Sports Scholarships and Funding

Build on your sporting success

We award sports scholarships and funding every year to students who:

• have achieved highly in sports
• want to build on their success and represent the University

If your sport isn't listed on the sports scholarship application, or if you've reached representative honours within the last 12 months and need support, fill in the form. Please wait until you know your competition dates before applying. Applications for sports funding are open all year round. 

Eligibility

• A current student in any year of study 
• Be a member of the National Governing Body’s (NGB) performance squads, or part of the NGB pathway (U21 / equivalent) 
• Have achieved senior or age group representative honours at national and/or international level in the last 12 months, and/or current year 
• Competing at a national level where applicable 
• Commit to the University and BUCS programme where applicable
• Have the ability to hit top 4 for individual BUCS events 

Sports scholarships

To be eligible for a scholarship, you must compete in one of the following Performance Clubs:

• American Football
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Fencing
• Football
• Hockey
• Lacrosse
• Netball
• Rowing
• Rugby League
• Rugby Union
• Squash
• Table Tennis
• Tennis
• Volleyball

If your sport is not listed above, you can still apply for sports funding. See Sports funding below to find out more.

To be a Sports Scholar, you must:

• be a student at Newcastle University
• represent the University
• compete in British Universities Colleges Sport (BUCS) events, where applicable

Scholarship package

Criteria	National/International standard within the last 12 months. Students should be part of a National Governing Body Performance Squad or equivalent.
Funding	Up to £5000
Services received	Individual and/or small group Strength and Conditioning sessions Access to medical services, including physiotherapy and sports massage Professional coaching Mentoring/lifestyle support Athlete workshop programme covering topics such as sports physiology, nutrition, psychology, screenings, injury prevention and management, and lifestyle management Sport science support Access to training facilities Performance video analysis

North American Athlete Scholarships

If you’re a North American (NA) athlete applying to study at Master’s level, you could go for our NA Athlete Scholarship. Successful applicants will receive a fee reduction. You also get access to all the support services listed in the table above.

Sports funding

If your sport isn’t listed, or you’ve reached representative honours within the last 12 months and need support, fill in the form. If you’ve been selected for higher representative honours, wait until you know your competition dates before applying.

Applications for sports funding are open all year round.

Disability sports scholarships

If you’re a Newcastle University student registered with a disability, you could go for our Disability Sports Scholarship.

You’ll need to be currently representing the University, or performing at a regional/national level for an external club.

Important information for all applicants

Make sure you fill in the correct application form.

We consider all applications for Sports Scholarship and Sports Funding. Awards are at the discretion of the Performance Sport Team. 

Learn more

For more information on scholarships and funding, get in touch with the Performance Sport Team:

• using our contact form
• by email [email protected]
• by phone 0191 208 5230