Open for applications
Applications are invited for the Margaret E. S. Merchant Memorial Scholarship.
This scholarship is open to candidates applying to the PhD programme in History. Candidates may study either full-time or part-time, on-campus or by distance learning, and they may be of any may be of any tuition fee category (Home/RUK/EU/International). The Scholarship will be awarded on the strength of candidates' overall profiles as presented in their PhD applications, including academic and/or professional achievement, research proposal, fit with supervisory expertise, and letters of reference.
The value of the scholarship is £17,666 per academic year for 36 months of full-time supervised study (or pro-rata for 72 months of part-time study).
Margaret E. S. Merchant was born on 30 November 1923 and graduated from the University of Aberdeen with an MA in 1945 and a Diploma in Education from Oxford in 1947. She had a long and illustrious career as a teacher at both Banchory Academy and St Margaret's School for Girls in Aberdeen. She died in 1986.
Further details can be found here: https://www.abdn.a c.uk/dhpa/research/fundings/margaret-es-merchant-memorial-scholarship/.
Application deadline: 15th August 2026
Project start date: 1st October 2026 or 1st January 2027
Enquiries (administrative): dhpa-pg-admissions@abdn.ac.uk
Enquiries (academic): b.marsden@abdn.ac.uk (Dr Ben Marsden, History)