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The following awards are available for students commencing their studies in the 2012/2013 academic session.

Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami which struck the east coast of Japan on Friday 11th March 2011, the University will offer up to six Master's scholarships for students from the Tohoku, Northern Kanto, and Hokkaido regions undertaking a postgraduate Master's degree programme offered by the University of Edinburgh in the academic session 2012-2013.

The scholarship will provide an award of £10,000 towards tuition fees and will be tenable for one academic session.

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Read more about this award and how to apply

Edinburgh Law School is pleased to be able to offer five Tercentenary Awards for Excellence of £1,000 towards tuition fees in any LLM or MSc programme offered by the School, starting in September 2012 (including distance learning programmes, and also the MSc in European Union Politics and Law and the MSc in Global Crime, Justice and Security, both of which are offered jointly with the School of Social and Political Studies).

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Completed application forms should be emailed to pg.law@ed.ac.uk by that date. Please submit only a single application form but state clearly on the form itself which awards you wish to be considered for.

Download an application form here:

In memory of Athene Munkman, Edinburgh Law School is pleased to offer the Munkman Scholarship.  This award will provide £1,000 towards the cost of tuition fees for one student studying on the LLM in International Law.

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Completed application forms should be emailed to pg.law@ed.ac.uk by that date. Please submit only a single application form but state clearly on the form itself which awards you wish to be considered for.

Download an application form here:

Edinburgh Law School will offer one scholarship to a full-time candidate for the LLM in Legal Research or the LLM in History and Philosophy of Law in 2012/13, which will cover fees at the Home/EU rate.

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Completed application forms should be emailed to pg.law@ed.ac.uk by that date. Please submit only a single application form but state clearly on the form itself which awards you wish to be considered for.

Download an application form here:

The College Research Student Awards scheme is designed to attract high quality students applying for PhD research.

There are two types of award being offered, each tenable for 3 years subject to satisfactory progress. Applicants are automatically considered for both awards.

The College Studentships pay fees at the Home/EU rate, a stipend of £12,000 per year and a research expenses allowance of £440 per annum.  Applicants who are unsuccessful in obtaining a College Studentship are automatically considered for a College Scholarship.

College Scholarships pay fees at the Home/EU rate and a research expenses allowance of £440 per annum.

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Details for 2013/14 entry will be posted shortly.

Read more about eligibility for these awards and how to apply

The University of Edinburgh will offer 6 Master's scholarships for eligible distance learning Master's programmes offered by the University. Each scholarship will have a total value of £5,000 which will be deducted from the tuition fee for the entire part-time programme of study.

The closing date for 2012-2013 academic session applications is 31 May 2012

Read more about eligibility for this award and how to apply

The School of Law will offer two PhD scholarships to students commencing their studies in the 2012-2013 academic session. These awards are in addition to the University and College awards, listed elsewhere on this page, which are also available to students studying for a PhD in the School. These awards are available in any field where the School of Law can offer supervision, and are as follows:

- One award of fees at the Home/EU rate together with a stipend of £8,000 per year
- One award of fees at the Home/EU rate only

Applicants must complete the school's scholarship application form to indicate that they wish to be considered for the award. 

Completed forms should be emailed to pg.law@ed.ac.uk.

The closing date for applications is 30 June 2012.

Edinburgh Law School is pleased to invite applications for a +3 PhD Studentship, funded jointly by the ESRC and the Scottish government, to start in September 2012. The title of the Studentship is Criminal Careers in Scotland.

The overarching aims of this research are to examine the nature of criminal careers in Scotland, identify explanatory factors associated with patterns of conviction and re-conviction and identify modes of intervention that are likely to maximise positive outcomes for individuals (in terms of reduced re-offending) and Scottish communities (in terms of reduced social and economic costs).  This research will involve complex statistical analysis of two key datasets: the Scottish Offenders Index (SOI) and the Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime (ESYTC). 

Details of the Award: This full time +3 award requires the student to have completed an appropriate Masters degree including methods training. The successful applicant will be co-supervised by Professor Susan McVie and Dr Paul Norris, and will also receive guidance from a representative of the Scottish Government.The student will also be affiliated with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (www.sccjr.ac.uk) and the Applied Quantitative Methods Network (www.aqmen.ac.uk). The award includes the payment of fees at the Home/EU rate and a maintenance grant of £13,590 for each of the three years of study. 

