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UK : Scottish Overseas Research Students Award Scheme (SORSAS) 2010

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

Application Deadline : 26 February 2010

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Posted on 2010-01-26 04:30:41

The announced deadline for above scholarship is expired and new applications may no longer be accepted. The notice is available for reference purpose only.

Please give reference of Scholarships-Links.com when applying for above scholarship.

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