See below
Fee waiver/discount
Postgraduate
The University of Edinburgh
Not specified
The award provides an annual stipend at the UKRI rate (for guidance, in 2025/2026, this was £20,780).
UK , All International
Applicable to all genders
All types of delivery mode
Only selective applicants are considered
Full time
All intakes
Mature students
Awards
The award provides an annual stipend at the UKRI rate (for guidance, in 2025/2026, this was £20,780) for three years, subject to satisfactory progress and tuition fees at the UK or international rate.
Eligibility
The award is open to all UK and international students commencing a full-time History PhD degree in the academic year 2026/2027. Those applying for a distance learning HCA PhD programme, as well as current PhD students, are not eligible to apply for the Justin Arbuthnott PhD Scholarship.
The scholarship panel will consider all high-quality proposals relating to the history of modern Ireland or British-Irish relations.
Students are shortlisted based on their
To be considered for the Justin Arbuthnott PhD Scholarship, you must:
You need to apply separately for this scholarship
To be considered for the Justin Arbuthnott Scholarship you must have applied for a PhD degree programme with the School by the separate deadline.
There are two separate deadlines that applicants must be aware of: the earlier PhD deadline and the scholarship deadline. Please check the School of History, Classics and Archaeology scholarship webpage for these application deadlines.
You may apply for the Justin Arbuthnott Scholarship before receiving a decision on your application for a PhD place, but if you do not receive a study offer, your application cannot proceed.
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