For current PhD students from eastern, central or southeastern Europe who wish to spend a term at UCL’s School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES).
The Bracewell Travelling Scholarship is funded by a gift from SSEES Emeritus Professor of History Wendy Bracewell, whose research examines South Slav history, and travel writing in and about eastern Europe. The Scholarship honours the long tradition of mutual curiosity between the UK and eastern, central and southeastern Europe by supporting PhD students from and studying in the SSEES region (excluding Germany and Russia) who wish to spend time at UCL working with SSEES academics, pursuing their own research and contributing as appropriate to the intellectual life of the School. The award will cover the equivalent of tuition fee costs for one term, plus a living cost stipend of £5,500. The total value of the scholarship is therefore estimated to be in the region of £12,000 in total.
For the 2025-26 academic year there will be one Scholarship awarded. It can be used during the Autumn term (22 September – 12 December 2025) or the Spring term (12 January – 27 March 2026). Those with additional sources of funding to support further study at UCL may be permitted to join SSEES for a longer period. Where you may wish to study at UCL for a longer period, please include details of this in your application materials.
To apply, send the following materials to ssees-research@ucl.ac.uk by 31 March 2025:
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Name of the SSEES academic(s) with whom you would like to work
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Valid email addresses for two academic referees at your home institution who are familiar with your work
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Academic transcripts for all higher education provided in English and in electronic format
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Personal statement
After an internal selection process in SSEES, the successful candidate will then be invited to submit an application for admission to UCL via the Visiting Research Student scheme, when the exact duration of the visit will be confirmed. If your first language is not English, you must provide recent evidence that your spoken and written command of the English language is adequate for the programme e.g. ‘good’ level in accordance with UCL English Language Policy.
Please direct any questions to Dr Kristin Roth-Ey, Head of Postgraduate Research, at k.roth-ey@ucl.ac.uk.