Session 2008/09
What are the Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards?
The Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards are a national initiative to bring outstanding students from Brazil, China, India, Hong Kong, Russia, South Africa and the developing world to the UK to study for PhD degrees in top-rated research environments. The Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards are open to top-quality science, engineering, medicine, social sciences and technology students. More information on the background to the Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate awards has been made available by the Research Councils on: http://www.rcuk.ac.uk/hodgkin/ Further details about the application criteria for the University of Leeds and the possible areas of study at Leeds are detailed below.
The Awards are jointly funded by the UK Research Councils and industrial partners. For those starting in Session 2008/09, the scheme will pay overseas rate fees and a maintenance stipend for a maximum period of 3 years (£12,940 a year for Session 2008/09). Funding beyond the first 12 months is subject to continued satisfactory progress.
To be eligible, you must hold a very good first degree (the equivalent of a UK first class honours degree*) from a prestigious institution. You must also meet the University's English language requirements which are IELTS band score 6.0 (with not less than 5.5 in listening and reading and not less than 5.0 in speaking and writing) or paper based TOEFL 550 (with 4.0 on the Test of Written English TWE) or computer based TOEFL 220 (with an essay rating of 4.0) or internet based TOEFL iBT 83 (with not less than 18 in listening, not less than 20 in reading and speaking and not less than 21 in writing). The requirements may be higher in some disciplines. For some subjects, you may also need the equivalent of a UK Master's degree in a relevant subject.
* Please note that a lower-rated first degree together with the subsequent acquisition of a masters level degree will not normally be accepted at the equivalent of a UK first class honours degree.
The Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards are intended to support new PhD students, and the majority of students applying for DHPA funding are expected not to have started their PhD studies. However, it is recognised that some students may have commenced their PhD studies with the intention of applying for Scholarships and funding for the start of the following session. Applicants who have already commenced PhD studies are eligible to apply for an award under the Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award Scheme provided that they did not commence PhD study before 1 October 2007.
The closing date for the following awards is 30 April 2008.
One award is provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk) and Jaguar and is available in the Institute for Transport Studies in the broad area of 'driver distraction/vehicle automation/human-machine interface'.
One award is provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk) and Morganite Electrical Carbon Limited and is available in the School of Process, Environmental & Materials Engineering (Institute for Materials Research) in the broad area of 'carbon nanomaterials for achievement of high conductivity thermal interfacing'.
One award is provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk) and GlaxoSmithKline and is available in the Department of Colour Science in the broad area of 'preparation, characterisation and delivery of internasal pharmaceutical products designed for high throughput assembly'.
One award is provided by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (www.epsrc.ac.uk) and Shell Global Solutions (UK) and is available in the School of Mechanical Engineering in the broad area of 'factors affecting combustion of sustainable engine fuels'.
One award is provided by the Medical Research Council (www.mrc.ac.uk) and Heart Research UK and is available in the School of Mechanical Engineering in the broad area of 'developing a novel real time computational model of heart failure to be used to test heart assist devices'.
One award is provided by the Economic and Social Research Council (www.esrc.ac.uk) and 1Spatial and is available in the Leeds University Business School in the broad area of 'interoperability and information sharing during major incidents: planning for the London Olympics'.
The Scheme is not open to UK or EU students or those eligible to pay UK rated fees. Only students from certain countries are eligible to apply. A full list of all the eligible countries is available on the Office of Science and Technology website at http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/35/9/2488552.pdf - please check this list to see if you are eligible.
Please contact us on scholarships@leeds.ac.uk if you are not sure if you are eligible to apply.
How do I apply for a Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award at Leeds?
If you would like to apply for a Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Award to start at Leeds in October 2008, you should apply on the University of Leeds Dorothy Hodgkin application form.
The application form is available at: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/rds/postgraduate_scholarships/dhpa-forms.html
The deadline for applications for the above Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards is 30 April 2008 . If you are a new applicant for study at Leeds you must also have applied to the University for a place on the PhD programme that you wish to study before applying to the competition. Information on the Schools and Departments at the University of Leeds is accessible from the following web page (but first please consult the list of Schools and Departments at Leeds that are eligible to recruit students for DHPA Scholarships - see above): http://www.leeds.ac.uk/students/postgraduates.htm - To see the list of Schools click the COURSEFINDER link and then click SUBJECT GUIDE to access the list of subjects covered by the Schools at the University. Then click for further information on each School. The application form to study for a research degree is also accessible from this web page.
