SIR JOHN CASS’S

FOUNDATION

Established 1748

Sir John Cass’s Foundation Lord Mayor’s Scholarship Programme

Queen Mary, University of London has been granted scholarships funded jointly by Sir John Cass’s Foundation and the Lord Mayor’s Office in the City of London. These scholarships will be awarded to full-time undergraduate students who started a course at Queen Mary in September 2014. The awards are for up to £7000 a year (they could be smaller) and will be payable for each year of undergraduate study. Payment of the awards for future years would be subject to the Foundation receiving a report from Queen Mary indicating that academic progress, attitude and attendance were acceptable.

To be eligible for the Sir John Cass’s Foundation Lord Mayor’s Scholarship you must meet the following criteria:

·  Be aged under 25 on 1 September 2014

·  Be a permanent resident of one of the following London Boroughs and have lived there for at least one year: Camden, City of London, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith and Fulham, Islington, Kensington and Chelsea, Lambeth, Lewisham, Newham, Southwark, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth or Westminster.

·  Be eligible for student support and have been assessed by Student Finance England as having a residual household income of £30,000 a year or less.

·  Be enrolled on a full time 1st year undergraduate degree in a STEM subject (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics)

If you would like to be considered for the Scholarship please complete and return the application form to:

Lesley Green

Assistant Academic Registrar

Student Enquiry Centre, Room CB02

Queen Mary, University of London

Mile End

London

E1 4NS

The closing date for receipt of applications is Friday 26th September 2014. Please enclose a photocopy of your Financial Support Notification from Student Finance Direct if you have it. Your application will be considered initially by a Scholarships Panel at Queen Mary who will select five applications to put forward to Sir John Cass’s Foundation. The final selection will be made by the Foundation.

The Bursaries, Grants and Scholarships Office staff at Queen Mary will be happy to give you advice if you have any questions about your eligibility or completing the application. We are open Monday to Friday from 9:00am to 5:00pm, email or telephone 020 7882 5079.