Jenny Balston Scholarship

The award provides an annual stipend at the UKRI rate (for guidance, for 2025/2026 this is currently £20,780) and tuition fees at the UK rate. Awards will normally be tenable for up to three years, subject to satisfactory progress. 

The scholarship will be awarded to a student who is accepted for admission in 2026/2027 on a full-time basis for an on-campus PhD in History programme (i.e. History, Scottish History, Economic and Social History). 

Only applicants eligible for home tuition fees will be considered; international fee-paying students are not eligible for this scholarship. 

To be considered for the Jenny Balston Scholarship, you must:

• Hold a UK 2.1 or first class honours undergraduate degree (or overseas equivalent) in a relevant field.
• Hold, or successfully achieve before commencing your PhD with us, a relevant Masters degree with an overall mark of at least 65%, or its international equivalent.

Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application.

In order to gain access to the scholarship application system applicants must have applied for admission to the University of Edinburgh. Please note that, following the submission of an application for admission, it can take up to five working days for all system checks to be completed and access to be granted. We highly recommend you apply for the scholarship well in advance of the scholarship deadline date should you encounter any technical difficulties with your application which need resolved.

The online scholarship application form is located in EUCLID and can be accessed via MyEd - our web based information portal at: https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk

When logging in to MyEd, you will need your University User Name (UUN) and password. If you require assistance, please go to: http://www.ed.ac.uk/student-systems/support-guidance

Further guidance on applying for scholarships as a registered student can be found here: Applying for a scholarship | Student Systems | Student Administration

The scholarship deadline is 23:59 (UK Time) on 24th November 2025. 

Frequently Asked Questions:

Scholarships Systems FAQs for Applicants (152.11 KB / PDF)

Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their applications by January/February 2026. We reserve the right not to make an award in the event that no suitable applications are received.  

If you have a question which has not been answered above, please email the HCA Postgraduate Research Office (hca-pgr@ed.ac.uk).