School of Biological Sciences Taught Postgraduate Bursaries

The School of Biological Sciences is offering bursaries for applicants studying eligible masters programmes in the 2020-2021 academic session.

Awards

Each bursary will have a value of £10,000 and is intended to assist with the overseas level of tuition fees. The bursary is only tenable for one academic year.

Eligibility

Eligible students must be nationals and residents of countries outwith the UK and EU and studying one of the following full-time campus-based programmes:

MSc/PgDip Biochemistry
MSc/PgDip Biodiversity and Taxonomy of Plants
MSc/PgDip Bioinformatics
MSc/PgDip Biotechnology
MSc/PgDip Drug Discovery and Translational Biology
MSc/PgDip Synthetic Biology and Biotechnology
MSc/PgDip Systems and Synthetic Biology
MSc/PgDip Quantitative Genetics & Genome Analysis (including Animal Breeding & Genetics, Evolutionary Genetics, Human Complex Trait Genetics)

Criteria

The bursaries will be awarded on the basis of academic merit.

Applying

Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application

The scholarship deadline is 23:59 GMT 1st May 2020.

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

Scholarships System FAQs for Applicants (504.3 KB PDF)

Further Information

Further information can be obtained directly from the School of Biological Sciences.