Newcastle University Konishi Foundation Scholarship for PhD Students 2024

The Konishi Foundation Scholarship provides support to an excellent candidate who wishes to pursue a PhD in Politics in topics related to East Asian politics within the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University. For purposes of this call, East Asia includes China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.   

Research Topics: We seek applicants interested in researching topics related to research in any of the major sub-fields of Politics including studies of the East Asian nations, comparative studies employing at least one of these nations as a case, or political research focused on East Asian diaspora populations.   

We have expertise in comparative politics (i.e., identity politics, political behaviour, political economy, political institutions, party politics, and electoral systems), international relations (i.e., international organisations, international agreements, film, pop-culture, political economy, security studies, and foreign relations), political philosophy and theory, gender and politics, environmental politics, sustainability, public policy. 

• Table of Content
• About Newcastle University
• Newcastle University Konishi Foundation Scholarship
• Aim and Benefits of Newcastle University Konishi Foundation Scholarship
• Newcastle University Konishi Foundation Scholarship Courses
• Requirements for Newcastle University Konishi Foundation Scholarship Qualification
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Newcastle University

Newcastle University (Officially, the University of Newcastle upon Tyne) is a public research university located in Newcastle upon Tyne in the North-East of England. The university can trace its origins to a School of Medicine and Surgery (later the College of Medicine), established in 1834, and to the College of Physical Science (later renamed Armstrong College), founded in 1871. These two colleges came to form one division of the federal University of Durham, with the Durham Colleges forming the other. The Newcastle colleges merged to form King's College in 1937. In 1963, following an Ac... continue reading

Newcastle University Konishi Foundation Scholarship

Aim and Benefits of Newcastle University Konishi Foundation Scholarship

Full tuition fees paid at the home or international rate for 3 years and annual tax-free maintenance grant equivalent to the National Minimum Doctoral Stipend (currently for 2023-24 this is £18,622 full time equivalent) across 4 years.

Funding for fieldwork and research consumables equivalent to the current ESRC rate. 

Newcastle University Konishi Foundation Scholarship Courses

• East Asian Studies

Requirements for Newcastle University Konishi Foundation Scholarship Qualification

A demonstrable interest in social scientific inquiry is essential. It is desirable that the successful applicant shows evidence of an interest in East Asian politics and their substantive area in general, in addition to the eligibility requirements set by the university for a Politics PhD (i.e., 2:1 honours degree and a master's degree, or international equivalent, in politics or a related subject.) 

Applicants whose first language is not English require an IELTS score of 7.0 overall with a minimum of 6.5 in all sub-skills. 

Supervisors

Please specify two Politics academic staff members from the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology at Newcastle University who are actively researching areas appropriate to your research.  

Documents Required for Application

You will then need to provide the following information in the ‘Further Details’ section: 

• a ‘Personal Statement’ (this is a mandatory field) - upload a document or write a statement directly in to the application form (one-page in length) 
• the studentship code GPSKON24 in the ‘Studentship/Partnership Reference’ field 
• when prompted for how you are providing your research proposal - select ‘Write Proposal’. You should then type in the title of the research project from this advert –and your research proposal. The research proposal must not exceed 2,000 words (including footnotes, but excluding bibliography).  

The research proposal should include:  

• Clear research question(s). 
• Relevant supporting body of research in the discipline related to the question(s). 
• Clear methodological approach to answer the question(s). 
• Relevance and potential impact of the research.  

In addition, you will need to upload the following supporting documentation: 

• CV  
• A 750-word overview of your relevant skills, knowledge, qualifications and/or professional experience that will enable your undertaking of the project. Clearly include the proposed methodological training that you would require to receive in order to succeed in the research. If you need language training, please include it as well. This letter must state the title of the studentship, quote studentship reference code GPSKON24 and state how your experiences relate to the project. 
• Degree transcripts and certificates and, if English is not your first language, a copy of your English language qualification if already completed. 
• You should also provide details of two referees. 

Application Deadline

How to Apply

To apply, please contact Dr Rosario Aguilar ([email protected]) and Dr Nick Randall ([email protected]) directly to express an interest before 5th February 2024.  

The deadline for full applications is 19th February 2024. 

To apply for a studentship, you must apply through the Apply to Newcastle Portal 

Once registered select ‘Create a Postgraduate Application’. 

Use ‘Course Search’ to identify your programme of study: 

• search for the ‘Course Title’ using the programme code: 8203F
• Leave 'Research Area' field blank   
• select ‘PhD Politics (full time) as the programme of study 

For more details visit: Newcastle University website.