Further particulars: To get the further particulars for this studentship, including details of how to apply, click here

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Other SCCJR studentships: The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research has a number of other criminology studentship opportunities. For details of these studentships visit their webpage.

Edinburgh Law School is pleased to invite applications for a +3 PhD Studentship, funded  by the ESRC, to start in September 2012. The title of the Studentship is A qualitative longitudinal study of Includem's Transitional Support Programme.

This research results from collaboration between members of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (www.sccjr.ac.uk) and Includem (http://www.includem.org/). Includem is a service-providing charity which, in the 11 years of its existence to date, has developed an international reputation for its work with young people with especially troubled and chaotic lifestyles. These are ‘young people who face a lifetime of court, prison, homelessness, broken relationships, drug and alcohol abuse’ (Includem, 2011: 1). Key features of Includem’s services include not defining any young person out on grounds of excessive difficulty, round-the-clock availability of help and support, and consistency of one to one relationships between workers and young people. Includem insists upon a commitment to evidence-informed practice, just as SCCJR is committed to a vision of a civic criminology centering upon the connectedness of empirical inquiry, theoretical enrichment and practical engagement. This proposal focuses on what is both a key challenge for Includem’s practice, namely how to enable young people to disengage successfully from reliance upon its support after the age of 18, and a major issue for theory and research, namely how progress towards desistance from crime fares in the face of major life transitions and critical events.

Details of the Award: This full time +3 award requires the student to have completed an appropriate Masters degree including methods training. The successful applicant will be co-supervised by Professor Richard Sparks (University of Edinburgh), Professor Fergus McNeill (University of Glasgow) and Pamela Barnes (Research and Communications Manager, Includem). The student will be based at the University of Edinburgh and will be able to take advantage of Edinburgh Law School's PhD training and be part of the Scottish Graduate School and Doctoral Training Centre (www.socsciscotland.ac.uk). The student will also be involved with the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (www.sccjr.ac.uk) and have support arrangements provided by Includem. The award includes the payment of fees at the Home/EU rate and a maintenance grant of £13,590 for each of the three years of study. 

Further particulars: To get the further particulars for this studentship, including details of how to apply, click here 

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Formed in 1996 for the advancement of legal education, the Edinburgh Legal Education Trust is offering two scholarships for Law students commencing their studies in September 2012.  Funding is available for one PhD scholarship and one LLM by Research scholarship in Scots Private Law. 

Read more about the LLM by Research scholarship for research in Scots private law 

Read more about the PhD scholarship for research in Scots law 

Applicants must complete the school's scholarship application form

Completed application forms should be returned either electronically (pg.law@ed.ac.uk) or by post (Postgraduate Office, School of Law, The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL).

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

The University of Edinburgh will offer a number of PhD scholarships for students starting their PhD research at the University in the 2012-2013 academic session. The awards are open to UK, EU and overseas students undertaking a research degree and may be held in any field of study. Applicants must have already applied for admission to a full-time PhD research programme of study at the University.

In order to attract the best and brightest PhD students, the University of Edinburgh seeks to offer not only unparalleled research facilities and superb supervision, but also to provide development opportunities which will support our research students as they progress beyond their PhD, through an innovative programme of integrated research, training and career development.

This exciting new scholarship scheme provides a valuable opportunity for postgraduate research students to undertake a package of training and development which will help them to develop the necessary skills required to meet their career choices, and offer them a breadth of development opportunities in areas such as teaching, public engagement, entrepreneurship, and research.

Each scholarship covers the UK/EU rate of tuition fee as well as a stipend which in year 1 is expected to be £14,000. Subject to satisfactory progress, the awards are tenable for up to three years.

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Details for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Click here for more information about the award and how to apply

The School of Law is pleased to announce up to two awards for PhD students commencing their studies in the 2012/13 academic session. These awards are only available to Home/EU students.

Applicants are advised that they must have applied via the University online applications system (EUCLID) to be considered for an AHRC award.

