The British Council is pleased to announce the commencement of applications for the British Council Earth Scholarships 2025 to enable international research collaborations between PhD and Early Career Researchers, Scottish HEIs, and academic mentors.
The scholarship seeks to create research opportunities and international mobility which will develop and support new approaches to address the global challenge of the climate crisis and support sustainable research and cultural interchanges.
SUMMARY:
- Scholarship Sponsor(s): British Council
- Host Institution(s): Higher
- Â Education Institutions: Scotland
- Scholarship Type: Fully Funded
- Scholarship Worth: Not specified
- Number of Awards: Several
- Study Level: PhD
- Nationality: All Nationalities
- More about the British Council EARTH Scholarships 2025
More you need to know about the British Council EARTH Scholarships 2025
The British Council EARTH Scholarships 2025 is a program run by SGSAH with funding from the British Council to enable international research collaborations between PhD and Early Career Researchers Scottish HEIs and Scotland-based academic mentors, and external organizations, thematically focused on environmental arts and humanities and their interdisciplinary connections. The overall aim of the program is to promote the role and interventions of the environmental arts and humanities, and the arts and cultural sector, in addressing the climate emergency, and their capacity for interdisciplinary research within STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, the Arts, and Mathematics) contexts.
The program will create research opportunities and international mobility which will develop and support new approaches to address the global challenge of the climate crisis and support sustainable research and cultural interchanges within and beyond the arts, humanities, and cultural sectors. It is anticipated that the British Council Scotland funding will support 7-9 researchers in total, with additional cohort members deriving from SGSAH’s AHRC- and SFC-funded PhD researchers.
The principles of this program build on SGSAH’s Internationalisation ambitions and actions, align with SGSAH’s GREEN/GRADUATE Strategy and Operational Plan, and with the British Council’s broader objectives of their flagship Going Global Partnerships program. The program will be structured. Around two of SGSAH’s strategic themes and priority areas; the Environmental Humanities and Creative Industries/Economies, with a focus on climate emergency themes, the interventions of the arts and cultural sector, and the legacy of COP26, held in Glasgow in 2021. The programme will enrich collaborations between Scottish and international HEIs, building on SGSAH’s Global Connects programmes, and the SFC Saltire Emerging Researcher scheme.
Eligibility Criteria for the British Council EARTH Scholarships 2025
To be considered for the British Council Scholarships, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Applicants must be currently registered for a PhD or graduated with a PhD at any non-UK university, which broadly falls under Arts & Humanities subject areas.
- Open to PhDs/ECRs registered for or with completed PhDs from outside the UK but will particularly welcome applications from countries in the Global South.
- Demonstrate excellent academic and research abilities.
Benefits of the British Council EARTH Scholarships 2025
Applicants will benefit from the following;
- Â Â Full financial support, including travel, accommodation, and living expenses.
- Â Â Â Research funding for international collaborations in environmental arts and humanities.
- Â Â Â Access to mentorship from top Scottish academics and cultural organizations.
- Â Â Â Opportunities for international research exchanges with Scottish universities.
- Â Â Â Involvement in interdisciplinary research across STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics).
- Â Â Â Expansion of professional networks and career development.
- Â Â Â Focus on addressing the global climate crisis through innovative research methods.
The British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarships are offered in the following universities:
- Abertay University
- Edinburgh Napier University
- The Glasgow School of Art
- Glasgow Caledonian University
- Heriot-Watt University
- Queen Margaret University
- Robert Gordon University
- Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
- University of Aberdeen
- University of Dundee
- University of Edinburgh
- University of Glasgow
- University of St Andrews
- University of Stirling
- University of Strathclyde
- University of the Highlands & Islands
- University of the West of Scotland.
Application Procedures
The application is made through SGSAH’s online system which can be accessed here through the programme’s webpages. The Guidelines include details of the information you will be required to complete online, as well as the assessment criteria for the scheme.
For this deadline, you must submit:
- A full research proposal; and details of how you will benefit from Cluster membership, cohort-building, training, and development activities
- A budget and justification of resources
- A CV (up to 4pp)
- A letter of support from your PhD supervisor (up to 2pp)
- A letter of support from the proposed Host Institution (Head of Department or equivalent) (up to 2pp)
Late applications will only be considered where there is an evidenced breakdown in SGSAH’s operational systems and where such system failures have made submission by the deadline impossible. Please note that SGSAH will not accept late applications where there has been a systems failure at the applicant’s end (e.g. failure of internet connection). For this reason, we strongly advise applicants to complete the application process at least 48 hours in advance of the deadline.
Application Deadline: 1st November, 2024
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