FELIX SCHOLARSHIPS 2009
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD / UNIVERSITY OF READING /
SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON
Notes for Applicants
1. Up to six Felix Scholarships will be offered at each of the three institutions above for Indian graduates taking up places in September/October 2009 for:
(i) Taught postgraduate Master’s courses (MSc, MAgrSc, MA, LLM, etc.) = 1 or 2 academic years; or
(ii) Master’s degrees by research (MPhil) = 2 academic years; or
(iii) Doctoral degrees by research (PhD/DPhil) = 3 academic years,
Please note that not all the above programmes are available at each institution.
Felix Scholarships are intended for students who would be unable, without financial assistance, to take up their place. You should ensure that you apply for the correct course, as applications for an extension of a course or other additional funding will not be considered. Candidates must not, once installed at the relevant university, apply for any scholarship that would interfere with the tenure of the Felix Scholarship.
2. Application for a Felix Scholarship can be made through only one of the three academic institutions. Applicants must already have submitted a formal application for admission through one of the institutions before applying for a Felix Scholarship.
3. Commencing the academic year 2007/08 the Felix Scholarship will permit Felix Master’s alumni who have obtained a Distinction to apply for a PhD/DPhil Felix scholarship. Exactly the same criteria and application process will apply to Felix Master’s alumni as apply to any other candidate applying for a PhD/DPhil scholarship. Only one such scholarship will be granted to each university per year. Candidates should take into account the fact that because the results of Master’s examinations are notified after the commencement of an academic year, there will be a one-year gap between finishing a Master’s course and commencing a PhD/DPhil course.
4. Candidates must apply direct to Oxford/Reading/SOAS for admission to the course they wish to study there. Detailed advice on such matters as course application forms, arrangements for fieldwork, etc., will be available on request from any of the three institutions (but about their own courses only). Applications for admission to courses should be submitted as early as possible.
5. The Felix Scholarships will cover full fees, living costs, together with a return air fare, and provide additional allowances for books, equipment, warm clothing etc. Spouses’ costs will not be met. Applicants must be Indian citizens under 30 years of age on 31 January 2009, the date by which both a completed scholarship application form must have reached Oxford/Reading/SOAS and the applicant must have been accepted for admission. Applicants must have at least a first class Bachelor’s degree from an Indian university or comparable institution. Exceptionally those with an upper second-class degree at the Bachelor’s level may be considered if they hold a first class degree at the Master’s level. Those who already hold degrees from universities outside India are not eligible to apply. Those who have already taken up a scholarship to pursue PhD studies at an Indian university are also not eligible for a Felix Scholarship.
6. SUBJECTS
Oxford: Archaeology, Anthropology, Applied Statistics, Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry, Computation, Development Economics, Development Studies, Earth Sciences, Economics, Education, Engineering, English, Ethnology and Museum Ethnography, European Literature, Forestry, Geography, History, Human Biology, Law, Management Studies, Mathematics, Materials, Medicine, Microbiology, Oriental Studies, Pharmacology, Philosophy, Physics, Physiological Sciences, Plant Sciences, Politics and International Relations, Psychology, Social Policy and Social Work, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology.
Reading: Agriculture, Animal and Microbial Sciences, Applied Mathematics, Archaeology, Art and Design, Biochemistry, Biotechnology, Business and Management, Chemistry, Classics, Computer Science, Construction Management, Crop Protection, Cybernetics, Economics, Electrical Engineering, English Language, Environmental Sciences, Food Science, French, Horticulture, International Development Studies, International Business, International Securities, Investment and Banking, Italian, Land Management, Law, Mechanical Engineering, Meteorology, Microbiology, Optics, Pathobiology, Philosophy, Physics, Physiology, Plant Breeding, Plant Science, Politics, Psychology, School of Pharmacy, Sedimentology, Soil Science, Statistics, Town and Country Planning.
SOAS: Anthropology, Economics, History, Law, Linguistics, Music, Politics, Development Studies, Area Studies, Asian and African Languages/Literature, Art and Archaeology, Religious Studies, Media Studies, Financial and Management Studies.
7. Completed application forms (together with only the supporting material specifically requested in the application form) for the Felix Scholarships should be returned to the address given below at the academic institution in which the candidate wishes to study. There is no need to send additional supporting material with the scholarship application form. Applications can be made to only one institution.
Oxford: Student Funding Services Tel: (0)1865 280487, Fax: (0)1865 270077
University of Oxford
Wellington Square
Oxford OX1 2JD, UK.
Web address: www.admin.ox.ac.uk/studentfunding
E-mail address: student.funding@admin.ox.ac.uk
Reading: The Student Financial Support Tel: (0)118 378 4245, Fax: (0)118 378 4252
Office Student Services Centre
Carrington Building
University of Reading
Whiteknights
RG6 6UA, UK.
Web address: www.reading.ac.uk
E-mail address: s.j.low@reading.ac.uk
SOAS: The Scholarships Officer (Registry)Tel: (0)20 7074 5091, Fax: (0)20 7074 5089
Registry, SOAS
Thornhaugh Street
Russell Square
London WC1H 0XG, UK.
Web address: www.soas.ac.uk/registry/scholarships
E-mail address: scholarships@soas.ac.uk
8. Closing date for the receipt of Felix Scholarship application forms is 31 January 2009. Only those candidates who have been accepted for admission at Reading/SOAS by 31 January 2009 will be considered for short listing. Candidates at Oxford must apply for admission by Application Deadline 2 (9 January 2009 for Medical Sciences and Philosophy, and 23 January 2009 for all other subjects). Candidates whose acceptance is conditional on obtaining a specific result in their Master’s course will not be short-listed. Short listing will take place in March 2009.
9. Short listed candidates will be invited for interview in India in April/May 2009. Candidates cannot be considered for an award without an interview.
10. Candidates for the Felix Scholarships are expected to apply for an ORS award through Oxford/Reading/SOAS if the course they intend to take makes them eligible. Details of eligible courses and closing dates are available from the addresses above.
11. Candidates who are interviewed and subsequently offered a Felix Scholarship for entry in September/October 2009 are not permitted to defer the award. Any student unable to commence at the academic institution concerned for the session 2009-10 will lose his/her scholarship.
12. Felix Scholarship students are expected to complete their course of study within the time frame set by the individual universities. Additional funding for an extension to enable a student to complete their course of study is generally not granted unless under exceptional circumstances.
13. It is anticipated that students who undertake extended fieldwork trips during their course of study should generally be able to accumulate enough savings from the maintenance allowances paid during fieldwork by proper financial management to personally fund any extension required in order to complete their course.
14. It is a condition of the Felix Scholarship that candidates, when accepting a scholarship, undertake to return to their country of origin on completion of their course of study so as to make a contribution to that country. Each candidate will be expected to sign a letter of undertaking to this effect.
