Scholarships and Student Funding

Clinical Management of Pain Scholarship

The Department of Anaesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine offers four scholarships to students on the Clinical Management of Pain (Online Distance Learning) programme in the 2023-2024 academic session.

Description

Each scholarship provides a one-off payment of up to £1,000 towards tuition fees.

Applicants must be in possession of an unconditional offer by the scholarship deadline of 5th July 2023 to be considered for funding and intend to begin their PGCert/PGDip/MSc in the Clinical Management of Pain (Online Distance Learning) in 2023-2024.

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and the strength of a personal statement.  Candidates are encouraged to address the following questions in their personal statement (400 words maximum):

  • What specific elements of this programme attracted you to the University of Edinburgh
  • How will successful completion of this programme at the University of Edinburgh benefit your career and personal development

Award

We are offering 2 scholarships, for the sum of £1000 each.  These awards will be tenable for 2023/24 academic year and will be :

  • Automatically deducted from your tuition fee with any remaining funds being awarded towards living costs.

 

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.

Eligibility

The scholarships will be awarded to new applicants who have applied for admission to a postgraduate taught Masters or Masters by Research degree programme of study at the University commencing in September 2023. 

Applicants must have, or expect to obtain, the equivalent of a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level.

Both taught Masters and Masters by Research programmes are eligible for this award. Applications will be considered from UK/Overseas applicants wishing to study full-time/part-time/online distance learning programmes.

Please note – if you are using protective characteristics you should refer to  Equality, Diversity & Inclusion | The University of Edinburgh

What are the protected characteristics?

The following are the legal protected characteristics, under The Equality Act 2010:

  • Age
  • Disability
  • Gender reassignment
  • Marriage and civil partnership
  • Pregnancy and maternity
  • Race
  • Religion or belief
  • Sex
  • Sexual orientation

Criteria

Students and students on PG programmes longer than one year may apply but must be aware that this funding is for one year only, therefore, students are advised to budget accordingly.

Applying

Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application.

The scholarship deadline is Wednesday 5th July 2023, 23:59 BST.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Notification

All applicants will be notified of the outcome by the end of July 2023.