2013 National Scholarship Programme at King's College London, UK

The  King's College London in the United Kingdom will be participating in the National Scholarship Programme  from 2013-14 offering 614 scholarships worth £3,000 each. The Scholarship is available for Home/EU students,  domiciled in England, with household incomes of £25,000 or less.

Description
The National Scholarship Programme (NSP) is a new £150m government programme which will directly benefit students entering higher education in after 2012-13.

Benefits:
Every successful applicant will receive a £3,000 scholarship in the first year of their studies.

The scholarship will be awarded as £1,000 cash bursary plus £2,000 to be offset against either tuition fees or King's Hall of Residence fees, at your disretion

Eligibility
The potential candidates must meet the requirements below:

• have an assessed household income of £25,000 or less;
• be in receipt of a maximum maintenance grant (£3,354);
• be undertaking their first undergraduate degree programme;
• be liable for tuition fees of £9,000;
• have ‘firmly’ accepted an offer of a place at King’s;
• be an English-domiciled home/EU undergraduate student;
• not be directly continuing from one programme to another (e.g. from foundation degree or HND on to the final year of an honours degree);
• not be in receipt of any other sponsorship for tuition fees;
• not be NHS-funded in year one;
• priority will be given to students from partnership schools and colleges.

Application Procedure
It is very important that both you and each of your sponsors/guardians/parents give 'consent to share' your financial information with the College whilst applying for your loans and grants. If you have not already done so, you can call Student Finance England (SFE) on 0845 607 7577.

Submission Deadline
2nd Sept 2013

Website Link
http://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/ug/funding/stufund/2013-14/scholarships/nsp2013.aspx