Andrew Grant Postgraduate Scholarships at Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) Scotland
Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) is delighted to announce the Andrew Grant PG Scholarships to applicants for postgraduate (PG) programmes in our five Schools: School of Art; School of Design; ESALA (Architecture and Landscape Architecture); History of Art; and the Reid School of Music.
Andrew Grant, born 1830 in Leith, was an established international businessman, liberal politician, landowner and an alumnus of the University of Edinburgh. Between 1907 and 1909, he gifted £10,000 towards the construction of the new Edinburgh College of Art (ECA) and left around £350,000 to The Andrew Grant Bequest, to benefit students of the college which it continues to do.
Our Schools offer a rich and vibrant postgraduate community with a broad range of postgraduate programmes and academic research interests.
Awards
We are offering 10 scholarships, for the sum of £ £9,500 each, 2 awards per ECA School. These awards will be tenable for one academic year and will be automatically deducted from your tuition fee with any remaining funds being awarded towards living costs.
All scholarship award holders are expected to be energetic members of our postgraduate community, and will engage with opportunities to present their work to the wider student and staff body during the period covered by their award. We offer our postgraduates a range of training and development opportunities appropriate to their programme of study.
Eligibility
The scholarships will be awarded to new applicants who have applied for admission to a postgraduate Masters or Masters by Research degree programme of study at the University commencing in September 2020.
Both taught Masters and Masters by Research programmes are eligible for this award. Applications will be considered from UK/EU/Overseas applicants wishing to study full-time/part-time/online distance learning programmes.
Part-time students and students on PG programmes longer than one year may apply but must be aware that this funding is for one year only, therefore, students are advised to budget accordingly.
Master of Architecture (MArch) applicants and MPhil applicants are not eligible to apply. Students who are already on programme are not eligible to apply.
If wishing to commence a new PG programme of study in September 2020 you must ensure that you have fully completed and submitted your PG programme application for admission using the University’s online system by no later than 24 February 2020.
Scholarship applications from prospective students which are not supported by a fully completed PG programme application and not submitted by the deadlines above will not be considered for funding.
Applying
Eligible applicants should complete an online scholarship application
The scholarship deadline is 23:59 GMT 2nd March 2020.
In order to gain access to the scholarship application system applicants must have applied for admission to the University of Edinburgh. Please note that, following the submission of an application for admission, it can take up to five working days for all system checks to be completed and for access to be granted.
The online scholarship application form is located in EUCLID and can be accessed via MyEd our web based information portal at https://www.myed.ed.ac.uk
When logging in to MyEd, you will need your University User Name and password. If you require assistance, please go to http://www.ed.ac.uk/student-systems/support-guidance
Selection Procedure
The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence. Candidates must have, or expect to obtain, the equivalent of a UK first class or 2:1 Honours degree at undergraduate level.
The ECA Selection Panel will meet in April 2020 to review the scholarship applications. All scholarship applicants will be contacted with the outcome by late April/early May2020. The successful applicants will be announced on the ECA website at the start of the 2020-21 academic year.
Please note: The Andrew Grant PG Scholarship cannot be held alongside any other ECA scholarship funding. But can be held alongside external funding, including Government funded Postgraduate Loans (SAAS or PGL).
Contact Us
Please contact the ECA Postgraduate Office if you have any questions about the application process.
For PG Masters by Research programmes please contact ecaresearchdegrees@ed.ac.uk
For PG Taught Masters programmes please contact ecapgtdegrees@ed.ac.uk
If you have an academic enquiry please contact the School Postgraduate Director or Programme Director of the programme you wish to apply for (please see the Degree Finder programme page for contact details).