Guaranteed Bursaries
These bursaries are guaranteed, which means if you meet the eligibility criteria you will definitely get the award.
These awards are payable in your first year and in subsequent years of undergraduate study.
They include funds such as the Core Bursary and the National Scholarship Programme (NSP) awards.
Please go to the guaranteed bursaries page for more information
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Pre-Entry Awards - Ongoing
Application to these awards must be made in the academic year prior to the start of your course at Nottingham. If successful these awards are payable in your first year and in subsequent years of undergraduate study. These awards are competitive. This means there are a limited number of awards which will go to the students who most closely meet the relevant criteria.
Applications have now closed for 2013 entry
John Lane Scholarships
Award Value: £5000 made payable over the four years of study (£2,000 in the first year followed by £1,000 in each subsequent year).
To be eligible you must meet the following criteria:
• Be hoping to enroll on the first year of a first full time undergraduate Pharmacy degree at The University of Nottingham in September 2013.
• Meet the residency requirements for a ‘home'* student (see application form).
• Have a residual household income of below £42,600 as assessed by Student Finance England. (Candidates and their sponsor/s, usually parent/s, must have consented to share your financial information with the University). As the deadline to this award is prior to the start of your course at Nottingham you will need to provide other evidence of your household income for example receipt of EMA or benefits that your household receive.
Successful candidates will receive a provisional notice of award on the condition they achieve the necessary grades to register on the Pharmacy course in September 2013 and that their household income is confirmed as below £42,600 by their student support assessment.
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School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health Scholarships
If you're expecting to study a course within the G.E.M. School please select the scholarship titles below for more information
Graduate Entry Medicine Scholarships
There are two entry scholarships on offer to first year GEM students in 2013:
• The Franks Scholarship
• The Cameron Gifford Scholarship
These awards are intended to assist students facing financial difficulties; however the eligibility criteria for each award varies.
Please see the GEM Scholarships page for further details
Application forms will be available for download in summer 2013
Medical Physiology and Therapeutics Foundation Year Scholarship
Award value: £1,000
Conditions of the award are as follows:
• Candidates will be registered on Year 0 of the full time BSc Medical Physiology and Therapeutics with a foundation year course at The University of Nottingham.
• Candidates must meet the residency requirements for a UK ‘home'* student.
• Candidates must be in receipt of all or part of the means-tested element of the student loan for living costs, and have applied for their maximum entitlement.
• Candidates must be prepared to submit a personal statement to show your interest in Science.
• Any candidates that are in receipt of any other external scholarships would not be eligible.
• As Foundation Year students, candidates will normally be expected to attend at least 80% of all scheduled taught classes. Failure to do so may affect eligibility for this award, or result in a successful candidate's award being withdrawn.
Application forms will be available for download in summer 2013
Medical Physiology and Therapeutics Scholarhsip
Award value: £1,000
Conditions of the award are as follows:
• Candidates will be registered on Year 1 of the full time BSc Medical Physiology and Therapeutics course at The University of Nottingham.
• Candidates must meet the residency requirements for a UK ‘home' student.
• Candidates must be in receipt of all or part of the means-tested element of the student loan for living costs, and have applied for their maximum entitlement.
• Candidates must be prepared to submit a personal statement to show your interest in Science.
• Any candidates that are in receipt of any other external scholarships would not be eligible.
• As Medical Physiology and Therapeutics students, candidates will normally be expected to attend at least 80% of all scheduled taught classes. Failure to do so may affect eligibility for this award, or result in a successful candidate's award being withdrawn.
Application forms will be available for download in summer 2013
Entrant Awards - Ongoing
To be eligible for these awards you must be in your year of entry to the University, and on the first year of your course (or year 0 if doing a foundation year, with the exception of the TH Barton Scholarship). If successful these awards are payable in your first year and in subsequent years of undergraduate study. Most of these awards are competitive. This means there are a limited number of awards which will go to the students who most closely meet the relevant criteria.
These awards have a closing date of 30th November 2013.
