Undergraduate Science Scholarships

The Ogden Trust sponsors students of outstanding mathematical and scientific ability to attend leading British universities. Ogden Trust Science Scholarships are currently open to the following categories of candidate:
  • Former Ogden Trust 6th Form Science Scholarship holders and bursary holders
  • Maths and Science prizewinning students nominated by specialist schools sponsored by the Trust
  • Students nominated by participating Sixth Form Colleges and Universities
  • Arkwright Scholarship holders sponsored by The Ogden Trust
  • Students nominated by secondary school members of The Association for Science Education
The scholarships are worth £1,500 per annum for up to four years of undergraduate study and are payable in two annual instalments (October and February).
 
Criteria for candidates:
  • Previously educated entirely in the state sector *
  • Minimum 340 points at A-level (equivalent A,A,B) in their three principal subjects including grade A in Maths or Physics**
  • Applying to read for a Maths or Physics-related degree at University
  • Joint gross parental income of less than £40k ***
  • British nationality

Application forms are obtainable on request from The Student Registrar, registrar@ogdentrust.com

* Unless attending an independent school on an Ogden Trust 6th Form Science Scholarship
** Depending on the number of applications each year, this academic threshold may rise
*** Candidates whose joint parental income is under £50k will be considered if (a) both parents working (b) one or more siblings
 
N.B. Please note that additional conditions and criteria may be attached to these scholarships by individual universities. Ogden Awards may be held in conjunction with other scholarships and bursaries awarded by Universities, Foundations or organisations like the Institute of Physics, but these must be declared on the application form.