Scholarships

Scholarships and funding schemes

Named schemes U4S has read from providers’ own scholarship index pages. U4S is not a scholarship provider and awards nothing.

U4S is not the provider

U4S does not award, administer or fund any scholarship. Every scheme listed here belongs to the provider named on its page, and only that provider can tell you whether it is open, what it is worth and who may apply.

Every scheme listed here was read from an index page published by the body that awards it. What that establishes is narrow and worth stating plainly: the scheme exists, it belongs to the named provider, and this is where its official page is.

What it does not establish is whether this year’s round is open, what the award is worth, or who may apply. Those live in prose on the provider’s own pages, and U4S will not have a script read them — a funding amount or a deadline that looks authoritative and belongs to a different cycle costs a reader an application, or money. So those fields are empty, and every record says so rather than implying the scheme has no deadline and no value.

A deadline will only ever appear on these pages with the cycle it belongs to. “31 January” with no year is the most common way a funding page misleads, because it looks current forever; the data model here cannot express one.

What has been reviewed

Open in a reviewed cycle: 9
Announced for a future cycle: 3
Closed: 217
Exists — cycle not reviewed: 151
Not reviewed: 41

These counts are derived from the records when this page is built. “Exists — cycle not reviewed” is the honest ceiling for a record established from an index page alone; moving one past that takes a person reading the provider’s page and recording a cycle.

Not all of this is money you keep

A loan is repaid. An assistantship is earned. A fee waiver is worth only what it removes. Listing them beside a scholarship without saying which is which is the commonest way a funding page misleads.

Loan: MUST BE REPAID, usually with interest. Not an award.
Assistantship: Payment in exchange for teaching or research. It is a job with a study attached.
Fee waiver or discount: A reduction in what is charged. No money changes hands, and it is worth only what it removes.
Stipend: A regular payment toward living costs. May be taxed and may carry conditions.

U4S reads the kind from the award’s own title, because no record states one. Where a title carries two kinds it is left unresolved rather than guessed: a donor surnamed Grant and an award that really is a loan as well as a scholarship look identical to a classifier.

Before you apply for anything

A genuine award does not charge you for the chance to receive it.An "application fee", "processing fee" or "administration fee" for a scholarship is the oldest form of this.
Apply on the provider’s own site, not through a directory.A directory that stands between you and the provider is being paid for something, and it is not for your application.
Nobody can guarantee you funding, and nobody legitimate will say they can.Almost all of these are competitive, and the people deciding have not met you.
Be careful what a "matching" service asks for.Your nationality, income and contact details are worth money to somebody. An award’s own terms are published and need none of that to read.
Check the deadline on the provider’s page, every time.Funding pages are copied and left up. A date that has been carried over from last cycle looks exactly like this cycle’s.

U4S gives no money, administers no scheme, takes no application and is paid by nobody for listing an award. Every decision belongs to the provider.

Before you read this page

An orientation page, not a researched profile: This page sets out what to work out about studying here and where the authoritative answer lives. It deliberately contains no costs, fees, entry requirements, rankings or institution names, because U4S does not publish that kind of detail until it has come from a named, checkable source and been reviewed. Anything specific — admission, visa, tuition, housing law, healthcare registration — must be confirmed with the institution concerned and the relevant official authority for that country, both of which can change their requirements without notice.
U4S is not a university: University4Students is an independent information platform. It is not a university, college, admissions office, government body, scholarship provider or accredited education provider, and it cannot submit, influence or decide any application.
General information, not financial advice: This page is general information about student budgeting. It is not financial, tax or investment advice. Costs, student support schemes, banking rules and eligibility differ by country and change over time — check current figures with the official source before you make a decision.

