School of Divinity PhD Research Scholarships

The School of Divinity is delighted to invite applications from outstanding candidates for its Doctoral Scholarships Awards for 2025-2026 entry.

The School of Divinity is delighted to invite applications from outstanding candidates for its Doctoral Scholarships Awards for 2025-2026 entry.

We are offering a number of scholarship awards, which will cover tuition fees and provide a stipend at the UKRI rate.  These awards will be tenable for three academic years, subject to satisfactory progress.

All scholarship 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.


The scholarships will be awarded to new applicants who have applied for admission to a PhD degree programme of study in the School of Divinity commencing in September 2025.

Applicants must be of outstanding academic merit and research potential.

Applications will be considered from UK/Overseas applicants wishing to study full-time/part-time/online distance learning programmes.


Applicants must be of outstanding academic merit and research potential.


Applications are now closed as the 3rd February 2025 deadline has passed.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

Scholarships System FAQs for Applicants (511.17 KB / PDF)


All applicants will be notified of the outcome by the end of April 2025.


Please contact the Postgraduate Research Support Officer (Div.PGRAdmin@ed.ac.uk) if you have any questions about the application process.


Please note that applications always exceed the number of awards available. Applicants are advised to apply to other funding agencies in addition to these funds.


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