UK: Full Time PhD Scholarship for entry in October 2008

Funding is available for an additional PhD scholar to study full time at the ICCSR, starting in October 2008. The scholarship will cover full tuition fees as well as tax-free living expenses of £ £12,940 per year (ESRC rate).

Applications must be for study in one of the following ICCSR priority areas:

* Constructing socially responsible investment in the United Kingdom
* The role of regulation and social and environmental reporting in the United Kingdom
* Government Policies for CSR (UK, Comparative or International research)
* CSR in India (eg CSR and government, CSR and sustainable development)
* CSR and Non-market Activities (e.g. corporate political activity, lobbying or the media)
* CSR and sustainable development

Your entry into the scholarship competition will require your acceptance onto the Doctoral Programme. Students who want to be considered for this scholarship competition should submit their postgraduate application by 25 April 2008 at the latest. You can complete your Postgraduate Application in hardcopy or online at http://pgapps.nottingham.ac.uk.

Indicate that you are interested in this scholarship in the personal details section of the online postgraduate application form or section 3 of the hardcopy postgraduate application form. In response to the question ‘how do you expect to pay for you studies’ you need to state ‘ICCSR Scholarship applicant’.

You should also submit, with your application, your research proposal, two academic references, academic transcripts and English language (if required). Scholarship applications will be evaluated on the basis of former qualifications, academic background, references and research proposal.

All of the documentation relating to this must be submitted by the scholarship deadline of 25 April 2008.

Contact Us
International Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility
Nottingham University Business School
Jubilee Campus
Wollaton Road
NOTTINGHAM
NG8 1BB
United Kingdom
For general inquiries please contact iccsr@nottingham.ac.uk
Telephone 0115 846 6976/846 7854
Fax 0115 846 8074

Further guidance on the application process, preparation of a research proposal and English language requirements are available on the doctoral programme pages of the Business School website. Preliminary advice on preparing your full application may be available, please see the ICCSR website for further details.