The Garden Scholarship is open to Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) in Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice applicants or students currently enrolled on the Postgraduate Professional Development (PgProfDev) Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice programme. Award Up to 2 Scholarships will be available for 25/26 entry.The Scholarship will cover full tuition fees towards the Postgraduate Certificate in Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice. The maximum scholarship award available for 25/26 entry is £5070. Eligibility The Garden Scholarship will be awarded to applicants who are either: Accepted for admission to the PgCert Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning) programme in the 2025-2026 academic year. Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so. Preference will be given to those who have an unconditional offer at time of the scholarship application deadline, or,Currently enrolled on the PgProfDev Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning) programme and wish to complete the PG Certificate The Garden Scholarship would particularly welcome applications from students from sub-Saharan Africa. Applicants must be currently domiciled in one of the eligible countries listed below and as derived from the DAC List of ODA Recipients 2025-2026. Please note the eligible countries are not a 1:1 match to the full DAC list. Rather, the DAC list has been used as an information source to help define the set of eligible countries. Domiciles not included in the list below unfortunately are not eligible for the Scholarship:AngolaGabonNepalBangladeshGambiaNigerBeninGhanaNigeriaBotswanaGuineaRwandaBurkina FasoGuinea BissauSao Tome and PrincipeBurundiHaitiSenegalCambodiaKenyaSierra LeoneCameroonKiribatiSolomon IslandsCape VerdeLao People's Democratic RepublicSomaliaCentral African RepublicLesothoSouth AfricaChadLiberiaSouth SudanComorosLibyaSudanCongoMadagascarTanzaniaCôte d'IvoireMalawiTimor-LesteDemocratic Republic of the CongoMaliTogoDjiboutiMauritaniaTunisiaEgyptMauritiusTuvaluEquatorial GuineaMoroccoUgandaEritreaMozambiqueWestern SaharaEswatiniMyanmarYemenEthiopiaNamibiaZambia Zimbabwe Criteria Applicants must also include a personal statement which confirms and/or addresses each of the following questions (500 words maximum):Confirm your current employer and your current postOutline your career objectives and how these objectives will be enhanced by completion of the PgCert in Surgical Writing and Evidence Based PracticeAny additional information that you believe will enhance your applicationThe scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and the strength of your personal statement. Applying The deadline for applying to this scholarship is 23:59 (BST) 2 June 2025. Notification We will notify the successful applicant by email by the 30th of June 2025. Contact Details Please direct any questions or queries to Jenn Liedtke (Programme Administrator) Further Information Surgical Writing and Evidence Based PracticePostgraduate online learningPostgraduate entry requirementsApplying for a scholarship as a Postgraduate applicant This article was published on 2025-02-20