University of Surrey Sam and John Dawson Scholarship for Undergraduate STEM Student 2024 Entry

University of Surrey invites all undergraduate student studying a STEM course to apply for Sam and John Dawson Scholarship 2024 entery. The Sam and John Dawson Scholarship will support an undergraduate student studying a STEM course during their degree programme at the University of Surrey.

Aim and Benefits

The scholarship will provide £15,000 a year for three years of academic study, plus £15,000 for a Professional Training placement (if taken). The Sam and John Dawson Scholarship will be awarded to two successful applicants.

Requirements

To be eligible to apply, the applicant must be a first-year undergraduate Home/UK student studying an undergraduate STEM course at Surrey who is from a care-experienced background.

Care experienced is defined as students who “have spent time in local authority care, in a residential children’s home, have been looked after at home by a supervision order or have lived with relatives under kinship care.”

Criteria for care experienced is as follows:

Living with foster carers under local authority care
In residential care (e.g. a children’s home)
Looked after at home under a supervision order
Or in kinship care with relatives or friends, either officially (e.g. a special guardianship order) or informally without local authority support.

Eligible courses are: