Wellcome Trust Master’s Studentship in MSc Public Health at London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) offers the Wellcome Trust Master’s Studentship for its MSc Public Health programme. The award supports one student each year for three years and is open to applicants with UK/EU fee status. It covers tuition at the Home rate, a monthly stipend, and fieldwork expenses. The scholarship is part of the Wellcome Trust Master’s Programme Awards in Humanities and Social Science, which aims to build a diverse group of researchers who study human health through humanities and social science approaches.

As a scholar, you must follow a humanities and social science pathway through the MSc Public Health. That means choosing modules in those disciplines and using one or more of these approaches in your MSc project.

• Host institution: London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), UK
• Level: Master’s (MSc Public Health)
• Award: 1 studentship per year for 3 years
• Coverage: Home/EU tuition fees, £17,000 tax-free stipend, up to £1,040 fieldwork expenses
• Eligibility: UK/EU fee status; offer of admission for the London-based MSc Public Health
• Deadline: 29 April 2020 (recommended programme application by 22 April 2020)
• Course start: September 2020

London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), United Kingdom.

Masters in Public Health

1 studentship is awarded per year for 3 years.

Students applying to the MSc Public Health who plan a career in health-related humanities or social science research.

The studentship provides:

• Tuition fees at the Home (UK/EU) full-time rate for 1 year
• A tax-free stipend of £17,000.00 (including London weighting), paid directly to the awardee in 12 monthly instalments
• Fieldwork expenses of up to £1,040.00 for the MSc project

You must plan a career in health-related humanities or social science research. Because the studentship is competitive, you should hold, or expect to hold by 1 September 2020, a qualification equivalent to a good honours degree at first or upper second class level from a UK academic institution in a humanities or social science discipline. You are also expected to show experience in health-related humanities or social science research.

The studentship is only open to applicants assessed as having UK/EU fee status under the regulations on the UKCISA website. You must hold an offer of admission for 2020-21 entry to the London-based (face-to-face) MSc Public Health programme at LSHTM by the studentship deadline of 29 April 2020.

First, submit a complete application for the MSc Public Health through LSHTM’s online application portal. Include all required supporting documents. The scholarship deadline is 29 April 2020. To avoid processing delays that could affect meeting that deadline, LSHTM recommends applying for the programme by 22 April 2020. Then submit a separate application for the studentship through the Scholarships online application form by 29 April 2020. You must upload a completed supplementary questions form for this scholarship as part of that application.

Visit the official website (link below) for full details on how to apply.

This studentship suits you if you have a background in a humanities or social science discipline and want to use that training to study public health. You should be aiming for a research career in health-related humanities or social science, and you need UK/EU fee status to qualify. If you already have some research experience in this area, make that clear in your application.

• Who can apply for this studentship? Applicants with UK/EU fee status who hold an offer for the London-based MSc Public Health and have a first or upper second class honours degree (or equivalent) in a humanities or social science discipline.
• What does the award cover? Home/EU tuition fees for one year, a tax-free stipend of £17,000.00 paid in 12 monthly instalments, and fieldwork expenses of up to £1,040.00.
• What is the deadline? The studentship application deadline is 29 April 2020. LSHTM recommends applying for the MSc programme by 22 April 2020.
• How do I apply? Apply for the MSc Public Health through LSHTM’s online portal, then submit a separate scholarships application and upload the supplementary questions form.
• How many awards are there? One studentship is awarded per year for three years.

• Read the official scholarship guidelines carefully before you start.
• Prepare your supporting documents early so you can upload them without last-minute problems.
• Check the English language requirements for the MSc programme and allow time for any test.
• Make sure your supplementary questions form is complete and uploaded with your scholarship application.
• Submit your programme application before the recommended date to avoid processing delays.