• Candidates must be Scottish by birth or descent, and have up-do-date knowledge of Scotland, Scottish current affairs and of the Scottish tradition generally. The Society expects its scholars to be good ambassadors for Scotland.
• Candidates must also be:
  • either graduates of a Scottish university, Glasgow School of Art, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, or of Oxford or Cambridge, who have completed their first degree course (so as to be qualified to graduate) not earlier than 2023.
  • Or students of a Scottish university, Glasgow School of Art, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, or of Oxford or Cambridge, who expect to complete their first degree course (so as to be qualified to graduate) in 2024.
• Preference is given to candidates who have no previous, or limited, experience of the United States and for whom a period of study in that country may provide a life-changing experience.

• The Scholarship is tenable from August 2024 to May 2025 at a university in the United States within a radius of 250 miles from New York State, or within the area of Washington DC.
• Where a student cannot find a course for his/her special subject of study within the geographical area indicated above, the Society will consider allowing the Scholarship to be held at another university in the United States.

For the academic year 2024-2025, the Saint Andrew’s Society of New York is offering two Scholarships to enable Scottish graduates to study for a year in the United States. Each Scholarship will have a maximum value of $35,000, to be applied in the first instance to payment of tuition fees.

The Selection Committee has discretion to allow the grant to be applied wholly or mainly towards the cost of travel or accommodation, if they are satisfied that tuition fees will be paid (or waived) by the host university or by another grant-giving body.

There is no formal means test, but account will be taken of any other scholarship, bursary, grant or waiver of fees awarded in connection with the candidate’s proposed course of study in the United States.

It is the responsibility of candidates to ensure that they have fully researched the total likely cost of studying in their chosen university, as well as the cost of travel and accommodation. The Society cannot offer further financial assistance beyond the amount of the Scholarship.

Application forms can be obtained from the appropriate contacts in each of the universities listed in the Downloadable documents.

Candidates apply directly to the university where they are studying in Scotland, Cambridge or Oxford. Under no circumstances should candidates apply directly to the St Andrew’s Society.

Two references are required as part of the application.

Contact list for officers in eligible Scottish institutions, Oxford and Cambridge

• Candidates are strongly advised to apply to more than one university. In previous years highly qualified candidates have failed to gain a place at the university of their choice, and have then found it difficult or impossible to find a place elsewhere.
• The Society will invite the St Andrew’s scholars to its annual Saint Andrew’s Day Banquet (typically on the Friday evening before Thanksgiving) and annual Tartan Ball in the spring, which are both held in New York City.
• The St Andrew’s Society Scholarships is tenable with other awards from different sources. Check the links below for details of other schemes or contact your US host organisation to inquire about scholarship opportunities:

Funding for US Study

Scottish International Education Trust

US-UK Fulbright Commission

Kennedy Memorial Trust Scholarships

Frank Knox Fellowships

Thouron Award (University of Pennsylvania)