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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Dear All,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Please see below the announcement, details and application deadline for the JARA studentship scheme. This is another opportunity for us to fund PhD studentships so if you have any applications from good quality
students then I would encourage you to consider an application. Please note that the funding profile for the JARA scheme is different to that for the REA and SEA studentships, details below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I would greatly appreciate it if interested parties could discuss applications with me prior to submission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Neil<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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Dear Colleagues, </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The deadline for applications for the John Anderson Research Awards (JARA) is fast approaching. Details of the scheme can be found on the
help page of the PGR system </span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://pgrapps.strath.ac.uk/">http://pgrapps.strath.ac.uk</a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> and I copy below the summary for JARA.
The Faculty needs to check applications and provide a ranking list and/or comments to the centre, in advance of the institutional deadline on 30<sup>th</sup> June.
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To allow this
<b>please note a submission deadline of 23rd June for the Science Faculty</b>. Please submit all applications via the PGRApps systems and ensure that all the required documents are supplied (including academic transcripts, two references, candidate CV) as
well as comments from the HoD/HoI or their nominee.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Regards,
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:6.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Rob</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica-Bold","serif"">John Anderson Research Award (JARA)</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica-Bold","serif""> </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","serif"">- Funding for excellent named students who have a First Class honours degree or Masters with Distinction (or equivalent) awarded
within a relevant cognate discipline, with internal and external recognition and a proven commitment to</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","serif"">the field of study
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","serif"">-</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"SymbolMT","serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","serif"">Provides a maximum of £9K per annum for 3 years</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","serif"">Applications require a minimum contribution of 15% of the total student funding package that can be evidenced as being External support</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">- T</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","serif"">he remaining funding can be contributed from Faculty,
Departmental/School, or personal budgets</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","serif"">Allocation will be managed at University level by RKES</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"ArialMT","serif"">In addition to assessment of student and research project quality, and alignment with Department/School, Faculty, and University strategy, to allow the levels of overall support to be maximised,
prioritisation will also consider the level of external gearing funds being contributed</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">-</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"SymbolMT","serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:106%;font-family:"ArialMT","serif"">This is supported wholly by University funds</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p>Professor Robert Martin,<br>
Vice-Dean (Research) Science,<br>
Department of Physics, University of Strathclyde, John Anderson Building, Glasgow, UK, G4 0NG<br>
<br>
tel: 0141-548-3466 (direct) / 3132 (secretary) <br>
fax: 0141-552-2891<br>
e-mail: <a href="mailto:r.w.martin@strath.ac.uk">r.w.martin@strath.ac.uk</a><br>
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The Department is a partner in SUPA, the Scottish Universities Physics Alliance <br>
The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, number SC015263<br>
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