John Orr Award

The School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures will offer one award for study in any romance literature, language or dialect.

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Award

We are offering one award, for the sum of £2,300.  This award will be tenable for one academic year and will be deducted from your tuition fee. 

All award holders are expected to be energetic members of our postgraduate community, and will engage with opportunities to present their work to the wider student and staff body during the period covered by their award.  We offer our postgraduates a range of training and development opportunities appropriate to their programme of study.

Eligibility

The award is available to new applicants who have applied for admission to a postgraduate taught Masters or Masters by Research degree programme of study in Romance literature, language or dialect in the University commencing in September 2025.

Preference may be given to those working in language studies: we can typically supervise research in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan, and Italian.

Applicants must have, or expect to obtain, the equivalent of a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level and/or masters level.

Criteria

Taught Masters and Masters by Research are eligible for this award. Applications will be considered from UK/Overseas applicants wishing to study full-time or part-time programmes.

Applying

The award deadline is the 5th May 2025. Applicants with a live application for a programme within the required fields, will be contacted shortly thereafter for information on the award application process.

Notification

Successful applicants will be notified of the outcome by the end of July 2025. 

Contact Details

Should you require further information, please contact llc.pgscholarships@ed.ac.uk

Further information

Further information on the programmes available in the School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures can be found here: Literatures, Languages & Cultures | Literatures Languages and Culture