Scholarships
Thanks to the generosity of our alumni, friends, charitable organisations and staff, the University of Sunderland is able to make available a number of scholarships to our students and recent alumni. A scholarship – also knows as a bursary- is financial support that you don’t need to pay back.
The Silver Fund
Other scholarships you can apply for:
The Futures Fund
Application Deadlines: Noon on the last Friday of October, January and April.
The Futures Fund was established in 2003 to support students at the University to develop their careers and aspirations.
Supported by alumni, friends and local companies and charitable trusts, the fund has continued to award support in three key areas to students studying at the University.
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The Robson Real World Experience Fund
Deadline: This scholarship is currently closed to applications.
The University is the recipient of a generous donation supporting students studying Art and Design. This fund allows staff to support current students to undertake a live project or opportunity complementing current studies.
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The Mike Davies Innovation Scholarship
Application Deadline: This scholarship is open to applications - closing date Friday 16th March 2018 at noon.
The University is the recipient of a generous donation to support students studying Glass or Ceramics.
The purpose of the scholarship is to allow students to undertake a project or opportunity that will lead to innovative uses of glass and ceramic materials for creative use. The project will support modular content within the course of study. Examples of this could include projects within the University, internships, classes and workshops in the UK or abroad or study visits.
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The Hope Winch Benevolence Fund
Application Deadlines: Noon on the last Friday of October, February and April.
The Hope Winch Benevolence Fund provides annual scholarships to current undergraduate pharmacy students who may be experiencing serious financial challenges impacting upon their academic potential.
The scholarship fund is supported by the work of the Hope Winch Society.
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The Sir Tom Cowie Memorial Scholarship
This scholarship is currently open to applications for academic year 2018-19.
The University is the recipient of a generous donation to support local students via the Sir Tom Cowie Memorial Scholarship Award.
This scholarship honours the memory and motivations of Sir Tom who was a long term benefactor of the University.
Recipients must be a full-time undergraduate studying a course in the discipline of either Engineering, Business* or Education and should be at the end of their penultimate year.
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The Robson Visual Arts Masters Award 2017-18
Deadline: This scholarship has now closed. Next round of applications is Summer 2018.
The University is the recipient of a generous donation to support five awards annually for students undertaking Masters level study in the disciplines of Glass &Ceramics, Design, Photography, Curating or Fine Art.
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