Master’s Scholarships
Are you considering a master’s degree in digital health and social care?
The Digital Health & Care Innovation Centre (DHI) offers Master's Scholarships to support a talent pipeline, and nurture future leaders in the sector. Once you secure a spot on a relevant course, contact your course organiser who will apply for the scholarship on your behalf.
Scholarship details
The Scottish Funding Council (SFC) awards annual master’s scholarship funding to DHI. Our current scholarship window is closed, but we are looking to offer a new round of master's scholarships in 2026-27, SFC confirmation pending. The new call will be out around April time, with the first deadline for applications on the 30th of June 2026.
Once the 2026-27 funding round is confirmed, DHI will host a series of information events in spring 2026. Please, email us for more details, or check back in here.
The scholarship value for 2026-27 will be confirmed at a later date. In the 2025-26, Ethe scholarship award was £8,030.00 per student. The funding is available both for Taught MSc and MRes programs starting in either September or January. Whether you prefer full-time or part-time study, we have options to fit your schedule.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us on: scholarships@dhi-scotland.com .
How to apply
Direct applications from students are not accepted.
Applications must be submitted by your course organiser. Eligible students should work closely with their course organiser who will use the DHI scholarship administration form to apply. For MRes students, a research proposal of up to 1,500 words is also required.
Please ensure you read the privacy notice to access the Master’s Scholarships funding in digital health and social care.
Students are eligible, if they can answer “yes” to all of the following questions:
Determine if you are eligible to apply by answering the following questions with a "yes":
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Are you a British citizen, an EU citizen with Settled Status, or hold indefinite leave to remain status?
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Have you been resident in the UK for at least the last three years (proof may be required)?
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Are you (or will you be) an ordinary resident in Scotland when starting the course?
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Are you starting a new course?
Do you plan on pursuing a Taught MSc or an MRes degree in digital health and care?
If you meet these requirements, you can apply by selecting your preferred digital health and care Master’s course at a Scottish University and following the application process. Find out about detailed eligibility criteria on the SAAS website.
If there is an option to apply for a scholarship, please ensure that you do so.
To be eligible for funding, your MSc or MRes dissertation work should align with at least one of DHI's strategic themes.
If you have any questions or would like to apply, please contact us at scholarships@dhi-scotland.com.
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Funding is available for both full-time and part-time MSc or MRes courses.
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Courses should focus significantly on digital health and social care or include modules on the digital transformation of health and social care services.
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Your dissertation should align with DHI’s Strategic Themes, contributing to the transformation of digital health and social care.
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Please, ensure that your applicant student meets all eligibility criteria, and that the student is accepted on an eligible Master’s course.
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Course leaders apply on behalf of the applicant student using DHI Scholarship Administration Form for all (MSc and MRes) courses. For MRes applications, a research plan of a maximum of 1800 words is required using a DHI Research Proposal Template.
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To access the form, email us at scholarships@dhi-scotland.com.
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Courses can be taken on a full-time or part-time basis. Part-time funding is allocated at a 0.5 FTE basis, with the first half in the first year of study, and the second half in the second year of study.
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Scholarships are awarded on a fee-waiver basis only and cannot be used to cover other costs, such as living expenses.
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If the course fee is higher than the scholarship award, the university needs to agree to waive the excess of the student's fee. In cases where the Master’s fee is less than the available award, the excess sum is intended to be used for supporting the student in their studies, such as buying necessary equipment or funding a conference trip to disseminate their research.
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DHI will prioritise applications from dedicated taught digital health and care master's courses.
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If the number of applicants exceeds the number of available places, DHI will allocate places proportionally between the applying universities, who will then select the most suitable candidates for the scholarships.
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Once approved, your host University and the University of Strathclyde will sign a scholarship and data-sharing agreement.
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In return of the scholarship funding, the students must align their master’s dissertation topic to one of the DHI’s strategic themes.
The themes in 2025-26 were:
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The contribution of digital health and care to Scotland’s Net Zero targets
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How digital solutions can best support mental health and well-being
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Supported living in the community (e.g. SMART housing, smart communities)
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Measuring the impact of digital health & care projects
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Citizen empowerment and long-term condition management
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Healthy Ageing
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Digital solutions as an enabler in shifting care from institutional settings into the home and/ or community settings (e.g. Hospital @ Home)
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Digital solutions in supporting Population/ Public Health early intervention and/ or Emergency Planning/ Prevention
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Digital skills and workforce development in health and social care
We are particularly interested in dissertations that incorporate AI, machine learning, predictive analytics, data, Internet of (Medical) Things, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and/ or Immersive Reality.
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If you are unsure whether your course is eligible for funding, email us at scholarships@dhi-scotland.com.
Previously funded courses include:
University of Aberdeen
Glasgow School of Art
University of Glasgow
University of Highlands and Islands
Robert Gordon University
University of St Andrews
University of Strathclyde
Get in touch
If you have any queries or are interested in applying for a Master’s Scholarship in digital health and care, email: scholarships@dhi-scotland.com.
We’re here to help and look forward to hearing from you!