Bursaries
Jersey Bursary Scheme: JICAS match funding up to half-fees (£8,525)
The Jersey Bursary Scheme award Jersey residents up to £10,000 toward postgraduate study. DEADLINE: 31 MAY 2024
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JICAS will match fund up to hall fees (£7,750) for all Jersey Bursary awardees for the 2024-25 MSc Island Biodiversity and Conservation programme. Pls email info@jicas.ac.je for an application
International Student Bursary: £6,000 fees + £4,000 accommodation
JICAS is offering five (5) international bursaries for prospective international students for the 2024-25 intake on our MSc Island Biodiversity and Conservation. The bursaries consist of £6,000 towards fees and £4,000 towards accommodation.
pls email info@jicas.ac.je for an application.
UKOT Bursary AND Caribbean island nations: Up to Half-Fees
JICAS is offering 4 X up to half-fees bursaries for a candidate from a UK Overseas Territories and other Caribbean island nations for our MSc Island Biodiversity and Conservation.
pls email info@jicas.ac.je for more information
British Commonwealth Countries: Up to Half-Fees
JICAS is offering 4 X up to half-fees bursaries for candidates from any British Commonwealth country for our MSc Island Biodiversity and Conservation.
pls email info@jicas.ac.je for more information
No Take Zone: £3,000
Jersey Marine Resources is offering one (1) student dissertation bursary to continue research at Portelet Bay, Jersey as a designated No Take Zone. Working closely with JICAS Research Fellow Francis Binney and the team at JMR, the candidate will build upon and/or augment previous studies in one of Jersey’s most beautiful and iconic areas. This can include BRUV work, species identification, intertidal transects, etc.
Pls email info@jicas.ac.je for an application.
Community-led Conservation in Montserrat, Caribbean: £3,000
In partnership with UKOT Conservation Forum, JICAS is offering one (1) student dissertation bursary to work with JICAS PhD student Catherine Wensink as part of a wider study exploring community-led approaches to conservation and sustainability.
Pls email info@jicas.ac.je for an application.
Blue Carbon project: £3,000
One dissertation bursary will be awarded for a candidate to undertake a dissertation project defined within the topic of marine-based carbon sequestration. This project will be part of a larger study undertaken, and supervised, by a JICAS PhD student.
Pls email info@jicas.ac.je for an application.
Biodiversity in World War II Bunkers and Tunnels: £3,000 + £1500 accommodation
This project aims to make use of Jersey's unique heritage to investigate the diversity of animals that can be found in WWII bunkers and tunnels. We know very little about how invertebrates and bats use small man-made underground spaces as refugia to shelter from the outside climate and predators, and how the community of species found inside them depends on interaction between the species and the surrounding landscape.
info@jicas.ac.je for more info
Ecological Assessment of the Temple of Apollo, Despotiko, Greece: £3,000 towards travel and accommodation
In partnership with the Ephorate of Antiquity, The Cyclades, JICAS is offering one (1) dissertation research project to undertake an ecological assessment of the archaeological site of the Temple of Apollo, Despotiko, Greece. You will be working with both archeologists and ecologists to survey both the site and the island more widely as part of on-going project to better understand the ecological composition of the island.
info@jicas.ac.je for more info
Dissertation Bursary: full-funded dissertation research project (travel, visas, accommodation and stipend)
The Irvine Ranch Conservancy, California, USA is offering a fully-funded dissertation research project exploring the processes of restoration ecology. You will be working w/ IRC Vice President and JICAS lecturer Dr. Nathan Gregory on the project.
info@jicas.ac.je for more info
Project Placement: Dept of Natural Resources, Anguilla, Caribbean
The Department of Natural Resources, Anguilla, Caribbean is offering a placement for a JICAS student to undertake their dissertation project in the beautiful island of Anguilla. JICAS will provide up to £2000 for travel and the Dept of Natural Resources will provide desk space, on-island supervision and accommodation. Projects in the past have focused primarily on invasive species, but they are also open to terrestrial and marine projects focusing on climate change, conservation management and policy.
info@jicas.ac.je for an application
There are additional opportunities to undertake your dissertation research project in the Falklands, St Helena’s, Canary Islands, Greece, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Montserrat and other Channel Islands.
info@jicas.ac.je to find out more.
More bursaries for the 2023-24 academic year will be posted soon. Please check regularly for updates.
Selection criteria: In order to be awarded a bursary, candidates must have applied to the MSc Island Biodiversity and Conservation in partnership with BioSciences, University of Exeter and be given a place. All scholarships/bursaries are awarded for either outstanding academic merit, financial need or strength of application.
Payment terms: All awards will be payable as a reduction of the tuition fee.
Other terms and conditions: students are only eligible to receive one bursary or scholarship award, but it is possible to apply these awards to a project placement in a second round of applications. Where a candidate is selected for more than one bursary or scholarship, the highest value award and/or the preferred bursary/placement will be offered.