SGSAH DTP Open Competition 2021 Information Session

SGSAH
DTP Open Competition 2021
Infor mation Session

What is SGSAH?

• Founded in 2014
• World’s first national Graduate School for
  the Arts & Humanities
• 16 HEI members plus more than 100 non-
  academic founding supporters
• Opens up Scotland’s resources to enhance
  doctoral training for our HEI members’
  students
• Provides for c1750 doctoral researchers
  across Scotland
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SGSAH HEI Members

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SGSAH Doctoral Training
Partnership
                             10 HEIs
                             Aberdeen
                             Dundee
                             Edinburgh
                             Glasgow
                             Glasgow School of Art
                             Highlands & Islands
                             Royal Conservatoire of
                             Scotland
                             St Andrews
                             Stirling
                             Strathclyde
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SGSAH DTP2 Offer
            • 3½ years of funding
            • Doctoral Training Programme
            • Additional opportunities & funding
            • DTP peer network

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AHRC DTP Remit
‘The AHRC wishes to promote, not
only subject-specific development,
enabling students to become experts
in their field, but also wider skills that
provide students with the capability
to pursue successful careers both
within and outside academia’

 AHRC Research Training Framework
                 for Doctoral Students
https://ahrc.ukri.org/skills/rtframewor
                                     ks/
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Four Pillars
1. Foundation: Professional Researcher
Training foundational to the development of the professional
researcher, normally delivered through the home-HEI. Content
includes planning and managing research; research ethics,
integrity, values and behaviour; intellectual property and
copyright; data management; and communications.

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Four Pillars
2. Core: Leadership Programme
A stepped developmental course which includes: equality &
diversity, wellbeing, communication, fellowships, grant writing,
career pathways, and publishing. Also includes the Annual
Summer School and the Year 2 SGSAH DTP Symposium. This
feature is key to cohort development and peer community.

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SGSAH Summer School
Workshops:
• Everything you ever wanted to
  know about Scottish Gaelic but
  were afraid to ask
• Equality, diversity and inclusion in
  History
• Fieldwork with cultural
  practitioners under COVID-19
• The ethics of creative practice and
  participation
• The art and craft of editing
• Academic podcasting
• Scottish GREEN/GRADUATE
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  School for Arts & Humanities

Four Pillars

3. Specialist: Discipline+ Catalysts
Must sign up to at least one Catalyst and attend at least one
Catalyst event per year.

4. Partnership: Knowledge Exchange (KE) Hubs
Must sign up to at least one Hub and attend at least one Hub
event per year.

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Discipline+ Catalysts

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KE Hubs

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Bespoke & collaborative events

Spring into Methods (with SGSSS)
Black History Month (with SGSSS)
GREEN/GRADUATE events
Practice-Based Research Assembly

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Funding
Cohort Development Fund
Engagement Funding
• Fieldwork/archives; specialist
  training; language learning;
  KE/Impact
• Visiting Doctoral Researchers
  (SGSAH-funded)
• Research Internships
• Artist-in-Residence
SURCAS
RTSG
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SGSAH AHRC DTP Studentships 1/
• Competition across Scotland (10 HEIs)
• Approx. 60 studentships awarded per year
• No quotas of studentships to DTP HEI members or to
  disciplines, although there is a maximum number of awards for
  non-UK students (30% of total)

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SGSAH AHRC DTP Studentships 2/
• 3½ years of funding (stipend and fees at UK level)
• Best research environment and supervisory team for you and
  your project
• Core SGSAH DTP training provision (required)
• Additional skills development opportunities (optional)
• Access to SGSAH’s activities

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Strategic Themes & Priority Areas
           SGSAH funds PhDs across the full range of disciplinary
           areas supported by the AHRC. For 2021, SGSAH has
           designated the following strategic themes and priority
           areas:
           • Modern Languages
           • Celtic Languages and Studies
           • Creative Industries/Economies
           • Cultural and Heritage Studies
           • Environmental Humanities
           • Equalities, Diversity, Inclusion and Social Justice within
             arts and humanities contexts
           NB. There is no ringfenced funding for these strategic
           themes and priority areas, and applicants can apply in any
           subject area. However, we strongly encourage applications
           within our strategic themes and priority areas, and for
           applicants to indicate if their applications fall within one or
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Am I eligible to apply?
NATIONALITY
• Open to all nationalities, with a 30% cap for International (inc EU) applicants.
• NB funding for fees is a UK level – you MUST check with your lead HEI what their
  policy is for the difference between Home and International fees
• Full Scholarship for all awards

OFFER OF PLACE
• You must have been accepted on to a PhD programme at one of our ten DTP
  member institutions (conditional or unconditional), and nominated by them. You
  cannot apply without a nomination from your HEI.

ALREADY STARTED?
• 50% Funding Rule

PART-TIME
• At 50% of your time (ie 7 years of funding)
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The application process 1/
You apply directly to SGSAH, but you
must have the support of a supervisory
team to do so.
1. Find a lead supervisor and
   supervisory team (this can be at one
   or more of our SGSAH DTP HEI
   members): look at their websites for
   contact details, processes and
   timelines.
2. Look at the SGSAH website for the
   application details, include
   application form templates and
   assessment criteria:
   https://www.sgsah.ac.uk/prospective/
   dtp/
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The application process 2/
Summary of application form
• Qualifications or relevant professional experience
• Research Summary
• Research Proposal (Research Question(s)/Problem;
  Research context, methods and sources,
  originality/innovation and contribution to
  knowledge (academic impact); Knowledge
  Exchange, Public Engagement & Impact
• Preparedness for doctoral level study and your
  proposed project
• Training Needs and SGSAH DTP
• Institutional Statement (supervisory team, research
  environment, individual training plan)

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The application process timeline

      Nomination             Submission        Notification
   Nov 2020 – Jan 2021   1–12 February 2021   Mid April 2021

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How will my application be
assessed?
• Seven discipline specific review panels,
  consisting of academic staff members from
  across the DTP consortium
• A final moderation panel of Deans of
  Graduate schools from all ten member HEIs
  (the ‘DTP Executive’)
• The criteria used are detailed in the
  Competition Guidance

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FAQs and Q&A
• How many awards will you give out?
• Do I have to be nominated?
• Late Submission?
• Can I apply to more than one HEI?
• Can I have a supervisory team from different HEIs?
• Can I apply to more than one panel?
• Word Count?
• Who should I say is the nominator of my application?

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