Sports Scholarships and Funding
Committed athletes with a track record of achievement can win a sports scholarship or funding.
Build on your sporting success
We award sports scholarships and funding every year to students who:
- have achieved highly in sports
- want to build on their success and represent the University
If your sport isn't listed on the sports scholarship application, or if you've reached representative honours within the last 12 months and need support, fill in the form. Please wait until you know your competition dates before applying. Applications for sports funding are open all year round.
Eligibility
You must be:
- A current student in any year of study, or
- Recognised part of the NGB pathway (U21 / equivalent)
You must:
- Have achieved senior or age group representative honours at national and/or regional level in the last 12 months, and/or current year
- Be a member of the National Governing Body’s (NGB) performance squads, or equivalent
- Commit to the University and BUCS programme where applicable
- Have the ability to hit top 4 for individual BUCS events
Sports scholarships
To be eligible for a scholarship, you must compete in one of the following Performance Clubs:
- American Football
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Fencing
- Football
- Hockey
- Lacrosse
- Netball
- Rowing
- Rugby League
- Rugby Union
- Squash
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Volleyball
If your sport is not listed above, you can still apply for sports funding. See Sports funding below to find out more.
To be a Sports Scholar, you must:
- be a student at Newcastle University
- represent the University
- compete in British Universities Colleges Sport (BUCS) events, where applicable
Scholarship package
Criteria |
Regional/National/International standard within the last 12 months. Students should be part of a National Governing Body Performance Squad or equivalent. |
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Funding |
Up to £5000 |
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Sports funding
If your sport isn’t listed, or you’ve reached representative honours within the last 12 months and need support, fill in the form. If you’ve been selected for higher representative honours, wait until you know your competition dates before applying.
Applications for sports funding are open all year round.
Learn more
For more information on scholarships and funding, get in touch with the Performance Sport Team:
- using our contact form
- by email performance.sport@ncl.ac.uk
- by phone 0191 208 5230