New Scholarships and Studentships
This page gives information about the latest scholarships and studentships available from each Academic School, listed by proximity of the closing date for application. The list below includes awards for Home students, Overseas students, or both, and may include further (e.g. subject) criteria. For additional awards, please also check the Financing your studies webpage.
Please note that there may be additional awards available for you that are not listed here. It is therefore recommended that you also visit the funding webpage for your School.
Any enquiries about the awards below should be directed to the Postgraduate Office/Secretary within the appropriate School, or any other contact (e.g. course director) listed in the award details.
Applications go live on Saturday 28 April 2012. Deadline for receipt of applications to UUK is Tuesday 15 May 2012.
School of History
Two fully-funded AHRC PhD studentships available in Modern History
19th-Century Europe
As part of the major AHRC-funded research project “Heirs to the Throne in the Constitutional Monarchies of 19th-Century Europe” (led by Dr Frank Lorenz Müller) two fully-funded three-year PhD studentships are available at the University of St Andrews.
Applicants for the two studentships are invited to investigate the systemic role(s) played by heirs to throne within the constitutional monarchy in at least one of the national case studies considered by the project as a whole: Great Britain, the German states, France, Italy, Austria-Hungary, and Spain. Applicants should make clear on which of these countries they would like to focus. Proposals for comparative research encompassing more than one country are also welcome.
Each student will be supported for three years from the main grant with full coverage of tuition fees and a maintenance stipend at the standard Research Councils rate (currently £13,590 PA). Some funding is also available to help with travel expenses.
Applications are open now, and will remain open until both studentships have been awarded. No decision will be made before 1 March 2012.
Please visit http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/research/monarchies/index.htm for details of how to apply. Potential applicants are warmly encouraged to contact Frank Lorenz Müller (flm3@st-andrews.ac.uk) to discuss these studentships informally.
Full details about the project are available here: AHRC Studentships_Modern History 2012 (PDF, 186 KB)
Postgraduate Funding Opportunities
The School of History is pleased to be able to offer a number of scholarships for postgraduate study to be taken up in academic year 2012-13.
For more details, visit the School of History Postgraduate Funding Opportunities webpage.
Faculty of Medicine
PhD Studentship: The genetics of handedness
We are looking for an enthusiastic candidate who holds a first or upper-second class degree (or equivalent, e.g. MSc) in Biological Sciences, or a related subject from a recognised academic institution. Experience in molecular biology and an interest in human evolution will be an advantage.
This PhD studentship, starting no later than October 2012, is funded for three years (stipend and Home/EU fees).
For more information about the topic and how to apply, see http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=36372
Application deadline: 29 February 2012
Three PhD Studentships in the School of Medicine
The School of Medicine is making three fully funded studentships available (stipend and fees). One studentship will be in the area of pathogen genomics and is part of a collaboration with the Wellcome Trust Genome Campus Hinxton. A further two of these will be in the area of Medical Photonics investigating imaging, sensing and manipulation within turbid media, or the uses of photonics and other methodologies to determine bacterial cell state.
- Studentship 1. Genomics and pathogen discovery
- Studentship 2. Sorting out cell states with Photonics
- Studentship 3. Imaging, sensing and manipulation within turbid media
Please visit http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/ADO547/three-phd-studentships-in-the-school-of-medicine/ for more information, or contact Professor Stephen Gillespie (shg3@st-andrews.ac.uk) or Karen Ross (kr16@st-andrews.ac.uk).
Applications can submitted formally using the normal PhD application form which is available to download from our website. Information on the opportunities can be accessed from the Faculty of Medicine website.
School of English
Macpherson Studentship
Each year the School of English at St Andrews offers PhD scholarships, to highly qualified applicants. We are pleased to announce that we are able to offer up to 2 Macpherson Studentships for entry in September 2012.
Macpherson Studentships cover tuition fees and a maintenance allowance of around £14,000 per year, rising incrementally each year. Applicants from the UK, European Union and overseas are eligible to apply.
These awards have been made possible by a generous donation from an alumnus of the University, E James Macpherson, MA (Hons) English Language and Literature, 1992.
Further details about the studentship and application process can be found here: Macpherson Studentship 2012 (PDF, 70 KB)
- To discuss a proposal, please contact pvm@st-andrews.ac.uk
- For further information, please contact pgeng@st-andrews.ac.uk
The closing date for complete applications, including references and additional documents, from candidates wishing to be considered for entry in September 2012 is 1 May 2012.