ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships 2023

ACU Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships 2023. Applications are now open for the ACU Routledge/Round Table commonwealth studentship program. check below for how to apply and the requirements.

Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU)

The ACU is an international organization dedicated to building a better world through higher education. We believe that international collaboration is central to this ambition. By bringing universities together from around the world – and crucially the people who study and work within them. We help to advance knowledge, promote understanding, broaden minds, and improve lives.

The PhD studentships provide support for research projects on Commonwealth related themes. Two studentships are available each year, one for UK-registered students and one for Commonwealth students in other countries.

Proposed research must fulfill at least one of the below criteria:

Relate to the Commonwealth as a whole or to any Commonwealth-wide institution or organization
Have a strong Commonwealth comparative aspect
Be of relevance to a Commonwealth country other than the UK.

For example, a research project comparing LGBT rights in South Africa and Uganda would be eligible, as would a project on the reform of colonial-era anti-LGBT legislation in India, but a project on the role of Stonewall in advocating for LGBT rights in the UK would not.

Applications are welcomed from a broad range of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, but preference may be given to disciplines usually covered by the Round Table journal, including (but not exclusively) politics, international relations, economics, international history, geography, law, development studies, and area studies.

The studentships are funded by The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs and the journal’s publisher, Routledge, in association with the ACU.

Benefits of Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships

£4,000 GB will be paid on the announcement of the awards. The remaining £1,500 GBP will be paid on completion of the post-studentship requirements.

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Requirements for Routledge/Round Table Commonwealth Studentships

The first studentship is open to registered PhD students from UK universities, although not necessarily UK citizens.
The second is open to registered PhD students from ACU member universities in Commonwealth counties other than the UK, and to Chevening and Commonwealth Scholarship alumni who are PhD students at any Commonwealth university outside the UK.

Post-studentship requirements

Successful applicants will be required to submit, no more than twelve months after the take-up of the award, an article of between 4,000 and 6,000 words based on their research, for consideration for publication in the Round Table journal. Successful applicants will also be required to make a podcast on their research, for publication on the journal’s website.

Selection Process

Timeline

Deadline for applications: 17.00 BST on 28 July 2023
Announcement of winners: September 2023
Take-up of awards: 1 November 2023 to July 2024

How to Apply

Applicants should download the Routledge/Round Table Studentship Awards application form, complete it, and return it to secretary@commonwealthroundtable.co.uk no later than 17.00 BST on Friday 28 July 2023, accompanied by a current CV.

The application form asks you to:

Summarize your proposed research topic for the Routledge/Round Table Studentship awards (100-400 words);
Summarize your intended outcomes if you are successful in applying for an award (100-400 words);
Summarize the likely impact of your research and why you think it is important (100-400 words); and
Summarize how the award would benefit your research (100-400 words).

Your answers can either be typed into the form or sent as attachments.

The form asks for the name of your proposed mentor.

The form also asks for the names of two referees (one of whom should be your current PhD/DPhil supervisor). It is your responsibility to ask these referees for references. They may either send them to you for forwarding with the completed application, or they may send them to secretary@commonwealthroundtable.co.uk no later than 17.00 BST on Friday 28 July 2023.

For more details, visit the ACU website