Applications for the Goodger and Schorstein Research Scholarships are invited from current DPhil students registered on a programme of study within the Medical Sciences Graduate School who require a fourth year of funding to complete their research and who meet the following minimum requirements.

Application criteria

It is expected that applicants will have secured funding via a competitive process for years 1 to 3 and require a 4^th year of funding to complete their research.
All applicants are expected to be in their 3^rd year and on track to submit within 4 years of their programme start date
All applicants are expected to demonstrate exceptional academic aptitude
All applicants will be required to pass confirmation of status before any funding is made available – passing confirmation of status will be made a condition of any offer.
Holders of the scholarship shall be required to work primarily in Oxford.

Please note that there is no restriction on research topic.

Scholarship value

The scholarships are tenable for one academic year (Michaelmas Term 2021 to Trinity Term 2022) and the level of the award will be fixed at the discretion of the Divisional Funding Panel: it is normally a contribution to living expenses.

How to apply

Students who meet the minimum application criteria, as set out above, should complete Part A of the Goodger and Schorstein Research Scholarship in Medical Sciences Application Form 2020/21 and submit it, by email, to Aga.Bush@medsci.ox.ac.uk, no later than 23:59 on Thursday 11th February 2021.

Students must also request that their supervisor complete and submit Part B of the form, by email, to Aga.Bush@medsci.ox.ac.uk no later than 23:59 on Thursday 11th February 2021.

On receipt of both sections, the Graduate School Support Officer will collate the application. Following the deadline, all complete applications will be submitted to the Divisional Funding Panel for consideration.

Decisions on applications will be available in the week commencing Monday 8 March 2021 at the earliest and the Graduate School Support Officer will email all applicants with the outcome when available.

Please note that it will not be possible to consider incomplete applications or applications received after the deadline.