Kent Business School Research Scholarships 2023

Deadline 12:00noon (UK time) on 20 January 2023

This page is the online submission portal for your application to the advertised scholarships.

You must complete this form to be considered for funding.  You can upload your research proposal rather than completing those relevant sections on this form, but please ensure you stay within the character limits for all sections of this form (this includes the research proposal if you choose to upload it separately instead of inserting into this form).

In addition to completing this form, you must complete an online application form for your PhD studies via the course finder web page at  https://www.kent.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/apply.

We will only consider your scholarship application after we received your completed application for PhD studies, which is a requirement for enrolment at the University of Kent.  If you wish to do so, you can copy your proposal from this form into your KentVision application – there is no need to submit a different research proposal.

Research proposal abstract (max 4,000 characters including spaces)

This should be a complete but concise description of your research proposal, written in such a way that a non-specialist reader will quickly be able to ascertain the purpose of your research project. Please note that panellists who will be assessing your application may not be experts in your disciplinary area.

Research Proposal (max 10,000 characters including spaces)

Your proposal should include (recommended in this order):

(1) Description of your research proposal - outline they key areas or issues covered by the project, the research problems or questions you intend to address and why, making sure the one key idea behind your proposal and its novelty is highlighted

(2) Research background and questions - review the most relevant literature, making clear the theoretical basis of your research, the wide theoretical or applied issues that your research addresses, and the specific deficits of research to date that will be addressed by your project, then provide an outline of how your research will address those deficits

(3) Research methods - outline your methods, including the first planned step in your research and how it will develop (a full outline of your first study is recommended)

(4) Proposed timeline - outline the timeframe, across the three years, in which your research will develop

(5) Proposed Impact - explain why your research is important, and the impact you believe it will have on the research field and, where appropriate, for non-academic beneficiaries. You should describe the contribution you intend your research to make to your field of study and, where appropriate, to other academic disciplines and non-academic beneficiaries. You should make references to theory and research throughout. Provide full references in a separate section, at the end of this form.

Applicant Statement (max 500 words)

In this section, explain how your previous experience, preparation, or own research (eg, undergraduate or MSc project) has prepared you for doctoral research, and how it is relevant to your proposed research specifically (eg, qualifications, experience as volunteer, research assistant, or from paid employment, training, skills, relationships with external partners). Also, describe the reasons for your interest in the proposed research, including how the research project relates to your eventual career aims. 

Ability and Motivation to Teach (max 1,500 characters including spaces)

Please include any relevant experience, such as teaching, training, mentoring or coaching that you have delivered, as well as academic and non-academic presentations. This section is NOT RELEVANT for those only applying for a 1+3 SeNSS ESRC award.

References

Please provide full references to all research cited within the Project Details section (no character limit).

Supervisor Statement of Support

Please give your proposed primary supervisor plenty of notice that they will need to write a statement in support of your research proposal.  They will be asked to submit their statement after your online application has been received.