Edna Pearson Scholarship

The Edna Pearson Scholarship is funded from a bequest by the late Mary Frances Collins. It offers a variable contribution to tuition fees (no higher than the full UK tuition fee rate) to either a taught or research Masters student in the Department of History.

The award value is a partial fees scholarships (variable up to the full UK fee rate).

Who can apply?

• These awards are open to Home and Overseas students, for masters-level study in the Department of History commencing at the start of the 2026 academic year.
• These awards are not available to current Masters students.
• Applications for funding can only be considered alongside an application to study. 
• This award cannot be held in conjunction with any other scholarship (including partnership scholarships). 

This scholarship is only available for postgraduate masters study in the Department of History.

How to Apply

In order to apply, you must have completed an application to study. You will then need to complete our online funding application form. Your application must also be supported by two references.

• You'll need to complete the online funding application form
• You'll also need to get two referees to supply references via the funding reference form
• The deadline for applying is Wednesday 25 March 2026 at 12:00 noon GMT.

By applying, you will be automatically considered for relevant College of Arts and Law scholarships such as:

• College of Arts and Law Masters Scholarships
• Music Masters Scholarships
• Edna Pearson Scholarship
• Woltmann Research Masters Scholarship

Only complete applications submitted before the deadline will be considered.  

Further information

It is your responsibility to contact your referees with the link to the online College of Arts and Law funding reference form. You'll need explain to them the importance of the reference being completed on the online form and submitted by the deadline.

We would recommend that you are in touch with your referee ahead of the deadline to ensure that references have been completed. There is no leeway with references. These must be received by the deadline.

If references are received late they will not be considered. If references are received but are not on the correct online funding reference form they will not be considered. In any of these circumstances your application will be deemed incomplete and will be withdrawn from the competition.

For your application to be considered we need to have received a complete application, i.e. study application, online funding application form and two online references by the deadline. Your application will then be graded and ranked by School Panels and each School will recommend their top applicants for an award.

We will let you know as soon as possible the outcome of your application - usually within the period from early May to the end of June.