UCL DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMICS

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• A maximum of TWO (2) scholarships known as the Ricardo Scholarships may be awarded in each session.
• The scholarships are available to prospective, full-time and/or part-time, overseas/EU/UK  MRes/MPhil/PhD students intending to pursue a course of study or research leading to an MRes/MPhil/PhD degree offered by the Department of Economics, at University College London.
• The criterion for awarding the scholarship is academic excellence and potential.
• The qualifications of candidates are considered by the MRes/MPhil/PhD Programme Director and the Head of Department, Economics. 
• The scholarship is awarded by Council on the recommendation of the PhD director and head of Department.
• The value of each scholarship is £15,590, plus FULL (OVERSEAS OR UK/RATE) TUITION FEE WAIVER.
• The scholarship is tenable for THREE YEARS.
• Payment of the scholarship is made in the form of four termly instalments at the start of each term.  The fee waiver will be implemented by deduction from tuition fees at the start of the academic session.
• The scholarship may not be held alongside other fee-only awards/ non-fee awards/ any other award–-no matter what the value.
• All scholarships and awards are subject to the provisions of the UCL General Regulations for Scholarships,  Prizes, Medals and Bursaries.
• Recipients of this award will be required to undertake Teaching Assistant duties for the duration of the award.
• All applicants for admission to our MRes programme are automatically considered for departmental funding at the time of application. There is no separate application process.
  

• A maximum of THREE (3) scholarships known as the David Pearce Scholarships may be awarded in each session.
• The scholarships are available to prospective, full-time and/or part-time, overseas/EU/UK MRes/MPhil/PhD students intending to pursue a course of study or research leading to an MRes/MPhil/PhD degree offered by the Department of Economics, at University College London.
• The criterion for awarding the scholarship is academic excellence and potential.
• The qualifications of candidates are considered by the MRes/MPhil/PhD Programme Director and the Head of Department, Economics. 
• The scholarship is awarded by Council on the recommendation of the PhD director and head of Department.
• The value of each scholarship is £15,590, plus FULL (OVERSEAS OR UK/RATE) TUITION FEE WAIVER
• The scholarship is tenable for ONE YEAR.
• Payment of the scholarship is made in the form of three termly instalments at the start of each term.  The fee waiver will be implemented by deduction from tuition fees at the start of the academic session.
• The scholarship may not be held alongside other fee-only awards/ non-fee awards/ any other award–-no matter what the value.
• All scholarships and awards are subject to the provisions of the UCL General Regulations for Scholarships, Prizes, Medals and Bursaries.
• All applicants for admission to our MRes programme are automatically considered for departmental funding at the time of application. There is no separate application process.
  

The department has named these scholarships after Professor W M (Terence) Gorman, 1923-2003, who made a substantial contribution to the development of graduate research in Economics at UCL.

Up to four departmentally funded scholarships, each having a value of £15,000 for students entering the first year or who are already enrolled on the MRes/MPhil/PhD programme, to be known as the W M Gorman Graduate Research Scholarships, may be awarded by the UCL Department of Economics in each session.

• The scholarships will be awarded to students studying full time on the MRes/MPhil/PhD Programme in the UCL Department of Economics.
• Scholarships will be of one year in duration.
• The awards will be made to students who are not already receiving full financial support from other sources for fees and living costs, and will normally be awarded to students who would otherwise be prevented by financial circumstances from taking up a place at UCL.
• The scholarships will be awarded on the basis of financial need and academic merit.
• The value of each studentship is £15,000.
• Applicants for the MRes/MPhil/PhD Programme who wish to be considered for this award should indicate a request for funding consideration on their application for admission (section 26).
• The qualifications of candidates will be considered by a committee convened by the Head of the UCL Department of Economics.
• The scholars selected must pursue an MRes/MPhil/PhD Programme in the UCL Department of Economics.
• The scholarships are tenable for one year and are not renewable.
• Payment of the scholarships will normally be made in three instalments.
• UCL reserves the right to vary these regulations should it become necessary to do so.
• Awards are subject to the provisions of the General Regulations.
• Only successful applicants will be notified.
• All applicants for admission to our MRes programme are automatically considered for departmental funding at the time of application. There is no separate application process.

Impact awards support collaborative studentship projects with organisations such as charities, companies, government institutions and social enterprises. UCL part funds the research studentships, contributing £31,627 and £42,676 towards the cost of 3 and 4 year studentships respectively. 4 year awards must have an MRes in year one. For further information please visit: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/beams/phd/funding/impact

The Economics Department operates a Teaching Assistant scheme, under which a number of PhD students are appointed on the basis of an annual competition. The number of Teaching Assistant posts available varies depending on staff leave and other factors, but normally between eight and twelve appointments are likely to be made each year.

PhD students who have successfully completed the first year of the MPhil/PhD programme are eligible to apply for these posts.

The duties of a Teaching Assistant are to conduct small-group teaching sessions on the undergraduate economics programme, and to undertake course work marking and examination grading. The teaching mainly takes the form of discussion and feedback on problem sets and other student course work, and the classes run in parallel with lecture courses given by members of the permanent academic staff. On average a Teaching Assistant would have three or four hours of small-group teaching per week during the two principal teaching terms (normally October to March) and corresponding course work marking.

UCL is an ESRC Designated Doctoral Training Centre (DTC). To apply for an ESRC studentship you will apply to the ESRC via UCL. The studentships do not place conditions on an applicant’s residency status.