Application forms will be available for download in summer 2013
To find out if you might be eligible for one of these awards please click on the scholarship titles below.
Ethel and Kevin B Malone Scholarship
Award value: £1,000 per academic year (maximum three years)
To be eligible for an Ethel & Kevin B. Malone Scholarship, you must:
• Have undertaken all your secondary education in a state or maintained school or college in the local region*
• Have registered for a full-time undergraduate degree course at The University of Nottingham
• Have a residual household income of no more than £25,000
• Not receive another bursary, scholarship or sponsorship from another source (Access to Learning Funds and University Core Bursaries do not affect your eligibility)
• Not have previously studied at university
*For the purposes of this award the local region consists of all NG postcodes plus DE1, DE3, DE5, DE7, DE21, DE22, DE23, DE24, DE55, DE72, DE73, DE74, DE75, LE11, LE12, LE13, LE14, PE21
Chaplin Law Scholarship
Nottingham alumnus Clive Chaplin (Law 1974) has generously established these UK undergraduate scholarships in Law and Modern Languages. his gift provides for five scholarships of £10,000 made payable over the four years of study. There will be one new award each year from 2012 until 2016.
To be eligible you must meet the following criteria:
• Meet the residency requirements for a ‘home/UK'* student and be studying your first undergraduate degree.
• Have a residual household income of below £35,000, as assessed in your application for government student funding. (Candidates and their sponsor/s, usually parent/s, must have consented to share their financial information with the University).
• Be registered on one of the following 4 year courses: BA Law with French and French Law, BA Law with German and German Law, or BA Law with Spanish and Spanish Law.
The successful candidate will receive £2,500 per annum in each year of study (including their year abroad). They will be required to produce a short annual report to inform the donor of their progress.
Entrant Awards - Year One Only
To be eligible for these awards you must be in your year of entry to the University, and on the first year of your course (or year 0 if doing a foundation year, with the exception of the Engineering Futures Scholarship). These awards are payable in your first year of study only. Most of these awards are competitive.
These awards have a closing date of 31st January 2014.
Application forms will be available for download in summer 2013
For more information about the individual awards please click on the scholarship titles below.
MJG Scholarship
One award will be available in 2013/14
To be eligible you must meet the following criteria:
• Be registered on the first year of a first full time undergraduate course in Mathematics or Mathematics joint honours at The University of Nottingham in September 2013.
• Meet the residency requirements for a ‘home’* student (see application form).
• Have a residual household income of below £42,600 as assessed by Student Finance England (SFE). (Candidates and their sponsor/s, usually parent/s, must have consented to share their financial information with the University).
Bartle Simpkins Scholarship
Award Value: Four awards of £2,500* will be available in 2013/14
To be eligible you must meet the following criteria:
• Be registered on the first year of a first full time undergraduate course in Industrial Economics or Geography (or joint honours courses in these subjects) at The University of Nottingham in September 2013.
• Meet the residency requirements for a ‘home'* student (see application form).
• Have a residual household income of below £42,600 as assessed by Student Finance England. (Candidates and their sponsor/s, usually parent/s, must have consented to share your financial information with the University).
**amount may vary depending on tax and Gift Aid regulations.
Sports Participation Scholarship
To be eligible candidates must:
• be registered on the first year of a first full-time undergraduate course at The University of Nottingham.
• have 'home' status for UK student funding purposes.
• have completed their secondary education in a state funded school or college.
• have had their household income assessed by Student Finance (Candidates and their sponsor/s, usually parent/s, must have consented to share their financial information with the University).
• be an active playing member (at any level of ability) of a University club dedicated to team sports (with preference given to hockey and cricket) OR have been a playing member of a recognised club whilst studying for A levels (or equivalent).
AND/OR
• should demonstrate an interest in and contribution to the non-playing aspects of the sport, through umpiring/refereeing, coaching or administration.
AND/OR
• should either have contributed to or have plans to extend their contribution to sport in the Community.
