This bursary of £1,500 is awarded annually for full-time or part-time postgraduate study in English Language.

Eligibility
Candidates must give evidence of reasonable attempts to obtain alternative funding through the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Scottish Overseas Research Students Awards Scheme or equivalent bodies.

The University of Edinburgh holds information about everyone who applies for an award from the University. We use the information you provide on your bursary application form together with the information you give on your University application form to administer and assess your application for a bursary and to select successful applicants Preference will be given to applicants for the MSc programme and graduates of the University.

Selectors reserve the right to invoke the criterion of academic merit.

Applying

The closing date for applications is 31 July 2010.

Applications can be downloaded or candidates may request paper copies.

• Ailie Donald Bursary application form in rich text format
• Ailie Donald Bursary form in PDF (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader)

Notification

A Selection Committee chaired by the Head of English Language meets in early August. The winner is announced mid August 2010.

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