Macqueen Scholarship

A generous donation from The Julie-Ann Macqueen Trust will fund one PhD in Social Work for a student whose research focuses on one-parent families.

This award covers full tuition fees at UK, EU or Overseas level. The awardee will also receive a maintenance stipend set to the UKRI level for 2025-2026. The UKRI level for 2024-2025 is currently £19,237 for full-time students, or the pro rata equivalent for part-time students, and a £750 annual research grant.

The award is made for three years for full-time students or six years pro-rata for part-time students.

The award has been made possible by a generous donation from The Julie-Ann Macqueen Trust. Ms Macqueen played a leading role in bringing the struggles of single-parent families to the attention of the public and policy and lawmakers.


This award is available to students intending to commence a PhD in Social Work in September 2025 on either a full-time or part-time basis. There are two supervisor -led proposals and applicants can choose one of these projects to apply for. Applications cannot be submitted for both projects.

Please see the below document link for more details.

Julie-Ann Macqueen Scholarship Led Projects 2025-2025


Applicants must meet the eligibility criteria for admission to a PhD in Social Work


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 for access to be granted.

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 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 through MyEd

The scholarship deadline is 23:59 GMT on 19/03/2025.

 

Frequently Asked Questions:

Scholarships System FAQs for Applicants (511.17 KB PDF)


All applicants can expect to be notified of the outcome by the end of April 2025.


Please see the two supervisor-led project details and contact the supervisors if you have questions about the specific projects. 

If your query relates to a more general point about the Macqueen application process please contact the PGR Support Team at pgresearch.sps@ed.ac.uk


Please ensure you follow the full application guidelines here: Macqueen Scholarship – School of Social and Political Science. We consider this webpage to be essential viewing.


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