The Garden Scholarship

About the project

The Garden Scholarship is open to Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) in Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice applicants or students currently enrolled on the Postgraduate Professional Development (PgProfDev) Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice programme.

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

One scholarship will be available for 2026/2027 entry.

The Scholarship will cover full tuition fees towards the Postgraduate Certificate in Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice . The maximum scholarship award available for 2026/2027 entry is £5070 .

Eligibility

The Garden Scholarship will be awarded to applicants who are either:

The Garden Scholarship would particularly welcome applications from students from sub-Saharan Africa.

Applicants must be currently domiciled in one of the eligible countries listed below and as derived from the DAC List of ODA Recipients 2026-2027 .

Please note the eligible countries are not a 1:1 match to the full DAC list. Rather, the DAC list has been used as an information source to help define the set of eligible countries. Domiciles not included in the list below unfortunately are not eligible for the Scholarship:

Angola | Gabon | Nepal

Bangladesh | Gambia | Niger

Benin | Ghana | Nigeria

Botswana | Guinea | Rwanda

Burkina Faso | Guinea Bissau | Sao Tome and Principe

Burundi | Haiti | Senegal

Cambodia | Kenya | Sierra Leone

Cameroon | Kiribati | Solomon Islands

Cape Verde | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Somalia

Central African Republic | Lesotho | South Africa

Chad | Liberia | South Sudan

Comoros | Libya | Sudan

Congo | Madagascar | Tanzania

Côte d'Ivoire | Malawi | Timor-Leste

Democratic Republic of the Congo | Mali | Togo

Djibouti | Mauritania | Tunisia

Egypt | Mauritius | Tuvalu

Equatorial Guinea | Morocco | Uganda

Eritrea | Mozambique | Western Sahara

Eswatini | Myanmar | Yemen

Ethiopia | Namibia | Zambia

Zimbabwe

• Accepted for admission to the PgCert Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning) programme in the 2026-2027 academic year. Applicants should already have been offered a place at the University of Edinburgh and should have firmly accepted that offer or be intending to do so. Preference will be given to those who have an unconditional offer at time of the scholarship application deadline, or,
• Currently enrolled on the PgProfDev Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning) programme and wish to complete the PG Certificate.

Criteria

As part of your application, applicants must also include a personal statement which confirms and/or addresses each of the following questions (500 words maximum):

The scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and the strength of your personal statement.

• Confirm your current employer and your current post.
• Outline your career objectives and how these objectives will be enhanced by completion of the PgCert in Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice.
• Any additional information that you believe will enhance your application.

Applying

The deadline to apply for this scholarship has now passed.

Application system: Frequently Asked Questions

Scholarships Systems FAQs for Applicants (152.11 KB / PDF)

Notification

We will notify the successful applicant by email by 29th of June 2026.

Contact Details

Please direct any questions or queries to the programme team at: surgicalwriting@ed.ac.uk

Further Information

PgCert Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning) programme

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 2025-02-20

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