LCE Master Stipends in 2021

Is your MA thesis about literature and its cognitive and emotional dimensions? Then you can apply for a stipend.

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The research group Literature, Cognition and Emotions offers up to 10 stipends for MA students at NOK 10.000 each. You can write your application in English or Norwegian. Read the Norwegian version of this page.

The stipend can be used to cover travel expenses, to buy the books relevant to your thesis, or to pay for participants in your study (here, book vouchers or paying fees for services that recruit participants, such as Prolific or Clickworker). You are also invited to present your own suggestions. Expenses already incurred cannot be reimbursed. The MA stipend also does not cover living costs.

Who can apply?

Students writing their MA thesis at:

The MA thesis must be written during autumn 2021 and spring 2022. It is an advantage to write on a topic in cognitive literary studies and to have a supervisor in the researcher group Literature, Cognition and Emotions.

How to send your application?

Please fill in this online form (nettskjema)

The application needs to have the following information:

  • Your name
  • Course of studies
  • Your supervisor’s name
  • Working title of your master’s thesis
  • Application letter with budget and summary of master thesis.

Deadline and response

  • The deadline for applications is 10 June 2021

  • You will receive an answer by 1 July 2021

  • The stipend will be paid in two instalments: the first half when it is awarded, and the second half when the thesis has been submitted.

Questions?

  • For questions related to research and LCE, please contact Stijn Vervaet.

  • For questions related to administrative matters, please contact Bethina Strandberg-Jensen

Published May 3, 2021 9:41 AM - Last modified July 1, 2022 10:33 AM