Funding opportunities

Five-year leadership and personal development programme supporting academically talented young people of African and Caribbean heritage.

Fully funded summer school programme giving students from underrepresented backgrounds the opportunity to experience university life at leading UK uni...

Free STEM access programme providing work experience placements, mentoring, skills workshops, and career exploration opportunities for students from d...

Gap-funding scholarship supporting under-resourced students pursuing educational opportunities who face financial barriers.

Free mentoring and university access programme helping Black African, Caribbean, and mixed Black heritage students gain admission to Oxford or Cambrid...

UK-wide programme providing paid internship opportunities for Black students and graduates across a wide range of industries.

UK social mobility organisation helping students from underrepresented backgrounds access top universities and careers through mentoring, coaching, sc...

Employability programme helping underrepresented young people develop the skills, confidence, and networks needed to secure STEM internships, apprenti...

Free community supporting girls, young women, and non-binary people interested in STEM and STEAM through events, mentoring, networking, and career dev...

Annual publication recognising 150 of the UK's most outstanding Black university students and recent graduates for their achievements, leadership, and...

National UK competition recognising outstanding undergraduate students across multiple academic, professional, and diversity categories.

Start-up funding and business support programme helping young people launch and grow businesses in the UK.

Funding and support programme for UK social entrepreneurs creating ventures that generate positive social impact.

Grant funding and support for young entrepreneurs aged 18–30 across the UK to start or grow a business.

Government-backed loan scheme providing finance, mentoring, and business support to individuals starting or growing a UK business.

A highly selective grant and fellowship programme supporting ambitious individuals with "zero-to-one" ideas that could meaningfully improve society. A...

The UK's leading STEM competition for young scientists, engineers, and technologists aged 11–18. Participants submit projects addressing real-world ch...

International engineering communication competition recognizing outstanding short videos that explain the societal impact of engineering and technolog...

Leadership and mentoring programme supporting talented young people from migrant and refugee backgrounds in accessing top universities and careers.

Professional network supporting Black and minority ethnic engineers through mentoring, networking, career development, and industry engagement.

National mentoring and employability programme supporting engineering, technology, computing, mathematics, and physical sciences students from underre...

UK-wide network and community supporting women and girls pursuing education and careers in STEM through events, role models, mentoring, resources, and...

Free coding education and employability programmes for women and non-binary people pursuing careers in technology.

Prestigious leadership scholarship supporting outstanding engineering students with leadership potential through funding, mentoring, training, and pro...

Prestigious UK engineering scholarship supporting talented students during A Levels, Scottish Highers, or International Baccalaureate studies and enco...

Prestigious scholarship supporting exceptional disabled students undertaking a master's degree in the UK, with a focus on developing future disabled l...

Fully funded UK government scholarship supporting future AI leaders undertaking AI-related Master's degrees at leading UK universities.

Scholarship and consulting development programme for women interested in strategy consulting, run by Bain & Company in London.

Scholarship and consulting development programme for Black Heritage students interested in strategy consulting, run by Bain & Company in London.

Prestigious civil engineering scholarship combining financial support, paid industry placements, mentoring, and graduate employment opportunities.

Fully funded scholarship supporting talented engineers from underrepresented backgrounds to pursue a motorsport-related MSc and access careers in Form...

Scholarship supporting students studying Engineering Council-accredited engineering degrees in the UK.

Scholarship supporting outstanding engineering graduates pursuing an Engineering Council-accredited Master's degree in the UK.

Prestigious engineering scholarship supporting outstanding engineers with strong academic achievement and practical engineering experience.

Prestigious fully funded scholarship enabling outstanding American students to pursue postgraduate study at UK universities.

Fully funded one-year master's and leadership programme at Tsinghua University designed to prepare future global leaders through the study of China an...

Scholarship supporting engineering students, apprentices, and degree apprentices who have overcome financial or personal challenges.

Merit-based scholarship for high-achieving engineering students in the final stages of an IET-accredited degree or degree apprenticeship.

Means-tested bursary supporting UK postgraduate students in financial need who are connected to the grocery, pharmacy, or commercial travelling profes...

Open postgraduate bursary available to students starting a postgraduate course anywhere in the world, regardless of subject or nationality.

Fully funded graduate scholarship at Stanford University that develops future global leaders through academic study, leadership training, and multidis...

Prestigious scholarship supporting UK citizens undertaking postgraduate study in the United States.

Fully funded postgraduate scholarship supporting talented STEM students from low socioeconomic backgrounds to pursue Master's or PhD study at leading ...

Industry-sponsored scholarship connecting talented electronics and technology students with leading employers through financial support, work placemen...

