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Bucher-Fraser Scholarship (for continued study)
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- Value: £100 - £5,000
- Eligibility: University of Edinburgh BMus graduates intending to study instrumental performance, composition, or for research outside Scotland. For students undertaking postgraduate study in Music at ECA please see the Bucher-Fraser Scholarship (for new PhD students)
College Research Award
- Deadline:
- Value: Tuition fees plus stipend at the UKRI level for three years
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Eligibility: OPENING SOON. Applications are invited from first year applicants for PhD research projects that take advantage of the leading research expertise across ECA. Home and Overseas applicants welcome. Funding for full-time, part-time (pro rata) and PhD by Distance study.
ECA PhD Scholarship
- Deadline:
- Value: Tuition fees plus stipend at the UKRI level for three years
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Eligibility: OPENING SOON. Applications are invited from first year applicants for PhD research projects that take advantage of the leading research expertise across ECA. Home and Overseas applicants welcome. Funding for full-time and part-time study (pro rata) and PhD by Distance study.
Edinburgh College of Art EU Scholarships Scheme
- Value: £14,100
- Eligibility: This new scholarship is for students who are applying from an EU member state, seeking to enrol on a taught Master’s programmes in any of our five Subject Areas: Architecture & Landscape Architecture, Art, Design, History of Art, and Music.
Edinburgh Doctoral College Scholarship
- Deadline:
- Value: Covers the tuition fee plus stipend equal to UKRI minimum rate for the relevant academic year (approximately £18,622 per year)
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Eligibility: OPENING SOON. Open to UK and overseas students applying to start their first year of study for an on campus research degree in 2024-2025.
Edinburgh Global Online Learning Masters Scholarship
- Deadline: 5 June 2023
- Value: Cover full tuition fees for normal duration of programme
- Eligibility: Scholarships will be available for students commencing any online part-time learning Masters programme offered by the University in session 2023-2024. Nationals and residents of various countries are eligible.
Eileen Cameron Music Prize
- Deadline: No deadline: Awarded by nomination
- Eligibility: Awarded to the final year student who has made the most outstanding contribution to the musical life of the faculty, the University of Edinburgh, or of the wider Edinburgh community.
Frederick Niecks Essay Prize
- Deadline: No deadline: Awarded by nomination
- Value: Amount variable
- Eligibility: Open to any full-time undergraduate student in the Reid School of Music. Awarded to the best dissertation.
Gwen Clutterbuck & Leighton Scholarship
- Deadline: 5 May 2023
- Value: £100 - £1,000
- Eligibility: Awarded to undergraduate students in the second or subsequent years of their BMus or MA programme in the Reid School of Music for the purpose of international study. Applications for digital study opportunities will also be considered in 2022/23.
Ian Pitt Memorial Prize
- Deadline: No deadline: Awarded by nomination
- Eligibility: Intended to commemorate the life and work of Ian Pitt-Watson (MA 1947, BD 1950) and awarded to an undergraduate who, as a member of Edinburgh University Musical Society, demonstrates an aptitude in the development and conducting of a choral ensemble.
Janet Buckley Memorial Prize
- Deadline: No deadline: Awarded by nomination
- Eligibility: Award for final year Music student dealing with 'Early Music before 1750'.
John L Paterson Postgraduate Design Scholarship
- Deadline: 13 March 2023
- Value: £8,000 tenable for one academic year and will be deducted from your tuition fee with any remaining funds being awarded towards living costs
- Eligibility: Available to applicants with UK/Overseas status who apply for admission to the MA Design for Change programme. Applications for full-time study only will be considered.
John Robert Mackey Scholarship
- Deadline:
- Value: The Scholarship, of the value of £500 per annum, is tenable for four years.
- Eligibility: Awarded every four years, on the basis of a competition, to the First Year Undergraduate Music student who shows all-round excellence in Piano Performance, and is available for applications in 2022/23.
Mrs Guthrie Watson Scholarship
- Deadline: May 2023
- Eligibility: Awarded to the first year undergraduate in Music who achieves the best all-round academic performance in the May examinations.
Music Listening and Transitions PhD
- Deadline: 3 February 2023
- Value: PhDs are funded with an enhanced stipend for the full 4 year period
- Eligibility: The PhD will be rooted in Engineering, but will be truly interdisciplinary, potentially requiring thesis examiners in Engineering and in Music Psychology, and with a focus on health research contexts. Applicants will have a strong interest in music technology, user interface design, socially engaged arts and/or health care.
Sir Thomas Beecham Scholarship
- Deadline: May 2023
- Eligibility: Awarded annually, on the basis of the results of the end of year performance examinations, to the first year undergraduate in music who shows the greatest promise in instrumental performance (not including pianists and singers).
St Mary’s Cathedral Choral Scholarship (External)
- Deadline: Open ended
- Value: Up to 3 x £3,000 - £4,000 per annum
- Eligibility: Up to three scholarships (External) are available for female and male altos, tenors, and basses. Applicants can be undergraduate or postgraduate Music students (all programmes). Applicants should be experienced choir singers, have a good level of sight-reading and should wish to develop their singing further.