About 2017 Carnegie-Caledonian PhD Scholarships at University of Glasgow, UK
Application is currently ongoing for the 2017 Carnegie-Caledonian PhD Scholarships at University of Glasgow, UK.
Nominations are sought from prospective PhD supervisors only for the Carnegie/Caledonian PhD Scholarships 2017-18. The Carnegie Trust is funding 15 PhD scholarships across all universities within Scotland. The University of Glasgow has been allocated 7 nominations (out of 60 allowed in total across all Scottish HEIs).
Application Deadline
12 noon, Monday 13 February 2017.
Value of Scholarship
These scholarships provide:
- a stipend payable for 36 months (currently £15,900 for 2016-2017)
- fees at home rate (the difference in fee rate for international students will be covered by the University)
- up to £1000 towards certain research costs and access to Research Incentive Grants
Eligibility Criteria
- A strong 1st Class Honours undergraduate degree from a Scottish university is a pre-requisite for consideration for the scholarship. Applicants should be at least achieving A1-A3 grades in their Honours years (University of Glasgow 22 point scale 20-22).Those with borderline 1st class degree results/dissertations or not holding a first class degree are not eligible to apply.
- Final year students of a Scottish university who expect to achieve a strong 1st Class Honours degree are eligible for nomination but will be withdrawn from the competition is they do not achieve a strong First. Nominees must also have a strong 1st class result in their Honours dissertation and demostrate consistency and/or increasing levels of achievements throughout their studies.
- Non-UK/EU domiciled students with a First-Class Honours undergraduate degree from a Scottish university are eligible to be nominated for a Scholarship, but the Trust will only cover the costs of equivalent home fees. The University is expected to waive the outstanding balance for overseas tuition fees. The prospective supervisor of an international student should verify with the relevant Graduate School that they are willing to waive additional fees.
How to Apply
Nomination forms can be download from the right hand side of this page. The completed nomination form should be combined with undergraduate/postgraduate transcripts in a single PDF document using the file name “Carnegie – First name Surname”. Please only submit relevant pages from transcripts which detail courses taken and results.
Applicants should also complete the relevant GPA Calculator form based on their results received to date and save this using the file name “GPA Calculator – First name Surname”. All documentation should be submitted to pgr@glasgow.ac.uk.
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