Means-tested bursary supporting UK undergraduates in financial need who are connected to the grocery, pharmacy, or commercial travelling professions.

Prestigious fully funded postgraduate scholarship for outstanding international students to study at the University of Cambridge.

Fully funded interdisciplinary master's programme at Peking University designed to develop future global leaders with expertise in China studies.

Fully funded Oxford graduate scholarship supporting British Bangladeshi students pursuing Master's or DPhil study across any subject area.

Fully funded Oxford graduate scholarship supporting UK Black and mixed-Black students pursuing Master's or DPhil study across any subject area.

Fully funded Oxford graduate scholarship supporting British Pakistani students pursuing Master's or DPhil study across any subject area.

Fully funded Oxford graduate scholarship supporting students with experience of being in care in the UK to pursue Master's or DPhil study.

Prestigious fully funded programme enabling outstanding British graduates to spend approximately 20 months in Japan undertaking intensive language stu...

Fully funded undergraduate engineering scholarship supporting students from underrepresented and lower-income backgrounds pursuing engineering degrees...

Scholarship programme supporting high-potential students from low-opportunity backgrounds attending UK universities.

Award to support engineers of high career potential who wish to undertake a full-time MBA.

Scholarship supporting women from low-income households who are pursuing computer science or related engineering degrees at UK universities.

UK government scholarship supporting undergraduate students pursuing technology-related degrees, with funding, industry placements, mentoring, and pro...

Technology-focused scholarship scheme combining a paid gap-year placement, annual university bursary, and guaranteed summer work for STEM students.

Canada's largest leadership-based scholarship for master's and professional studies at McGill University, combining full funding with leadership devel...

Prestigious European Union-funded master's scholarships allowing students worldwide to study jointly at multiple universities across Europe and partne...

Fully funded scholarship programme offered by the Government of Mexico for international students, researchers, academics, and professionals to study ...

Prestigious fully funded doctoral scholarship awarded by UCL to outstanding research students from any country pursuing a PhD, MPhil, or EngD.

Flagship Chinese government scholarship programme supporting international students to pursue undergraduate, master's, doctoral, and non-degree studie...

Highly selective summer research programme at RIKEN Center for Brain Science, one of the world's leading neuroscience institutes, offering laboratory ...

Competitive summer research programme providing undergraduate students with hands-on biomedical research experience at the Francis Crick Institute.

Fully funded summer research internship at Oxford for talented undergraduates and graduates from underrepresented and disadvantaged backgrounds who ar...

Fully funded summer research internship at KAIST for international undergraduate and Master's students interested in scientific research.

UK programme providing disadvantaged sixth-form students with funded STEM research placements alongside professional researchers.

Highly prestigious undergraduate research programme at Caltech that allows students to design and conduct independent research projects under faculty ...

Year-long programme helping students from underrepresented and low socioeconomic backgrounds access postgraduate research and PhD study.

Prestigious summer research programme at EPFL, one of Europe's leading technical universities, offering undergraduate and master's students the opport...

Prestigious summer research internship programme that places undergraduate STEM students from the UK, Ireland, North America, and Canada in research g...

Highly selective summer research programme at ETH Zurich's Department of Computer Science, allowing undergraduate and master's students worldwide to c...

Competitive 10-week summer research programme for outstanding undergraduate and Master's students interested in pursuing research postgraduate study a...

Prestigious summer research programme at the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA) for undergraduate and Master's students interested in ...

Fully funded research internship at KAUST allowing outstanding undergraduate and Master's students to work on cutting-edge STEM research projects with...

Paid AI research placement programme supporting undergraduate students from socioeconomically disadvantaged and underrepresented backgrounds to explor...

Research programme allowing international undergraduate and graduate students to conduct full-time research at the University of British Columbia unde...

Prestigious summer research programme at CERN allowing students to work on cutting-edge projects in particle physics, engineering, computing, and math...

Prestigious international summer research programme that places undergraduate students at leading research universities worldwide to conduct hands-on ...

Prestigious fully funded research internship programme that brings top undergraduate students from around the world to Canadian universities for resea...

A highly selective fellowship for ambitious early-career individuals seeking meaningful, high-impact work, combining intellectual exploration, communi...

Intensive online research training programme in computational neuroscience, deep learning, NeuroAI, and related computational sciences, connecting par...

Fully funded short-term exchange programme inviting students and young professionals to Japan to learn about Japanese society, diplomacy, innovation, ...

National UK charity supporting underrepresented entrepreneurs through startup programmes, mentoring, training, community support, and access to grant ...

Entrepreneur First (EF) is a leading talent investor and startup accelerator that backs exceptional individuals before they have a startup idea or cof...