Call for 2021 Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Postgraduate Conversion Scholarship at the University of Sussex. Sussex has received funding from the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Office for Artificial Intelligence (OAI) to increase diversity in the AI and data science sector and to support students from underrepresented groups to access, participate and succeed in higher education.

Benefits 

Artificial Intelligence and Data Science Postgraduate Conversion Scholarship at the University of Sussex will provide funding of £10,000.

Eligibility

To be eligible to apply for this scholarship, you must have been offered and accepted a place on one of the following degrees, commencing in September 2021:

• MSc Artifical Intelligence and Adaptive Systems
• MSc Data Science
• MSc Human and Social Data Science 

Scholarships will be prioritized for black students, female students and students with disabilities.

Special consideration will also be give to students from areas of the UK where young people are less likely to go on to higher education (POLAR quintiles 1 and 2), care experienced students, estranged students, Gypsy, Roma, Traveller students, refugees and children from military families, veterans and partners of military personnel.

Selection

Eligible applicants will need to submit an academic statement as part of the application process. Your statement will be assessed on the following:

• Any relevant extra-curricular or work experience
• Your motivation for choosing the course
• In what ways this scholarship will help you achieve your ambitions
• Scholarships will be prioritised for black, female and disabled students from the UK. They will check this information using your Masters application or will contact you directly for verification. This information will not be used as part of any academic assessment.

University of Sussex

The University of Sussex is a public research university in Falmer, England. The university offers over 350 Undergraduate programs, over 210 Master Programs, and over 70 Ph.D. programs. In addition to that, Sussex is particularly famous for its Humanities and Social Sciences departments, with its Development studies program being at number 1 globally in the QS World University Ranking. Furthermore, the university counts 5 Nobel Prize winners, 15 Fellows of the Royal Society, 9 Fellows of the British Academy, and 24 fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences and a winner of the Crafoord Prize among its faculty.

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