Scholarships & funding

CoSS PhD Scholarship – Sexualities and Genders Beyond Heterosexuality in India and Bangladesh: Contestations Between Coloniality and Digital Cultures

Sexualities and Genders Beyond Heterosexuality in India and Bangladesh: Contestations Between Coloniality and Digital Cultures

This project will analyse sexualities and genders beyond heterosexuality in India and Bangladesh and will be an original study on these themes globally through focusing on both decoloniality and digital cultures. 

Please see here for full information on the project.

Applicants must meet the following eligibility criteria

• A good Master's degree (or oveseas equivlalent), with a siginificant component in a social science or relevant humanities discipline.
• A demonstratable knowledge of at least on of: sexuality and/or gender; decolonizing or postcolonial approaches; digital cultures; society and culture in Bangladesh and/or India
• A foundational understanding of social science research methods
• Evidence of language skills in English (to University of Glasgow entry requirements), plus ability in Bangali as one regionally relevant language for research in India and Bangladesh contexts, with a further regionally relevant language (eg. Sylheti, Urdu, Hindi) desirable to enable comparison.

Number of Scholarships

1

Value

Stipend at the RCUK level (£15,609 in 2021/22); 100% tuition fee waiver at the standard Home or International rate; access to Research Training Support Grant (RTSG) funds.

Award details

The scholarship is available as a +3 (3 year PhD) only. The programme will commence in October 2021. The CoSS PhD Scholarship package includes:

• An annual maintenance grant (stipend) indexed to the RCUK rate
• Fee waiver at the standard Home or International rate
• Recipients can also draw on a Research Training Support Grant (RTSG)

How to apply

All applicants should complete and collate the following documentation, and then attach to a single email and send to socsci-scholarships@glasgow.ac.uk with the subject line 'CoSS PhD Scholarship - Sexualities and Genders Beyond Heterosexuality in India and Bangladesh'

• College of Social Sciences funding application cover sheet
• CoSS PhD Funding Application Form (Your Personal Statement in this form should outline in as much detail as possible how you would research contexts in Bangladesh and India - for example give names of organizations or websites proposed for study and specify relevant langauges and research methods.)
• Academic transcript(s): for all completed or soon to be completed higher/tertiary education (for currently enrolled degrees, this should show enrolment and any grades obtained to date) and an accredited translation if not in English - scanned copy in colour of the original document/s
• Degree Certificate(s) for all completed higher/tertiary education and an accredited translation if not in English - scanned copy in colour of the original document/s
• References: 2 references on letterheaded documents – one must be academic the other can be academic or professional. if required, these can be sent from your referees directly to socsci-scholarships@glasgow.ac.uk, with your full name and the scholarship you are applying for as the subject
• Curiculum Vitae (CV)

Applicants lodge their application via email: socsci-scholarships@glasgow.ac.uk

Closing Date: 30 April 2021

Selection process

Applications will be assessed by a selection panel and shortlisted applicants may be asked to attend a remote interview.

All scholarship awards are subject to candidates successfully securing admission to a PhD programme within the School of Social and Political Sciences. Successful scholarship applicants will be invited to apply for admission to the relevant PhD programme after they are selected for funding.

Contact details

Dr Matthew Waites (Matthew.Waites@glasgow.ac.uk)

For more information contact: socsci-scholarships@glasgow.ac.uk