Applications open for Scottish Graduate Schools / SHF Fellowships (2025)

We are delighted to continue our partnership with Scotland’s two national graduate schools, the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities (SGSAH) and the Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (SGSSS), to offer up to six Stuart Hall Fellowships starting in October 2025.

Both SGSAH and SGSSS are committed to the public function of education and to addressing the barriers which exist to accessing higher education. The Fellowships, inspired by the life and work of Professor Stuart Hall and his research legacy in the areas of race, ethnicity, cultural and structural inequalities, will be used to provide opportunities for students from non-traditional and disadvantaged backgrounds.

Applications for these Fellowships are sought from UK candidates from non-traditional or disadvantaged backgrounds who are under-represented at graduate level in the Arts and Humanities and the Social Sciences in Scotland, and with a preference for those whose planned research aligns broadly with one of Stuart Hall’s many areas of interest: cultural studies, race, ethnicity and inequalities. Applicants can apply through SGSAH and SGSSS’s DTP Open Studentship Competitions, with selected successful candidates invited to apply for a Stuart Hall Foundation (SHF) Fellowship.

Each Graduate School will award up to three Stuart Hall Foundation Fellowships, which will be attached to funded studentships (covering fees, stipend and a research training grant). The Fellowship can be held within disciplines across the social sciences, arts and humanities at selected Scottish HEIs (Higher Education Institutes) which form part of the relevant Graduate School.

Recipients of these Fellowships will benefit from access to the Stuart Hall Foundation Scholars and Fellows network programme, which includes regular events and opportunities to develop their career and research profile.

Eligibility

Applicants who submitted an application for the SGSSS 24/25 Student-Led Open Competition are eligible to the Stuart Hall Foundation SGSSS Fellowship. Following the three review stages for this competition (concluding in May 2025), the SGSSS team will follow-up with successful applicants on the next steps to be considered for this Fellowship.

Similarly, for the Stuart Hall Foundation SGSAH Fellowship, applicants who submitted an application for the SGSAH AHRC Doctoral Training Partnership are eligible. Following the review stages of this competition (also concluding in May 2025), the SGSAH team will follow-up with successful applicants regarding next steps to be considered for this Fellowship.

For further details on the SGSSS application process, please see: https://www.sgsss.ac.uk/studentships/open-competition/

For further details on the SGSAH application process, please see: https://www.sgsah.ac.uk/prospective/dtp/