BUNAC scholarships and awards for Postgraduate study in Canada or the USA March 13 2009

BUNAC's BEST scholarships and travel awards are available to UK passport holders who have studied at Universit level in the past 5 years.

BUNAC is pleased to announce that applications are now available for the BUNAC Educational Scholarship Trust (BEST) Scholarships and Travel Awards.

BEST Scholarships

The BEST scholarships are open to UK passport holders who are currently or, have been within the last five years inclusive, in full-time tertiary education at a UK university or college and who are planning to undertake postgraduate study in either the USA or Canada.

Up to eight scholarships are awarded each year from a fund of $50,000. The individual amounts awarded vary but a typical award is in the region of approximately $5000-$10,000. The sum of $4,000 is available as the Christopher J. Harbour Memorial Scholarship to a candidate looking to do sports-related studies and $2,000 as the John S. Ball Award to a candidate looking to pursue a teaching or geography-related career. At the judging stage, preference is given to those whose proposed study in North America is likely to do most to further transatlantic understanding or to those who are required to go to the US or Canada to do a specific course

The BEST Scholarships are top-up funds, not a prime source of funding and candidates should be actively looking to secure funding from other sources while in the process of applying to BEST. Candidates cannot already be engaged in their course of study in North America at the time of application although they should be looking to apply to courses in their chosen field.

The closing date for applications is Friday 13th March 2009. Short-listed applicants will be invited to London for an interview in June.

BEST Travel Awards

The BEST Travel Awards are open to UK passport holders studying at a UK university or college who are taking part in a year of study abroad in the USA or Canada as part of their undergraduate degree during the 2009/10 academic year. Individual Travel Awards have a value of $1,000 which is to be used towards the cost of travel to the USA. BEST expects to award a minimum of 10 Travel Awards.

The closing date for applications is Friday 13th March 2009. Selection of students for nomination to the fund for an award is at the sole discretion of the Awards Committee.

Download an application form for BEST Scholarships and BEST Travel Awards

If you have any further questions please email BUNAC