University of Edinburgh Garden Scholarship

The Garden Scholarship is a scholarship run by the University of Edinburgh for 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. The University of Edinburgh states that the award is designed to cover full tuition fees towards the PgCert.

The scholarship is open to applicants who are accepted for admission to the PgCert Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning) programme and who have firmly accepted a place offered by the University of Edinburgh, or who intend to do so. It is also available to students currently enrolled on the PgProfDev Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning) programme who wish to complete the PgCert.

The University of Edinburgh states that the scholarship will be awarded based on academic merit and the strength of the personal statement. The personal statement must confirm or address specific questions, including confirming your current employer and current post and outlining career objectives and how completing the PgCert will enhance them.

The Garden Scholarship is one scholarship. The University of Edinburgh states that it covers full tuition fees towards the PgCert Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning). Funding for the award has yet to be confirmed for the academic year stated on the page; no further details about continuation, duration, or obligations afterwards are given.

• Open to applicants for the Postgraduate Certificate (PgCert) in Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning) or students currently enrolled on the Postgraduate Professional Development (PgProfDev) Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice programme.
• Applicants must either: (a) be accepted for admission to the PgCert Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning) programme, with an offered place at the University of Edinburgh that has been firmly accepted, or an intention to accept; preference given to applicants with an unconditional offer at the scholarship application deadline; or (b) be currently enrolled on the PgProfDev Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning) programme and wish to complete the PgCert.
• The University of Edinburgh particularly welcomes applications from students from sub-Saharan Africa.
• Applicants must be currently domiciled in one of the eligible countries listed below: 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.
• Personal statement requirement as part of the application, including confirmation of current employer and current post, outline of career objectives and how completion of the PgCert will enhance them, and any additional information that would enhance the application; maximum length 500 words.

• Full tuition fees towards the PgCert Surgical Writing and Evidence Based Practice (online learning), up to a maximum scholarship award of £5,070.

1. Use the scholarship application process referenced by the University of Edinburgh (the page references an application system and FAQs for applicants).
2. Submit a personal statement (maximum 500 words) that confirms and/or addresses the required questions listed for the application.
3. Note: the deadline to apply for this scholarship has now passed.

• Personal statement (maximum 500 words) addressing the listed questions.