Featured byNewcastle University
Overview
Scholarship type
Need based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
£1,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The Connor King Foundation. The scholarship was established in memory of Connor King, who died while in Stage 3 of his Dental Surgery BDS degree at Newcastle’s School of Dental Sciences. He was a very enthusiastic young man, with a kind heart and passion for helping those less fortunate than himself.
The Foundation aims to:
support students from underprivileged backgrounds who are interested in pursuing their careers in dentistry;
provide financial support to help with tuition fees and costs to these students.
Benefits
Two scholarships are available each year to Dental Surgery BDS students entering Newcastle University. The award amount is £1,000 per year for stages one to five.
Eligibility
To be eligible for this award you must:
- come from a widening participation background and/or have low household incomes;
- be a stage one undergraduate student on the Dental Surgery BDS programme.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Dentistry
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
Anytime
No application is necessary.
You will be informed by email or the Student Financial Support Team by December if you were successful in receiving the scholarship.
All scholarship recipients are asked to provide:
an introductory profile when they first receive the award;
an annual update report in Spring/Summer to inform their donor of their progress.