BP Centenary Scholarships	Overseas PhD students from specified countries who select Murray Edwards College as their College of First Choice (see details).	£8,000 per year	link
Kent	Postgraduate Research Scholarship	UK, EU and overseas fee paying students in School of Politics and International Relations.	Scholarship covers tuition fees at the Home/EU rate and provides a maintenance grant at the same rate as the Research Councils.	link

Links to Postgraduate Scholarships and Funding information portals at CEELBAS institutions

Click on institution logo for links to their funding and scholarships web-pages:

Research Council Funding

AHRC and ESRC funding guidelines and information

Current CEELBAS Studentship details

The Centre has funded studentships (total of 38 Masters and 33 PhD/DPhil) to support study on the following programmes:

• MRes at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)
• MPhil in Russian and East European Studies (REES) at Oxford University
• PhD at UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES)
• DPhil in Russian and East European Studies (REES) at Oxford University
• PhD at the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Birmingham

CEELBAS studentships were funded through the Economic and Social Research Council and are subject to ESRC funding rules. 

All CEELBAS studentships for the period 2006-2011 have been allocated. See list of CEELBAS studentship holders.

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