Overview
Scholarship type
Number of scholarships to award
Grant
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The fund supports students whose available income is insufficient to meet essential living and study costs. Awards are made as non-repayable grants and cannot be used to pay tuition fees.
Benefits
Grant amount based on individual financial circumstances.
Eligibility
To be eligible students must:
- be from Scotland, England, Wales or Northern Ireland
- be registered and attending an eligible course
- have taken out their full entitlement to a student loan
- have exhausted all other possible sources of funding available to them
- be able to prove they are in financial difficulty
EU and international students are not eligible to apply to this fund.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Locations
Nationality
Study experience required
Age
Application
Application deadline
Applicants must complete the Discretionary Fund application and upload all supporting documentation through AskRGU.
Incomplete applications that do not include all required supporting documentation will be rejected and cannot be considered. Applications can take up to 4–6 weeks to be reviewed.