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Overview
Scholarship type
Merit based
Number of scholarships to award
Multiple
Grant
Up to £1,000 for expenses
Scholarship coverage
- tuition fee reduction
Description
The University of Leicester and Sport and Active Life 2022-23 scholarship awards allow talented and performance focused student athletes and aspiring leadership students to pursue the highest levels in their sport, alongside their academic studies, whilst benefitting from support services and a targeted financial contribution, aimed at assisting each individual to reach their potential.
Applicable programmes
Benefits
University of Leicester annual sports facility gold membership and Team Leicester club membership.
Limited Physiotherapy support package is offered to each awardee (Delivered at Sports Medicine Clinic, Leicester).
Individualised physical conditioning programme.
Athlete life skills coaching programme.
Provision of kit.
Quality coaching within the Team Leicester environment.
Financial contribution on agreed items up to £1,000 (e.g. travel expenses, equipment, specialist coaching, nutritional advice).
Eligibility
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To be eligible for the Elite Athlete Award you must successfully achieve a place on a course for the 2024/25 academic year at the University of Leicester. Or already be studying here (all courses are eligible, both undergraduate and postgraduate).
Scholarship requirements
Disciplines
Any
Locations
United Kingdom
Nationality
226 nationalities
Study experience required
High school
Age
Unknown
Application
Application deadline
08 Sep 2024
All applications will be dealt with by their awarding panel, so please make sure that you include as much relevant information as possible in your application. If you are applying, please wait until the application process opens and don’t miss the closing deadline.
The application process for the Elite Athlete Award for the academic year, 2024-25 opens on Monday 3 June, 2024. The application closing date is midnight on Sunday 8 September 2024.