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Saint Andrew's Society of the State of New York Scholarships Fund

Administered in Scotland by the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland


Particulars of Scholarships to be awarded in 2012

For the academic year 2012-13 the Society will offer Scholarships to the total value of $40,000 to enable Scottish graduates to study for a year in the United States.  Up to two Scholarships will be offered of not less than $20,000 each.

Preference will be given to candidates who have no previous experience of the United States and for whom a period of study there can be expected to be a life-changing experience. Selection will be on the basis of an all-round assessment, including personality and academic achievement.

Eligibility

  1. Candidates must be Scottish by birth or descent, and will be expected to have current knowledge of Scotland and the Scottish tradition.
  2. Candidates must also be: either graduates of a Scottish university or of Oxford or Cambridge who have completed their first degree course (so as to be qualified to graduate) not earlier than 2011 or students of a Scottish university or of Oxford or Cambridge who expect to complete their first degree course (so as to be qualified to graduate) in 2012.
An Honours degree is not essential.

The Grant

  1. The monetary value of each Scholarship will be not less than $20,000, to be applied in the first instance to payment of tuition fees.
  2. The Selection Committee has discretion to allow the grant to be applied wholly or mainly towards the cost of travel or accommodation if they are satisfied that tuition fees will be paid (or waived) by the host university or by another grant-giving body.
  3. There is no formal means test, but account will be taken of any other scholarships, bursary, grant or waiver of fees awarded in connection with the candidate’s proposed course of study in the United States.
  4. It is the responsibility of candidates to ensure that they have fully researched the total likely cost of studying in their chosen university, as well as the cost of travel and accommodation.  Neither the Society nor the Carnegie Trust can offer further financial assistance beyond the amount of the Scholarship.
  5. Information about other possible sources of funding can be found at: www.fundingusstudy.com

Tenure

  1. The Scholarship will be tenable from September 2012 to May 2013 at a University in the United States, within a radius of 250 miles from New York City, or within the area of Washington, DC.
  2. Where a student cannot find a course for his/her special subject of study within the geographical area indicated above, the Society will consider allowing the Scholarship to be held at another University in the United States.
  3. Candidates are strongly advised to apply to more than one university. In previous years highly qualified candidates have failed to gain a place at the university of their choice, and have then found it difficult or impossible to find a place elsewhere.

Scholars’ involvement with the Society

  1. The Society will invite its scholars to be its guests for its annual St Andrew’s Day Banquet in New York City (typically on the Friday evening before Thanksgiving) and for its annual Tartan Ball in New York City in the spring.
  2. Scholars are expected to send to the Society at least two informal written reports, one in the first semester and the other in the second, addressing their personal and educational experiences during their time in the United States.
  3. The scholars will be asked to stay in contact with the Society, so that they may continue to receive information about the Society and Society events, and so that the Society may learn of their progress as they advance through their respective lives.

Go to My Experience for further information on previous St Andrew's Scholars' experiences of the application process and their time in the US.

Applications

  1. Applicants should complete the  St Andrew's Scholarship Application Form
  2. Completed application forms must be submitted not later than Friday 6 January 2012 for the attention of Lesley Fielding, Senate Office, Gilbert Scott Building, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ.  Interviews will be held on Wednesday 11 January 2012.
Applications should NOT be submitted to the Saint Andrew’s Society or to the Carnegie Trust.

References

Applicants should arrange for references from two academic referees to be submitted on the appropriate St Andrew's Scholarship Referee Form The form must be signed and dated by the applicant and the referee and returned to Lesley Fielding (lesley.fielding@glasgow.gla.ac.uk), Senate Office Gilbert Scott Building.

Interviews

  1. Further to the University interview, candidates will be informed during late February or early March 2012 whether they have been selected for interview with the Carnegie Trust.
  2. Interviews will take place in Edinburgh in late April or early May 2012. Candidates will be informed whether they have been successful as soon as possible thereafter.