University of Warwick given £225K Wolfson Foundation grant for doctoral research

The Wolfson Foundation has awarded the University of Warwick £225,000 to fund three prestigious three-year Wolfson doctoral research scholarships from 2012.

Warwick is one of only nine universities in the UK to be chosen to take part in the £2 million programme, the Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarships in the Humanities.

The three, three year scholarships will be awarded to outstanding students who demonstrate the potential to make an impact in their field and go on to pursue an academic career in history, literature and languages.

From its pool of talented applicants, Warwick will recruit three postgraduate studentS from the selected disciplines, with their doctoral study beginning at the start of the 2012/13 academic year.

Warwick’s Vice-Chancellor Professor Nigel Thrift said: “We are delighted that the Wolfson Foundation has awarded the University these prestigious doctoral research scholarships. This is further evidence of the strength and excellence of research in our Arts and Humanities Departments.”

Paul Ramsbottom, Chief Executive, Wolfson Foundation, said “High quality research in the humanities is of critical importance to British society. The announcement of this pilot scheme reflects our concern about the effect of undergraduate debt on numbers of students continuing to postgraduate research.

“We are also acutely aware of pressures on funding in the humanities. The hope is that many of the students funded through this programme will be future academic leaders.”