Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York Scholarship 2013-2014
The Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York Scholarship funds one year of study in or near New York City.
Final year students about to complete a first degree before September 2013 or first time graduates (2012) of this University with a Scottish background are invited to apply.
Two scholarships are available, but only one nomination may be made by each participating institution.
The value of the Scholarship Grant is $20,000, which is intended to cover the cost of university tuition fees in the first instance, but at the discretion of the Selection Committee may be applied wholly or mainly towards the cost of travel or accommodation, if they are satisfied that tuition fees will be paid (or waived) by the host university or by another grant-giving body.
Any costs above this must be met by the successful student.
Eligibility
Applicants must be:
- Scottish by birth or descent, and will be expected to have current knowledge of Scotland and Scottish current affairs, and of the Scottish tradition generally. The Society expects its scholars to be good ambassadors for Scotland; and
- graduates of either a Scottish university, or of Oxford or Cambridge, who have completed their first degree course (so as to be qualified to graduate) not earlier than 2012, or students of a Scottish university, or of Oxford or Cambridge, who expect to complete their first degree course (so as to be qualified to graduate) in 2013.
The possession of an honours degree is not essential.
Conditions
The Scholarship will be tenable from September 2013 to May 2014 at a university in the United States within a radius of 250 miles from New York City, or within the area of Washington DC.
Where a student cannot find a course for his/her special subject of study within the geographical area indicated above, the Society will consider allowing the Scholarship to be held at another University in the United States.
Applying
Completed application forms must be submitted by Monday 3rd December 2012.
Applicants can download an application form in Rich Text Format (RTF) or PDF (which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).
You may also request an application from Scholarships and Student Funding Services.
Completed applications forms must be submitted by the deadline to Mr Robert Lawrie.
Candidates will be required to indicate in their application the University in the United States at which they wish to study and should make direct application for admission to that university now.
References
Applicants should also arrange for references from two academic referees to be submitted on the appropriate referee form.
These must be returned to the Head of the Scholarships and Student Funding Services no later than Monday 10th December 2012.
Nomination
Each Scottish University will vet its own applicants and nominate one candidate to go forward to the Final Selection Committee to be held in late February/early March 2013.
This article was published on Jan 8, 2013