Scholarship Overview
Scholarship Overview

Fee Waiver of
100%
This scholarship provides a tuition fee waiver for eligible PhD students
The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Awards are highly prestigious and competitive funding opportunities designed to attract top-tier global scholars applying for PhD research at the University of Edinburgh
Requirements
Requirements
- College Research Awards are available within the following Schools: Business School, School of Economics, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, School of Health in Social Science, School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures, School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences.
- Applicants with an outstanding track record of academic achievements and research potential are encouraged to apply.
- Candidates for the College Research Award must be seeking to start their first year of full-time, part-time or distance PhD study in an eligible School within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences within the academic year 2026/2027.
- MSc by Research programmes are not eligible.
- Applicants in the School of Economics, who are short-listed, will be interviewed for the scholarship.
Application
Application
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Awards Details
Awards Details
- Fee waiver of 100% and annual stipend equivalent for 3 years.
- Funding is available for 4 years if the programme of study is the 4-year Economics (PhD with Integrated Study) or a 4-year Integrated PhD in the Business School.
- The stipend will be set to the UKRI level for 2026/2027




