The Noëlle Mann Scholarship at Goldsmiths

Period: from Sep. 2012
Deadline for application: May 31, 2012

The Serge Prokofiev Foundation is offering a scholarship in memory of Noëlle Mann, founder of the Serge Prokofiev Archive and the Centre for Russian Music at Goldsmiths, who died in 2010.  Due to Noëlle’s activities over many years, Goldsmiths has become an important centre for the study of Russian music in the UK, with several other research collections of Russian materials in addition to that of the Prokofiev Archive itself. 
The award will be offered to a postgraduate research student in the Department of Music at Goldsmiths, starting in September 2012.  The scholarship will be offered annually, giving the first awardee opportunity to be considered for funding for three years of study (full-time). The scholarship will be to the value of the current home/EU full-time tuition fee for the relevant PhD pathway. The scholarship will be paid directly to the awardee. For a part-time enrolment the award will be reduced by 50% per annum.

Preference will be given to research projects dealing directly with an aspect of Serge Prokofiev’s life and/music, but topics related to Prokofiev and his work in its broader context will also be considered. 

Applications should be made online using the normal PhD application form: there is no separate application form for the scholarship. It should include a statement of up to 2,000 words explaining your intended research project, and how it fits into the Department’s research profile for Russian music studies.  For more information about the PhD programmes and application process follow this link.
In addition, candidates should also send a copy to Kim Mulhall, the Departmental Senior Administrator, at the following address:
Department of Music Goldsmiths, University of London
Lewisham Way
New Cross
London SE14 6NW

Applications must be received by May 31, 2012 and must be clearly marked ‘Music PhD Prokofiev Scholarship 2012’.  Interviews will be held during the week commencing June 18, 2012 and the successful applicant will be informed as soon as possible thereafter.  For further enquiries please email Keith Potter, Director of Postgraduate Studies k.potter@gold.ac.uk.

Keith Potter
Director of Postgraduate Studies
Goldsmiths, University of London
e-mail: k.potter@gold.ac.uk