Eligibility
To be eligible for this scholarship you must:
- reside in the UK,
- be paying UK fees
- have applied for a PhD project in one of our faculties
You must also be from one of these backgrounds:
- Black or Black British - African
- Black or Black British - Caribbean
- Black or Black British - another Black background
- Mixed - White and Black Caribbean
- Mixed - White and Black African
- Mixed - Black African, Black Caribbean or another Black background
These categories are defined by the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA). The University must use these categories to enable reporting, however we recognise their inherent limitations.
How we award scholarships
This is a competitive process - not all applications will be successful.
There are 3 stages to the shortlisting process:
- Eligibility: we check your application to make sure you meet the eligibility criteria.
- Applications: we review your research degree and funding applications, to gain a complete picture of your academic qualifications and your motivations for undertaking a PhD.
- Faculty selection panel review: our diverse selection panel, who understand the challenges faced by Black students, review your application.
The decision of the scholarship panel is final.
Conditions of getting a scholarship
Find out the conditions of getting a scholarship.