• If you want to apply for an award, you must first apply for admission. Then send an up-to-date CV and an outline of your proposed research to the Graduate Studies Administrator, MPhil/PhD Programme, Department of Economics, by 14 January 2013. The department will select 6 applicants to go into the quota scheme.

• The Society is offering up to 10 one-year junior fellowships tenable at Universities in the United Kingdom.  The amount of the fellowship will be £9,50O (£12,500 in London). This sum will be paid to the Universities, which will make appropriate arrangements for paying the recipients of the fellowship awards at regular intervals.
• Candidates should have completed at least two years' work towards a doctoral thesis when they take up an award.  Those who have already completed their doctorates may also be considered, on application to the Secretary General.
• Those awarded Fellowships must undertake a minimum of 30 hours teaching, plus 15 hours preparation time, in the academic year.  The maximum amount of teaching (including tutorials/supervisions undertaken for Colleges) is 60 hours, excluding 20 hours preparation time.  Students may be paid for teaching by their department in addition to the fellowship if their department so chooses.
• Students who already have full financial support for the academic year are not eligible for a fellowship award.
• Applications MUST be submitted by the candidate’s Head of Department with grading by Head of Department if more than one candidate is submitted from a University.

• The following documentation (ALL COPIED IN TRIPLICATE) is required in support of an application:

  • Completed application form
  • A piece of written work no more than 10,000 words in length (including bibliography and tables)
  • Transcript of marks awarded for a Master's degree
  • Any marks obtained for other postgraduate courses
  • Information on teaching experience at University level
  • Details of any publications (including submissions)
  • One-page outline of future career intentions
  • TWO sealed confidential referee’s reports (on enclosed form), neither of which should be from the candidate’s Head of Department.

• Those awarded Fellowships are encouraged to promote awareness of the Royal Economic Society and, in particular, of the Junior Fellowship Scheme and to participate in RES activities such as the RES Annual Conference. They are also required to submit a report to the Secretary General of the Society at the end of the Fellowship academic year, signed by their Head of Department.

Closing date for applications: 14 February 2013
Please note that applications not provided in triplicate may not be accepted for the scheme due to the tight administrative schedule.

• Application form
• Referee form
  

The UCL Graduate School provides a Student Conference Fund to offer financial support to graduate research students presenting their research at international conferences at home and abroad.

There are two categories of award: Major (requests for over £250) and Minor requests for £250 or less). Applications for Major Awards are considered twice a year and have to be submitted by a certain deadline, usually in November and April. Applications for Minor Awards are considered on an ad hoc basis.

For details please see the Graduate School Website.

For more information please see the websites listed below:

GRS website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/scholarships/graduate/UK-EU_Res/grs
ORS website: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/prospective-students/scholarships/graduate/overs-res/ors

1. CSC Partially-Funded Visiting Research Scholarships

UCL offers a number of fee-only scholarships to match CSC-funded one-year Visiting Research Scholarships. This is to encourage research collaborations with top Chinese laboratories for mutually beneficial research projects that may lead to co-funding opportunities from other sources. Further information on this scheme can be found here:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/chres_studentvisit

Please note that students MUST hold an unconditional offer to study at UCL as a research affiliate in order to be eligible for this award. For information on how to apply for admission as Visiting Research Students, please go to:
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/visres_howtoapply

2. CSC Partially-Funded PhD studentships

CSC offers about 6000 (partially-funded) PhD studentships that cover the stipend and international travel of the candidates ONLY. Most of the enquiries you receive fall into this category. If the candidate is particularly strong, you may want to consider nominating such studentships for UCL's ORS awards: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/ors

3. CSC Fully-Funded PhD Studentships

CSC does offer a very limited number of Fully-Funded PhD studentships that cover stipend and overseas fee (to 30,000USD per year) to exceptionally qualified candidates who are accepted by world-leading universities, such as UCL. However, not all the candidates know this option. Candidates can only apply for a partial or fully funded award, not both. Therefore, this also carries a higher risk for the candidates. Colleagues should encourage potential candidates to apply through their individual university in China for such scholarships.

1 Pioneer Investments Research Fellowship

For young economists who have a PhD or who are about to be awarded one. The fellowship will last twelve months. The winner will receive a monthly stipend of €3,000 before tax and will be askeed to carry out a research on household saving and investment behavior at Pioneer Investments in Milan. At the end of the 12 month fellowship, the fellow may be invited by Pioneer to participate in a selection for recruitment as a permanent employee  http://unicreditanduniversities.eu/index.php/en/fellow/show/fellow_id/21

6 Best PhD Thesis Award 2nd edition

To reward the six best doctoral dissertations in Economics or Finance. The prize amounts to € 5,000 grosss each.

http://unicreditanduniversities.eu/index.php/en/fellow/show/fellow_id/15

2 UWIN Best Paper Award 2nd edition

The competition aims at all young economists and researchers. The prizes will be awarded to the best two

2 UWIN Best Paper Award 2nd edition

Aimed at all young economists and researchers for the best two papers on Gender Economics. Winners receive € 5,,000 gross each.
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The graduate school provides the following funds to support researchers at UCL in meeting additional expenses necessary for their research. Further information can be viewed at: http://www.grad.ucl.ac.uk/funds/

Details of the deadlines, guidelines and application forms can be viewed at:
www.ucl.ac.uk/gradschool/funds/resproj.html