Edinburgh Global Research Scholarship 2019-2020
The official notification for the Edinburgh Global Research Scholarship 2019-2020 has been released. Interested candidates can check out all of the details on the 30 Edinburgh Global Research Scholarships awards for 2019-2020. Check out all of the details on the same below:
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Edinburgh Global Research Scholarship
These awards are designed to attract high quality overseas research students to the University of Edinburgh.
Award:
30 Edinburgh Global Research Scholarships will be awarded for
session 2019-2020.Each scholarship will cover the difference between the tuition fee for a UK/EU postgraduate student and that chargeable to an overseas postgraduate student. The awards do not cover maintenance expenses.
Subject to satisfactory progress, the awards are tenable for up to three years.
Eligibility:
The awards are open to overseas nationals commencing a PhD in any field of study in 2019-2020.
Applicants must be liable to pay tuition fees at the rate applicable to overseas students and must have been offered admission to a full-time PhD research programme of study.
Academic merit:
Applicants must be of outstanding academic merit and research potential.
Although candidates with an upper second class honours Bachelor’s degree (or the overseas equivalent) can be considered, in order to be competitive you should really have a first class Bachelor’s degree supplemented by an excellent Master’s degree.
Other factors such as financial status, nationality and the proposed field of study are not taken into account.
Excluding factors:
The University of Edinburgh will not generally consider candidates who have already obtained a PhD, or formal equivalent, as a result of direct research training.
Students already on a PhD programme cannot be considered for these awards.
Please also note that if you have applied for consecutive registration where you will start your Masters’ programme of study in 2019 and your PhD the following year in 2020, that you will not be eligible to apply for an award in 2019.
Edinburgh Global Research Scholarships cannot be held concurrently with fully-funded scholarships such as a Commonwealth Scholarship, or a Marshall Scholarship.
Applying:
Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application
The scholarship deadline is 23:59 BST 1st February 2019.
In order to gain access to the scholarship application system applicants must have applied for admission to the University of Edinburgh. Please note that, following the submission of an application for admission, it can take up to five working days for all system checks to be completed and for access to be granted.
The online scholarship application form is located in EUCLID and can be accessed via MyEd our web-based information portal at https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk
When logging in to MyEd, you will need your University User Name and password. If you require assistance, please go to http://www.ed.ac.uk/student-systems/support-guidance
Notification of award:
It is anticipated that all applicants will be notified of the outcome by the end of April 2019.
Contact:
For more details on this award please contact Scholarships and Student Funding Services.
Scholarships and Financial Support Team
Contact details
Work: +44 (0)131 651 4070
Email: [email protected]
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