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Scottish Overseas Research Student Awards Scheme (SORSAS)

The Overseas Research Students Award Scheme (ORSAS) was originally established in
1980-81 as a UK wide competitive scheme to strengthen the UK's ability to attract "highest quality" international postgraduate research students to the UK.

HEFCE has phased out funding for ORSAS over AY2009-10 and AY2010-11.

It is essential that the Scottish research base is enabled to continue to attract the highest quality international research students to Scotland to carry out research.

With the discontinuation of the UK-wide ORSAS scheme at the end of AY2008-09, SFC is running a rebranded Scottish Overseas Research Students Award Scheme (SORSAS) in AY2009-10. SORSAS will have an increased budget of £2.8 million, to enable new institutions to participate and to make SORSAS dynamically responsive to the levels of international high quality postgraduate research activity in individual HEIs. SORSAS will sit within the Council's new Horizon Fund for Universities (HFU).

Participating Institutions

The list below provides contact details for those HEIs that participated in SORSAS. 

SORSAS Contacts

Institution

Contact

Address

Telephone/email

University of Aberdeen

 

Robert Findlay

 

Administrative Officer (Postgraduate) Registry, University of Aberdeen, King's College, Aberdeen, AB24 3FX

Tel: 01224 273 631
r.j.findlay@abdn.ac.uk

 

University of Abertay Dundee

 

Professor Steve Olivier

 

Pro-Vice Chancellor (Academic Development), University of Abertay Dundee, Dundee,
DD1 1HG

Tel: 01382 308 996
Fax: 01382 308 877
s.olivier@abertay.ac.uk

 

University of Dundee

Jayne Nicholson

Research Degrees Office, Registry, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN.

Tel: 01382 384 035
Fax: 01382 385 343
j.e.nicholson@dundee.ac.uk

Edinburgh College of Art

Professor Brent MacGregor

Deputy Principal, Research and Post graduate,
Edinburgh College of Art, Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, EH3 9DF

Tel: 0131 221 6070
b.macgregor@eca.ac.uk

Edinburgh Napier University

Caroline Graham

Research Degrees Team, The Research Office, Edinburgh
Napier University, 
Craighouse Campus, Edinburgh, EH10 5LG

Tel: 0131 455 6132
c.graham@napier.ac.uk

University of Edinburgh

 

 

Robert Lawrie

 

 

Head of Scholarships & Student Finance, Registry, University of Edinburgh, Old College, South Bridge, Edinburgh,
EH8 9YL

Tel: 0131 651 4221
Fax: 0131 650 8223
scholarships@ed.ac.uk
www.scholarships.ed.ac.uk

 

Glasgow Caledonian University

Jean Ash

Secretariat Manager, Academic Registry, Glasgow Caledonian University,
Cowcaddens Road, GLASGOW,
G4 0BA

Tel: 0141 331 3341
Fax: 0141 331 3449
j.ash@gcal.ac.uk

Glasgow School of Art

Laura Gonzalez

Research Degrees
Co-ordinator,
Glasgow School of Art,
167 Renfrew Street, GLASGOW,
G3 6RQ

Tel: 0141 566 1109
l.gonzalez@gsa.ac.uk

University of Glasgow

Lauren Currie

Postgraduate Research Administrative Assistant,
Research & Enterprise,
University of Glasgow,
10 The Square Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Tel: 0141 330 1989
Fax: 0141 330 3218
lauren-currie@enterprise.gla.ac.uk
pgr@enterprise.gla.uk


 

Heriot-Watt University

Dr Paul J Thompson

Technology & Research Services, Room 3.04,
Scott Russell Building, Heriot-Watt University, Riccarton, Edinburgh,
EH14 4AS

Tel: 0131 451 8216
p.j.thompson@hw.ac.uk
TRS@hw.ac.uk
www.trs.hw.ac.uk

Queen Margaret University

 

Sheila Adamson

 

Secretary, Research Degrees Committee, Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh, EH21 6UU

Tel: 0131 447 0000
sadamson@qmu.ac.uk

 

Robert Gordon University

 

Mr Martin Simpson

AB44, Research Degrees Office, Robert Gordon University,
Schoolhill,
ABERDEEN, AB10 1FR

Tel: 01224 262 163
m.simpson@rgu.ac.uk


 

Royal Scottish Academy of Music & Drama

Celia Duffy

Head of Research, RSAMD,
100 Renfrew Street, Glasgow, G2 3DB

Tel:  0141 870 8275
Fax:  0141 332 8901
c.duffy@rsamd.ac.uk

University of St Andrews

Alice Carradice

Scholarships Officer, Scholarship Support Office, University of St Andrews,
St Katharine’s West, 16 The Scores,
St Andrews,
Fife, KY16 9AX

Tel: 01334 462 254
pgscholarships@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

University of Stirling

Katharine M. Reibig

Graduate Development Officer, Research & Enterprise Office, University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Tel: 01786 466 698
Fax: 01786 466 688
k.m.reibig@stir.ac.uk

University of Strathclyde

Cathy Bonner

Postgraduate Research Office,
University of Strathclyde,
Livingstone Tower,
26 Richmond Street,
Glasgow, G1 1XH

Tel: 0141 548 4581
cathy.bonner@strath.ac.uk
and Alison Mitchell a.mitchell@strath.ac.uk


UHI Millennium Institute

 

Catherine Sneddon 

Academic Project Officer, UHI Millennium Institute, Executive Office, Ness Walk, Inverness, IV3 5SQ

Tel: 01463 279 332
Fax: 01463 279 001
Catherine.Sneddon@uhi.ac.uk

 

University of West of Scotland

 

Craig Young

 

Senior Research Officer Innovation and Research Office,
Witherspoon Building,
University of the West of Scotland,
Storie Street,
Paisley, PA1 2BE

Tel: 0141 848 3520
Fax:  0141 848 3734
craig.young@uws.ac.uk

 

SFC Contact for Participating Institutions only

Our institutional contact for this award and for SORSAS generally is: Sandhya Kapitan (Tel: 0131 313 6603; email: skapitan@sfc.ac.uk).

All students wishing to apply for SORSAS funding must contact the institutions directly.