SSEES Student Prizes and Bursaries 2024-2025

UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) is pleased to announce the Student Prizes and Bursaries for the academic year 2024-2025. 

The Georgette Donchin Memorial Prize (£50 biannually)

This is a biannual prize awarded to the second-year undergraduate student who display the best performance on the courses ‘Identities in Nineteenth-Century Russian Literature’ or ‘The Petersburg ‘Text’ in Russian Literature and Culture’ (replacing ‘Russian Literature in the Nineteenth Century’ from 2013-14). Second-year students from both the current and preceding academic year will be considered for the prize.

The Alan Ferguson Memorial Prize (£250)

The prize is awarded to a final-year undergraduate student who has shown excellence in the study of South-East Europe, especially the former Yugoslavia region, in any one of the four programmes: Economics and Business; History; Languages and Culture; Politics and Sociology.

Keith Sword Memorial Prize (£50 biannually)

This is a biannual prize awarded to the final-year undergraduate student who has displayed excellence in Polish studies, taking into account their overall profile of study, as well as performance in relevant modules, including any dissertation. Final-year students from the current and preceding academic year will be considered for the prize.

SSEES Alumni (UG) Prize (£50)

The prize is awarded to a final-year undergraduate student who obtains a 1st in their dissertation and an overall mark of a 1st, with no marks below 60.

The Rob Hudson Memorial Prize (£100)

The prize is awarded to a first-year undergraduate student on a language-based degree who has shown excellence in the study of any language at the School, having had no prior knowledge of that language.

The John Marshall Prize (£300)

The prize is awarded to a final-year undergraduate student on a language-based degree, whose overall profile over the years of the degree shows the best performance in any of the languages taught at the School.

The László Péter Memorial Prize (£50)

The prize is awarded to the final-year undergraduate student who displays the best performance in the study of the history of political ideas, either in a final-year dissertation or in the ‘History of European Political Ideas’ module.

The M.J. Youhotsky Memorial Prize (£150)

The prize is awarded to a second-year undergraduate student of Russian who achieves the best overall performance in examinations in Russian subjects.

The Frank Carter Memorial Prize (£300)

The prize is awarded to a final-year MA or MRes student for the best dissertation using original sources in a foreign language.

The Tytus Cytowski Rzeczpospolita Prize

This is a newly established annual prize that will be awarded annually to the best dissertations on the history of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, its diverse people, and its legacies, within the period 1569-1918. The prize for the best undergraduate dissertation will be US $2000, and for the second-best US $1000. The prize for the best postgraduate dissertation (MA, MRes., MPhil., or PhD degrees) will be US $5000, and for the second-best US $2000.

The Esprit de Corps Prize (£200)

This award recognises finalist undergraduates who have significantly contributed to student life at the school.

Angela Mary Conning Scholarship (£1,000)

The scholarship is awarded to PhD students working on the study of East European economics and/or industry to undertake travel, including conference attendance and fieldwork. The total value of the prize is £1,000 for expenses relating to travel in support of a research project, including conference fees, archive costs, and travel.

Philippa Hetherington Research Travel Grant (£1,000)

The scholarship is awarded to SSEES PhD students in History to travel to carry out research overseas. Consideration will be given to students’ academic profile, the contribution of the travel to their research project, and financial need, where appropriate. The total value of the grant is £1,000 for expenses relating to travel in support of a research project, including conference fees, archive costs, and travel.

Lindsay Hughes Bursary (£850)

The scholarship is awarded to SSEES PhD students researching Russian History or Culture who do not hold a full award from another source and are in Y3 or Y4, or those with a fees-only award in any year of study. Repeat applications are accepted. Consideration will be given to students’ academic profile and financial circumstances through the submission of an application form and a statement of max. 500 words on their research project, including a summary of work completed to date and a prospective date of submission, with a letter of support from the supervisor.