Postgraduate Schemes

(Page last updated August 2011)

These descriptions of the Schemes are intended as convenient summaries. The actual Regulations are provided in a link below each description and these should be consulted for more details.

Carnegie Cameron Post-Graduate (Taught) Bursaries

These Bursaries are awarded to students on a one-year, taught, post-graduate degree course at a Scottish university. Pre-doctoral courses and post-graduate diploma or certificate courses are not funded under this Scheme. It is permissible that the one-year course be taken on a half-time basis over two consecutive years. Bursaries can only be awarded to students before they embark on the course.  The Bursary is to be applied to payment of the tuition fees.

Applicants must be Scottish by birth, descent (at least one parent born in Scotland) or have been continuously resident in Scotland for a period of at least three years for the purpose of secondary or tertiary education in Scotland. Residence in Scotland for any other purpose does not make an applicant eligible. Vacations, periods of absence through illness and periods spent outside Scotland as part of a Scottish educational course shall not be taken into account in determining whether the residence has been continuous.

Candidates who wish to be considered for one of these Bursaries should approach the university where they wish to study and NOT the Trust.  The Regulations are given below and application forms can be obtained from the university contacts listed in these Regulations.

Carnegie/Caledonian Scholarships

Graduates of a Scottish university holding or expecting to achieve a degree with first-class honours in any subject and intending to pursue three years of postgraduate research leading to a PhD can be nominated by their university for the award of a Carnegie Scholarship. Only students who have undertaken or are undertaking their first degree at a Scottish university are eligible.  Students who have not undertaken their first degree at a Scottish university but are undertaking a one year postgraduate degree at a Scottish university are not eligible to apply for a Scholarship.  Students in their final undergraduate year, who are expected to achieve first-class honours, may be nominated and withdran if they fail to do achieve this. Carnegie Scholarships, which can be held at any university in the United Kingdom, but mostly in Scotland, provide fees, maintenance, research and travel allowances.  Scholars are also eligible to apply for Carnegie Research Grants. Nominations must be made by a senior member of academic staff from a Scottish university.  Nominators are asked to submit their nomination electronically by 15th March, together with the applicant’s form and the referees' forms, followed by a signed hard copy.  Nominations for these Scholarships, which are intended to be one of the premier awards in Scotland, greatly outnumber the Scholarships available. 

Caledonian Scholarships
The Trust administers the Caledonian Scholarships on behalf of the RSEScotland Foundation (RSESF).  The Scholarships are awarded and held under identical conditions as the Carnegie Scholarships, except that the Scholarships must be held in Scotland. 

Henry Dryerre Scholarship

The Henry Dryerre Scholarship is offered, triennially, to graduates of a Scottish university holding a degree with first-class honours in medical or veterinary physiology and is to be held at a Scottish institution.  The next award will be offered in 2013.

Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York Scholarships

The Trust administers the selection process for these Scholarships, which are awarded by the Society.

For the academic year 2012-2013, the Society may offer Scholarships to the total value of $40,000 to enable Scottish graduates to study for a year in the United States. Up to two Scholarships will be offered of not less than $20,000 each.

Applications forms can be obtained from the contact named in Annex A of the Particulars of  Scholarships.