AD Links Foundation Postgraduate Research Scholarship (EU)
2026 entry
Full-time PhD applicants from the EU, aimed particularly at those with an interest in sport.
- Application period
- Thursday 2 October 2025 to Wednesday 21 January 2026
- Open to
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Full time
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Overseas
AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership studentships
2025 entry
The AHRC-funded studentship competition opens each autumn for students starting the following September providing a personal and professional development programme to complement the postgraduate training already being undertaken at St Andrews.
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas
Amelia Earhart Fellowship
For female students who have applied to study aerospace-related sciences and aerospace-related engineering.
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) studentships
2026 entry
The University of St Andrews is offering three AHRC Doctoral Landscape awards for 2026-2027 to support students in the Arts and Humanities.
- Application period
- Thursday 2 October 2025 to Monday 1 December 2025
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas
Bell Burnell Graduate Scholarship
2025 entry
For full or part-time graduates wishing to study towards a doctorate in physics and from groups that are currently under-represented in physics.
- Application period
- Tuesday 1 October 2024 to Monday 20 January 2025
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - evening,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council Studentship
2025 entry
Doctoral Training Grants (DTG) for students in Biology and linked subject areas such as Psychology, Chemistry or Physics.
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas
Commonwealth PhD Scholarships
2026 entry
For candidates from least developed countries and fragile States, as classified by the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), in the Commonwealth, for full-time doctoral study.
- Open to
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Full time
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Overseas
Douglas and Gordon Bonnyman Scholarship
2026 entry
For postgraduate students from any country starting a PhD in the arts or humanities.
- Application period
- Friday 3 October 2025 to Wednesday 21 January 2026
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas
Economic and Social Research Council Studentship Funding (ESRC)
2025 entry
The University of St Andrews is able to offer full- and part-funded ESRC scholarships across a range of social science disciplines for postgraduate study.
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Studentship Funding
2025 entry
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) fund research and training in engineering and the physical sciences. EPSRC Studentship Funding pays full fees and stipends at the UKRI rate for students that meet the eligibility criteria
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council Studentship Funding
2025 entry
EPSRC pay full fees and stipends at the UKRI rate for students in Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics, and Physics and Astronomy who meet the eligibility criteria.
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas
Fulbright University of St Andrews Award
2026 entry
For students from the USA who have applied to a UK university for postgraduate study.
- Open to
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Full time
Postgraduate taught students,
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Overseas
GI Bill ® - US Department of Veterans Affairs
As a US Veteran, you may be eligible for educational benefits through numerous GI Bill® programs.
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Undergraduate students,
Postgraduate taught students,
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Overseas
Gibson-Sykora Postgraduate Research Scholarship
2026 entry
For Polish nationals applying to a postgraduate research course.
- Application period
- Friday 3 October 2025 to Wednesday 21 January 2026
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas
Gibson-Sykora Postgraduate Taught Scholarship (International)
2026 entry
For Polish nationals with Overseas fee status applying to a postgraduate taught course.
- Application period
- Wednesday 17 September 2025 to Wednesday 4 February 2026
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate taught students,
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Overseas
Global St Andrews and Macquarie Doctoral Scholarship - Chemistry and Engineering
2026 entry
Doctoral research project: Development of New Catalytic Processes for the Synthesis and Recycling of Polymers
- Application period
- Monday 13 October 2025 to Wednesday 3 December 2025
- Open to
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Full time
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas,
No restrictions