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Carnegie Trust

Vacation Scholarships

2027 cycle

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What you need to do

Plan a project with a supervisor at your university, pass the eligibility checker, then fill in the form. Leave your supervisor 5 working days to submit it.

You and your supervisor apply together.

Where it takes place

Dates, as the organiser states them

Last cycle (2026): opened 17 Nov 2025.

Who can apply

Eligibility is as of the 2026 cycle. The organiser has not yet confirmed it for 2027.

Low-income undergraduates at 18 Scottish institutions, in the penultimate year or year 3 or 4 of a five-year degree, whose permanent home was in Scotland before university and still is. Scottish schooling or a tie is also needed.

  • Not open to first-years
  • Only students at the listed universities
  • The 18 are Aberdeen, Abertay, Dundee, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier, Glasgow, Glasgow Caledonian, Heriot-Watt, Highlands and Islands, Queen Margaret, Robert Gordon, St Andrews, Stirling, Strathclyde, West of Scotland, Glasgow School of Art, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and SRUC. You must have studied there for your whole degree, or moved there after an HNC or HND at a Scottish college. You also need two years of full-time secondary school or college education in Scotland, or another tie to Scotland that the Trust confirms before you apply. UK right to work is needed.
  • The page sets no subject limit, and its examples include nursing, midwifery, acting and ballet degrees.

Source (opens in a new tab), read 20 Sep 2026

Sources and last check

Checked by software on 15 Oct 2026. Confirm on the official page before you rely on it.

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