Jenny Balston Scholarship
History
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
- Funding
- stipend; UKRI rate (£20,780); UK rate
- Application deadline
- See university guidance
About the project
The Jenny Balston Scholarship is for History PhD students and is funded through a bequest from the estate of Miss Janet Mary Balston, MA (1971), to the University of Edinburgh Development Trust.
Important information
Funding for this award has yet to be confirmed for Academic Year 2027/28 . Please continue to check this webpage for updated information.
Award
The award provides an annual stipend at the UKRI rate (for guidance, for 2025/2026 this is currently £20,780) and tuition fees at the UK rate. Awards will normally be tenable for up to three years, subject to satisfactory progress.
Eligibility
The scholarship will be awarded to a student who is accepted for admission in 2026/2027 on a full-time basis for an on-campus PhD in History programme (i.e. History, Scottish History, Economic and Social History).
Only applicants eligible for home tuition fees will be considered; international fee-paying students are not eligible for this scholarship.
Criteria
To be considered for the Jenny Balston Scholarship, you must:
- Hold a UK 2.1 or first class honours undergraduate degree (or overseas equivalent) in a relevant field.
- Hold, or successfully achieve before commencing your PhD with us, a relevant Masters degree with an overall mark of at least 65%, or its international equivalent.
Applying
The deadline for applying for this scholarship has now passed.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Scholarships Systems FAQs for Applicants (152.11 KB / PDF)
Notification
Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their applications by January/February 2026 . We reserve the right not to make an award in the event that no suitable applications are received.
Contact Details
If you have a question which has not been answered above, please email the HCA Postgraduate Research Office ( hca-pgr@ed.ac.uk ).
Important
The University reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to amend or withdraw any of the advertised scholarships, without further notice.
This article was published on 2025-10-01