600th Anniversary Wardlaw Scholarship
2026 entry
This scholarship forms part of the Wardlaw Scholarship scheme, established in 2004 to provide financial assistance to academically gifted students who would otherwise struggle with the cost of studying at the University of St Andrews.
- Application period
- Monday 1 September 2025 to Wednesday 15 April 2026
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Undergraduate students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK
Accommodation Award - Postgraduate Research
2025 entry
For entrant Postgraduate Research applicants, £1,750 to help with the cost of accommodation while studying in St Andrews. Selection is based on financial need.
- Application period
- Monday 21 October 2024 to Wednesday 23 April 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
Accommodation Award International
2026 entry
For international entrant undergraduate applicants, a minimum of £1,750 to help with the cost of accommodation while studying in St Andrews. Selection is based on financial need.
- Application period
- Monday 1 September 2025 to Wednesday 28 January 2026
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Undergraduate 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
Barbara Bennett Ure Scholarship
2026 entry
For entrant undergraduate students who are domiciled in Scotland.
- Application period
- Monday 1 September 2025 to Wednesday 15 April 2026
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Undergraduate students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home
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
Bolashak Scholarships
For new postgraduate students from Kazakhstan.
- 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
British Federation of Women Graduates
For female students who are entering the third year of their doctoral studies.
- 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
Centre for Energy Ethics Dissertation Research Grant Scheme
Up to £500 for Honours Undergraduate and Taught Postgraduate students undertaking a dissertation research project whose research relates to energy, climate change, climate action, and or ‘just transition’.
- Application period
- Monday 11 November 2024 to Thursday 1 May 2025
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime,
Online
Undergraduate students,
Postgraduate taught students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK,
Overseas
Chemistry Wardlaw Scholarship
2026 entry
This scholarship was established to support Scottish students, particularly those from Lochgelly or Fife, who wish to pursue a degree in Chemistry.
- Application period
- Monday 1 September 2025 to Wednesday 15 April 2026
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Undergraduate students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home
Davis United World College Scholarship
2026 entry
For an entrant undergraduate student who is a citizen of the USA, has graduated from a United World College and can demonstrate financial need.
- Application period
- Monday 1 September 2025 to Wednesday 28 January 2026
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Undergraduate students
- Applicants with fee status
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Overseas
Department of Philosophy PGR Financial Hardship Fund
Funding for postgraduate research students currently studying in the Department of Philosophy who are in financial difficulty.
- Application period
- Thursday 29 May 2025 to Thursday 12 June 2025
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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No restrictions
Discretionary Fund
UK Students who have financial difficulties can apply to the Discretionary Fund for accommodation and living cost support. This is funding provided by the government to assist both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
- Application period
- Monday 15 September 2025 to Sunday 19 July 2026
- 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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Scotland home,
Rest of UK
Dobbie Scholarship (Gateway Programme)
2026 entry
For entrant undergraduate students who are on a Gateway pathway.
- Application period
- Monday 1 September 2025 to Wednesday 15 April 2026
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Undergraduate students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home,
Rest of UK
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
Douglas Gifford Travel Fund
Open to Spanish-speaking students from any School undertaking a study or research visit to Mexico, Central America or South America.
- Application period
- Friday 18 April 2025 to Monday 26 May 2025
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Undergraduate students,
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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No restrictions
Dr Donald Malcolm MacArthur Scholarship
2026 entry
This scholarship is open to undergraduate students applying for courses within the Faculty of Science who are domiciled in the Western Isles, with preference given to those who have attended the Nicolson Institute on the Isle of Lewis.
- Application period
- Monday 1 September 2025 to Wednesday 15 April 2026
- Open to
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Full time,
Part time - daytime
Undergraduate students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home