To download a copy of the School application form please click here . Applications must include a research proposal of around 1,500 words in length and two academic references.

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Applications may be submitted either by post (Postgraduate Office, School of Law, The University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh, EH8 9YL) or electronically (aimie.little@ed.ac.uk).

Applications will be short-listed and selected by panels in the relevant subject areas and then checked by the University AHRC panel. The School of Law will then contact applicants to let them know if they have been successful in their application.

Click here for further information about how to write a research proposal:

Click here to visit the AHRC webpage for further information about this scholarship

stating that they wish to be considered for nomination for an ESRC scholarship.  This email should be accompanied by a research proposal of around 1500 words, along with a completed cover sheet (download here) and equal opportunities form (download here ).

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Details for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Guidance on writing a research proposal can be found in this document. The proposal should include the title of your proposed research and an identification of the research problem in the context of the existing research literature, along with detail of the methods which will be used to research the problem identified. Candidates are advised to discuss their research proposal with a relevant member of academic staff in the School of Law prior to submission. This discussion may include review of a draft proposal.

Binks Trust Scholarships for the LLM in European Law

The Binks Trust awards cover fees (at the Home/EU level) for the LLM in European Law, and are accompanied by a £500 study support grant (to assist with, for example, the purchase of books, printing costs, photocopying costs, or other related learning costs). The award will be available to graduates who have an outstanding academic record in law; preference will be given to candidates who are ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom (minimum of three years preceding application).

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Applicants must complete the school's scholarship application form to indicate that they wish to be considered for this award.

Please email your completed form to pg.law@ed.ac.uk.

Africa LLM/MSc Tercentenary Scholarship

The Africa LLM/MSc Tercentenary Scholarship is open to all African students who have applied to an on-campus LLM or the on-campus MSc in Criminology and Criminal Justice at Edinburgh Law School.

One scholarship will be available each academic year until 2013/2014.

The award is open to all suitably qualified African applicants; however, the 2012/2013 scholarship is particularly aimed at applicants who are citizens of (and normally resident in) West Africa.  If no suitable application is received from these countries, the scholarship will pass to the next most suitable applicant. The award will be made solely on academic merit.

The scholarship will cover the costs of postgraduate tuition fees for one academic year. The successful applicant will also be given a partial maintenance grant (£6500) to help fund their studies at the University of Edinburgh. The maintenance grant will not cover the full costs of studying at the University and applicants should ensure they have sufficient financial support to complete their studies.

More detailed information can be obtained by emailing pg.law@ed.ac.uk.

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Applicants must complete the school's scholarship application form to indicate that they wish to be considered for this award. Completed forms should be emailed to pg.law@ed.ac.uk.

Applications for postgraduate programmes must be made in parallel through the normal University application route.

UK/EU Master's Scholarships

Twelve scholarships are available to UK and EU students already accepted to a full-time Master's degree programmes in any subject offered by the University.

The scholarships will cover the UK/EU tuition fees up to £5,750. This amount is deducted from the tuition fee and is tenable for one academic year.

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit with candidates requiring a first-class or upper second-class (2:1) honours degree from a UK university or overseas equivalent.

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Read more about this award and find out how to apply

Edinburgh Global Master's Scholarships

The University of Edinburgh will offer 40 Master's scholarships for postgraduate study in any subject offered by the University for the 2012-2013 academic session.

Fifteen scholarships will have a value of £5,000 each, while a further twenty-five scholarships will have a value of £3,000 each. These scholarships will be tenable for one academic year and will be deducted from tuition fees.

Applications for this scholarship for the 2012/13 year have now closed. Information for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Read more about this award and find out how to apply 

Edinburgh Global Research Scholarships

At least 30 Edinburgh Global Research Scholarships will be awarded for session 2012-2013.

Each award covers the difference between the tuition fee for a UK/EU graduate student and that chargeable to an overseas graduate student. The awards do not cover maintenance expenses. Subject to satisfactory progress, the awards are tenable for up to three years.

The awards are open to overseas students undertaking a research degree and may be held in any field of study. 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.

Applications for this scholarship for 2012/13 have now closed. Details for 2013/14 will be posted shortly.

Read more about this award and find out how to apply