For the academic year 2016-17 , Queen Mary University of London is offering PhD scholarship for UK and non-EU applicants. Scholarship is available to new PhD students undertaking full-time research in the area of Intellectual Property (IP). The award covers three years of study while in full time enrollment, subject to satisfactory annual progress reports. The award will cover all tuition fees whether at the Home/EU rate or the overseas rate. The application deadline is 1 June, 2016.
Study Subject(s): Scholarship is available to undertake research in the area of Intellectual Property (IP). The research topic should focus on one of the following themes: IPRs and public international law/private international law; IPRs and intangible cultural/scientific heritage; IPRs and human rights; Doctrine of functionality; The role of intellectual property law in promoting and regulating art; intersection of international trade and intellectual property law (eg Patents and Trade in Stem Cells; Trade Marks and Tobacco Plain Packaging); intellectual property transactions (eg Licensing of Broadcasting Rights for Premier League matches); interrelationship of TRIPS with regional and national Law (e.g. TRIPS and the European Patent Convention); philosophy of intellectual property; primary and secondary markets in IP; Art 102 TFEU applied to “double identity” TM cases; property rights in persona; enforcement of IP; exhaustion and licensing.
Course Level: Scholarship is awarded for pursuing PhD programme at Queen Mary University of London.
Scholarship Provider: Queen Mary University of London, UK
Scholarship can be taken at: UK
Eligibility:-The Herchel Smith PhD Scholarship Programme recognises and supports exceptional full-time students who show the potential to make an outstanding contribution to intellectual property law. This programme supports PhD students in intellectual property law and those working at the intersection of intellectual property law and other areas of sciences and humanities.
-The award is for new applicants who will enrol at the start of the coming academic year, in September 2016. Therefore, current PhD students who enrolled prior to September are not eligible to apply for the award.
-Please note that PhD programmes are available September entry only. Applicants must fulfil the necessary academic requirements to be eligible for the programme (this includes graduating from their LLM course with the specified grade or higher). Therefore, students graduating in November 2016 can only start their studies in September 2017 and are not eligible for this award (unless they have previously graduated from an LLM degree taken earlier).
Scholarship Open for International Students: Scholarship is open to both UK and non-EU applicants.
Scholarship Description: New PhD students undertaking full-time research in the area of Intellectual Property (IP) can apply for a Herchel Smith Scholarship to start in the 2016-17 academic year. The award covers three years of study while in full time enrolment, subject to satisfactory annual progress reports. The award will cover all tuition fees whether at the Home/EU rate or the overseas rate. It is therefore open to both UK and non-EU applicants. In addition, an award of around £15,000 per year (reviewed annually) will be paid to the recipient on a monthly basis throughout the calendar year starting from September 2016.
Number of award(s): Not Known
Duration of award(s): The award covers three years of study while in full time enrolment, subject to satisfactory annual progress reports.
What does it covers? The award will cover all tuition fees whether at the Home/EU rate or the overseas rate. It is therefore open to both UK and non-EU applicants. In addition, an award of around £15,000 per year (reviewed annually) will be paid to the recipient on a monthly basis throughout the calendar year starting from September 2016.
Selection criteria: Not Known
Notification: Decisions will be made in the following month.
How to Apply: Only applicants who have completed the online application process to the PhD programme prior to the funding submission deadline will be considered for funding. If you want to apply for Herchel Smith funding and have already submitted your main application (without indicating that you wish to be considered for one of our funding awards) you must contact Mr Gareth Skehan, PhD Admissions Administrator, before the deadline by email and state the award that you want to apply for.
Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 1 June 2016.
Further Official Scholarship Information and Application
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