Boston University

Merit Scholarships for First-Year StudentsNot reviewed
Scholarships for QuestBridge StudentsExists — cycle not reviewed

Commonwealth Scholarship Commission in the UK

Commonwealth Master’s ScholarshipsNot reviewed
Commonwealth PhD ScholarshipsNot reviewed
Commonwealth Shared ScholarshipsNot reviewed

Delft University of Technology

CLIP ScholarshipClosed

Dublin City University

1916 BursaryNot reviewed
Brazilian Student Ambassador ScholarshipNot reviewed
Business School Merit ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Business School PhD ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Claddagh ScholarshipNot reviewed
DCU International Merit ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
DCU Sport General ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Enterprise Ireland Promotional ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Excel Scholarship SchemeExists — cycle not reviewed
FEC International ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
FEC Merit ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Geoffrey O'Bryne White IAA ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Government of Ireland International Education Scholarship (GOI-IES)Exists — cycle not reviewed
GPA DCU Masters Scholarship ProgrammeExists — cycle not reviewed
Irish Diaspora Education Alliance (IDEA) ScholarshipClosed
ISTAT Aviation ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
John Thompson Memorial ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
McAleese ScholarshipNot reviewed
Orla Benson Memorial ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Outstanding Graduate Researcher AwardExists — cycle not reviewed
Paul Kerley - Autism and Inclusion M.Ed ScholarshipsNot reviewed
PhD (Humanities & Social Sciences) BursariesClosed
PhD full-time Bursaries School of CommunicationsExists — cycle not reviewed
The Scott Scholarship in Law in association with Arthur CoxNot reviewed
Veronica Guerin Memorial ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed

Government of Canada (EduCanada)

Canadian International Development Scholarships 2030Exists — cycle not reviewed
Organization of American States Academic Scholarships ProgramExists — cycle not reviewed
Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development – Phase 2 (SEED-2)Closed
Study in Canada ScholarshipsClosed

