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


The deadline for applying for The Macqueen Scholarship has now passed.

 

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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