Society for the Study of
French History offers an annual bursary of £2000 to a fourth
year PhD student, to facilitate the completion of a PhD thesis
in French history. Eligible postgraduates will be registered at
a UK or Irish university, will normally have completed no more
than three years of full-time doctoral study, or be at an equivalent
stage of part-time study, at the time of application, and will
be expected to satisfy the judging panel that their thesis will
be submitted during the academic year following the award of the
Bursary.
The bursary may be used towards fees charged by the recipient’s
institution; to defray subsistence costs; or to fund research
trips or attendance at conferences. It is designed to offer some
financial support to candidates who are no longer eligible for
support from other funding bodies.
Applications should be made to the Secretary of the Society by
April 16, 2010, and should consist of a summary (up to 1,000 words)
of the applicant’s doctoral thesis, a CV, and details of
any other funding which the candidate is receiving towards their
studies. Some applicants will then be invited to submit a sample
of written work of no more than 6,000 words, and to arrange for
two references to be sent to the Secretary, by May 14. Candidates
will be notified by mid-June of the outcome of their applications,
which will be assessed by a panel of judges nominated by the Society’s
steering committee.
Applicants for the Society’s awards should be members of
the Society at the time of application. Research grant applications
may be accompanied by applications for membership, full
details of which can be found here. It is a condition of the
award that successful candidates present a report on their research.
This must be sent to the Secretary in electronic form, and should
be between two and three sides of A4.
Dr Stephen Tyre
School of History
University of St Andrews
ST ANDREWS, KY16 9AL
Email: st29@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Ralph Gibson Bursary Award winner:
2010: Alex Fairfax, Queen Mary, University of London: ‘Justice,
the State and the Individual under the Terror in France, 1793-1794.’
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