Scottish Overseas Research Students Award Scheme (SORSAS) 2010
The SORSAS, funded by the Scottish Funding Council, is designed to attract high quality research students to Scottish Universities. The awards are open to overseas students undertaking a research degree and may be held in any field of study. Each award covers the difference between the tuition fee for a UK/EU graduate student and that chargeable to an overseas graduate student. The awards do not cover maintenance expenses. Subject to satisfactory progress, the awards are tenable for up to three years.
The University of Edinburgh will also award 30 Overseas Research Scholarships in session 2010-2011 which like the SORSAS Awards will cover the difference between the overseas rate of fee and the home rate of fee. All candidates who apply for a SORSAS Award and who are unsuccessful in obtaining an award, will automatically be considered for a University of Edinburgh Research Scholarship.
Eligibility
Applicants must be liable to pay tuition fees at the rate applicable to overseas students and must have already applied for admission to a full-time PhD research programme of study or currently be pursuing such a programme. They must be of outstanding academic merit and research potential. Although candidates with an upper second class honours Bachelor's degree (or the overseas equivalent) can be considered, in order to be competitive you should really have a first class Bachelor's degree supplemented by an excellent Master's degree. Other factors such as financial status, nationality and the proposed field of study are not taken into account.
The University of Edinburgh will not generally consider candidates who have already obtained a PhD, or formal equivalent, as a result of direct research training; or who are due to enter the third year of their PhD programme of study. Please also note that if you have applied for consecutive registration where you will start your Master's programme of study in 2010 and your PhD the following year in 2011, that you will not be eligible to apply for an SORSAS award in 2010.
SORSAS awards cannot be held concurrently with fully-funded scholarships such as a Commonwealth Scholarship, or a Marshall Scholarship. Students who have previously held an SORSAS award will not be considered eligible for a second one.
Application Procedure
Applicants should contact the College/School in which they intend to study and clarify their proposed research project. The SORSAS is highly competitive and so if you are in any doubt whether you hold the required grades, please contact the relevant College/School before making an application.
Please note that you must apply for PhD admission before applying for a SORSAS Award. The SORSAS application cannot be considered until you have applied for postgraduate admission.
Application for postgraduate admission should be made via the University’s on-line admission system. Application is made via the University’s Prospectus at www.ed.ac.uk/studying/postgraduate/finder.
Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application.
Alternatively applicants can request a paper application form from:
The Scholarships and Student Finance Office
The University of Edinburgh
Old College
South Bridge
Edinburgh EH8 9YL
E-mail:
scholarships@ed.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 131 651 4070
The University will use the information you provide on your scholarship application form together with the information contained in the supporting documentation (two references and academic transcript) which you submitted as part of your application for admission to administer and assess your scholarship application and to select successful applicants.
A completed online scholarship application form should be submitted by the closing date of 26 February 2010 in order to be considered for the scholarship.
Further information on PhD study can be obtained from the appropriate College/School office:
College of Humanities & Social Science
Postgraduate Office
The University of Edinburgh
David Hume Tower
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9JX
Tel: 0131 650 4086
Fax: 0131 650 6536
Email: hsspg@ed.ac.uk
www.hss.ed.ac.uk/Postgraduate/
College of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
Graduate School of Medicine & Veterinary Medicine
The Chancellor’s Building
49 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh EH16 4SB
Tel: 0131 242 6461
Fax: 0131 242 6462
Email:
mvmpg@ed.ac.uk
www.mvm.ed.ac.uk/gradschool
College of Science & Engineering
Timetable
| Deadline for receipt of applications | 26 February 2010 |
| Receipt of College nominations and associated SORSAS applications to the Scholarships & Student Finance Office | 2 April 2010 |
| SORSAS result letters to applicants | April 2010 |
Further Information
For more details please contact:
The Scholarships and Student Finance Office
The
University of Edinburgh
Old
College
South
Bridge
Edinburgh
EH8
9YL
E-mail:
scholarships@ed.ac.uk
Telephone:
+44 (0) 131 651 4070 / 0131 651 4067 / 0131 651 4221
Fax:
+44 (0) 131 650 8223