SOAS China Institute and Sino British Fellowship Trust Doctoral Scholarship on China Studies for 2024-25

The SOAS China Institute (SCI) is pleased to offer two scholarships to current research students at SOAS in the final year for completing the PhD on a subject that is focused on China (broadly defined to include the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan) for the academic year 2024-2025.  

The £10,000 scholarship is funded by the Sino-British Fellowship Trust. 

To be eligible, you must be registered as a full-time PhD student in the final or writing up year, with a submission date for the thesis not later than 30 September 2025. You must have also completed an earlier degree or research post at a university in China (including the Mainland, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan). The date for the viva will obviously be later than the submission date.  

You cannot be currently supported by another doctoral scholarship. You can be a member of any department in SOAS, in any discipline. Your doctoral research must focus on China, rather than touching on China tangentially. 

Apply for the scholarship

To apply, please submit a research plan of up to 1,500 words, which summarises the central research question, the methodology used and the key findings, as well as a timeline for the completion of the thesis. Please also include a CV, and references from two SOAS academic staff familiar with your doctoral research, one of whom must be your first supervisor. 

Applications should be submitted to the SOAS China Institute sci@soas.ac.uk by midnight on 31 October 2024.  A decision will be made in November 2024, and you will be informed of the result within November.

Upon the award of your PhD a copy of your thesis, in its final form, should be submitted to the SCI, which will pass it on to the funder, the SBFT.

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