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 £2,000 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 2024/25
  • have been a Sutton Trust, Next Step Bristol, Access to Bristol, Insight into Bristol, Virtual Summer School, 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, 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 £42,875.

Priority is 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
  • have received a contextual offer.

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 11.59 pm on Friday 15 November 2024. 

Assessment process

Applications are accepted from students who:

  • 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.

Further details

Terms and conditions

Get in touch

Please contact scholarships-bursaries@bristol.ac.uk with any queries.

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