The Wellcome Trust currently allocates one Quota Award to the MA in the History of Medicine annually, plus the opportunity to apply for Pool Awards. The Centre for the History of Medicine will be awarding a minimum of two £10,000 bursaries from its Strategic Award for 2012-2013. Undergraduates interested in the MA are encouraged to contact the Centre for more information.

Current Funding Deadlines and Information

Please be advised that the information below is based on current deadlines noted from the Wellcome Trust and may be subject to change.

The deadlines below are based on internal and external procedural timelines and should you wish to apply to the Wellcome Trust Masters Studentship and Centre for the History of Medicine (CHM) Strategic Pool Award, we would advise you please contact the Centre for the History of Medicine Administrator; Mrs Tracy Horton via T.Horton@warwick.ac.uk in the first instance.

Please be advised that the Wellcome Trust Masters Studentship and CHM Strategic Award Pool Awards will be considered together.

MA Fellowships (and Strategic Award Pool)

-CHM Deadline for Preliminary Masters Applications: changed to 12 noon 3 February 2012

-Nominee for the competition to Wellcome will be invited: 8 February 2012

Strategic Award Pool nominees notified.

-Wellcome Nomination - CHM and Research Support Services Final Application Deadline = 27 February 2012

-Wellcome Masters Studentship Final Application Deadline = 1 March 2012

CHM applications should include:

• a brief CV with details of the UG degree held or being undertaken
• details of the research proposed (maximum of one page)
• a letter of support from a current academic sponsor

The Centre is pleased to announce its appointment of Laura King, currently studying her PhD at the University of Sheffield titled 'Fatherhood and Masculinity in Britain, 1918-1960, as the Strategic Award Postdoctoral Fellow commencing in October 2011. Laura will run a significant public engagement event in 2012 linked to her research and the Centre's Strategic Award. We are delighted that Laura will be joining the Centre community and very much look forward to working with her in the coming year.