Postgraduate Taught Diversity Scholarship (Environmental and Life Sciences)

There are 3 scholarships covering all tuition fees for UK-domiciled students from racially minoritised ethnic backgrounds.

The deadline to apply depends on when you submit your MSc or MRes programme application.
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Eligibility

To get this scholarship you must:

be from a racially minoritised ethnic background (see the UK Government’s guidance on ethnicity for more details)
- Asian British
- Black
- Black British
- Caribbean or African Mixed or multiple ethnic groups
have a conditional or unconditional offer to study an eligible full time or 2-year part time MSc or MRes course
be studying in-person at the University of Southampton, not through distance learning or a study abroad programme
be eligible for home fees
be paying your tuition fees yourself
not be receiving any external scholarships

We cannot accept exchange or partner students.

Eligible courses

Full time or part time MSc or MRes courses from these subject areas are eligible.

We do not accept students on 2 to 5 year MSc courses, PGCert, PGDip, PGR or Continuous Professional Development (CPD) courses.

This is a competitive process and not all applications will be successful.

To apply for this scholarship:

If you submit your programme application before 3 July, must apply for the scholarship by 5 July 2025 at 5pm UK time.

If you submit your programme application after 3 July, you must apply for the scholarship by 31 August 2025 at 5pm UK time.

For applications made on or before 5 July, we will contact you:

For applications made between 5 July and 31 August, we will contact you by 11 September with an outcome.

We cannot accept late applications. If your application is successful, you will receive confirmation in writing.

All scholarship offers are final, and scholarships cannot be deferred.

There are 4 stages to the shortlisting process:

We first check that you meet the eligibility criteria.
We then score and rank the supporting statement in your scholarship application.
We shortlist candidates, aiming to ensure awards across the breadth of our disciplines.
A scholarship panel will make the final selection of 3 scholarship recipients.

The decision of the scholarship panel is final.

Have a question about this scholarship? Our friendly scholarships team can support and guide you.

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