The Engineering Futures Scholarship
The Engineering Futures Scholarship was established with the support of alumnus
Steve Holliday (Mining Engineering 1978).
There will be two recipients a year until 2015 (10 scholarships in total). Each recipient will be awarded £1,500*
Unlike the other Entrant Awards, students are not eligible to apply during their foundation year (year 0) but must apply during year one of the course.
Additional eligibility criteria:
• Be registered on year one of a first full time undergraduate course in the Faculty of Engineering
at The University of Nottingham in September 2013**.
• Have a residual household income less than £42,600.
• Have been in employment of more than 15 hours a week for 12 months prior to entry
or having been made redundant 3 months prior to entry. Preference will be given to
employment in the engineering industry.
OR
• Be aged 21 or over when you enter university as a mature undergraduate student.
Additional factors considered:
• Demonstrable interest in Engineering.
* Amount may vary depending on tax and Gift Aid regulations.
** Excludes Architecture BArch Hons (K100)
MEng Hons/Dip Arch Architecture and Environmental Design (K230)
Architecture DipArch (K10E)
BA Sustainable Built Environment BA Hons (KF28)
Joint degree programmes with other faculties
GHP Economics Scholarship
One award valued at £2,500**
To be eligible you must meet the following criteria:
• Be registered on the first year of a first full time undergraduate course in Economics or Economics joint honours at The University of Nottingham in September 2013.
• Have undertaken all your secondary education in a state or maintained school or college in the Yorkshire region(see application form for definition of the region) • Meet the residency requirements for a ‘home’* student (see below).
• Have a residual household income of below £42,600 as assessed by Student Finance (Candidates and their sponsor/s, usually parent/s, must have consented to share your financial information with the University).
**amount may vary depending on tax and Gift Aid regulations.
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Travelling Scholarships
The closing date for these travelling scholarships is 28th March 2014. For more information please click on the scholarship titles below:
Ede and Ravenscroft
The Ede & Ravenscroft Travelling Scholarship which was founded in 1991 by Ede & Ravenscroft Limited, Robemakers to the University, in celebration of the company's tercentenary.
There will be four awards of £500 each.
This scholarship is for students who are ordinarily resident in the UK and classed as 'home' for funding purposes:
• The Scholarship shall be awarded annually subject to availability of the necessary funds.
• The Scholarship shall be open to students in their first or second year of a first undergraduate degree course, who will be studying abroad in the subsequent academic year.
• Applicants shall be facing financial difficulties due to the compulsory travel element of their course (term/semester/year abroad).
• Applicants must be in receipt of full UK government student financial support (i.e.income below £25,000).
• Applicants must submit a completed application form to Student Services
Other circumstances that will be taken into consideration:
Applicant having been unable to work in the previous six months due to illness.
If a student has a disability which will impact on their finances.
Application forms will be available for download in summer 2013
N Horton Smith
The N Horton Smith Travelling Scholarship was established in 1987 in memory of N Horton Smith, who joined the University in 1946 as assistant Lecturer in German and retired in 1979 as Professor of German.
There will be one or two awards of approximately £150.
The conditions of the award are as follows:
• The Scholarship shall be open to all undergraduates of the University to assist with travel abroad related to their studies .
• Interest and ability in languages, music or fine art will be taken into account.
• The Scholarship shall be awarded annually, but no more than once to the same person.
• No award will be made unless applications of sufficient merit are received.
• Candidates must submit a completed application form.
Application forms will be available for download in summer 2013
Catherine Williamson Travel Scholarship
Established in 1968, the aim of the travelling scholarship is to provide funding for current and former residents of Willoughby Hall to assist with compulsory travel abroad as part of their university course.
Eligibility criteria:
• Be registered on a first full time undergraduate course at The University of Nottingham.
• Meet the residency requirements as a ‘Home’ student.
• Be a current or former resident of Willoughby Hall, University Park.
• Be required to travel abroad as a compulsory part of your course in the following academic year.
Application forms will be available for download in summer 2013