World Leading Supervisor led Scholarships 2026-27
The World Leading Scholarships are for students of exceptional ability looking to complete a doctoral degree in an area of research aligned with the University’s research strategy. Scholarships are tenable for up to 3.5 years and cover full tuition fees for the award term as well as annual stipend.
Further information can be found at: https://stleonardscollege.st-andrews.ac.uk/funding/world-leading-doctoral-scholarships/.
Please see below for World Leading scholarship projects which are now open for applications:
- How to write a global success before print: The paradigmatic case of the Seven Sages of Rome/Sinbad narrative – (Modern Languages) – closing date 15/2/26
- Towards a next generation of solution-processed lead-free perovskite CW laser materials and devices. (Physics and Chemistry) – Closing date 26/2/26
- Exporting the Nation: Making the Commonwealth, Re-making Men. (English) – Closing date 27/2/26
- The circulation of Alien Seas – Modeling ocean mixing and nutrient pathways on early earth (Mathematics and Earth and Environmental Sciences) – closing date 1/3/26
- Designing Techo-Cultural Ecologies: Prototyping Critical and Creative Interactions with Biodiversity (Computer Science and Modern Languages) – closing date 31/3/26
- From moving to meaning: smarter tools for studying animal behaviour (Computer Science and Psychology and Neuroscience) – closing date 6/3/26