Imperial College London

A PhD Studentship in Wireless Communications and Signal ProcessingClosed
A&BK Scholarships in the Department of Chemical EngineeringClosed
Ada Lovelace PhD Scholarship in Computational and Data Science (2026)Closed
Advisory Board ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Alan Howard ScholarshipClosed
Alvin Li-Shen Chua Memorial ScholarshipClosed
Amelia and John Kentfield PhD Scholarships 2025/26Closed
Anne Seagrim Accommodation ScholarshipClosed
Ash Music ScholarshipsClosed
Aziz Foundation ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Bioengineering Master’s Widening Participation ScholarshipClosed
Bioengineering UG Department BursaryClosed
Bioscience Futures ScholarshipClosed
Black Future Leaders ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
BP Widening Participation ScholarshipsClosed
Bright Network ScholarshipClosed
Bseisu - Imperial College London Scholarships/Chevening-Bseisu ScholarshipClosed
Business School Excellence AwardExists — cycle not reviewed
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Healthcare scholarshipClosed
Ceres ScholarshipClosed
Chemistry Elvidge ScholarshipClosed
Chemistry Liversidge ScholarshipClosed
CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Education scholarshipsClosed
CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Education scholarships (Lebanese awards)Closed
CMA CGM Excellence Fund for Education scholarships (Non-Lebanese awards)Closed
COLFUTURO & Imperial College London Joint Graduate Loan-ScholarshipClosed
Commonwealth Distance Learning Master’s ScholarshipsClosed
Commonwealth Shared ScholarshipClosed
Commonwealth Split-Site ScholarshipsClosed
Cowrie Foundation ScholarshipClosed
DAAD ScholarshipsOpen in a reviewed cycle
Dasgupta ScholarshipClosed
Dean's Impact ScholarshipClosed
Dean’s Impact ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Department of Aeronautics MSc ScholarshipClosed
Department of Bioengineering Scholarship (MSc)Closed
Department of Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction BursariesClosed
Department of Surgery and Cancer ScholarshipsClosed
Departmental Bursaries - MaterialsClosed
Departmental Scholarship - MaterialsClosed
Design Engineering PhD Scholarship (DEPS)Closed
Doctoral Programme (MRes+PhD) GTA ScholarshipClosed
Doris Chen Undergraduate ScholarshipClosed
Dorothy Griffiths Award for ExcellenceExists — cycle not reviewed
EEE MSc StudentshipsClosed
Empowering Futures ScholarshipClosed
Energy Futures Lab Excellence ScholarshipClosed
Energy Futures Lab Widening Participation ScholarshipClosed
Engineering Access GrantClosed
Engineering Sainsbury Management Fellows ScholarshipClosed
EPSRC CASE PhD ScholarshipClosed
EPSRC CASE PhD StudentshipClosed
EPSRC IDLA PhD Studentship with EDFClosed
EPSRC PhD StudentshipClosed
ESE Undergraduate Financial BursaryClosed
Faculty of Medicine Master's ScholarshipsClosed
Female Future Leader AwardExists — cycle not reviewed
Female Future Leaders ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Female Leaders ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Females in Finance Future Leaders ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Formula 1® Engineering ScholarshipsClosed
Forté Fellowship for WomenExists — cycle not reviewed
Forte Fellowships for WomenClosed
Fulbright-Imperial ScholarshipClosed
FUNED Mexico ScholarshipClosed
Genes, Drugs and Stem Cells ScholarshipsClosed
Genomic Medicine ScholarshipClosed
Global Future Leaders ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Global Leaders ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Grantham Institute ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Grantham Institute Scholarship for MSc Climate Change, Management and FinanceClosed
Grantham Institute Widening Participation Scholarship: MSc Cleantech InnovationClosed
GREAT - Imperial College London ScholarshipClosed
Grocer's Company Queens Golden Jubilee ScholarshipClosed
Hans Rausing ScholarshipClosed
HESPAL (Higher Education Scholarships for Palestinians)Closed
IB Excellence scholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Imperial Alumni ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Imperial Athletes Sport ScholarshipClosed
Imperial BursaryExists — cycle not reviewed
Imperial College London and the China Scholarship Council (CSC)Closed
Imperial Excellence BursaryClosed
Imperial Excellence ScholarshipClosed
Imperial Founders ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Imperial Horizons ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Imperial Inspires scholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Imperial Loyalty BursaryClosed
Imperial Loyalty Bursary (MBA)Closed
Imperial Open Programme Loyalty BursaryClosed
Inclusive Future Leaders ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Inclusive Leaders ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
India Future Leaders ScholarshipClosed
Inspiring Women – Executive MBA ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
International Baccalaureate Excellence ScholarshipsClosed
International scholarship collaborationsExists — cycle not reviewed
Jack Hirst ScholarshipClosed
James West PhD Scholarship in BioengineeringClosed
Janet Watson PhD Scholarship in Earth Science and Engineering 2026Closed
Kentfield ScholarshipClosed
Kingsbury ScholarshipClosed
Kolio Ficheto Bulgarian Engineering ScholarshipClosed
LATAM Future Leader AwardClosed
LATAM Regional ScholarshipClosed
LGBTQ+ ScholarshipClosed
Life Sciences Departmental Studentships 2024/25Closed
LISS DTP CASE PhD StudentshipClosed
Manjimup ScholarshipClosed
Maria Petrou PhD Scholarship for WomenClosed
Master's Scholarship supporting disabled studentsClosed
Mechanistic and interpretable AI for personalised eczema severity forecasting PhD StudentshipClosed
Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS ScholarshipClosed
Military & Public Service ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
MiM Future Leaders ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
MiM Inspiring Leader AwardClosed
MRes Biomedical Research BursaryClosed
MRes Clinical Research BursaryClosed
MRes in Clinical Research – Translational Medicine bursariesClosed
MSc Academic Potential ScholarshipsClosed
MSc Ada Lovelace Scholarship for Home StudentsClosed
MSc Ada Lovelace Scholarship for WomenClosed

Ministry of Education, Singapore

ASEAN ScholarshipClosed
Centennial Fund AwardExists — cycle not reviewed
Edusave scholarships for Independent Schools (ESIS)Exists — cycle not reviewed
Institute of Technical Education (ITE) Progression Award (IPA)Exists — cycle not reviewed
MOE Pre-University ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
MOE-AU ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Programme-specific scholarships for Pre-UniversityExists — cycle not reviewed
Programme-specific scholarships for secondary schoolsExists — cycle not reviewed
Special awardsExists — cycle not reviewed
UPLIFT ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed

