Partially funded

Rufus of Ruskinmere Sciences Scholarship (BSc Bioscience)

Royal Veterinary College, United Kingdom

Scholarship overview

This scholarship was established by a gift in the will of Leonard Geffen, an RVC alumnus (1941), and is named for his favourite dog, a St Bernard called Rufus of Ruskinmere. It supports one student a year on the RVC BSc Bioscience courses and is open to all countries.

Award Information

Contextual information from the UCAS application is used in the awarding process. The following markers are considered:

  • Low participation neighbourhood (HEFCE POLAR 4 and Index of Multiple Deprivation data).
  • Care leaver (declared on the UCAS application).
  • Received Free School Meals (declared on the UCAS application).
  • Refugee (declared on the UCAS application).
  • Disability (declared on the UCAS application).
  • First in the family to attend higher education, not including siblings (declared on the UCAS application).
  • Attended a school or college at level 2 and level 3 that the RVC has determined is a contextual school.

Priority is given to applicants meeting multiple contextual markers who show a commitment to the biological sciences professions over the veterinary profession.

  • £5,000 a year for each year of the course.
  • One new awardee each year.

Invitations to apply are sent once all offers have been processed and before the UCAS decision deadline, usually in May.

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How selection works

Applicants meeting the most contextual markers are invited to apply.

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