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The Institute of Physics (IOP) has decided to support a number of
awards for PhD students who have been impacted by the restrictions
imposed by Covid-19 and are studying in UK or Irish universities.
The scheme has been created to support students who require
emergency funding in order to complete their PhD. They should not be
in receipt of, or be eligible for, similar funding from another
source.<span style="font-size:11.0pt"></span>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Each university is invited to nominate one
Physics PhD student who they believe is eligible by
<b>15 October 2020</b> to receive an award. </p>
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The fund will award £5K bursaries to eligible students. To be
eligible:
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<span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>universities must have either Athena
SWAN/Juno status to put a candidate forward</p>
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<span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span>students must be from one of the
following underrepresented groups:</p>
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level1 lfo2">
<span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>women</p>
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level1 lfo2">
<span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>students of Black-Caribbean, Black-African and
other minority ethnic (BAME) heritage</p>
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level1 lfo2">
<span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>students with disabilities, or who require
additional funding to support inclusive learning</p>
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level1 lfo2">
<span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>students from disadvantaged backgrounds</p>
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level1 lfo2">
<span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt
"Times New Roman"">
</span></span>LGBT+ students</p>
<span style="mso-list:Ignore">-<span style="font:7.0pt "Times
New Roman"">
</span></span>people with qualifying refugee status who meet the
above criteria are also encouraged to apply.</blockquote>
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The application form can be found at <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://iop-london.msgfocus.com/c/11Me7BMbN5iYn7mEZTkppSXSL">http://iop-london.msgfocus.com/c/11Me7BMbN5iYn7mEZTkppSXSL</a><br>
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Please send completed forms to Audrey by *Friday 9th Oct*. The dept
will then select one application to go forward to the IoP.<br>
<br>
Gordon<br>
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Dr. Gordon Robb
Department of Physics & SUPA
University of Strathclyde
John Anderson Building
107 Rottenrow
Glasgow, G4 0NG,
Scotland, U.K.</pre>
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