Wingate Scholarships
Criteria and Eligibility
We Do Offer Funding For :
Independent Research Projects in most subjects (this includes writing
projects in biography, fiction and non-fiction, poetry, translation etc)
see opposite for exceptions
Doctoral and Post-Doctoral studies (doctoral candidates may apply at any stage of their degree)
Field Work associated with Independent Research, Doctoral or Post-
Doctoral Projects
Advanced Music Training
Craft & Design Research Projects
We Do Not Offer Funding For :
Medical Research (unless the project has a highly cross-disciplinary flavour,
not appropriate to the traditional major medical research funding
bodies).
Performing Arts (except music but including theatre, cinema, film,
television & dance studies)
Taught Courses (this includes all Undergraduate and Masters
degrees with the exception of post-grad music degrees - inst. or
voice - & advanced music training for practising musicians)
Courses or Diplomas leading to Professional Qualifications or Electives
Courses or Diplomas at Drama, Art or Business Colleges - Fine Art or
Photography
PREVIOUS RECIPIENTS OF WINGATE SCHOLARSHIPS ARE NOT ELIGIBLE TO APPLY
APPLICANTS (for 2009/2010) MUST BE:
- living in the British Isles during the period of application (this applies to all applicants)
- able to satisfy the Scholarship Committee that they need financial support to undertake the work projected
- able to show why the project (if it takes the form of academic research) is unlikely to attract Research Council, British Academy or major agency funding
- citizens of the United Kingdom or Commonwealth country, former Commonwealth country, Ireland or Israel
- or citizens of another EU country (provided that they have been resident in the United Kingdom for at least 3 years on September 1 2009)
- aged 24 or over on September 1 2009 (there is no upper age limit)
Applications from abroad are not accepted.
The Administrator is unable to comment on the suitability of individual projects
The Scholarships Committee Selection panel will use the following three basic criteria when assessing applications:
- that the project is of high quality
- that the candidate has the motivation and ability to carry it out
- that there is genuine financial need
Provided the application complies with all the criteria above, the Selection panel will be looking for candidates and projects that demonstrate one or more of the following priorities:
- that they show an unusual degree of creativity
- that they display exceptional originality
- that their work is of benefit to society and/or their own career progress
- that their circumstances are unusual or that they have overcome particular difficulties
Wingate Scholars whose awards run for more than one year must submit to the Administrator at the end of each year a brief progress report and, where appropriate, confirmation from a supervisor that their studies are proceeding satisfactorily. Both these may be submitted via email. Any changes to a project or financial situation during the course of a scholarship must be reported immediately to the Administrator.
At the end of their tenure, Wingate Scholars are required to write a Final Report summarising their achievements (in not more than 1500 words) for the benefit of the Scholarship Committee.
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