St Leonards Widening Participation Research Scholarship 2021 entry

St Leonard’s Doctoral and Postgraduate College is pleased to offer one fully-funded doctoral scholarship to support a student who previously attended a widening participation scheme or undertook undergraduate study at St Andrews on a financial needs-based scholarship, and wishes to continue to a doctoral degree.

Applications are welcome from prospective doctoral students from the UK who meet one of the following conditions:

• Attended the University of St Andrews for undergraduate degree and received a financial needs-based scholarship or attended a widening participation scheme (e.g. Sutton Trust).
• Attended another university for undergraduate degree and participated in a widening participation scheme (e.g. Sutton Trust).

• Eligibility

  Geographical criteria

  UK

  Domicile for fee status

  UK

  Level of study

  Postgraduate research (PhD programmes only)

  Not available for distance learning programmes

  Year of entry

  Entrants in 2021

  Subjects

  All

  Schools

  All

  Additional criteria

  Selection is on the basis of financial need and academic merit. Not available to distance learning applicants.

  Applicants must meet at least one of the following criteria:

  • been awarded a University of St Andrews financial needs-based scholarship at undergraduate level.
  • been part of a widening access initiative at the University of St Andrews (such as a Sutton Trust Summer School).
  • attended another university for their undergraduate study and participated in a widening access scheme.

• What does it cover?

  Duration of award

  Up to 3.5 years for full time study, up to 6.5 years for part time study

  Value of award (per year)

  Full tuition fee and maintenance paid at Research Council rates

  Tuition or maintenance award?

  Tuition and Maintenance

  Number of awards available

  1

• How to apply

  This scholarship is available for application through the Scholarships and Funding catalogue.

  Postgraduate Research Applicants

  • After you have applied for your chosen Postgraduate Research course, you will receive an email within 1 to 4 working days with instructions on how to access the catalogue.
  • If you are a current student at St Andrews, you can access Scholarships and Funding through MySaint. However, you should wait until after you have applied for your intended postgraduate programme before doing so, to ensure that the scholarship application is linked to that course.

  We recommend using the funding financial profile to help calculate your household income before you apply for any needs-based scholarships. You can find the funding financial profile in Scholarships and Funding, "Create my funding financial profile".

  When do applications open?

  December 2020

  Scholarship application deadline

  31 March 2021

  At what stage of my course application can I apply for this scholarship?

  Please apply for the scholarship after you have submitted your application for a place at St Andrews.  You do not need to wait until you have received an offer of a place before applying for the scholarship.

  When will I hear if my application has been successful?

  The outcome of your scholarship application will be available on "View my applications" in Scholarships and Funding by late April 2021.