Pennsylvania State University

Commonwealth AwardExists — cycle not reviewed
Penn State Academic AwardExists — cycle not reviewed
Provost Academic AwardExists — cycle not reviewed
RaiseMe ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Summer Success ScholarshipClosed

University College Dublin

Government of Ireland International Education ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed

University of British Columbia

Aboriginal Graduate FellowshipsNot reviewed
Affiliated Fellowships-DoctoralNot reviewed
Affiliated Fellowships-Master’sNot reviewed
Canada Graduate Scholarships – Master’s (CGSM)Closed
Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral (CGS D)Closed
Four Year FellowshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Friedman Award for Scholars in HealthNot reviewed
Mackenzie King Memorial ScholarshipsNot reviewed
Rio Tinto Graduate Scholarship ProgramExists — cycle not reviewed
Spring Graduate Awards CompetitionNot reviewed
Trudeau Foundation Doctoral ScholarshipOpen in a reviewed cycle
Vanier Canada Graduate ScholarshipsNot reviewed

University of Edinburgh

Access AwardsExists — cycle not reviewed
Access Edinburgh Scholarship (for students commencing from Sept 2020)Exists — cycle not reviewed
Ailie Donald ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Alice Brown PhD ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Alice Brown ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Alumni (Visiting Undergraduate) Scholarship SchemeExists — cycle not reviewed
Americorps National Service AwardsExists — cycle not reviewed
Andrew Grant Postgraduate ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Aranmore Memorial Travelling ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Arts and Humanities Research Council - Doctoral Landscape AwardsExists — cycle not reviewed
ASiT - Edinburgh Surgery Online Bursary 2026-2027Closed
Association of Turkish Alumni and Students in Scotland (ATAS) AwardClosed
Asylum Seeker ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Awards by regionExists — cycle not reviewed
Aziz ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Beit Trust and University of Edinburgh ScholarshipAnnounced for a future cycle
Biological Sciences prizesExists — cycle not reviewed
British Council - Women in STEM Masters ScholarshipsNot reviewed
Bucher-Fraser ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Business School MBA ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Business School MSc ScholarshipsNot reviewed
Business School PhD ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Cameron Scholarship in Comparative and European Private Law LLMClosed
Canadian Centennial Scholarship FundNot reviewed
Carnegie Education Fund: Carnegie Masters GrantExists — cycle not reviewed
Carnegie Vacation ScholarshipsNot reviewed
Chemical Engineering prizesExists — cycle not reviewed
Chemistry Tercentenary Access BursaryExists — cycle not reviewed
Chevening ScholarshipsOpen in a reviewed cycle
China Merit Scholarship - Terms & ConditionsExists — cycle not reviewed
China Merit Scholarship – School of Chemistry and School of EngineeringNot reviewed
China Scholarships Council/University of Edinburgh ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Civil Engineering prizesExists — cycle not reviewed
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research AwardsExists — cycle not reviewed
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Research Awards - EconomicsNot reviewed
College of MVM PhD StudentshipExists — cycle not reviewed
College of MVM PhD StudentshipsNot reviewed
College of Science and Engineering AwardsExists — cycle not reviewed
Colt Foundation FellowshipsNot reviewed
Commonwealth Distance Learning ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Commonwealth Scholarship and Fellowship Plan (CSFP)Exists — cycle not reviewed
Cowrie Foundation ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Creative Writing PG Bursary Award supported by the Baird Education TrustExists — cycle not reviewed
Cross-disciplinary awardsExists — cycle not reviewed
DataLab/School of GeoSciences Scholarships in GISEOClosed
Drever Trust MSc ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Drever Trust MSc ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Drysdale ScholarshipClosed
East Asian Studies MSc ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Edinburgh College of Art PhD ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Edinburgh College of Art PhD ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Edinburgh Doctoral College ScholarshipsNot reviewed
Edinburgh Global Undergraduate Maths ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Edinburgh Law School and Cameron PhD StudentshipsClosed
Edinburgh Law School and Ewen Cameron StudentshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Edinburgh Legal education trust LLM by research ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Edinburgh Surgery Online Global ScholarshipsClosed
