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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
£2,000
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences (SPCLS) is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion. The SPCLS Centenary Bursary aims to encourage students from under-represented groups in the UK to pursue postgraduate studies in Psychology.
Benefits
The award consists of a £2,000 fee reduction and a £2,000 bursary.
Eligibility
To apply for funding, you must have received an offer of admission to one our master’s courses.
- MSc Psychology Conversion
- MSc Theory and Practice in Clinical Psychology (with Clinical or Research Placement)
- MSc Cognitive Neuroscience
- MSc Language Sciences
- MSc Research Methods in Psychology
To qualify for this bursary, you must:
- have an offer on a self-funded master’s programme in SPCLS (students who are funding their tuition fees with, for example, a postgraduate master's loan from the Student Loans Company (SLC), are considered as self-funded)
- not already hold a master’s qualification or higher
- be eligible for home fee status.
You must also meet at least one of the following criteria, and provide the evidence listed:
- You have a disability (as defined by the Equality Act, 2010). If so, please provide written confirmation of your disability in the form of a doctor’s note or other suitable official document.
- You are from a minority ethnic group. If so, please state of which minority ethnic group you belong on your application form.
- You have a permanent residential address that falls within an area of low participation of young people progressing into higher education (POLAR4 or TUNDRA quintile 1 or 2) or be considered to be from an area of general disadvantage according to the governments Indices of Multiple Deprivation quintile 1 or 2. Please check if your postcode meets the criteria. You must provide evidence of the residential address and the dates you resided in this address.
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Psychology
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
Any
Study experience required
Bachelor
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
17 Jul 2026
Please apply by completing the bursary application form. This will be accessible up until the closing date.
Applications will first be assessed on whether they meet the eligibility criteria (pass/fail). After this, written statements will be assessed on how well applicants can describe:
why the University of Reading is the best place for them to study
their journey to this point in their career and any challenges they’ve experienced along the way
the potential impact of the scholarship on their career.
The applications will be assessed by a panel of three members of SPCLS, whose decision will be final, and there will be no right of appeal.
Deadline: Friday, 17 July 2026