The Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize
- Level of study
- Doctoral research
- Subject area
- Arts and Law, Social Sciences
- Nationality
- EU, Overseas (Non-EU), UK
- Type of Award
- External
- Deadline for applying
- None. Open all year.
Award Description
The Leigh Douglas Memorial Prize was established jointly in 1986 by the Leigh Douglas Memorial Fund and BRISMES in memory of Dr Leigh Douglas who was killed in Beirut in 1986. The prize is awarded annually to the writer of the best PhD dissertation on a Middle Eastern topic in the Social Sciences or Humanities awarded by a British University in the previous calendar year.
Value of Award
The current value of the prize is £600 for the winner and £150 for the runner up.
Eligibility Criteria
The award is applicable to theses on a Middle Eastern topic in the Social Sciences and Humanities defended succesfully in 2019.
How to Apply
To enter, please send the following to administrator@brismes.org by midnight on 31 January 2020:
- An electronic copy of your thesis.
- A letter of nomination from your supervisor.
Entering your thesis for this award does not preclude entering it for other awards.
- Website
- http://www.brismes.ac.uk/student-area/leigh-douglas-memorial-prize