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C. Wright Mills Scholarship in Criminology
Scholarship details
| Study levels | Postgraduate |
|---|---|
| Value | The scholarship provides financial support to a value of $3,750 (subject to funds available). |
| Length | Normally, the scholarship is tenable for one year. Tenure may be extended for a further year on the recommendation of the Institute of Criminology, the recipient is able to demonstrate by way of a report, the recipient’s: a. satisfactory progress on his or her thesis, and b. satisfactory contribution to the academic programme of the Institute of Criminology. |
| Close date | Monday, 15 November 2021 |
About the scholarship
This scholarship, along with the C. Wright Mills Scholarship in Anthropology (University of Canterbury), partly replaces the C. Wright Mills Scholarship in Sociology and Criminology at UC, which had been established in 1985 by Dr. Charles P. Sedgwick in memory of Jean Margaretta Rhoda Morgan and Peter Warmsley Sedgwick and as a tribute to the noted American sociologist C. Wright Mills
How To Apply
Applications for the scholarships must be made to the Victoria University of Wellington Scholarships Office by the closing date.
Entry requirements
The scholarship is open to graduates of any university in New Zealand or of the University of the South Pacific. To be eligible for a scholarship, an applicant must have met the academic requirements for enrolment in a programme for an MA by thesis in Criminology or a PhD in Criminology by 10 December in the year of application. Every recipient not already enrolled in in a programme for an MA by thesis in Criminology or a PhD in Criminology should normally be enrolled in such a programme by 31 March in the year following application. A recipient who is unable to enrol by the applicable deadline must seek permission from the Associate Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences to take up the scholarship at a later date. Without this permission the award will be terminated.