[Air-L] PhD scholarships at Sheffield, UK

[Andrew M Cox]

The University of Sheffield Information School invites applications for PhD
scholarships in any of its research areas that include information seeking
and retrieval, information management, information systems, and
librarianship.



Deadline: February 1, 2013,  12 noon (GMT).



Who is eligible? UK/EU nationals only



Scholarships:

   -      one Full Scholarship, including Fees, Maintenance (around
   £13,700) and a £750 per year Research Training Support Grant;


   -     one Fees only Scholarship (value= approx. £4,000)


   -     one partial Fees Scholarship (value=approx. £2,000),



Criteria for award:



·         academic success and qualification (e.g., success in academic
competitions, awards and/or previous assessment);

·         research experience of candidate (e.g., evidence of publications,
experience as research assistant, etc.);

·         well articulated research problem (which emphasises also the
value of the research to be undertaken);

·         an outline of research methods (that also shows awareness of the
need for timely completion);

·         good match between the student’s proposed research,
the  supervisor’s expertise and the departmental research portfolio and
research strategy.



Along with your application form, please provide two academic references,
your academic transcripts and your research proposal.

Details on how to apply can be found at

http://www.shef.ac.uk/postgraduate/research/scholarships.



Alternatively, please email Matt Jones at ispgr at sheffield.ac.uk for further
information about the application process, or one of the academic staff
with whom you wish to work http://shef.ac.uk/is/staff.