High Profile Support Grants

The Social and Cultural Committee awards grants to support individual graduate students who are striving towards the peak of success in sports, music or the arts.

Sports Awards

These grants (up to a maximum of £200) are to support individual graduate students who are striving towards the peak of sporting success. The grant covers two categories:

  • Training activities for contenders for Blue/half Blue, County or National status
  • Competition at national and international level.

Grants are intended to contribute to the travel/subsistence costs incurred in training/national or international competition. Applicants must demonstrate a long-term commitment to the sport and the worth of the training activity. 

Further details, including full eligibility criteria, how to apply and the deadline by which to do so, can be found on the form at the bottom on this page. 


Arts Awards

These grants (up to a maximum of £200) are to support individual graduate students who are striving towards the peak of success in music or the arts. The grants are intended to contribute to travel/subsistence costs incurred in participating in national or international level competitions, festivals, workshops, performances or exhibitions.

Candidates should be able to give evidence of sustained effort and high achievement in music, drama, public speaking, writing or the visual arts.

Further details including full eligibility criteria, how to apply and the deadline by which to do so, can be found on the form at the bottom on this page.