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16 New Awards
3rd Oct 2024Meeting 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 […]
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 MoreSean Connery Foundation
31st Oct 2022The Scottish International Education Trust is delighted to be working with the newly inaugurated Sean Connery Foundation to further the mission of supporting excellent Scots in need on their educational journey. We look forward to being able to do more in areas of mutual interest with the Foundation. For further information on the Foundation https://www.conneryfoundation.org/
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 MoreNew Director Michael Garden
14th Jan 2022We are delighted to announce that Michael Garden has joined SIET as the new Director and look forward to working with him. He is already in harness and applications for the Spring round of awards are arriving for consideration. Welcome Mike! Twitter: https://twitter.com/ScotIntEdTrust/status/1481978197537439747
Read MoreToday is Giving Tuesday!
30th Nov 2021Our success is in the stories our alumni tell and these can be found on our STORIES page. We anticipate receiving many worthy applications for consideration in 2022. If you would like to help us to support more excellent Scots in need on their educational and career path please go to our Donate page. If you […]
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, […]
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