Thursday, June 20, 2013

Parry Williams Doctoral Studentship in Music at Bangor University in UK

Bangor UniversitySchool of Music, Bangor University is offering doctoral studentship in any area of music. The Studentship is open to both national and international candidates. To be eligible for this studentship, prospective students must fulfill the conditions for doctoral study and have been offered a place as a PhD student at Bangor University. Studentship is offered for a period of three years. The application deadline is 31st May 2013.


Study Subject(s): The School is inviting applications from candidates with outstanding research potential in any area of music, but especially for doctoral projects that fall within the established research groups or the remit of staff research interests (including musicology, composition, electroacoustic composition, sonic arts and performance).
Course Level: Studentship is available for pursuing doctoral degree level at Bangor University, UK.
Scholarship Provider: Bangor University, UK
Scholarship can be taken at: UK


Eligibility: -This studentship is open to both national and international candidates.

-To be eligible prospective students must fulfill the conditions for doctoral study and have been offered a place as a PhD student at Bangor University. The successful candidate will be expected to take up his/her studies at Bangor in the autumn of 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter.


Scholarship Open for International Students: The Studentship is open to both national and international candidates.


Scholarship Description:  This award is named after D. E. Parry Williams (1900-1996), the first Head of School at Bangor. It is funded by an endowment at the University in his memory. For more than a decade now, the Parry Williams fund has supported excellent undergraduate and postgraduate students in Music. The School is inviting applications from candidates with outstanding research potential in any area of music, but especially for doctoral projects that fall within the established research groups or the remit of staff research interests (including musicology, composition, electroacoustic composition, sonic arts and performance). Applications are particularly welcome from students working in David Parry William’s own specialist areas: Welsh music and composition.


Number of award(s): Not Known


Duration of award(s): Studentship is offered for a period of three years.


What does it cover? Total offer is of £7,500.


Selection Criteria: Not Known


Notification: Not Known


How to Apply: Candidates must submit the following:

- An online application form for the PhD programme

- A proposal of the doctoral research project (up to 2,000 words as a PDF, sent to g.griffith-at-bangor.ac.uk). This should address the following aspects:

- research question

- research context in which the question is located

- methodology

- previous experience in the field and preparedness for the task

- contribution to knowledge and understanding expected to result from the project

- link(s) with research environment and/or staff expertise at Bangor

-The proposal document should also include samples of your previous work, either within the PDF, or as links to online materials.

- A detailed CV (as a separate PDF, sent to g.griffith-at-bangor.ac.uk), including a list of recent work (dissertations, compositions, performances, articles, conference papers, recordings, etc.) as applicable.


Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 31st May 2013.


Further Official Scholarship Information and Application



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