Clyde Higgs Scholarships

You will need to provide contact details, upload a brief CV and write statements to explain:

Why you have chosen to study your particular course (maximum 300 words)

How the receipt of this award would make a difference to you (maximum 300 words)

What your aspirations are in terms of your future career and how this relates to the future success of the farming/food production sector (maximum 300 words).

Open to UK students only.

Thanks to the considerable generosity of the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust, up to four Clyde Higgs Scholarships, each worth £8,000, are available to British nationals for the School of Life Sciences postgraduate courses MSc Sustainable Crop Production: Agronomy for the 21st Century, MSc Environmental Bioscience in a Changing Climate and MSc Food Security studying in academic year 2025/26. The scholarship is awarded as a reduction in course fees.

The scholarships are to support students interested in pursuing a career in the agri-food and environment sectors.

The principle aim of the Elizabeth Creak Charitable Trust is to provide support and encourage new blood in farming through education and other means and finance projects to help agriculture succeed and ultimately thrive in a challenging environment.

The School of Life Sciences has relationships with a number of companies and agricultural organisations that participate in lectures and seminar programmes, and which may offer placements for our MSc students.

Eligibility Criteria:

To apply for a Clyde Higgs Scholarship you must:

Be a UK national

Hold an offer to study our MSc Environmental Bioscience in a Changing Climate, MSc Sustainable Crop Production: Agronomy for the 21st Century or MSc Food Security in the academic year 2025/2026

Successful applicants will be required to meet the Trustees from time to time and give a short presentation on their research project or placement in the summer term.