Alternative funding
Charities, trust funds, bursaries, and scholarships are alternative sources of funding which might be available to you.
- Top tips for funding your postgraduate degree
- Alternative Guide to Postgraduate Funding Gateway (Please email DoctoralAcademy@dundee.ac.uk for the PIN to access this facility.)
- Leverhulme Trades Charities Trust (For Postgraduate and Undergraduate bursaries)
- Postgraduate Studentships
- Masters Compare
- Carnegie PhD Scholarships
- Carnegie Trust Undergraduate tuition fee grants
- Stirlingshire Educational Trust
- Scholarship Search
- Turn2Us
- SAAS Register of education endowments
- Prospects
- City of Dundee Educational Trust
- ICAS Foundation Bursaries
- RIBA Scholarships and Bursaries
- Marks Family Charitable Trust
- Blackbullion - University of Dundee students get free access to the Blackbullion. This contains a funds management system which helps students manage the entire financial support process for multiple funds in one place. Register with your dundee.ac.uk email address.
Medicine, Dentistry, and Nursing
- Royal Medical Benevolent Fund
- BMA Charities (Helping doctors-past, present, and future.)
- Cavell Nurses' Trust (Supporting nurses, midwives, and healthcare assistants.)
- Junius S Morgan Benevolent Fund (For third year nursing students working in the NHS.)
- The Nurses Memorial to King Edward VII in Scotland (Educational bursaries are available.)
- The Queen's Nursing Institute Scotland
- RCN Foundation (Supporting nursing and improving care.)
- Occupational Health Assessment (Elective grants, academic achievement grant, and the Sue Britton Bursary for nurses and medical students.)
- Student Health Association (The fund helps students with disabilities)
- The Victoria Foundation (Supporting medical students)
- The Sidney Perry Foundation
- The Sir Richard Stapley Educational Trust (Grants for students pursuing degrees in medicine, dentistry and veterinary studies taken as a second degree, and those studying for certain postgraduate qualifications)
- Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust (Undergraduate students)
- Isle of Man Government (Microgaming Education Bursary and Other Financial Assistance)
- Save the student (9 weird university bursaries, grants and scholarships)
- Medical Schools Council (Elective bursaries)
- IME- Elective bursaries (Support Medical Student Electives, or exceptionally Special Study Modules, on issues in medical ethics, in the UK or overseas)
- IME - Conference bursaries (Support attendance at meetings or conferences of which medical ethics is a substantial and explicit component)
- BDA Benevolent Fund (Supporting dental students)
Blackbullion funds management system
You can manage the entire financial support process for multiple funds in one place on Blackbullion.
University of Dundee students can register with their email address to get free access.
Stevenson Scholarships for 2024/25
The Stevenson Exchange Scholarships are for the promotion of friendly relations between students of the universities of Scotland and France, Germany or Spain. They are tenable, normally for one year, and any French, German or Spanish university. They are not restricted to students of Modern Languages.
Eligibility
- Undergraduate students of any faculty of a Scottish university
- Not more than 25 years of age
Application
Applications must be submitted electronically
Application forms and further information can be obtained from, and must be returned to, k.f.stulka@dundee.ac.uk by 1 March 2024.
Making Mum Proud Bereavement Fund
After Sahil Vohra lost his mother, aunt, uncle and grandparents in 2018 he was determined not to lose hope. He set up the charity Making Mum Proud CIO to support young people facing bereavement during their time at University. Sahil has a special connection to Dundee with many of his family being alumni who have studied at Dundee.
Losing the support of a parent early on in your adulthood, can be extremely daunting. Making Mum Proud wants to ensure that no young adult has to give up on their life goals following the loss of a parent or guardian.
If you are experiencing financial difficulties, Making Mum Proud can provide financial support towards tuition fees, course resources, and utility bills to help keep you on track with your education.
Find out more and make your application on the Making Mum Proud website.
Eligibility
- You must be aged between 18 and 26.
- You must be studying at the University of Dundee.
- You have lost a parent or legal guardian.
If you are successful, the minimum award is £50, and the maximum is £250.