The Aspire Awards

What could you do with £1,000?

Anna wanted to spend her summer taking part in conservation work in Croatia.

Megan dreamed of teaching in Argentina, among Y Wladfa, the Welsh-speaking settlement in Patagonia.

Charles was part of a team trying to design and build a rocket and send it into space.

What all three students had in common is that they were University of Southampton undergraduates and were among thirteen students each given a £1,000 Aspire Award in 2018/19 to help them to realise their dream projects.

Up to twenty Aspire Awards are given out each year by the University to current undergraduates who have projects that our judges consider to be both realistic and deserving.

Winners are chosen based on the projects that we believe will most successfully:

• Enhance your cultural development
• Broaden your educational development
• Enhance your course of study, and/or
• Have a positive impact on society

 

Applicants can be given access to workshop sessions to help them develop their project plans before judging takes place.

So, if there is something worthwhile you have always wanted to do, and £1,000 could help you achieve it, then why not apply?

Applications for the 2019/20 academic year open on 14 October 2019 and closes 28 February 2020.

 

You can see a presentation on the application process here

You can apply for an award here