All full-time ESRC studentship holders are eligible to apply for financial support for overseas institutional visits (OIVs) within their studentship period.
The ESRC Student Internship Scheme has been designed to provide current ESRC funded PhD students with the opportunity to carry out a 3 month placement with an organisation in the Public, Private or Third (Voluntary) sector.
This is a joint scheme run in partnership between the AHRC and the ESRC and is a highly prestigious scheme to undertake research at the American Library of Congress (LoC), in Washington DC.
There are a number of CASE awards and Student Internships available, through the six Capacity Building Clusters.
There are four CBCs in the Business Research and Engagement and two CBCs related to the Third Sector. If you are interested in applying for a student internship please contact the cluster who will give you further information on the opportunities available.
UK Social Science Research Methods Training
NCRM supports the social science research community by running methods-focused training and events, facilitating access to training and developing e-resources.
The Centre provides and commissions research methods training for researchers and for those who are involved in supervising research and teaching methods. In particular, the Courses for Applied Social Surveys (CASS) form part of the Centre's programme of training courses. The Centre maintains an online Training and Events database that contains up-to-date information about research methods focused training and other events across the UK. NCRM also awards training bursaries for staff and contract researches in UK higher education institutions who wish to develop their research methods skills.
The ESRC Research Methods Festival is the Centre's flagship event organised biannually. The festival has a range of functions, but it is of particular importance in promoting interest in research methods and opportunities for further training. The festival brings together people from different sectors, methodological traditions, and disciplines who do not normally meet around a research methods-related agenda. ESRC-funded research students may use their Research Training Support Grant to attend any of these courses.
Search for upcoming research methods training courses and other events.
New postgraduate students are invited to attend a series of National Postgraduate Training Days at The British Library in the following subjects:
- 13 October 2009: English (Medieval - 18th Century)
- 3 November 2009: Social Sciences
- 1 December 2009: Art and Design
- 8 December 2009: History (19th - 21st Century)
- 1 February 2010: English (19th - 21st Century)
- 9 February 2010: History (Medieval - 18th Century)
- 29 March 2010: Modern Foreign Languages
These specially tailored days combine a general introduction to the British Library with specialist sessions on material specific to the subject and discipline of the day. Each day will give students the opportunity to meet our curators, network with fellow researchers and discover ways the Library can help in their research career.
The training days are run free of charge and there are a limited number of travel bursaries available to help ensure the scheme is accessible to research postgraduates across the UK. If you wish to register for a place on one of these days, please visit the British Library website and complete the form.