Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust Postgraduate Grant 2025 at University of Birmingham: (Deadline 1 September 2025)

The Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust award bursaries of up to £5,000 a year for UK university students, who are in financial need and have a parent or spouse or are employed themselves, as a commercial traveller, pharmacist or grocer.

The most that students can apply for is £5,000 a year. However, the amount that is received depends on financial need and the total amount of funding we have available to distribute each year.

Students can use the grant for any reasonable costs connected with going to university, including tuition fees, accommodation costs, living expenses, or equipment to help them study.

Students can apply for a bursary for each year of their degree course. Unfortunately, we can’t offer grants for previous years of study that have already been completed.

About University of Birmingham

The University of Birmingham (informally Birmingham University) is a public research university located in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Queen’s College, Birmingham (founded in 1828 as the Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery) and Mason Science College (established in 1875 by Sir Josiah Mason), making it the first English civic or ‘red brick’ university to receive its own royal charter. It is a founding member of both the Russell Group of British research universities and the international network of research uni..

Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust Postgraduate Grant

Aim and Benefits of Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust Postgraduate Grant

Scholarship provides up to £5,000 per year

Requirements for Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust Postgraduate Grant Qualification

To be eligible to apply, students need to be:

• a resident of the United Kingdom;
• studying for a full-time postgraduate degree at a recognised UK university;
• the child, spouse, widow, widower or personally employed as a commercial traveller, pharmacist or grocer, and;
• in ‘financial need’.

Application Deadline

September 1, 2025

How to Apply

Interested and qualified? Go to University of Birmingham on www.leverhulme-trade.org.uk to applyThe closing date for applications is 1 September at 5pm.

We aim to make decisions on applications within four to six weeks after each closing date. Decisions on applications are taken by the Trustees of the Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust. All decisions are final.

Successful applicants will receive payments for their remaining time at university. We do not backdate payments for any time at university prior to your application.

You do not need to re-apply each year if you are successful. We expect to continue awarding you a grant for as long as your postgraduate degree continues, provided that:

• you continue to study full-time, at the same university and on the same course;
• your university confirms that your academic performance is satisfactory each year;
• you progress on to the next year of your course when expected;
• there is no significant change in your financial situation.

Your university is responsible for sending us this information in a yearly report.

For more details, visit University of Birmingham Scholarship webpage

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