About the Scholarship
Eligibility criteria
Before applying for funding, you must ensure that you fulfil all the eligibility criteria of the Peter Hancock Scholarship Fund as given in the scholarship description.
Candidates who do not meet the eligibility criteria cannot be considered for funding. Only students who have commenced studying at Aberystwyth University and are acceptable for the relevant academic year, as specified in the scholarship description, can be considered for funding.
Application Procedure
You will be required to submit further documentation including a reference from your personal tutor. Incomplete applications will not be accepted and are excluded from the selection process.
Guidelines for applying for scholarships
- Your scholarship application must be complete to be valid. We will not inform you whether your application has been received, whether it is complete, nor contact you for missing documents. Incomplete applications are invalid and will not be processed. The application procedures will advise you of the additional documentation needed.
- Please make sure you include a valid University email address.
- All applications received by the application deadline date are treated equally. Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
- Please note that scholarships are calculated to be sufficient for the applicant only, funds are not intended to support family members.
- Only the successful applicants or reserve candidates will normally be notified.
Scholarship application deadline for the 2024-25 year is noon 25/03/2024. Applications arriving after published deadline will be excluded from the selection process.
Scholarship selection criteria
Scholarships will be awarded on the basis of academic merit and financial need. Successful applicants will be students with outstanding academic and/or professional career potential and have demonstrated such with academic results and, when able, participation and contribution to academic department and student activities.
Notification of scholarship results
Scholarship applications are judged by the Selection Panel and the donors. The selection process generally takes 6 weeks from the deadline. Successful applicants will be notified by email and receive an official award offer by mail to the University correspondence address provided in the scholarship application.
Scholarship regulations
Funding is not available retrospectively; any funding granted will apply from the beginning of the academic session following the scholarship application deadline.
Any funding granted is payable only upon full enrolment of the scholarship-holder. Payments will be made in instalments and dependent on satisfactory academic progress by the scholarship-holder.
Termination of scholarships
Scholarships may be terminated at any time if an unsatisfactory progress report is received from the academic department, if the scholarship-holder ceases to be a full-time registered student at Aberystwyth University, or if the scholarship-holder is found in contravention of the scholarship regulations.