Education Beyond Borders postgraduate scholarshipClosed
Electronics prizesExists — cycle not reviewed
Engineering International Masters ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Engineering Masters ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
ERC PhD studentship: The Ethics and Philosophy of Science of Machine LearningNot reviewed
ERC Synergy Nilomorph PhD Scholarship: Describing West Nilotic LanguagesNot reviewed
European Merit Scholarship (France, Germany, Spain)Not reviewed
Family Action GrantsExists — cycle not reviewed
Frank Knox Memorial FellowshipsClosed
Funding for Japanese Studies - Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation AwardNot reviewed
Future Medicine: Clinical ScholarshipNot reviewed
G-Research PhD ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Global Talent Fund BIG ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
GREAT Scholarships 2026Exists — cycle not reviewed
Helena Kennedy Foundation BursariesExists — cycle not reviewed
Higgs ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Informatics Undergraduate ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
James Forrester PhD Scholarship in Moral PhilosophyClosed
Jean Kennoway Howells ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Jenny Balston ScholarshipNot reviewed
John Fisher High Performance (HPC) Masters ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
John Fisher High Performance Computing (HPC) Masters ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
John L Paterson Postgraduate Design ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
John Orr AwardExists — cycle not reviewed
John Ross Postgraduate Masters ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Justin Arbuthnott PhD Scholarship in Modern Irish HistoryNot reviewed
Kathleen Meek PhD ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Kennedy ScholarshipsClosed
Kerr-Fry AwardsExists — cycle not reviewed
Korean Studies scholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Leverhulme Trust PhD studentship in Input and Uptake in Bilingualism and Language DisordersNot reviewed
LLM Comparative Private Law ScholarshipClosed
LLM European Law ScholarshipClosed
LLM in European Law ScholarshipClosed
Lone Parents' Grant and Lone Parents' Childcare GrantExists — cycle not reviewed
Martingale Foundation ScholarshipsNot reviewed
Mastercard Foundation Online Learning ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Mathematics Access ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
McCall MacBain ScholarshipNot reviewed
Mechanical Engineering prizesExists — cycle not reviewed
Medicine prizesExists — cycle not reviewed
Menzies BursariesExists — cycle not reviewed
Merit-Based ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Minto ScholarshipNot reviewed
Motherwell Football Club ScholarshipNot reviewed
MSc Climate Change Management ScholarshipNot reviewed
MSc Education (Early Childhood Practice and Froebel) ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
MSc Energy Geoscience Bursaries 2026Exists — cycle not reviewed
MSc Strength and Conditioning Scholarship and Work PlacementNot reviewed
Multi-regional awardsExists — cycle not reviewed
Muriel Smith AwardExists — cycle not reviewed
NHS Education for Scotland ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Norma Robertson Postgraduate Masters ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Nyerere ScholarshipNot reviewed
Online Learning ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Optical Medical Imaging Studentships (OPTIMA CDT)Exists — cycle not reviewed
Pamela Jackson Memorial Scholarship in Musical Instrument ResearchExists — cycle not reviewed
PEO International Peace ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
PhD Korean Studies PrizeExists — cycle not reviewed
Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences awardsExists — cycle not reviewed
Polish School of Medicine Memorial Fund ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Postgraduate Research Scholarship - School of InformaticsExists — cycle not reviewed
Pre-Sessional English Programme Graduate ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed

University of Galway

Scholarships for Global StudentsExists — cycle not reviewed

University of Queensland

4MBS Musica Viva Sid Page Memorial Prize in Chamber MusicExists — cycle not reviewed
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Research ScholarshipsExists — cycle not reviewed
Alumni Friends Reisner Prize for UQ Music CompositionExists — cycle not reviewed
ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Futures Top-Up ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
Graduate Research School Scholarships (UQGRSS) – includes Research Training Program (RTP)Exists — cycle not reviewed
The Archibald ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
The Queensland Commitment ScholarshipExists — cycle not reviewed
UQ Vice-Chancellor’s ScholarshipOpen in a reviewed cycle

University of Sheffield

Access to Sheffield ScholarshipsClosed