York Futures Scholarships

York Futures Scholarships are designed to support current undergraduate home students to improve their personal and professional development by allowing them to access employability experiences they would otherwise not be able to afford.

Apply for financial and practical support to suit your ambitions at the different stages of your time at York.

"The scholarship scheme allows students to further explore their ambitions potentially outside of York. I was able to use the funding to travel to London (which is outrageously expensive from York these days) for various insight days with firms, networking events, interviews and assessment centres that otherwise would have been out of my student budget."

Seb, BA (Hons) History and Politics

Eligibility criteria and funding amounts for 2024/25 have been updated in line with the revised sources and levels of funding available. If you have any questions, please contact us at york-futures-scholarship@york.ac.uk

Please note that we review the York Futures Scholarships on an annual basis, and so the information below is correct for the 2024/25 academic year and may be subject to change in subsequent years.

Levels of funding

There are two funding levels available. You can apply for a different level at different times in your university career, depending on the activities you want the funding to help with.

Funding is allocated on the basis of the student's individual need alongside the nature of their plans and how these link to personal and/or professional development.

Please note that students can only apply for one level of funding per application cycle, and no alternative offers will be made. Furthermore, students can only be awarded one York Futures Scholarship of any amount per academic year.

If you have any questions about the funding levels, please contact york-futures-scholarship@york.ac.uk

When to apply: application dates

There are two opportunities to apply online for each level of a York Futures Scholarship each academic year. 

Planned application rounds for the 2024/25 academic year are:

  • Round 1 - for both levels (£250 and £1000). Applications open on Monday 21 October 2024 at 9am and will close on Monday 18 November 2024 at 5pm.
    We aim for outcomes for this round to be communicated to students by the end of Semester 1 Week 11 (before the start of Winter Vacation)
  • Round 2 - for both levels (£250 and £1000). Applications open on Monday 17 March 2025 at 9am, and will close on Monday 14 April at 5pm. We aim for outcomes for this round to be communicated to students by the end of Semester 2 Week 12.

Get in touch
Contact the York Futures team in Careers and Placements by emailing york-futures-scholarship@york.ac.uk