Dorothy Hodgkin Postgraduate Awards (DHPA) is a UK scheme to bring outstanding students from India, China, Hong Kong, South Africa, Brazil, Russia and the developing world to come and study for PhDs in top rated UK research facilities. The initiative was launched by the Prime Minister In November 2003.
The 2007 tranche of awards will provide funding for 92 new PhD students (40 paired core awards, 17 unpaired core awards and 35 additional awards).
Student Eligibility Criteria
The scheme is open only to student nationals from India, China, Hong Kong, South Africa, Brazil, Russia and the developing world, as defined by the Development Assistance Committee of the OECD. For a full list of eligible countries please go to the OECD website. The eligible countries are all those in Part I of the list, plus Russia and Hong Kong. With the exception of Russia and Hong Kong, none of the countries in Part II of the list are eligible.
Recipient universities are required to ensure that the students they accept hold a high-grade qualification, at least the equivalent of a UK first class honours degree, from a prestigious academic institution. These students should be considered to be the ‘best of the best’ (for example, candidates should be demonstrably in the top 20 per cent of PhD candidates).
Students must be selected in accordance with the university’s own postgraduate admission requirements.
Students participating in the scheme who will be undertaking research in certain science, engineering or technology disciplines will be required to apply to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office Academic Technology Approval Scheme (see http://www.fco.gov.uk/atas). Universities should inform students of this requirement.
Holders of Rolls-Royce badged DHPAs must be nationals of India, the People’s Republic of China (not including Hong Kong) or Malaysia.
All ICI-badged DHPA scholars must be nationals of China (including the Hong Kong SAR). Applicants must have a first or master’s degree in polymer chemistry or materials science.
DHPAs are open to top-quality science, engineering, medicine, social science and technology students.
