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16 New Awards

3rd Oct 2024

Meeting in September 2024, the Trustees agreed to make 16 awards totalling over £43,000. Awards were made to support those studying history, the visual arts, music, design, science, the law, medicine and the caring professions. Our successful applicants will be working at Scottish universities and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, at prestigious institutions in London, New York, Boston, Vienna and […]

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15 New awards

17th May 2024

The Trustees met in April (2024) and agreed to make 15 awards amounting to over £40,000.  Awards were made in subjects as varied as musical performance, marine biology, human rights, fine arts, production design, theatre direction, social work, archaeology and nursing. Awards were granted to applicants studying at Scottish universities and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. Amongst others there were also […]

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21 New Awards

2nd Oct 2023

The Trustees met in September to agreed to make 21 awards, amounting to over £46,000. There were more than double the number of applications received than in the previous round meaning that many worthy cases were sadly unsuccessful on this occasion. Awards were made in subjects as varied as Neuropsychology, Global Studies, Astrophysics, Cancer Research […]

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15 New Awards

20th Apr 2023

The Trust is pleased to announce that it has made 15 awards totalling just under £27,000 following the April meeting of Trustees. Awards have been made to support excellence in need in disciplines as varied as Film Direction, Battery and Computational Chemistry, Disaster Resilience, Astronautics and Space Engineering, Music Performance – Percussion and Robotic Engineering. […]

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27 New Awards

30th Sep 2022

The Trust is delighted to announce it has made 27 awards amounting to just over £48,000 at the September meeting of Trustees. These awards have been made to exceptional Scots for study in disciplines as varied as Astrophysics, Human Rights and Dispute Resolution, Dramatic Writing, Cancer Research, Reproductive Medicine and Intelligence, Security and Strategy. In […]

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21 New Awards

19th Apr 2022

The Trust is delighted to announce it has made 21 awards amounting to just over £35,000 at the April meeting of Trustees. These awards have been made to exceptional Scots for study in disciplines as varied as Bioinformatics, Marine Biology, Health and Social Care, Trans-Disciplinary Film, and Tropical Disease Biology  at institutions such as the University of Denver, […]

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The American-Scottish Foundation®

22nd Oct 2021

SIET is pleased to announce a new partnership with the American Scottish Foundation. We are launching American Friends of the Scottish International Education Trust and SIET will be a Directed Giving Project under the ASF banner. The American-Scottish Foundation®, was established in 1956 as a bridge between Scotland and the United States. ASF seeks to […]

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Trust Director Mike Ewart steps down

19th Oct 2021

This month our longstanding Director, Mike Ewart, steps down from his role after over ten years in position. Mike has given countless hours of dedication, care and consideration to the Trust and to the process of making awards since 2010. During his tenure, Mike has been responsible for identifying the promising Scots the Trust has […]

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23 New awards announced

20th Sep 2021

We are delighted to announce that at the meeting of Trustees on Friday 10 September, 23 awards totalling £45,750 were made. The awardees’ diverse areas of study include – music, sports psychology, literature, cancer research, physics and astronomy, endangered species conservation and recovery, modern languages, fine art, Japanese knife making, textiles, interior architecture, non-profit administration, economics, […]

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In the Press

28th Jul 2021

Thanks to Times Scotland for their profile of SIET in today’s edition (27/7/21) – pointing up that over the decades the Trust has removed barriers for hundreds of talented Scots. Visit the Times article here >> Download the article >>  

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