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
AD Links Foundation Postgraduate Research Scholarship (UK)
2026 entry
Full-time PhD applicants from the UK, 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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Scotland home,
Rest of UK
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
Anglo-Danish Society Scholarships
For Danish graduates who have applied to a UK university..
- Open to
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Postgraduate taught students,
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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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
Blue Carbon WWF Scholarship
2025 entry
Up to six scholarships offered in partnership with the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF). The Blue Carbon WWF scholarship is available to students studying Blue Carbon: Science & Policy course as part
- Application period
- Monday 15 December 2025 to Wednesday 4 March 2026
- Open to
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Full time
Undergraduate students,
Postgraduate taught students,
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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No restrictions
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
Support for female research students in the second half 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
Canadian Centennial Scholarship Fund
For Canadian citizens currently undertaking a postgraduate course in the UK.
- Application period
- Monday 5 January 2026 to Friday 6 March 2026
- Open to
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Full time
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Overseas
Charles and Barbara Tyre Trust
For students under the age of 25 who normally live in Argyll.
- Open to
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Postgraduate taught students,
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Scotland home
Charles Wallace Trusts
For postgraduate students from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Burma/Myanmar.
- Open to
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Postgraduate taught students,
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Overseas
Clan Donald Scholarship
For students from the USA who have applied to a Scottish university.
- Open to
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Postgraduate taught students,
Postgraduate research students
- Applicants with fee status
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Overseas
Colt Foundation Fellowships
For students who are undertaking a PhD in the area of occupational and environmental health.
- Open to
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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
David Ensor Postgraduate Scholarship
2026 entry
For postgraduate students from any country starting a PhD in the sciences, with a preference for Mathematics.
- Application period
- Thursday 11 December 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