Wellcome Trust Scholarships for the MA in Medical History and Humanities

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Applications for MA scholarships will be assessed on evidence of academic merit and on your personal statement.

Preference will be given to applicants who meet all the course requirements plus one or more of the following:

You identify as a member of a minority ethnic community in the UK
You have experience of Public Care
You have been a carer
You have a disability or long-term health condition
You have a household income below £42,875 (threshold subject to change) (priority will be given to applicants who were entitled to, or were in receipt of, free school meals or discretionary payments at school or sixth form)/have received the Maximum Maintenance Loan, or Maximum Maintenance Grant or Special Support Grant
Have been the first in their family to attend higher education (not including siblings) on entry to undergraduate study
You are on a low income
You are seeking asylum in the UK or have been granted refugee status

Some of these criteria will only be relevant to UK applicants. You may make a case for an international equivalent.

Application requirement details:

Your personal statement on the application form will consist of the following two questions:

Please explain to the panel how you meet any of the above criteria and how you have faced significant barriers in your personal, social or domestic life that have affected your journey through school and college.
Please explain to the panel how the scholarship would help you to achieve your academic and personal goals.

Study level you are applying for: Postgraduate

The MA in Medical History and Humanities has been awarded a Wellcome Trust Masters Programme Award in Humanities and Social Sciences.

Open to International (including EU) and UK (home) students.

Open to students in the Department of History.

To be eligible for the ring-fenced scholarship, you must meet all the course requirements plus at least one of the following:

You identify as a member of a minority ethnic community in the UK
You have experience of Public Care
You have been a carer
You have a disability or long-term health condition
You have a household income below £42,875 (threshold subject to change) (priority will be given to applicants who were entitled to, or were in receipt of, free school meals or discretionary payments at school or sixth form)/have received the Maximum Maintenance Loan, or Maximum Maintenance Grant or Special Support Grant
Have been the first in their family to attend higher education (not including siblings) on entry to undergraduate study
You are on a low income
You are seeking asylum in the UK or have been granted refugee status

Some of these criteria will only be relevant to UK applicants.

The scholarship provides:

A fee waiver at the Home/UK rate
A stipend of £16,000, paid in quarterly instalments during the programme of study
A contribution to travel and other research costs

Successful international applicants will have to finance the remainder of the international fee from other sources.