Royal Academy of Engineering 2023 MSc Motorsport Scholarship Program, UK

The MSc Motorsport Scholarship Programme, a new programme created with the support of the Ignite Partnership, aims to support individuals from Black or mixed Black ethnic backgrounds who wish to study a master’s degree in motorsport (or a related eligible course).  If you are in the final year of your undergraduate degree, or you have graduated within the last 3 years and you meet all other eligibility criteria, you can apply.

For further information on this programme please contact:

[email protected]

Purpose of the programme

The Scholarship Programme has been developed to address a specific recommendation within The Hamilton Commission's first report, Accelerating Change: Improving Representation of Black People in UK Motorsport.  Sir Lewis Hamilton HonFREng formed The Hamilton Commission, alongside the Royal Academy of Engineering to address the underrepresentation of Black people in UK motorsport and the STEM sector.  

Our programme provides financial and career support to individuals from a Black or mixed Black ethnic background completing their masters in motorsport or a related degree.  Up to 10 awards will be made over two years.

• Table of Content
• About Royal Academy of Engineering
• Royal Academy of Engineering MSc Motorsport Scholarship Program
• Aim and Benefits of Royal Academy of Engineering MSc Motorsport Scholarship Program
• Requirements for Royal Academy of Engineering MSc Motorsport Scholarship Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Royal Academy of Engineering

Royal Academy of Engineering MSc Motorsport Scholarship Program

Aim and Benefits of Royal Academy of Engineering MSc Motorsport Scholarship Program

The scholarships aim to help address the underrepresentation of Black or mixed Black ethnic engineers and accelerate the rate of progress of change.

Successful awardees will receive:

• Up to £25,000 of funding to cover the full tuition fees and maintenance costs for an eligible Motorsport (or related) MSc course
• Dedicated training and networking events with Motorsport representatives
• Dedicated Motorsport experiences
• Access to career training and support, through the Graduate Engineering Engagement Programme (GEEP)
• Access to an online community forum to collaborate and communicate with other awardees and programme supporters

As a result of completing the programme, awardees will have:

• Increased knowledge of the motorsport sector, including skills requirements, career opportunities and pathways
• Increased skills and confidence in completing job applications and performance in selection and interview processes, including assessment centres
• Increased professional and networking capital
• Membership within the programme’s alumni community upon graduation
• Access to resources and planned activities to improve engineering employability

Requirements for Royal Academy of Engineering MSc Motorsport Scholarship Program Qualification

Applicants to the programme must:

• Be from a Black or Mixed Black ethnic background
• Be considered as a UK student and eligible for Home fee status and have the right to live and work in the UK.
• Be applying, or have applied, to one of the eligible Master's degree courses listed below, to start in the 2023/2024 academic year.

For more information about this subject, please contact Lauren Pattle.

[email protected]

Applicants must either:

• Be in the final year of your undergraduate study on an engineering, or engineering related degree, as per the entry requirements for your chosen Master’s course.

Or:

• If you are a graduate, you must have graduated within the last three years at the time you will enrol on your chosen Master’s course.

Applicants must first meet the eligibility criteria as outlined above.  The selection panel has sole discretion in making the selection of the scholarship recipients and will prioritise applicants who are able to demonstrate they are socio-economically disadvantaged. 

Evidence could include:

For all applicants:

• During the final year of your undergraduate studies, are you, or were you, in receipt of any kind of funding - scholarship, bursary, grant etc - either from your university or the UK government, that was awarded based on your personal or household financial situation?

For graduates:

• Are you currently in receipt of state benefits? Applicants will be asked to indicate if they are currently in receipt of any state benefits (Housing Benefit, Jobseeker’s Allowance, Child Tax Credit etc) including any that would stop as the result of your studies.

Please note that you may be asked to provide evidence of any such funding, either in the form of an official award notification letter or in the case of state benefits an official government document, if your application is successful.

Black people including those with any mixed ethnicity with Black ethnic background(s)

 This could include a low-income scholarship or bursary from your university either paid to you or towards your accommodation, a fee waiver, a hardship grant, a non-repayable maintenance grant, a means-tested maintenance loan from Student Finance England etc, as long as the criteria on which these awards were made was low income or hardship.

Eligible Course List

Please see the full list on our Eligibility page 

Application Deadline

How to Apply

For more details visit: Royal Academy of Engineering website.