Postgraduate Scholarships and Prizes

Below you will find our current scholarships and prizes offered in the School of Critical Studies for academic year 2025-2026.

Theology and Religious Studies

We are pleased to announce that applications for academic year 2025-26 are now open!

Theology and Religious Studies at Glasgow has a number of bursaries and funds which we use to offer full or partial fee waivers to postgraduate research students in Theology and Religious Studies (masters and PhD) at the University of Glasgow. The bursaries are available to those who intend to undertake postgraduate study at the University of the Glasgow. You can apply for a bursary at the same time that you apply for the degree.

Deadline for applications: Thursday 15 May 2025 at 12.00PM

Please submit your TRS Application Form 2025-2026 electronically (with a typed signature) together with your CV to critstudies-pgscholarships@glasgow.ac.uk with the subject line “YOUR NAME - TRS Bursary Application”.

Please also ask one of your academic referees (or your supervisor if you are already a graduate student) to submit a brief reference in support of your application to the same e-mail address.

 

For more information please contact Prof Garrick Allen, garrick.allen@glasgow.ac.uk 

English Literature

Name of Award Deadline
Alexander and Dixon Scholarship (Bryce Bequest) Will resume term 2024-25

Scottish Literature

Name of Award Deadline
The Centre for Robert Burns Studies Shaw Scholarship  3pm - Friday 11th August 2023
The Edwin Morgan Scholarship for Research in Scottish Literature 3pm - Friday 11th August 2023
The Joanna Baillie Scholarship for Research in Scottish Literatur 3pm - Friday 11th August 2023
The Colonel Sir Walter Scott Scholarship 3pm - Friday 11th August 2023
Tannahill Bursaries 3pm - Friday 11th August 2023