Eligibility

To be eligible for the Harriet Munro Scholarship, you must:

• be a current, full-time, first-year undergraduate in 2023/24
• have been a Sutton Trust, Next Step Bristol, Access to Bristol, Insight into Bristol, Pathways to Health Science or Pathways to Law participant
• be a Home UK or EU student with settled status
• be resident in the United Kingdom
• be eligible for, have applied for and accepted all the financial support available from the UK Government (in the form of tuition fee and living costs loans from the Student Loans Company)
• have a demonstrable financial need with a household income below £42,875.

Priority will be given to applicants who:

• are from a household with a low income
• have identified themselves as having a disability
• have caring responsibilities
• are from a care-experienced background
• are from areas of low participation in higher education
• have attended an aspiring state school
• received a contextual offer.

Scholarships

This scholarship provides support to two students enrolled on an undergraduate programme at the University of Bristol and consists of:

• a £2,500 maintenance grant in the first year
• a £2,500 maintenance grant in the second year
• a £1,000 grant in the third year of study.

The scholarships are only paid for three years, regardless of the course length.

Award distribution

Applicants must meet the essential eligibility criteria to be considered for the scholarships.

To ensure fair distribution of the available funding, scholarships will be awarded using a scoring system based on the widening participation criteria.

When selecting the successful scholarship recipients, other awards students may hold from the University or external organisations will be considered.

The University's decision will consider the needs of the entire student body and as such, will be final with no appeal process.

How to apply

If you are eligible, you will automatically receive an email with application instructions.

Assessment process

Applications will be accepted from students who meet all the eligibility criteria and are currently undertaking the first year of the undergraduate course.

Information provided in the application will be used to determine which applicants display the most demonstrable need.

Priority will be given to applicants who fulfil the most widening participation criteria and are ranked most highly by the selection panel's scoring mechanism.

Timetable

The deadline for applications is 12 am (midnight) on October 29 2023.

After the application closing date, you will be told whether your scholarship application was successful.

Successful applicants

The University will make offers of a scholarship to successful candidates. Full details of the scheme being offered, including the terms and conditions, will be made available in the award notification.

Awardees will be expected to reply to the Scholarship offer notification and confirm their acceptance of the award, and the relevant terms and conditions, by email.

Awardees who do not reply within two weeks will have their scholarship offer rescinded and the scholarship will be offered to one of the applicants on the scholarship reserve list.

Reserve applicants

To make sure that all available funding is distributed, the University will select several students to be on a reserve list. Such applicants will be notified accordingly.

Students on the reserve list may be contacted later to be informed that they have been offered an award should funding become available.

Being placed on the reserve list is not a guarantee of an award.

Other criteria

To receive a payment, you must:

• be fully registered at the University and engaged with your studies
• be eligible for, have applied for, and have accepted the financial support available from the UK government (in the form of the tuition fee and living costs loans from the Student Loans Company)
• have provided your (and, as appropriate, your partner/parents'/guardians') consent to the Student Loans Company, via their regional funding provider, to share your household income data with the University.