The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) PhD Scholarship 2023-2024
Deadline: 15th of March, 2023
An organization called the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) conducts research with the goal of enhancing tax administration and policy in low-income nations. The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) at the University of Sussex in Brighton serves as the main headquarters for the ICTD (UK). The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the Norwegian and British governments, and the ICTD all provide funding.
Scholarship:
Up to four PhD students from South Asian and African nations will receive funding from the ICTD beginning in September 2023. Students will get complete scholarships that cover all university costs as well as a stipend that is in line with the UK Research Council funding (currently 17,668 GBP year) and other incentives like money for conference travel, money to pay for visa fees, and a portion of relocation costs.
Eligibility:
- To be eligible for funding, PhD projects should focus on taxation in African and/or south Asian countries. Within the broad area, candidates can focus on any issue of their own interest.
- While projects do not need to fall within one of our existing research programmes, candidates may find it helpful to review the research portfolio of the ICTD and its individual Fellows on the ICTD website. The ICTD is a multidisciplinary centre: as such, suitable proposals can take any disciplinary or interdisciplinary approach, including those coming from economics, political science, anthropology, amongst others. We expect this scholarship to be very competitive.
Evaluation Criteria:
- Academic quality of the research proposal. Some of the elements that the reviewers will consider, amongst others, are: is the topic relevant to policy and research? Is it sufficiently linked to existing knowledge? Are the methods appropriate and robust? Is the proposed study feasible?
- Candidates’ profiles, including skills and experience. Preference will be given to candidates with relevant work experience. A good result in a Master’s degree is also essential for admission to the PhD programme at Sussex/IDS.
- Fit with supervisors’ and ICTD’s research interests. Availability of supervisors with relevant research interests and knowledge of relevant methods. We will also consider how projects complement ICTD’s research portfolio.
To be considered, both the applicant’s nationality and the main focus of the project should be countries in Africa or south Asia, though it is not necessary for projects to have a single-country focus.
Application :
Applications for the ICTD scholarship should be submitted using the dedicated form by 15 March 2023 (deadline 23.59 BST). Applicants are not required to have submitted an application for a PhD place at the University of Sussex before applying for the ICTD scholarship, nor to have identified a potential supervisor. Shortlisted candidates will be encouraged to do so between 31 March and 8 May 2023.
