After you win a scholarship
An award letter is a contract. Before you accept, there are four things to check — and the one people miss is the obligation that attaches to holding it rather than to winning it.
At a glance
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The four things to check
- Conditions of continuation. Many awards require an academic standard each year. A four-year award that lapses after year one is a very different thing from what you planned.
- Return or service obligations. Several government awards require you to return for a period. These are binding and are enforced.
- Whether it stacks. Some awards reduce or are withdrawn if you hold another.
- How and when it is paid — to you, or to the university, and on what schedule. This affects your cash flow in the first months.
Tell three people
- Your lender, so the loan, and possibly the margin money, can be reduced.
- The university, if the award is external and they need to record it.
- The visa authority, through your application — several routes reduce the funds you must show.
If the award is announced after you have applied for the visa, check whether it changes anything. Usually it does not, but a change in your funding that you do not disclose is a worse problem than one you do.
The awards we list
Showing 12 of 100, most searched first. Each one carries its own deadline, eligibility and the source we read it from.
After you win — FAQs
2 questions
Yes, where continuation conditions are not met. Read what the award requires each year before you rely on it for years two and beyond.
Several schemes require it for a set period. The obligation is binding, so read it before accepting.
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Sources
Checked against these sources on 1 October 2026.