Art History Postgraduate Research Bursary 2025 Entry

Bursary

Faculty of Humanities

This Bursary is offered by funds from the Usher, Nash, and Henriques funds in History of Art.

Contribution towards tuition fees for a PhD programme in Art History.

3 years full-time or 6 years part-time.

Continuation of the award is subject to satisfactory progress.

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This award is internal.

Department of Art History and Cultural Practices in the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

This funding is available to students undertaking the following types of study:

This funding is available to students undertaking the following modes of study:

This funding is available to students undertaking study in:

• Art History and Visual Studies
• Arts Management and Cultural Practices
• Institute for Cultural Practices

• Bachelor's (Honours) degree at 2:1 or above (or overseas equivalent); and
• Master's degree in a relevant subject - with an overall average of 65% or above, a minimum mark of 65% in your dissertation and no mark below 55% (or overseas equivalent)

This funding is available to all nationalities.

You must submit your online application for a place on your chosen Postgraduate Research programme by 13 January 2025. This is to ensure you hold an offer of a place by the time the school committee make their selection.

Section 9 of the application asks for your funding intentions. In this section, you should detail fully all the competitions in which you would like to be considered. There is no limit to the number of competitions you may enter, but all must be detailed in your online application form to ensure you are included. Please add a funding source, and populate the fields as below:

• Type of Funding: Uni of Manchester Scheme
• Awarding Body (free text): Art History PGR Bursary
• Status of Funding: Intend to Apply

Please note that there is no separate funding application form for the Art History Postgraduate Research Bursary. All decisions are based on the online programme application and supporting documents.

Your full online application must include:

• A 1,500 word PhD research proposal ; Please state the word count on page 1 of the document.
• A copy of your Bachelor's and Master's academic transcript and certificate. If your Master's degree is pending, please provide an interim transcript.
• An up-to-date academic CV summarising your academic record, employment history, publications and highlighting experience demonstrating your research potential.
• The names of two academic referees, including one from your most recent institution. Your referees will be contacted directly via the Referee Portal following the submission of your application form.
• A certificate or evidence demonstrating your English language ability and proficiency.

• Academic merit and preparedness for research
• Quality and feasibility of research proposal
• Consideration of ethical responsibility

Art History Studentship Committee

13 Jan 2025

Your complete online application for your preferred PhD programme must be submitted by 13 January 2025.

Please note that this is a strict deadline and late or incomplete applications will not be included in the competition.

We expect to communicate the outcome to applicants by June 2025.

Unfortunately, we are unable to provide feedback on individual applications, as outcomes are determined by independent panels.

Offers of funding are not deferrable. If you cannot start your programme by the date mentioned in your studentship offer letter, the award will be withdrawn. You are permitted to re-apply in future.

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