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Thursday, December 3, 2009

UK: Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award (DHPA) at Oxford University

Overview

The overall aim of the scheme is to attract top quality students from India, China, Hong Kong, Brazil, South Africa, Russia and the developing world to study for doctoral degrees in highly rated UK research environments. Each DHPA award is funded by one of the UK Research Councils and one private sector partner.

Target Countries

Open to students from Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Armenia, Argentina, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, FYR Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, Oman, Pakistan, Palau Islands, Palestinian Administered Areas, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Russia, Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, St Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent & Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Trinidad and Tobago, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Other Criteria

You must have at least the equivalent of a UK first class honours degree from a prestigious academic institution and be demonstrably in the top 20% of DPhil candidates. Awards are only tenable in departments that are RAE-rated 5 or 5*. For a list of these, please see the Oxford RAE results page.


Level of study

DPhil only.

Subject

Award allocations will be announced in spring 2010. Please refer to this profile for more details at a later date.

Duration

Full course duration

Type of student

Preference is given to new students although departments may occasionally consider students who are currently in their first year of DPhil study.

Value

University and college fees in full and a grant for living expenses (£13,290 p/a in 2009/10).

Number

To be confirmed

Application procedure

You cannot apply for this award directly. Suitable candidates will either be nominated by the relevant academic department or will be able to respond to an advertisement placed by a department with an award. In either case, you must apply to Oxford for admission to a graduate course.

Closing date

We recommend applying to Oxford by Application Deadline 2 (8 January 2010 for Medical Sciences and Philosophy students; 22 January 2010 for all other subjects). In principle, candidates who apply to Oxford by Application Deadline 3 could also be considered.

Results

Successful candidates will be notified from July 2010 onwards.

Other information

You may find the FAQs for students published by Research Councils UK to be useful.

About the donor

The awards are jointly funded by a UK research council and a private sector sponsor. The research council taking part in the scheme in 2009/10 is the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC). The private sector sponsor taking part in 2009/10 is Rolls Royce. Research Councils UK can give you more information about the awards and the research areas covered by the councils.


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