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Applications for 2025/26 are now closed.

The number of awards differs from year to year. Below we list the current competitions where supervisors are based within the School of Social and Political Science at the University of Edinburgh. These awards begin in October 2025.

These scholarships are managed by the College Postgraduate Research Office. Please contact pgawards@ed.ac.uk with any queries.

Open Collaborative Studentship. Pathway: Social Inequalities

Project title: Edinburgh Parents’ Panel: transforming systems and practice with parents and families involved in social work services

Lead supervisor: Dr Mary Mitchell

Collaborative partner: City of Edinburgh Council

Full project and application details can be found here.

Open Collaborative Studentship. Pathway: Health, Wellbeing and Communities

Project title: Intimate Partner Violence in Young People’s Relationships – Care and Justice for Whom?

Lead supervisor: Dr Claire Houghton

Collaborative partner: Edinburgh Women's Aid

Full project and application details can be found here.