College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Awards

The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Award Scheme is designed to attract high quality students applying for PhD research.

Candidates for the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Award must be seeking to start their first year of full-time or part-time, or distance PhD study in the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences within the academic year 2025-2026. MSc by Research programmes are not eligible.

The award provides full tuition fees (UK or Overseas level) with an annual stipend equal to the UKRI minimum rate for the relevant academic year of study (for reference, UKRI rate for 2024/25 is £19,237).

You must also have submitted your PhD application by (23:59 GMT), 11th November 2024 - we must receive your PhD application by this date in order to consider your application for this funding opportunity. 

Any queries about applying to a PhD programme at the School of Health in Social Science can be directed to PGRAdmissions.Health@ed.ac.uk

Scholarship applications must be submitted online by 23:59 CMT, Monday 3rd February 2025. The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Award is applied for using the EUCLID Scholarship portal. For more information and how to apply for this funding please see: College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Award

The University reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend or withdraw any of the advertised scholarships, without notice.