Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities

Prospective Students

SGSAH funding not only supplies funding for your PhD, but also robust training opportunities, access to a network of industry partners and support from SGSAH itself. The funding streams we currently offer for prospective students can be seen below.

Our eligibility criteria includes residency criteria set by UKRI. Please see the residency section in each funding section for more information.

*The online application platform for the 2025 Open Scholarship Competition will open on 3 February 2025*

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AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership

The SGSAH AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership is a collaboration of ten Scottish HEIs offering a fully-funded PhD with stipend, a robust three and a half year training programme and access to Scotland's resources through our strong links with our supporter organisations.

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Applied Research Collaborative Studentship

Find out more about our Applied Research Collaborative Studentships, in partnership with the Scottish Funding Council

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Collaborative Doctoral Awards

SGSAH Collaborative Doctoral Awards provide AHRC funding for PhD-level research projects which are developed in partnership between Higher Education Institutions and non-HEI organisations or businesses.

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British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarships 2025

The British Council Scotland SGSAH EARTH Scholarships is a programme run by SGSAH with funding from the British Council to enable international research collaborations between PhD and Early Career Researchers and Scottish HEIs and Scotland-based academic mentors, and external organisations, thematically focused on environmental arts and humanities and their interdisciplinary connections.

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Where Else Can I Find Funding?

SGSAH is one of the main sources of PhD funding for arts & humanities researchers, for your reference we have collected some of the other sources of funding which can support your PhD.