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SKOL-uh-ship/ˈskɒləʃɪp/

Scholarship is serious academic study, or money awarded to help someone study: a body of scholarship, a scholarship to Oxford. Research is the everyday/academic twin; a grant is money without the “study” flavour; a compliment is not scholarship. Scholar (this batch) is the person. Do not call a flattering covering letter scholarship.

Meaning

Serious academic study; also money awarded to help a student study.

Examples

• “Scholarship is the cited method, not a compliment in the chair’s covering letter.”
• “Research is the close twin. A bursary is money, often need-based. A prize is an award after the fact. Cite the method and the n. Praise in a letterhead is publicity, not a literature.”

Good to know

Academic work; also a study grant. Person: scholar (this batch). Close: research. A compliment is not a citation.

Near in meaning

research

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