Scholarships and Funding

PhD funding competitions include the Edinburgh Doctoral College Scholarships, the College of Arts Humanities and Social Science Research Award, the School of Divinity Research Scholarships and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership scholarships.

To be eligible to apply for a scholarship you must first apply for a postgraduate programme of study.

For each scholarship for which you wish to be considered you must make specific and separate application

For details of all the different funding opportunities and how to apply

• School of Divinity Scholarships
• Edinburgh Doctoral College award
• College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Awards
• Scholarships and financial aid search

Please note that you will not be able to access the online scholarship application form unless you have applied for admission to the University of Edinburgh.

If you have any questions about your eligibility, please contact the Postgraduate School Office

div.pgadmissions@ed.ac.uk

Applications are invited from students with a project in the field of Buddhist Studies. The scholarship, which includes a fee-waiver and a stipend, is open to new students applying for a full-time on-campus PhD programme at the University of Edinburgh in September 2025. Full details are available on the Edinburgh Buddhist Studies website.

The Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) is comprised of the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Highlands & Islands, St Andrews, Stirling, Strathclyde, Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and offers PhD studentships each year. Further details of the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities can be found on their website.

Award

The award will cover the PhD tuition fee and a stipend at the UKRI level for 3.5 years.

Eligibility

Candidates will normally hold a relevant First Class Honours degree (such as BA, BMus, BSc or LLB) and preferably a similar calibre of Master’s degree.

PhD students within the eligible subject areas who are currently in their first year of PhD study are eligible to apply.

Please see the SGSAH website for full details.

Please note that prospective part-time Distance PhD applicants are not eligible to apply for SGSAH funding.

To be considered for the SGSAH funding competition, you must complete the following two steps:

1. Apply for PhD study  you must submit your application with supporting documents by 21 November 2024.
2. Application for SGSAH Scholarship.

Eligible candidates must submit a completed SGSAH Doctoral Training Partnership Studentship nomination application form for 2025-26 by email to the Postgraduate Research Office by Thursday, 21 November 2024, 23:59 UK time.

The CAHSS Dean of Postgraduate Research will be hosting an online information session for prospective SGSAH applicants at 10am-11am BST 15 October 2024. No registration is needed for this session.

The University of Edinburgh offers two tuition fee scholarship schemes for alumni of the University.