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University Funding
We have brought together an in-depth list of the funding and bursaries available for you to cover the costs of going to college and university.
Additionally, we have included a direct link to find out full information about the grant that interests you most, as well as a helpful guide on how is on offer for each grant category.
University Grants and Loans
| Type | Amount |
| BFSS International Link Scholarship Schemewww.bfss.org.uk Every year the Society supports a number of students going to developing countries to teach for a minimum of six months provided that they are doing this through a known charity or twinning arrangement. Applications must be submitted by the sponsoring organisation by the end of January. |
£ 2,500 |
Birkbeck University - Student Opportunity Bursarywww.bbk.ac.uk |
£1500 |
| British Chevening Scholarships
www.britishcouncil.org Scholarships to enable talented overseas students with a first degree to study in the UK. |
Unknown |
| Canon Foundation in Europe Research Fellowshipswww.canonfoundation.org Annually, the Canon Foundation in Europe grants up to 15 Fellowships to highly qualified European and Japanese researchers. European nationals should have permanent citizenship in the country. |
£25,000 |
| Cardiff, University of Wales Instistute - Financial Contingency Fundwww.cardiff.ac.uk The Welsh Assembly Government provides discretionary funds to help UK* students who receive student loans for living costs but need extra financial help to meet particular costs which are not already being met from statutory (or other) sources of funding. |
£3,500 |
| Durham University - Durham Grant Schemewww.dur.ac.uk The Durham Grant Scheme provides money on top of student loans and grants to full-time home undergraduates and PGCE students in receipt of the Maintenance Grant from Student Finance England. |
£10,300 |
| EDHEC Foundation Scholarshipswww.edhec.com EDHEC Business School (France) offers various scholarships to support candidates according to their profile, merits and financial situation. |
Unknown |
| Enterprising Young Brit Awardseyb@makeyourmark.org.uk Make Your Mark and the Daily Mail offer young adults the chance win an Enterprising Young Brits Award competition, which celebrate the success, creativity and entrepreneurship of the UK's 13- 30 year olds. |
£1,000 |
| Fulbright (Traditional) Postgraduate Award (UK and US)www.fulbright.co.uk Each year up to 20 awards are offered to UK citizens for the first year of postgraduate or doctoral study, or for 'special student research', in any subject at any accredited US/UK institution. |
£25,000 |
| Gilchrist Educational Trust - Study Grants to Individualswww.gilchristgrants.org.uk For those who have made proper provision to fund a degree or higher education course but find themselves facing unexpected financial difficulties which may prevent completion of it. |
Unknown |
| Patrick Pakenham Educational Awards http://www.longfordtrust.org The aim of these scholarships is to offer support to young ex-prisoners who wish to continue their rehabilitation by going to a UK university or equivalent institution to read Law. |
£5,000 |
| Paul Mellon Centre Junior Fellowshipwww.paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk For scholars in the advanced stages of doctoral research to pursue further study in the UK (based at The Paul Mellon Centre) or in the USA (based at the Yale Center for British Art) (up to three months) |
£7,500 |
| PCS Ruskin Scholarshipwww.pcs.org.uk PCS is offering one scholarship to attend Ruskin College, Oxford in the academic year 2010/2011. The full-time residential course allows participants to work towards a certificate in higher education. |
£1,00 |
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| Print Futures Award www.britishprint.com The programme was set up to help young people fund their training for a career in the UK printing and graphic arts industries. Awards of £2,500 each are available to young people aged 16-30 years who are resident in the UK. |
£2,500 |
| Sir William Boreman's Foundationwww.thedrapers.co.uk The Foundation's grants to individuals provide financial assistance to young people who are ordinarily resident in Greenwich and Lewisham, are full or part-time students, aged below 25 and from low-income backgrounds. |
£5,000 |
| Snowdon Award Schemewww.snowdonawardscheme.org.uk/ The Snowdon Award Scheme is a charity that provides grants to students with physical or sensory disability, to help them complete further or higher education or training. |
£2,500 |
| Warwick: Multicultural Scholars' Programme Scholarshipwww2.warwick.ac.uk/ Funding for law students at the University of Warwick who are from a minority ethnic background. |
£2,000 |
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