Plymouth International

Scholarships and Funding

Here you can find details of some of the scholarships, funds and grants available to both students and teachers in the UK, which will enable them to benefit from an international experience.

The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Scholarship

The Sir Trenchard Cox Scholarship

The Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council

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The Nancy Astor Scholarship

About The Scholarship. Click here for a PowerPoint presentation about the scholarship...

Applying for The Scholarship

The Trustees of the Nancy Langhorne Astor Scholarship fund invite applicants from women granduates for a one year scholarship at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia, USA. The value of the scholarship to be awarded for the academic year beginning september 2009 will be in the region of £30,000 (to be confirmed)

Candidates must:
1) have been born in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland and be under the age of 25 years on 30th June 2009;
2) be resident in the City of Plymouth and must satisfy the Trustees that they or their immediate family have had their permanent homes in the City for a continuous period of eight years immediately proceeding the said date;
3) be graduates on the said dates of a university situated in England, Scotland, wales or Northern Ireland or have gained a degree from the Council for National Academic Awards.

The College of William and Mary offers a wide range of courses in Arts and Science and in Education at both under graduate and post graduate levels and Astor scholars are normally able to arrange a programme of studies which meet their varied or more specialist interests and which, in appropriate circumstances may lead to a Masters degree (website: www.wm.edu)

The Scholarship will be advertised in the local press in September 2009 and applications (accompanied by a brief curriculum vitae and giving the names and addresses of two referees), will be requested to be sent to the Trustees, once the advertisment has been placed.

For any queries please contact:
Tanya Crocker: tanya.crocker@plymouth.gov.uk- and also to register an interest in the Scholarship

Find out more about our current Nancy Astor scholar:

Nancy Astor Scholar 2009 - Sam Edge

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The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Scholarship

Would experience overseas enhance your effectiveness in your career or field of interest?

Could this bring real benefits and positive change to your community, the UK and yourself?

Fellows of the scholarship receive a travel grant to cover return and internal travelling, daily living and insurance within the countries visited. For 2009 the average grant was £5500, covering overseas visits of between 4 & 8 weeks.

Applying for The Scholarship

Candidates' applications must fulfil the following eligibility criteria:

All applicants must be British citizens (British Nationality Act 1981), and residenTin the UK
Anyone aged 18 and above at interview, and in any occupation can apply
No qualifications are required as every application is judged on the indivdual themselves and the merit of the project
Applications are only considered for individual projects although expedition leaders may also apply under the Adventure, Exploration and Leaders of Expeditions category
Applicants must demonstrate that their project will bring real benefit to others in their community and in so doing to the UK
Fellowship grants for 'gap year' activities, courses, academic studies or student grants will not be considered. This includes electives, degree placements, internships and post-graduate studies, unless real and wider benefits to others in the UK can be demonstrates
Grants will usually cover a stay overseas of between 4 to 12 weeks. Applications for less than 4 weeks will not be considered
The Trust prefers to award Fellowships to people unlikely to obtain funding from other sources
Existing Churchill Fellows may not re-apply.

The deadline for this year has passed. Register to receive an email alert in March 2010 when applications open for travel in 2011.

For further information, please visit http://www.wcmt.org.uk/

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The Kirk Fund

Each year up to twelve Peter Kirk travel scholarships are awarded to promote understanding of Europe amongst young Britons, and of Britain amongst young people from other European countries. They enable young people aged between 18 and 26 to carry out a study project of their own choice in another European country.

Are you aged between 18 and 26?
Would you like £1500 to spend between 6 weeks and three months in Europe?
Would you like to find out more about other European countries and the people who live there?
Could you write a report on what you discovered?

Applying for the Fund

It is essential that you are prepared to travel abroad independently. Although you are not required to be a specialist in modern languages you will need to gather information on your project from conversations with people as well as from books and other media. You should, therefore, be confident that you will be able to talk to the people you meet in the country(ies) you visit.
When drawing up the list of candidates to be interviewed, and when deciding who should be awarded scholarships the selectors consider academic qualifications to be less important than enthusiasm and the ability to carry through an independent project in a foreign country.
Applicants are required to have been in full-time education at some time during the 12 months preceding their application and should be aged between 18 and 26 at the time they travel (under some circumstances an older candidate up to age 29 might be considered).

Deadline for this year: Monday, 9th November 2009

For further information, please visit http://www.kirkfund.org.uk/

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The Sir Trenchard Cox Scholarship

The scholarship provides a place on a Art History Abroad summer or gap year course leaving between 31 January 2010 and 31 January 2011. All AHA courses are led by enthusiastic tutors who will bring the art of the Renaissance and the culture of Italy to life. The scholarship is open to all, but is particularly intended to encourage students who do not have a scholarly interest in art history. It will be awarded as result of a competition, which invites an imaginative, though not necessarily art historical, responses.

Applying for the Fund

Applicants must be at least 16 on 8 January 2010 and no older than 19. Exceptions to this do apply - contact Art History Abroad for further details
Applicants are asked to submit two 400 word reasoned descriptions; the first of a building, painting, sculpture or work of decorative art which they truly enjoy, the second of a building, painting, sculpture or work of decorative art which they loathe. The essays must be supported by no more than two photographs or drawings no larger than a sheet of A4 paper. The adjudicators will look for good and daring arguments to support the applicant's assertions.

Deadline for this year: 8 January 2010
For further information, please visit http://www.nadfas.org.uk/documents/nad/AHAFORM2010.pdf

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The Commonwealth Youth Exchange Council

Have you been thinking about running a youth exchange? CYEC can provide you with support, guidance and funding to run a youth led exchange between a group in the United Kingdom and a group in the Commonwealth.

Applying for the Fund

Priority will be given to funding:

a. New or particularly innovative exchange programmes.

b. Exchanges with Commonwealth countries in Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.

c. Exchange organisations which have not been previously very active in this field.

d. Exchanges involving young Britons and their Commonwealth counterparts who would not normally have the opportunity to take part.

e. Local British groups (rather than national ones which are only supported in certain circumstances).

f. Exchanges involving young people with disabilities.

Deadline for this year: 30 October 2009

For further information, please visit http://www.cyec.org.uk/exchanges/thinking-running-exchange

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ASEF Youth Partnerships

ASEF Youth Partnerships is a fund available to youth organisations in ASEM countries who want to promote partnerships between youth and youth organisations and encourage initiatives to strengthen relations between Asian and European youth at the level of national organisations and local communities.

Their projects focus on intercultural dialogue to directly impact the professional and personal lives of the projects participants, as well as to indirectly contribute to raising social awareness and community development.

This programme represents a development of the `Youth Connections scheme', established by ASEF in 2003. The ASEF Youth Partnerships is an open channel to identify partners and proposals for future co-operation, in projects where ASEF will have a crucial role during all phases, from conceptualisation and preparation to implementation, evaluation and reporting.

For further information, please visit the website by clicking here