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21 New Awards
2nd Oct 2023The 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 […]
Read More15 New Awards
20th Apr 2023The 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. […]
Read More27 New Awards
30th Sep 2022The 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 […]
Read More21 New Awards
19th Apr 2022The 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, […]
Read MoreThe American-Scottish Foundation®
22nd Oct 2021SIET 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 […]
Read MoreTrust Director Mike Ewart steps down
19th Oct 2021This 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 […]
Read More23 New awards announced
20th Sep 2021We 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, […]
Read MoreIn the Press
28th Jul 2021Thanks 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 >>
Read MoreNew Awards
27th May 2021We’re pleased to announce that at the April meeting of the Trust 12 awards were made amounting to £22,000. These went to individuals studying in the areas of broadcast journalism, sound technology, documentary film making, music performance, bioscience enterprise, restorative justice, criminal justice, social work, politics and international studies, infection biology and advanced immunology.
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