Collaborative Doctoral Awards: Partner Organisations
Please note that Collaborative Doctoral Awards are no longer offered. This page is retained for reference purposes only. Please see our current Applied Research Collaborative Studentships (ARCS) opportunities instead.
Collaborative Doctoral Awards (CDAs) provided funding for PhD-level research projects which were developed in partnership between Higher Education Institutions (HEI) and non-HEI organisations or businesses. The funding was awarded to the HEI and the student received a stipend.
The awards were intended to encourage and develop collaboration and partnerships, providing opportunities for doctoral students to gain first-hand experience of work outside the university environment and enhance the employment-related skills and training a research student gained during the course of their award.
The projects also encouraged and established links that could have long-term benefits for both collaborating partners, providing access to resources and materials, knowledge and expertise that might not otherwise have been available, and also providing social, cultural and economic benefits to wider society.
Image: Former SGSAH-funded student Lucie Whitmore at The Museum of Edinburgh Costume Gallery