Harriet Munro Scholarship
An award contributing towards living costs for eligible current, first-year undergraduate students.
Two students enrolled on an undergraduate programme at the University of Bristol will receive a £3,125 maintenance grant each year.
The scholarships are only paid for three years regardless of the course length.
Eligibility
To be eligible for the Harriet Munro Scholarship, you must:
- be a current, full-time, undergraduate, first-year student in 2025/26
- have been a Sutton Trust, Next Step Bristol, Access to Bristol, Insight into Bristol, Virtual Summer School, or Pathways to Health Science participant
- be a home UK or EU student with settled status
- be resident in the United Kingdom
- be eligible for, 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 of under £50,000.
Priority is given if you:
- 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 IMD quintile 1 or 2 areas
- have attended an aspiring state school
- have been eligible for free school meals during secondary school.
How to apply
If you fit the criteria for this scholarship, you will automatically receive an email with application instructions.
Deadline
The closing date for applications is 5 pm on Monday 17 November 2025.
Assessment process
We accept applications if you:
- are currently enrolled in the first year of the undergraduate course
and - meet all the eligibility criteria.
The information provided in the application determines which applicants display the most demonstrable need.
Applicants who fulfil the most widening participation criteria and are ranked most highly by the selection panel's scoring mechanism are given priority.