Rosemary Deem Awards for Social Science Doctoral Researchers

Award value: maximum of £1,000 per individual doctoral researcher

Minimum of 10 awards per year

Applications reviewed on a three-monthly rolling basis until all funds awarded

• Application form

Applications to be sent to: doctoralcollege@le.ac.uk 

Eligibility Criteria

• Must be a social science researcher as considered by either:
  • ESRC funding remit
  • Panel C of REF 2021
• Must not be funded by the ESRC MGS, F100 studentships, or other funded studentships with substantial research delivery funds.
• Must be a campus based PGR and fully registered & started at point of application
• Activity cannot already be booked or have occurred
• Activity must be completed prior to thesis submission
• Consent to provide statement post-activity to Rosemary Deem (managed through DARO)

Eligible Expenditure

• Fieldwork and field trips
• Conference attendance with poster or oral presentation
• Similar activity to the above

Assessment criteria

• Eligibility
• Justification of the criticality of the activity
• Justification of costs
• Supervisor supporting statement

Review Panel

• PGR Director for College of Social Science, Arts, and Humanities (CSSAH)
• Named Senior Social Sciences Academic from CSSAH
• Head of Doctoral College